For Sale! Original KNK Groove Bundle! (SOLD!!!!!!)

I'm Selling my Original KNK Groove

I currently have 3 cutter machines and selling this one as I have not used it in a year. And thinking about selling one other. But not sure yet. I don't design files any longer and don't have much time to scrapbook as I watch my grandson 50 hours a week, and starting next week will be adding his new baby sister. So I'm selling down my stash and getting rid of things I don't use any longer to help pay some medial expenses.

This will come with:

KNK Groove Machine

Printed 102 page Manual

KNK Studio software CD 

KNK Clip art and Font CD

KNK Collection 1 File CD

Power Cord

USB blue braided cord

Serial Cord

Silver Blade Holder

Black Pen holder

2 pen refills

Alignment pen 

2 Blade holder containers

1 Blue cap (thick material) blade

2 Red cap (thinner material) blades (used)

1 Used 13x24 cutter mat but in good condition.
Bonus Collections of my flies listed below

NOTE: Software included will need to be activated at a cost of $75 if you want to use KNK studios. But I would suggest you use one of your current versions of software to cut to this machine.  I know Make The Cut will cut to it and there are a few others out there that will.  If you already own MTC this is perfect. You just need to download the free driver from the MTC home page. 

BONUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will also be giving the buyer of this machine a Collection CD that includes 74 of my own cutter files. There are more then 74 files in this CD because I'm including several collections  including  my Perpetual calendar with 12 full months of files and my newest Mexican Collection with 13 images.  All these file are currently up for sale on my blog where you can check them out.  Go Here and click on the tabs at the top to see each file. 

 This is a $175 value at current price of files posted on my blog. And each file contains several files types so you can use one of them.  AI, GSD, KNK, WPC, SVG, MTC.  

Files on this CD:

RM00001_HalloweenOverlay1

RM00002_Trick or Treat Overlay1

RM00003_Pumpkin Patch Overlay1

RM00004_Picking Pumpkins Overlay1

RM00006_Paper Ball Circle Ornament

RM00014_Fall Tree Leaves

RM00015_Harvest of Memories

RM00016_Harvest of Thanks

RM00017_Turkey Day Traditions

RM00018_Turkey Fever Vinyl Decal

RM00019_Deer Scene Vinyl Decal

RM00020_I'd Rather be Fishing Vinyl Decal

RM00021_I'd Rather be Camping Vinyl Decal

RM00022_The Happy Couple 

RM00028_Snowflake Title

RM00029_Christmas Overlay

RM00030_Christmas Cardinal 

RM00031_Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

RM00033_Season's Greeting's Sign

RM00034_Happy Holiday's Sign

RM00035_Holly Jolly Tree Card

RM00036_Cut off for Naughty list title

RM00037_Pictures with Santa

RM00038_Christmas Door Card

RM00052_Red Fish 

RM00053_Shook Fish

RM00090-91_3D Flowers and Butterfly

RM00093_Perpetual Calendar

RM00094_Card Fronts, Tags & More

RM00106_Christmas Ornament Vinyl Words

RM00107_3D Poinsettia Flower with Matching Tag

RM00113_3D Ornaments 1

RM00114_ Miniature Chocolate Nugget Box

RM00115_Let it Snow Luminary

RM00116_Candle Luminary

RM00117_Season's Greeting's Card

RM00118_Wedding Ring Quilt Mesh

RM00119_3D Calla Lily Flower

RM00120_Fall Pumpkin Luminary

RM00121_Happy Thanksgiving Luminary

RM00122_Thanks Acorn Luminary

RM00123_Baby's First Christmas

RM00124_Merry Christmas Tree Luminary

RM00125_New Arrival Baby Stork Layout

RM00126_New House / Moved Card

RM00129_Lace Up Christmas stocking

RM00132_Raccoon Bear Camping Border Layout

RM00134_Early Arrivals Title

RM00135_Alphabet Blocks and Numbers 

RM00136_Baby's First Bath

RM00138_It's A Boy / Girl Banner (can use banner just change letters)

