Sweet Strawberry Matchbook Notebook

Hi Dandi Crafters! The other week I shared with you my cute little strawberry SVG download on Take Out Tuesday. (Did you miss it? If you did there is still a chance you can get it. Go to this post here and tell me which you would like for the 200 followers celebration.) I thought the little strawberry that I made for demonstration was so cute that I should do something with it.

School is right around the corner, and it always seems I need paper to write notes on for various reasons, taking someone's email address, phone number, or giving them mine. I always seem to be digging in my purse for paper in the hall ways of the school when dropping my kids off. LOL I decided to be proactive this time and I made myself this cute little matchbook notepad. How CUTE!! is it!!?!! I know it is too cute! It is about 4.25 inches wide and 4 inches tall. It is the perfect size for scrap paper that I always seem to be digging for.
The whole purpose of this project was to use the strawberry SVG die cut. I thought, "Hey. I will break out the strawberry paper that I designed too". Since the inside is visible I didn't want to leave it plain so I made double sided card stock by adding some polka dots in the mix.
I know there is all the excitement and the hype of the Cricut Imagine right now, and I too am excited to get one; however, hybrid print and cut projects are an option with your Cricut already if you have it enabled with a program like SCAL or Make The Cut. You just have to know that the x and y axis that the programs show you are your friend. They allow you line up your printing with your cutting.
Anyway I made up the cute little paper in paint shop pro, printed it off and cut it out. I don't have a Bind it all or Cinch. DARN IT! so I am left with the option of staples or notepad glue. I decide to go with staples this time. LOL I printed about 50 little note pad paper. I cut them out using my SCAL enabled Cricut 4 at a time. Since the point of this little matchbook notebook was to have scrapbook paper I wanted to be sure I could tear out the pages easily to be able to give them away. So I used my handy dandi little perforater by EK Success Cutterpede. I will tell you, I don't use the perforater very much at all in projects however when I need perforation there is NO REPLACING it. LOL After perforating the pages I just got my heavy duty stapler out and just stapled the pages into my little matchbook. The pages tear out, it is functional, and cute. What more could I ask for.

I finished decorating the front by glittering a smaller strawberry svg. I also used the Cricut Storybook Cartridge and cut out the word Sweet for the front finished up the look with some ribbon and a Martha Stewart Border Punch.

Take Out Tuesday Juicy Sweet Strawberry SVG Download August 10

Hi Dandi Crafters! I really like today's Take Out Tuesday Freebie. I think it came out so cute, a strawberry that Shortcake herself would be proud of. I drew this strawberry years ago and I have used it in many designs and I was thrilled to see that it made a totally cute svg. Who knew!? LOL

In the Take Out Tuesday Strawberry Download you will find both the SVG and Scut format along with copyright and terms of use. The strawberry as you see here is just over 3 inches tall.

The zip file includes:
•Strawberry Shadow Layer (At the very bottom, shown in dark red)
•Strawberry Seeds Layer (Shown in red)
•Leaf Shadow Layer (Shown in green)
•Leaf Layer (Shown in brighter green)
•Stem Layer (Shown in the same green as the leaf shadow layer but on top)

For all those that are regulars and followers of my blog I hope you enjoy today's Take Out Tuesday. Thank you for being a regular and giving me an audience to share my scrapbook designing passion with so I am not just talking to myself...LOL Enjoy it, see you back here next Tuesday for some more Take Out.

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