My First Iris Folding Card

Hello everyone! So yesterday, I decided that I would learn how to do a technique called Iris Folding. It is a neat technique where the paper is folded in a pattern in such a way that it gives a 3-D effect. I had never done this before and I really wanted to try it. When I was finished, the back of the piece was a mess, but with gorgeous results in the front. I made it into a 4.25" x 4.25" card by using my Gypsy to cut a heart out of a 4" x 4" panel. The heart is from Create-A-Critter. I also made the banner with my Gypsy and Create-a-Critter. The stamp is from Pink By Design Stamps' Vintage Greetings. I gave the banner more dimension by scoring and folding it slightly. To finish it off, a piece of twine from The Twinery.

I hope you all enjoyed my card. Stay tuned for an iris folding tutorial very soon! ~E

Crayon Wreath

Hello everyone! I finally finished my crayon wreath that I've been working on for a while. How did I do it you ask?

I used my Gypsy to cut two circles (one inside the other) to create a ring. This was cut with green cardstock and chipboard and these two glued together. All crayons were arranged in a rainbow of colors and hot glued in place. It's that easy. A simple ribbon is the hanger.

The crayons were bought on back to school sale super cheap, so two boxes of select colors were used. The double layer allows for a fuller, larger wreath.You could add school themed die cuts for an extra dimension. I was tempted to use colored tule for the hanger. But white ribbon from my stash easily worked.This is also a great teacher appreciation gift. 

One warning: the crayons will easily mark on anything in sight. I wouldn't suggest putting this on a white wall/door (I just used mine for the photo.) :D Hope you all enjoyed this!! ♥E

Episode 15 - Cute Graduation Card

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo! Today I have a video for you. I received a request from Cindy H. about graduation projects. She specifically requested orange. Well, Cindy, I left some hints in the video for you, even though my project doesn't include orange. Sorry about calling you Crysti!! :) Hope you all enjoy the video!! ~Emma

Circus Thank You Card

Hello everyone!! Welcome to KatelynCo!! Today I have a cute Thank You card to share. This is a circus themed card. I just used the Create a Critter cartridge for this card. I loved the little peanut and circus tent, so I decided to use those. The face on the peanut is from Peachy Keen Stamps. It is from the Everyday Faces set. For the cross hatch on the peanut, I drew it on using my Cricut markers. I didn't want to cut that tiny piece. The banner I made by welding 2 signs together. I scored it with my trimmer to add dimension. The twine is Charcoal twine from the Twinery. The embossed background is the seeing spots folder that I inked. The stamp is from TPC Studio. I hope you have enjoyed this card! ~Emma

P.S. The winner for the vinyl has been chosen. Congrats to Lisa!! :) ~E

I'm back!!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo! I got sick with the stomach flu, so I didn't have a lot of ambition to blog or craft. :) But, I made two birthday cards for today's post. Did you see my button over on the right sidebar?? -----------> I just installed it. And it's available for grabbing! :) Anyway, here are the cards.

This one is a girl's card. I used my Gypsy to weld together the shapes for the card base. I also used my Smiley Cards cartridge on my Gypsy to make the cupcake. Did you know that that cartridge is available in the Digital Cartridges section of Cricut.com? That means you can use it in the Cricut Craft Room!! Back to the card. :) I used a Pink By Design stamp to make the sentiment. The twine is from The Twinery.

This card was really simple. I just took some cardstock scraps that I had and cut them for the layers and the base. The star was cut out of the same color as the card base. I embossed it with the Reptile Cuttlebug embossing folder to give it more interest. The stamp is from Pink by Design, again. :) And last, but not least, the twine is from The Twinery. :)

I hope you enjoyed these cards, and I hope you all have a great day!! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Emma

Basketball Thank You Card

Welcome to KatelynCo! Today I am sharing a Thank You card that I made. This card is 4.25" x 4.25". The background is navy to match the polka dots and the banner with a stamped sentiment. The mat for the patterned paper is the same color as the twine which is the Lemondrop color from The Twinery. The stamp is from TPC Studios greetings set. The basketball I put together on my Gypsy. I cut the circle from Boys Will be Boys and then used my Cricut Markers to put in the details. I hope you enjoyed this card, and I hope you have a great day!! :) ~Emma

Angry Birds Card

Whoops! This post was supposed to go up yesterday (2/10/12), but I forgot. Ooops!! Oh well! It's up now! Hope you enjoy!

If you remember back in October, I designed an Angry Birds die cut on my Gypsy (here's the post). Well, I finally designed a card around that. I also made a pig die cut. :) Here it is!!