RM00139_It's a Boy / Girl cupcake Wrappers & Toppers

RM00142_3D Easter Flower Collection

RM00143_Flower Blossoms 1

RM00144_Fancy Boarders 1

RM00145_Fancy Boarders 2

RM00146_Fancy Boarders 3

RM00147_Fancy Mats 1

RM00148_Fancy Mats 2

RM00149_Fancy Mats 3

RM00153_Baby Mesh

RM00154_Victorian Flourish

RM00155_Victorian Frames

RM00156_Precious Sleeping Baby

RM00161_Bag of Coal

RM00162_Christmas Cards 1

RM00163_Christmas Cards 2

RM00164_Christmas Cup cake Wrappers & Toppers

RM00165_Snowflake Frame Set

RM00166_Nested Snowflake

RM00168_Folded 3D Pumpkin

RM00169_Vinyl Monogram 1 A-Z (With open space for name)

RM00170_Mexican Fiesta Collection

RMCOL104_ Perpetual Calendar Collection (12 months of files cut to fit 5.5 x 5.5 calendar included)


I'm asking $350  Or Best Offer!  plus shipping!

If you have any questions, just email me at rsmobley85@gmail.com
Thanks
Sharon

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Bow Holder Tutorial!

I'm going to be making a bunch of bows for the grand daughters and needed a place to put them.  So I made this bow holder.  It took about an hour and was super easy.  Shipping on one of these I bet would be high because of the size and weight.  So I'm going to tell you how to make one yourself and save some money. This one cost me about $16 to make.

Do you remember the frames I painted with my HomeRight Command Max paint sprayer.  This is the smaller frame.  It's 23 x 19 which is good medium size.  And will hold lots of bows. I got this frame at the good will for $5.

Step 1.  Get a piece of Poster board and use the cardboard backer from the picture to trace on the Poster board   This will be your new backer board to give you a nice finished look.

 Step 2.  Cut out the part you traced and set aside for last step.

Step 3.   Get a piece of batting and trace the same cardboard backer with a maker and cut out and set aside.

Step 4.  Get your favorite piece of material and cut it a couple inches bigger on all sides then your Cardboard backer.

Step 5.   Lay material on the table. "Right side down".  And lay your batting on next (Center it) then lay your Cardboard backer on (Center over batting). "This picture is not centered yet, just showing you the layers step".

Step 6.   Next use a Stapler opened up and staple the material to the cardboard backer. Try and pull the material evenly and some what taught so it fits nicely.  And make sure you fold corners over nice and flat.

Step 7.   Next cut 5 ( More or Less depending on your size frame) for this one 5 worked good.  I used 7/8 inch wide.  Lay one in the middle then check your spacing for each additional ribbon. For this frame, it worked good to have them about 2 1/2 Inches apart so the ones on the ends are not to close to the sides.

Step 8.  Next use the stapler to staple the ribbon to the back side.  Do the top row first. Then pull the ribbon from the bottom tight.  And staple the bottom.  You can do one staple first to hold it in place but make sure you go back and add another staple or two to each so it gives it more holding power.

Step 9.   Remember the poster board you cut in the first step.  This is where you use that.  You will play our fabric covered backer board (Might be a little tight but that is good).  Then lay the white poster board down.  And use a pair of scissor or flat head screw driver to mash down the the staples that were holding it all in.

 And this is your finished "Bow Holder".   From this point you can do almost any thing.  You can get wood letters for a special little girls name, paint them and attach them.  Or you can add hooks or dowels for "Hair bands, or Pony Tail holders.

And for the glass you took out.  Don't throw it out. That glass is expensive. You might be able to use it for some thing else.  Like, get some scrap wood and make a frame to fit the glass, put some vinyl words on the glass and hang it on the wall or some thing like that.

I think I will use the two pieces I have now to put on top of the Island I plan to make for my scrap room to protect the top.  You can cut on it and not damage the table.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. Its super easy and took me about an hour (After the frame was painted)  to put it all together and cost about $16.

Frame $5  (Goodwill but check yardsales and thriftstores)

Material  $5 ( check Joanns clearance rack, use a coupon, check good will, yardsales)

Ribbon $2.50 ( check sales and use coupon)

Batting $2.50 ( Got on sale)

Poster board , Paint, Staples I already had here ($1) LOL!



