Playing with Word

I really love Just Rite Stampers but they're not in the budget & I don't have the room to store them. So I decided to try and recreate the look with Word. I looked around the net for some new fonts and dingbats. I found all sorts of dingbats...flowers, teddy bears, guitars, music notes, flourishes. I made these and then I printed them on cardstock. I used a circle punch or my coluzzle to cut them out. Then I made shadow flowers on my Cricut to back them. I colored them with copics and zigs. These were fun and easy. All I need to do is add them to a card. If you want to know how they're done just leave a comment.

Using my stickers..

The PaperCrafts blog has a post about using letter stickers...a whole sheet of them. It inspired me to use up some of those stickers I've had forever. You know the ones....bought because they were cute, on sale, or some other reason. They sat in your stash...forgotten. Well I pulled out a stack of Me & My Big Ideas stickers and went to work. They're not the greatest but I cleared out at least a dozen sheets and started using some letter stickers I've been "saving". Most of them are border stickers that I cut to make backgrounds on the cards. I still have a few cards that need sentiments added.

Operation Write Home also has a new challenge posted on the Homefront blog. It's a 50/50 challenge and the details are here...http://www.owhhomefrontblog.org/2010/02/half-and-half-challenge-due-march-15.html
Hope your having a good day & USE THOSE STICKERS :)

Almost forgot...Paper Hugs has a challenge with candy http://paperhugs.typepad.com/paper_hugs/2010/02/some-fun.html using PaperCrafts as inspiration...

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone is loving their Valentines today. I just finished up a few projects from the Cosmo Cricket kit....all 'LOVE' related.

The mini book was fun to make. I love how it turned out. Just need to add pictures.

This accordion book uses the letters from the banner. I decided to make it a tribute to those that are no longer with us. I'll be adding more pictures to the tags as I find them.
I finally have a Valentine's Day decoration!

cards

Outside there is 20" of snow. Today they are forecasting about 6"-10" more. No newspaper, no mail, no school for the kids....only SNOW! Since I am snowed in I decided to make some cards. They were all made using scraps from my never ending pile. I even started figuring out how to use my Cricut!
The front card is DCWV paper and a See-D's birthday stamp. The card on the left is Provo Crafts paper, embossed happy birthday stamp, & a Prima flower. The card on the left has swirl vellum and a flower from Prima.
I can't remember who made the papers. The rose was downloaded from Microsoft (I think) and colored with Copics. The Hi card is Provo Craft(blue) and HOTP(blue/purple). I used Making Memories Clears flowers and Simply Stated rub-ons.
These were made using the Cricut. The pink one has a rub-on from Royal& Langnickel layered on a scalloped circle. The birthday card is Provo Craft paper and a flower technique I saw on a lot of blogs. It's 3 cuts of the same flower that are layered then scrunched around the brad. Once they are flattened back out this is how it looks. The flower layers can be the the same size or different and they can be punched or torn.
I've been wanting to try this weaving technique for a long time & finally decided to do it. The paper is probably DCWV edged with brown ink and the flower is Prima. The second card is another take on the petal card above. These flowers are so easy to make! In case you're wondering...I tend to wait until I need the card before adding the sentiment because I might use it for a birthday, thank you, hello.....
I think I'm going to make some things from the Cosmo Cricket kit today.
Thanks for looking! :)

One sheet...

I found a sheet of Making Memories snowflake flocked vellum from the Fa La La collection in my stash. I had been "saving" it. I put it to good use re-doing a Christmas layout, making 2 cards, and an ATC. There's still some left over that I'll use for a recipe page for snowball cookies (Russian Teacakes). In addition to the paper I used Thickers velvet letters, Adornments fibers, and a Making Memories snowflake with crystal brad.

I know I said I wasn't going to buy any mre paper till I used up more of my stash but....I couldn't resist. Tuesday Morning had the 9,000 piece kit that was on QVC for $48+ for only $14.99! Look at all this! There's albums, paper, frames, a LOVE banner, magnet sheet, brads, ribbon, adhesive squares, sticker & chipboard alphas, and more....all sorts of goodies. At $14.99 I couldn't even get the chipboard stuff. Wish me luck using it all :) *photo from QVC

There's a snow storm that started today and will last through tomorrow. Since I don't like the snow, especially driving in it, I'll be spending the weekend scrapping!

Making Memories

I came across my Making Memories paints and foam stamps the other day along with a box of Avery cards that were for use with a printer. After cleaning and some organizing yesterday I decided to play today. The paints had thickened up but a little water mixed in made them good as new.
I made these gift cards with matching envelopes.
Two of the cards were made with the stamps and one just with the paints. The painted one was my attempt at Donna Dewberry's technique.
Speaking of Making Memories, Crop Chocolate has their Distressing kit. I don't have it but it looks very useful.

I'm Back :)

I can't believe it's been over 2 months since my last post. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's always takes up time for me. My computer was being uncooperative & forced me to reinstall windows. Can't afford a new computer yet. Add to that a January Bridal shower, it's been busy. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

Here are pics of a few of my recent projects.
This was a gift for my daughter's boyfriend. It's done with 2 strands so it worked up quickly and it's WARM. He really liked it.

