Freebie Cut File - Week #7

This little gift is for my FIL. I plan on making him a few book marks, having my oldest write him a story, and putting his favorite nuts inside for Father's Day.

If you haven't guessed yet, (and I surely hope you have) I have a new box cut for you! The saying was inspired by Dawn's Stamping Thoughts (link on side of page). I made it into a word file for you, or a jpeg, in case you don't have the same fonts.

Sorry about the hideous writing on the inside...I should know better than to ever write sentiments on cards. I have the worst handwriting, EVER!

I really think this box cut is self-explanatory once you get it cut; please let me know if it is otherwise!

***If you already read this and are downloading...please forget what I said about it being backwards...I fixed it so nobody would have to worry about it! :)

Box - scut

The 3 R's - word file

The 3 R's - jpeg

Freebie Cut File - Week #6

Wow...what a week. So you know how my one year old wasn't feeling so good? Yeah, lam-o mommy didn't realize just how bad it was and didn't find out until Tuesday that he had trenchmouth. So he's been in a lot more pain for a lot longer than he needed to be and he is now on two antibiotics and two pain killers. Needless to say, I haven't gotten much done this week...on anything. I do have a cut file, but I haven't made anything with it yet. Sigh. Sorry, but if I wasn't gonna do something this week, it was crafts. Holding my baby took precedence (and believe me, did he ever want to be held). Hopefully, since he's been doing better lately, I can get my thoughts into action and give a pic about what I was picturing with this cut.

Here's the cut files:

Boot Card and layer - scut

Boot - svg

Freebie Cut File - Week #5

Hi all! It is still officially Saturday...albeit late Saturday...but it's still Saturday! I almost didn't think I was gonna make it this week! I got back from vacation and I've been feeling not so good, and neither has my one year old. Needless to say, it's been a hard couple days with my very little ones. Blah...does it ever get better? Wait, don't answer that.

So this little card is for the military wives and daughters out there (and for anyone that ever needs to say thank you to a man!). Here is the actual scut file I used to cut out the card, svg, and star shapes. I'm also including the svg for the Iwo Jima silhouette (hope you could tell that's what it was!) in case you want to be able to manipulate it more!

All cuts for the star card - scut

Iwo Jima - svg

Freebie Cut File - Week #4

Welcome to week #4! This little baby was designed for those who have a Father/Husband who is a shop kind of guy. I thought it would be fun to put a gift card from Home Depot inside the toolbox, surrounded by some of his favorite little candies! I'm including a file for the tool box, the saw card, and the circle I did in vinyl for the card. I think the card is self explanatory, so I won't give instructions for that!
For the tool box. You're going to first cut the file in the bottom color you're going to use, so that the handles match the bottom. You are also going to use the square buckle file I included on a previous post for the closure. I didn't include it in this cut file, because i figured people would need to size it to fit the ribbon they use! I made it longer than wide and sized it so that the holes for the ribbon would be just shorter than the ribbon (to make sure it wouldn't come undone if the candy inside was heavy!).

I folded it at 1.25 inches from every side and then again at 2.5 inches. You have two options...for the back fold, you can either tacky tape it so that is looks like the bottom of a box (and you will have to hinge the top and bottom together), or you can NOT tap it and use the flap to attach to the upper portion of the box and that will be your hinge. You can see pics to get a feel for what I mean.

You will cut the upper portion of the file after you delete the handles. Then just follow the same instructions! The handles will be adhered together on the half circle part. Then you tape the little parts to the top of the toolbox. Attach the buckle with brads, attach some ribbon, and you're done!


Here's a female version of the box. I used the hinges on this one, as was my original plan. But I don't always have hinges, so I thought I'd make the manly toolbox without to see if it would work out, which it did!


Hope you enjoy the new cut file!!

Toolbox - SCUT

Saw Card - SCUT

Saw Blade - SVG

Circle Sayings - SCUT

Amazing French Toast

Holy cow!  I think that says it all.  I've been on a crusade lately to find the best french toast.  Not because I like french toast so much; on the contrary, I'm not a big fan.  But my dh LOVES this for breakfast, so I thought it would be nice to find a recipe that I didn't mind eating either.  Well, this is definitely the winner.  I have never had such good french toast...ever.

6 slices day old Texas toast or French bread sliced on the diagonal

4 eggs

2/3 c milk

1/3 c flour

1/3 c sugar

½ tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp salt

1/8 tsp cinnamon

3 Tbsp butter

Confectioner’s sugar (optional)

 Mix together the eggs, milk, flour, sugar, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.  Try whisking flour and milk together first to avoid clumps of flour.  Heat a large skillet or griddle.  When the skillet is hot, add 1 Tbsp butter.  If the butter smokes, your pan is too hot; turn down the heat.  Dip each slice of bread into the batter for 30 seconds on each side.  Let some of the batter drip off, then put in skillet.  Cook each slice 1 ½ - 2 minutes on each side until each side is golden brown.  Add more butter, if necessary, to cook all of the slices.  To serve, put on plate, dust with powdered sugar.  Serve with butter and hot syrup.