Now to start on my next project. This one will involve "Mod Podge" I'm not very experienced with it so I hope it goes well.  Will be posting that in a few days. With drying time and cutting and all that stuff. LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon

HomeRight Command Max Sprayer Review!

Wow! where have I been the past two weeks.  It's been busy here at the "Mobley" house.  All kinds of projects going on.  And trying to work outside when the weather plays along.

It's been cold, Windy, Overcast and some days Rainy.  So with this weekend being beautiful this weekend, Sunny and warm.  I took advantage of the great outdoors to play with a new Power tool!  This girl just loves her power tools.

This new one is a "HomeRight Command Max" power sprayer.

Do y'all remember my recent post on my "DVD shelf to Ribbon Shelf" post.  I posted that I really wanted one of these and planned to get one by the end of this year.  Well, I was super excited when HomeRight contacted me and asked if I would like to review one.  You just don't know how excited I was at this opportunity.

I have been wanting one of these ever since I seen Gail from "My Repurposed Life" show this machine. She gave great reviews on this machine so I emailed her several months back and talked to her about this one compared to one she used to use.  And she loved this one for its ease of use and lack of over spray. That is a must for power sprayers so I was Sold.  And knew I had to have one for all the projects we plan to do this summer.

So I started off with a small project as this wacky Florida weather can change in a matter of hours so I figured I would do some thing easy that I could do in one day and also be a good test and learn the machine.  And let me tell you.  "I LOVE IT"!  

So here is what I'm currently working on.  I bought these two large wood frames at the good will.  The largest one is 31 inches by 20 inches and has some beautiful details in the wood. It was $8.00 at good will.
Although the picture freaks me out a little. (No information on this one)  I wont be using that. I have another Idea for this frame. (Post to come later)

The second frame is 23 inches by 19 inches.  And was $5 at good will.  And about this picture, I pulled it out and it says it was printed in 1976 original printing was 1915. So that is pretty cool. I might keep this print. It's kind of cute.

So I took the backing off and removed the prints and glass (Hm, what to do with the glass?)  Will have to think on that one.  

I moved them out to the yard and did a light sanding on them to remove any dirt, and gloss so the primer will attach better.

I was using old primer and old paint so the directions say to use a strainer to remove clumps and debris from the paint. So I picked these up at Lowes. They are made by Blue Hawk. The one on the left is 1 gallon reusable mesh strainer. It's a 2 pk for only $2.28.  And when using water basted paint or primer, its really easy to wash with water.  The second pack is also by Blue Hawk and is a 4 pk of paper cone (Disposable) strainers for only .98  I got these to use with oil based paints and for the stain we plan to us on the fence in a few weeks.

This is what the look like out of the package.  So now we are ready to get started.  Paint has been stirred and mixed with water, strained and is now ready for action!.

Here you see the large frame painted with Primer using the HomeRight Command Max paint sprayer. WOW!  That was super fast. I was so shocked, I just had to snap a picture after the first one.  It took only about 2 minutes to spray both frames. Talk about fast. Man, so much better then using a paint brush to get in the small details. I did two light coats of primer.

And here are the frames with two coats of White latex water based paint.  I only needed a little paint for this project so I used a old measuring cup. I used a 1/3 cup scoop and used two scoops of paint and one scoop of water and stirred real well and it was perfect.

I totally loved this sprayer because it was so easy to use, it's lighter to hold then others on the market. I have arthritis in my hands so this was a great help and easy to hold.  And wow, it was a lot quieter then I thought it would be so that was a plus!

Some how I missed the picture of the water bucket,  But make sure to keep one handy. I actually used two, One was for the paint stir sticks, measuring cup, mesh strainer and washing my hands.  The other was clean water to add to the primer and paint.  And to add the parts of the sprayer you need to clean when your done. Which was also a super easy task.

To clean the Command Max.  Take the white bowl off and do some thing with the paint left over.  I used a old clean jar to put the paint in and wrote on the label. "White Latex water based paint. Mixed 2 to 1 with water". So next time I need it, its ready to go all mixed and strained.