Last summer I bought a few boxes from Walnut Hollow's clearance sale. Two of the boxes were painted and decoupaged for Elissa's 2 friends. I forgot to take a picture of them. Anyway, I still had one left. When shopping after Christmas at Michael's I wound up buying a pack of 8 note cards for a quarter. I added some cardstock & stickers from my stash to 3 of them and used the other 5 for the last box. After painting it black I used the cards to hide the straw looking insets. Elissa now wants to keep it.

Now that things are settling down, I am trying very hard to work on scrapping. I started my son's school pictures. I just have the background & pics done on most of them right now. Still have to add the accents/embellies. I'll post them when I get more done. My other scrapping projects are to catch up on these:
6x6 favorite pics-one for each kid
8.5x11 school pics-one for each kid
12x12 school pics of the kids
8x8 all about me
8x8 Christmas
There's more that I want to do, including cards, but these are first. Wish me luck & I promise to post more.

Cards for OWH

These cards were made from my scrap stash. The stamp on the purple/blue card is from Unity and you can see it better here . There's also a sale on at Unity so you might want to check it out.








These mini papers are from Elle's Studio as part of their Christmas line. They're cut just the right size for cards! I decided to use them for Miss You and Happy Birthday instead of Christmas.







I was digging through a folder of patterned papers and came across some Valentine Looney Tunes papers and punch outs. I can't even remember when I bought them. I didn't think I had anything for Valentine's Day. It's amazing what I find when I start looking through my stash.




In case you haven't guessed, I'm still in use-it-up mode. I have a lot of 8.5x11 paper that I bought when I first started scrapbooking. I know I'll never use it for my books but it's great for making cards. One of these days I'll get to buy some new papers :)

The book is done

I've been working on my nephew's book trying to get it finished by the anniversary of his death. I have it done as much as I can. My sister needs to do the journaling and I'll probably add a little more to it after she's done. It's hard to believe that it's been a year....

October Birthday

Today is Elissa's 16th Birthday.

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Girl!!

World Card Making Day!!

I've been making cards today! I"m still trying to use up some of my stash. So here's what I have so far:

This one is for the Little Paper Shop. The challenge was to make a Christmas card using non-traditional colors.







These cards are for challenges on SCS.

"Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog Candy"

All the details are here....http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-candy-good-through-oct-23-2009.html
While you're there check out the DT. Awesome talent.

The Gypsy

There are 2 website that are giving away the new GYPSY.
Cutting Above has all the detail on entering the contest on their NEW site.
Christmas with the Cricut just announced on a live video that they'll be giving 2 Gypsies away but haven't posted the details yet. Go to their blog anyway as they have daily Christmas ideas and weekly giveaways of carts and other goodies.

Operation Write Home

Cards for Heroes has a new name...Operation Write Home. The blog is having a birthday celebration today. Here's the link for it Birthday Party. Here are the cards I made for the party...

These are the cards for the Christmas card challenge...

And these are more cards I'm going to send..I used OVC & HSN card kits, Unity stamps, Prima flowers, Making Memories rub-ons and stamps, and stuff from my stash.

Come Join the FUN!

More of Bruce's book

I've been trying to get this book finished. In case you're wondering why there's so much 'white space' my sister will need room to journal and possibly add more pics. If anyone has any suggestions for the pages please let me know. On the family pages I got to use my new Cricut...love that thing :)

In other news, There's a new challenge blog called Saturday Spotlight withHidden Potential. I can't wait to see what kind of challenges they'll have but for now they have BLOG CANDY! Go take a look. I already follow a few of the DT blogs & they're awesome so I'm sure I'll love this new blog too.

Altered wall hanging

My daughter used to tape all sorts of things to her walls in her room. After we painted, I told her no more tape on the walls. I thought we could use corkboard but it refused to stay up. I was at Target looking at the scrapbook clearance and saw some Making Memories chipboard calendars. It didn't dawn on me at first that I could alter them. I went back the next day and bought 3 sets along with a Paper Crush scrapbooking kit. I used 2 sets for the wall hanging (the last one is for me). After taking off all the embellishments I cut the papers to fit the chipboard, added eyelets at the corners and tied it all together with ribbon. I ended up having to tape up the back to give it more stability. The kit came with a ton of diecuts so she can add them as well as all her magazine cutouts, pictures, and whatever else she wants without damaging the walls. The first thing she put on it was her Creed concert ticket. There are stars hanging from the bottom that in their original form were earrings.

Whiff of Joy

I love the Whiff of Joy stamps and Katharina is giving away 2 Fall stamp kits on her blog http://katharina1704.blogspot.com
The link on the side bar will take you to the online store. Take a look!

My nephew's book

I'm making this book for my sister. It's about her son who died in November at the age of 36. Although his death was ruled a suicide, the actual cause should have been mental illness. Ten years ago his "friend " though he needed to relax & have fun. She slipped a dose of ecstasy into his drink. He ended up having a psychotic break. He should have had a happy, full life.

Good news/Bad news

Good news-I get to scrap again! Hubby will be working overtime so I dragged most of my scrapping stuff back to the dining room. I just need to figure out where to put my two carts or some of the stuff that's in them.

Bad news-Living room won't get painted any time soon so we'll still have things in boxes for a while.

Oh well, can't have everything. I'm just happy to get back to scrapping. I got so bored this past week that I actually read the Twilight saga, all 4 books. I did enjoy them though. A good read but a little too much romance for my taste.

Look for some layouts or cards or something from me soon!

SEI Lifestyle

SEI's blog is having a giveaway for it's 100th post!
http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com/2009/06/100th-post-giveaway.html