I used TPC studio stamps for the sentiment and Create a Critter for the egg and the crown. I just made this a really simple card. It is very simple to put together. I wanted to add a full pig somewhere, so I decided to do it on the inside. Just make your cuts, pop dot them on, stamp, and you're done. ;) I hope you liked this card and I will be back Monday with something new! :)

Retirement Series Part 1 - Shell Thank You Note Cards

Sorry this post is so late! I went on a fun field trip with my family today, so I got home rather late and forgot about posting until now. But it's up now!! :D


I made these fun note cards using my Gypsy (Gypsy Wanderings for the square shape) and the shell was from Life's a Beach. I made these fun 4x4 inch note cards for a retirement gift. Since you get a lot of gifts when you are retiring, I thought that someone who's retiring will need a lot of thank you notes, why not make them special. :) I will be packaging them up in a gift package tomorrow. So make sure and come back!

Close up of my stamping job. :) Stamp is from Pink by Design's Vintage Greetings set. I got the idea to make these cards from this post on the Pink by Design blog by Lisa. I hope you enjoyed this project and I hope you will come back in the next week for the rest of my retirement gift series. :) ~Emma

P.S. I have a giveaway going on on the Facebook Page for some vinyl from Vinyl Couture. Enter soon because I will be choosing the winner soon. Check out their website here or their facebook page here. ~E

2nd day of Christmas

Hello everyone! Today I am participating in My Pink Stamper's Challenge while giving you Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas. This challenge was to use a non - Christmas cartridge to create something Christmas-y. :) So here's what I came up with:

I used Designer's Calendar for the music notes. For the double note I used my Gypsy to weld them together. I went a little crazy with the ink. :) LOL! The snowflakes are from Christmas/Noel cartridge. I tried to do snowflakes from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge, but those kept ripping. The sentiment is computer generated. You can hardly tell from the picture, but the snowflakes are glittery. :) Come back tomorrow for Day 3. :) ~Emma

The 1st Day of Christmas - Homemade Gift Tags

Hello everyone!! Welcome to the 1st day of Christmas in my 12 Days of Christmas event! ;) Today I am going to show you the gift tag design that I am going to use this year. I used a top-note shape that you can get from quite a few cartridges. I got mine from Gypsy Wanderings. The candy cane is from Christmas Cheer. I planned this out on my Gypsy to save paper. For the sentiment, I used a $1 stamp set from Michael's. Here is the tag design that I used last year:


For this tag, I used Tags, Bags, Boxes & More for the tag. The snowflake is from the Christmas/Noel cartridge. The stamp is from my stash of wooden stamps, so I don't know where I got it. :)

Also, my Facebook page just hit 75 fans! Woo-hoo! There will be a giveaway on there soon, so stay tuned! :) Until tomorrow, Merry Christmas! ~Emma

Shoe Card

Hi everyone! I bought some new shoes today and I decided to share a picture with you guys.



In honor of this purchase, I decided to share a card I made about a year ago when I first got my Gypsy.


True, I ordered flats, not high heels, but this is the only shoe card that I have made. :) I was testing my Gypsy out and got the shoe from Gypsy Wanderings pre-loaded cartridge. I welded the sentiment using Printing 101. Come back soon! ~Emma

My Angry Bird!!

Oh My Goodness!!! I can't believe that I designed this myself on my Gypsy!! This is a character from the oh-so-popular smartphone game... ANGRY BIRDS!! I made this from scratch on my Gypsy and managed to do it with only 3 cartridges! I used George, Gypsy Wanderings, and Create-a-Critter. :) If I can figure out how to do it, I will post my file. It needs a little tweaking, but that will have to wait until I make something with this. :) Just wanted to share this with ya'll! ~Emma

Pumpkin Scrapbook Page

Hello everyone!! I'm really excited about getting back into routine! I've really missed it. I made this scrapbook page for a picture of Halloween Jack-o-Lanterns. I used my Gypsy to weld the swirl (Storybook) and pumpkin (Gypsy wanderings) together. I used a pumpkin paper that I got at my local Hobby Lobby. I just used a pen to draw the faces on them. I think it turned out really well. The title letters are from Learning Curve. I was going for a fun look (versus vintage looks and creepy looks) on this page. My tip for fun looks? Use bright greens, oranges, purples, and black. :) I am loving how this page turned out. :D Come back for more soon! ~Emma

Gypsy Trick

So today, I thought I would share with you an awesome trick from the wonderful Tammy Skinner of tammyskinner.com. She did a video not too long ago on how to organize your Gypsy files. If you have a Gyspy, you know that you can store up to 10,000 files on it, plus thousands of cartridges. I don't think that I will ever get close to 1,000, let alone 10,000, but I do have quite a few files on my Gypsy. I found Tammy's tip EXTREMELY helpful and I sat down and reorganized my Gypsy using her method. Here is her video: So, I just have to shout out to Tammy that her technique is wonderful and I highly recommend it. Hope you all have a fabulous day!! ~Emma