Next, wash out the bowl with clean water, take the tube off and spray till clean.  Put tube back on, fill bowl with clean water and spay till water coming out is clean.  Then remove the screw on cap and the winged sprayer, Inner spacer with springs and the brass Nozzle and put in water and wash all and clean the needle on the sprayer.  When done cleaning, set parts on a towel to try then put back together. Its that simple. And ready to use next time.

I hope you like my review on the Command Max, I really have been wanting one for a long time and was so glad to have the opportunity to review this one.  And these opinions are my own.

Places to get this sprayer:
HomeRight.com  $89.99
Amazon   $65.58
Walmart    $68.75 (Free shipping to store)
Home Depot  $69.97 (Check your store for availability)

I'm not affiliated with any of these places. Just helping you find the best deal for you. And again, this machine was provided to me free. And the opinions are mine and I was not paid to make these statements. I truly love this product. And cant wait for the weather to stabilize so we can stain our wood fence.

Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon

I Won a HomeRight Steamer! And Review!

I follow this super cool blog called "Mod Podge Rocks!"   Really! that is the name, and its super cool.  She shows you all this cool stuff you can do with Mod Podge.  I honestly had no clue there were so many different kinds of Mod podge. I have only two kinds (Mate and Sparkle) and think I will be expanding my collection soon. LOL!  But anyway.  She was doing this giveaway for a HomeRight Steamer.  So I entered, I had entered several different giveaways for this machine because I had been wanting one of these for a while and I was so over excited when she emailed me that I won.  I just couldn't wait to get it.

So it arrived and I pulled it right out of the box, read the booklet and was shocked at all the stuff that came with it.  Everything in the picture above is what comes with this baby!  It was so super easy to use. Fill the cup up with water (It holds a lot) screw the lid on and push the on button.  The Red light lets you know its on and Orange light come on letting you know its heating up. In about 8 minutes the Orange light goes off and its ready to use.  

I love that it has wheels so you don't have to carry it. This is a great help for me.  And I love the long coated hose.  Its not cheap plastic so it will last a long time.  And all the little parts store under the front tented lid. Just push inward and it lifts right up.  So with all this out of the way.   I got right to work playing with it.   

The first thing I wanted to tackle was my kitchen and the over head Microwave was fist up!

These are the metal mesh screens under the Over head Microwave over the stove.  The grease is so hard to get off and our faucet water just isn't hot enough to get it off.  And I try not to use harsh cleaners as I have Asthma.  So I tried the steamer.

Here is it after I cleaned it with the HomeRight Steamer.  The one on the left looks pretty good.  So of course I cleaned the one on the Right next.

Next up is the glass door on the oven.  As I mentioned I have Asthma and cant use harsh cleaners so you know I can not use Easy off or any thing like that.  So you guessed it.  I tried the Home Right Steamer.  And check this out!

This is half the door cleaned and wiped down (They even include a cleaning towel) I used the wire brush that comes with it. You just spray some steam to heat it up then lightly rub and it comes right off.

Here is the whole door cleaned.  It was so nice to be able to clean this and know I didn't have to use any harsh chemicals.  I showed my hubby what all I had cleaned when he came home from work and he said. "WOW" Now that is clean. LOL!

I also cleaned the glass top of my stove to remove some burnt on stuff and used it to clean the grill on the top of the Over head Microwave.  Then I opened my 2nd Microwave we use the most.  Usually I put a cup of water in there and boil it and let it sit for a few minutes and then wipe it out.  So with the Steamer.  I opened the door.  Sprayed a lot of steam in there.  And closed the door and waited 5 minutes and opened the door and there was still steam in there.  And it wiped out clean. That was super nice.

Next came the floors!  Okay so I have two mops I use for my wood laminate floors. And I thought they worked pretty good.  So I ran my wonder mop over the floor first then ran my Revel Spray mop over the floor.  So by now it should be clean right.

 (Notice that long hose and long handle. Makes it easy to get under the coffee table and TV stand.) 

Okay, well!  What I thought was a clean floor after using two mops. Wasn't so clean.

Look at what it picked up after using two mops.  I couldn't believe it.  But am now glad to know my floors will be clean for the grandbabies. 

I told my hubby he can take this out and use it on his new truck to clean his chrome rims so he don't have to use harsh chemicals on them.  He was all excited about that. LOL! 

Well, I hope you enjoyed my review of the Home Right Steam Machine.  

(Note: My opinions are my own and I was not asked or paid to make this review.  If you follow my blog you know I love to review things and I will honestly tell you if I like something or if I don't like it.)  And this one I like.  HomeRight makes good products. 

I know right now there are several blogs doing reviews and giving away one of these machines. So you might want to check them out.  Here are a few. 

Making Memories with your kids

Barbara's Beat

Mommy Reviews & More

That's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharon 

DVD Shelf to Ribbon Shelf!

A couple years ago. I want to say maybe 3 or 4 years. (My memory issue make me really bad with time frames)  but I think it was that long ago.  I bought this black DVD shelf and I had all my Stampin up stamps and See D's stamps and all my unmounted stamps in DVD cases on here.  We, recently I sold over 30 sets of Stamp up sets and still have some to get posted for sale. But any way. This left this shelf half empty.  And I was really needing a Ribbon Roll shelf.  And trying to use what I have to save money.  I got to looking at this shelf. And thought, Hm! I can make that work.


So I took every thing off, took it out side, and sanded it down to get the shinny off the shelf so the primer would stick better.  I thinned out the primer with water so I could put on two thin coats.  And then added two coats of latex white paint. Which I had every thing in my work shop.  But let me tell you. I'm still dreaming of owning a Homeright Command Max paint sprayer. I will have one before the year is out. I have other projects that I need one for. And would have been so handy for this project.

The only thing I had to buy was a piece of trim molding for $3. I thought one would be enough, I didn't measure the shelf and I really should of. I was one piece short for the top shelf. But I can add that later. You can see that trim on the 2-5 shelf in the picture below. I painted it and used my air nail brad gun to put in on with staples. These will hold the ribbon in. So they don't roll out.

 Also in this picture. You can see the little trick I came up with to take up space on the shelf because its still a little wide for most rolls of ribbon.  The shelves are now adjustable for the rolls.

It just turned out that my WRM Keepers Magnetic ruler is exactly 17.5 inches which is the same as the inside of the shelf.  So I took some heavy coated poster board out of my craft closet. And marked every 2 inches all the way down length ways. You can see those black marks on both sides of the ruler  Then turned it side ways and cut every third mark. This gave me 3 sections of 2 inches each.

After I cut them down to the length of the ruler.  I used the ruler to fold the poster board on the marks. And this leaves you with a triangle fold. I used clear tape to tape it together to hold its shape.

Then place in the back of each shelf.  This takes up the spare room in the shelf and stops the rolls from rolling back, and the great thing is you just put your ribbon rolls in and reach back and slide the blocker forward and it keeps them in place.  How cool is that!

So here is my "New Shelf" All nice and pretty white.  And holding all my ribbon rolls I recently bought. And stamps I have left on the bottom. But! They wont be staying there long.  Turns out. I need that space for the rest of my ribbon rolls. So I will have to buy some 1x6 and rip it down to fit in the shelf as I don't have any more boards. And more trim. I think I can get 4 more shelf's in here.  

Still a few more rolls in this drawer. 

And this is how I used to do my ribbon. It was a great space saver. But I really like having them out and see them and I find I use them more.  I used to wrap them on these cards. but then you have little creases and I had to use my hair straightener to get them out.  And never used them. 

And this is how I keep all the left over pieces. And yes, I uses these for album rings and for cards and such. I'm always digging in here. LOL! 

Well, I hope you enjoy my ribbon shelf using what I had here. I love it. And now need to find a new project to work on next.  

Until next time, 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharon 

Family Reunion Invitations "Mexican Fiesta"

I mentioned a few days ago. I was asked to make the Invitations for our Family Reunion in Iowa. This is my Husband's Mom's side. And most live in Iowa so yep. We will be driving from Florida to Iowa in July and I cant wait. I havent been on a driving trip in 7 years. We used to go on  2 or 3 a year when the kids were growing up.

I made 34 of these invitations. It turned in to a lot of cardstock. Lots of shades.  And for the pattern paper. Well that was a job of its own. I went to Michaels and couldn't find a primary color stripe paper.  So went to Joanns. And they had one by DCWV.  They only had 6 sheets at .59 each.  So I got those 6 thinking I could find more.  

Well, that weekend, I went to St. Pete with my friend and we ran to the Joanns there and they had 18 sheets and they were now 3/1.00 so that was good but I still needed more.  As each card used one sheet of pattern paper. For both inside sides and outer layer on front and Mexican guy blanket. Oh, and the back mat of the title.  So later in the week on Friday I started calling all the Joanns around me seeing if they had it in stock.  no one local did. So I ended up going about 30 miles out and getting another 18 sheets.  So I now had enough to make the rest of the invitations and have a couple sheets left over to do some layouts after the reunion.

So I now had every thing I needed so I got started.  I cut the outside card , white mat, and inside green mats by hand but have included those in the file.

Then I was off to cut all the images on my Sizzix Eclips using Ecal.  And let me tell you.  I was shocked how small some of these pieces cut. So I took several pictures.

Since all of my images are small I was able to cut several colors at one time. I just love doing this, this way, I can cut all at one time and just sit down at my desk and start assembling them with out getting up.

This is the inside. I turned one of my Pepper frames in to a PNG and used it in word to print the inside (personal Info removed)

I cut 34 each of the Parrot, Cactus sets, Mexican Guy and titles along with the pattern paper mats for front and inside x 2.  I made 24 first then made another 10.

I cut 3 parts of the Parrot for here.  Black is back mat, Blue is part of the feathers there are 5 parts in blue. And the Yellow chest. I used Recollections on this blade 2 depth 3.  And the blue parts are super thin and really small and look how clean it cut. I was going to cut this section super slow but it cut fine on speed 3. 

Look how clean the pieces cut out. I just pulled the paper off and it left all the pieces stuck to the mat.  This is why you always need a good sticky mat with cutting tiny pieces. And use the right blade depth, pressure and speed. And a great cutting file helps as well. LOL!  I would rather have a light mark in the mat and know it cuts all the way though. 

This is the rest of the Parrot.  Green Feathers, 4 pieces, White face and dark yellow feet and beak (4 pieces).  Next picture shows how small the pieces are.  

I laid these pieces on my gridded ruler so you can see how thin and small these pieces are. The blue are pieces of the Parrots tail.  And they yellow bottom is one of the feet and the top yellow are the beak. 

After I made the first 24 I found out we needed 10 more invitations. So off I went. I as able to cut all the pieces for 10 parrots in one cut.  I did the same for the Mexican Guy and the Cactus Sets. And Titles.

I used red pompom ribbon on the hat, Stickles on the Parrots face, beak, Cactus, and the blanket on the Mexican Guy.

A couple days ago I loaded the file I used  RM00170 "Mexican Fiesta" with additional files I didn't use on these.  You can see that post listing all the files in the Collection. 13 files in all. Its a big file with several file types. This file does not include the Family Reunion file. I didn't think any one would need that but if you do let me know I can get that to you if you buy the kit.

But remember, this kit can be used for any thing.  I originally used part of this file for a Recipe swap back in 2007 and now the invitations.  And next I will be using it for layouts when we get back. So you could even use this file if you go on a cruise to Mexico.  I included two titles for that.


Every thing I used:

Recollections Cardstock: Black, Red, White, 3 shaded of  Green, 2 shades of Blue, 2 shaded of Yellow, 2 shades of Orange, Pink and Brown.

Pattern Paper:  DCWV Rainbow Stripe

Cutter: Sizzix Eclips with Ecal

File: RM00170 "Mexican Fiesta"

ATG tape, Scotch Quick Dry glue, Tweezer Bee's, Cricut Mats, Stickles and pom pom ribbon from Michaels. 


Well, I hope you enjoyed my post.  I'm on to my next project. "Ribbon Shelf"

Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon