Scrapalooza

Vintage family layout with the Imagine

2011-07-08T09:53:00.001-05:00

This layout was made on the Imagine from the Lori's Garden Imagine Cartridge & used I Linda's instructions ( http://paperboutique.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-print-sentiment-anywhere-on-card.html )

for moving things around & I ended up with a great vintage page. I printed on a pale yellow piece of cardstock, then used a border punch & of course inked everything. I had this great vintage photo that was perfect for this look, I cut a few of the flowers on the design so they would overlap the picture, then just started adding my embellishments, prima flowers & stones & some lace.

Wipee containers with Mod Podge & Cricut

2011-04-27T19:31:00.000-05:00

These are so cute & easy. I just cut out my shapes on the Cricut Imagine, then I used E-6000 glue to put them on the plastic & then used Mod Podge over the top of the paper because it will be handled so much.

Best Friends layout

2010-12-28T07:59:00.000-06:00

Can you believe it is almost the New Year! Any fun resolutions out there?

Well I must say that after the holiday rush & the nice little bit of down time I am having right now, I got scrappers block! Good thing that I found this layout on the bonus section of the Best friends cart. I just printed it as is & then added buttons & stickles & a great page came alive! Then my creativeness came back & I have been scrappin all night. Sometimes you just need a little push, so check out the bonus features on your Imagine cartridges if you get a little stuck. Happy New Year!

Christmas Wrap

2010-12-15T08:26:00.001-06:00

Welcome! Can you feel the excitement in the air? My daughter is 8 & I get a daily report, sometimes 2-3 times per day about how many days until Christmas & how long until she can open presents. Love that feeling. Anyway I have been wrapping lots of presents so I used my Imagine for one. I just printed a full sheet from the Lori's Garden cartridge, which I got last week.

The print I chose was almost snowflake looking, I just love it. I sprayed glitter on the box part, of course I had to ink something so I inked the strips for the bow with Broken China distress ink. I cut a 1" image that is on the Imagine itself & stamped the image from my Pink Stamper's winter Punnies. Then I popped it up with this cool little product that's called Action Wobble.

I love dimension & popping things out & this is really cool, it has 2 sticky sides & a 'spring' type thing that makes it pop out.

To make the bow, I printed the same print on the back of a metallic blue sheet of cardstock then I cut 6 strips 3/8th" x 12" to make the bowI just glued each strip into a circle then put glue in the middle & put it together then stacked them, you could put holes in the middle for a brad or just glue it all together & put a button or anything really in the middle. Thanks for looking.

Santa 2010

2010-12-05T12:25:00.000-06:00

She is almost getting too old for Santa visits, have to cherish each of the ones we get, love the picture I got of her talking to him.

Tissue & glass ball ornament

2010-11-30T08:27:00.000-06:00

I played with tissue paper now. I used the Imagine More cart. & printed just a blue print on my tissue paper, then I used Mod Podge & put it onto a glass ball ornament, then I used My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies stamps & using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink I put little snowflakes all over the ball & made a little tag also from Image more cart. & stamped the word Sparkle on it, then I sprayed Tsukineko shimmer mist sparkle all over, added a bow & a hanger and can now put it on the tree.

To print on the tissue I left it folded & taped down my edges with clear tape & it printed just fine.

Steampunk layout

2010-11-28T17:35:00.001-06:00

If you haven't noticed I am mostly a vintage-shabby chic type designer & I have ventured into Steampunk & I love it! It is so much fun!!! We went to a Dickens Christmas festival this weekend & this couple was there in a booth & had books they had written, Rowan of the Wood, I have not read any of it yet, but they also had a lot of steampunk stuff, I just had to get Parker's picture with her! Of course I had to play with the pictures at my favorite place online for altering pictures- picnik.com I used all Graphic 45 steampunk line. Tim Holtz little metal sprocket gears & trimmings that I inked with vintage photo distress ink & a few Prima flowers.

Gift Bag on the Imagine

2010-11-23T09:27:00.000-06:00

Hi! Happy Thanksgiving! I don't know about you but I am ready to eat! I know some you aren't football or Dallas fans but GO COWBOYS!!! :) I had a fun time this week making my gift bags for my post this week. I used a plain white lunch sack & a tree from Christmas Noel, picked a pretty green color for it & then stickled it. I taped the paper bag down with clear tape so no edges would stick up anywhere. To place my tree where I wanted, fellow design team member Linda Kaiser has an excellent video on her blog on how to move things where you want them, basically you put little squares from the shapes already on your Imagine & fill them in white, I did one 1½" squares across the bottom & 1 more then the tree. After it printed I used a fun border punch at the top & then folded it, I used Time Holtz distress ink Tea Dye for my edges, punched 2 holes after I folded it for the ribbon & tag. I also Stickled the tree for a little color. Once you get your design you can print off how ever many you need, I can not wait to use this idea for my daughter's b-day goody bags in March!

Best Friends

2010-11-16T06:00:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone! Wow, Thanksgiving is already next week! We always decorate for Christmas at Thanksgiving so I am starting on my Christmas gifts so I will have pretty packages to put under the tree next week. My project this week will be going to my daughter's good friend. Of course I had to use the Best Friends Imagine Cartridge.

I started out with a flat panel canvas, I used Tim Holtz's Tattered Rose crackle paint. I then used a pretty pink flower pattern from pg. 42 on a basic shape. Then I used just the frame on the bottom of page 21 with the last pattern on pg. 44.Then I made the Best Friends tag on pg. 13.I sewed on the frame & tag & used pop dots so it would stand out.I inked everything with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink.I also inked my vintage seam binding with the same ink.

Very fast simple & easy but such a great gift!

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Canvas

Best Friends Imagine Cartridge

Tim Holtz- Tattered Rose crackle paint

Vintage Photo Distress ink

Ribbon

Friendship is not a Competition

2010-11-15T20:10:00.000-06:00

This layout was hard for me because I like to match my papers to my photos, but I have conflicting colors & needed something neutral. I just love this new paper from Cosmo Cricket! Circa 1934.

I love this photo & am so happy that I got it. My daughter & her friend have been friends for 7 yrs. & even though they are on opposite teams they still cheer each other on.

I used Sesame Street Font Cricut Cartridge for the lettering.

Fall Brick Shelf Sitter

2010-11-09T08:42:00.000-06:00

This is my project for the I-Team at Creative Critterz Imaginations this week. Be sure to check their blog everyday to see some cute things made with the Imagine! Click on my I-Team Blinkie at the top right.

I love to recycle & alter things & I have been staring at this stack of bricks in our garage since we moved here 7½ years ago. So I finally am doing something with them! I also love Fall, so I decided to make a fall shelf sitter.

Just a plain ole brick from our house.

I used the Imagine More Art Cartridge.

The fun new thing that I tried on my Imagine was printing on ribbon. I used the border on pg. 25 & put it in layers & just used the last piece. I used satin ribbon & just layed it on the mat to match the placement on the screen, it did get a tiny bit on my mat but nothing a baby wipe didn't take care of.

Then I used just the flowers from the top of page 18 & the bottom of page 19 (I cut the leaves off). I changed the color to something fallish, I then cut 2 of each, one at 3½" & one at 2½". I then crumpled & inked them, I used Tim Holtz Distress inks-Rusty Hinge & Spiced Marmalade. I added buttons & put them on twigs & added my ribbon. I covered the front of the brick with my matching border on page 25. I put some of my daughters clay in the holes to hold my twigs. (shhh don't tell her, lol) & here it is. Thanks for looking!

New Design Team Member

2010-11-01T21:49:00.001-05:00

I am so excited to announce that I made the Design Team for Creative Critters Imaginations!
Here are my fellow I-Team designers check out all the great talent & be inspired to use your new Cricut Imagine machine:

Karin Adamczyk - http://www.scrappercreations.blogspot.com/

Katie Jones - http://www.craftingwithkatie.blogspot.com/

Linda Kaiser - http://www.paperboutique.blogspot.com/
Jessie Lee - http://www.scrappyjess.blogspot.com/

Edna McGreevy - http://www.expressionbypinke.blogspot.com/

Erin Morgan - http://www.imagineandcompany.blogspot.com/

SammyeJo Singer - http://www.62cards.blogspot.com/

Click on my I-Team blinkie (top right);
to check out the Creative Critters Imaginations blog everyday to see what's new!

Cricut Imagine Nursery Ensemble

2010-10-18T09:10:00.008-05:00

This is my first real big project with my new Imagine & it is so cute! I just love my new machine!! So much fun!

I have the nursery cart that came with my machine that I got on HSN, I have no one to give baby stuff to right now but I just had to make something with these cute little critters!

I made a grow chart, a baby banner, a catch all can, a wipees box, & a picture in a frame.

I wanted a kind of vintage look to this so each piece was inked with Tim Holtz Distress ink-Tea Dye, & I of course had to sew on each of them! Lots of scalloped, waved & rounded edges to keep it soft looking. I also used my Signo white pen to make white stitches on the green.

All of the letters and numbers are from the Hannah montanna cartridge using Daddy's Girl font. The banner cuts are from Calligraphy font.

On the growth chart I used pop dots on the animals so they would stand out.

The ribbon I used is actual vintage seam binding, it is just so pretty. The wipee box is going to be handle a lot, so after I made all my pieces I used Mod Podge on them. I glued these pieces on using E-6000 so they would stick to the plastic better. The scallop cut on the top of the box is from the French Manor cart. Of course you need a stinky skunk on a wipee box. The can is just a catch all for whatever you might need to throw into it, it is very simple but effective.

This frame has been hanging around my house forever & I could never get rid of it or figure out anything to do with it, it is perfect for this! It has 4 pieces of glass in it, in layers. I put a couple of pieces of each of the picture on all the glass so there is a lot of dimension, it really is super cute & of course looks better when you can actually see it in real life.
Thanks for looking! As always, if you have any questions just let me know! scrapalooza@yahoo.com

Work Spend Create

2010-09-05T13:14:00.002-05:00

This is a layout that I made for the Cricut challenge & I used it for my Liftateer challenge this week also.
The journaling says-
I labor all week so that I can spend & create on the weekends. This Labor Day weekend Parker & I shopped & got some good bargains. We went to Hobby Lobby-Big Lots-$store-Walgreen's Personal Scrapbook& got some really great deals! I got the cute little fan for $4! Tim Holtz paper at HobLob for ½ price & I finally found the red flock@ PS. My new Cricut cart came in the mail. I got a new softball album for $6! I found a cute pair of green reading glasses @ the $ store. Cricut green lol. Then we went to Gattitown & ate & played. So now I am home & creating. Great weekend. We also got to see some hot air balloons landing.

Halloween House tutorial (kinda)

2010-08-25T11:33:00.007-05:00

I am not good at tutorials, but I am great at answering questions! I am better in person so I can actually show you how to do it, that is why I would rather teach a class. Anyway I know most of you are far away so I will try to show you how to make this, PLEASE let me know if you have any questions! Here goes nothing! :)

I used chipboard. I cut the pieces as follows
the 2 large sides are 8½ x 6½
the 2 smaller sides are the same only they are turned opposite & you need to cut off the top 2 corners to make a peak for the roof to sit on.
the 2 roof pieces are 6½ x 9.
The base is 7½ x 10" & I used regular cardboard for this so it would be sturdier.

Now you need to cover all pieces with whatever paper you have decided on.

Next you need to put your holes in. I used my Bind-It-All & punched holes down the sides of the four pieces that will be assembled to make the 4 walls of the house.

Then I put it together using ribbon.
Then you also need to punch holes along the long sides of the roof, I used my owires to attach these together so the lid would open & close easily.

Then I glued the 4 walls down. I put a line of tacky glue & set the house on it, then as it started to dry I used hot glue & put a line in the front of the each wall & also on the back inside of the house so it makes it more sturdy. So there are 3 lines of glue holding it up.

Then I glued just one side of the roof to the house , but leave the other side opened so you can open & close it.

Then you are ready to decorate it however you want. You could also make a gingerbread house or Easter or whatever you wanted. Get creative! Have fun! Hope you enjoy this.

Halloween Candy Dish House

2010-08-25T11:14:00.004-05:00

This is my Halloween House Candy Dish.

Summer blog hop

2010-08-19T09:30:00.004-05:00

Check out the summer blog carnival at CraftCritique! Some super cute stuff!!

http://www.craftcritique.com/2010/08/summer-blog-carnival.html

Giggle Giggle Quack

2010-08-17T18:10:00.002-05:00

I made this page for a challenge that was to be anonymous so they had to guess who made what page. Well I have had more questions & comments about the background paper so I am posting here. I MADE IT. LOL I used a piece of white paper & the Creat a Critter Cricut cartridge (say that fast 5 times hehehe) my Gypsy & the Cricut black markers. It was that easy & it did turn out cute. Thanks for all the comments!

Wonderland ATC

2010-08-17T18:05:00.003-05:00

I found an awesome site! You can get to it from the Simply ATC blinkie at the top right of the home page on this blog. They are a new ATC challenge blog & every 2 weeks they have a challenge with a prize & you swap your ATC. Too cool! Anyway, their first set of challenges for a full set of ATC's after all the swaps will be Alice in Wonderland which I love! This is the ATC I made for the first one, I will put up a pic of the one I get back in the swap when I get it. I am swapping with JessT.

Sunflower seed holder

2010-08-13T12:58:00.004-05:00

I am addicted to the Chocolate covered cashews from Walgreens. They are so good & they come in this cute little container where the lid pops up. So after I am done eating them I have acool container. My daughter bought some sunflower seeds & cut the top off & they spilled everywhere, a container to the rescue! I made this cute sunflower on my Cricut in about 5 minutes & taped it on so I can take it off when the sunflower phase is over. :)

Princess play clipboard

2010-08-04T18:57:00.002-05:00

This is a clipboard that I painted with magnetic paint & then chalkboard paint. I used the Once Upon A Princess Cricut cartridge to make dolls & the castle & I put magnet on the back so you can play with it. Then hang it up when you are finished.

One year old

2010-07-31T21:05:00.003-05:00

I made this for the Liftateer challenge & a Cricut Circle challenge. I used the Home Decor cartridge for the flowers & branches. The paper is an older style by Melissa Frances.

Ballerina

2010-07-28T21:31:00.005-05:00

This is a layout I did for a contest at my lss & another person & myself won! yay. I am so bad at writing down where product comes from unless I 'have' to. I think this paper came from Shabby Green Door? Songbird maybe? Anyway, the contest is called Page in a Bag & you pick up a bag of supplies & have to make soemthing with it, I love to see how different everyones project is & that it comes out of the same bag of stuff. The shape of the photo was actually on the paper that way, I just cut my photo to fit, then sewed around it. The crown is from the Hannah Montanna Cricut Cartridge. The music sheet at the bottom was a plain piece of cardboard rolodex style that was in the bag. The little foam flower at the bottom was in the bag. The pink velvet dot ribbon & the green dots were all in the bag. Then I added a bunch of tulle & sprayed sparkle on it with my newest find that I LOVE, it is a shimmer spritz by Tsukineko. I found it hiding in the stamp section at JoAnn's. They have been out for a while after I bought it, it's probably discontinued because I love it now. lol Thanks for looking!! Have a great day! :)

Love my Bic Mark It markers. :)

2010-07-22T16:17:00.007-05:00

These are the Bic Mark Its & I just love them, I use them for everything. I got this pack at Walmart for $12.44

I use them a lot to color my acrylic rhinestones, which works beautifully! The pack this comes in has a space at the bottom that I put a sample of each color. I just used glue dots to attach them after I colored them.

An easy way to color them is to put a strip of adhesive down, then put the stones on there & color them, they dry almost immediately & if you pick them up right there is already adhesive on them!

I learned these awesome tips from Tammy at http://www.cricutcritters.com/ she has the best retreats & ideas! I always learn a ton of stuff from her! Thanks Tammy. :)

Embossing kit for the Cricut!!!

2010-06-25T20:46:00.003-05:00

I bought an embossing kit for my Cricut & I absolutely am loving it! Anything you can cut, you can emboss! My first project that I am ready to post is this awesome frame.

I bought one of those $1 wooden frames at a craft store & painted it black. Then I took plumbers tape & embossed it. I used Stretch your Imagination & made 1" squares side by side, the image I used is at the bottom 4th from the end. Then I painted it black & after it had dried I sanded it. For the corners I used Storybook, fancy corners shift 7 at 1 3/4", I inked it then blotted it with black. Then I just added a few embellishments. I was so excited to do this project that I didn't do step by step pictures, but I will make another one & do more pics! Any questions just ask. :)

The place where you can buy the embossing kit is at Chomas Creations http://www.amychomas.com/

I will definitely have more projects soon using this new kit!

Father's Day card

2010-06-14T22:34:00.004-05:00

This is my dad's favorite card I ever made him.

Scraproom

2010-05-02T14:36:00.007-05:00

I have made a few slight changes to my scraproom so I thought I would share. Just don't look at my mess. :)

Close up of my personal work space.

I found this cool wooden rack at the Goodwill for $2! It will hold all 36 Tim Holtz distress inks. I only need 12 more to fill it. :)

These little shelves are actually wooden name plaques from Michaels. I took the hangers off the back, painted them white & put them on shelf brackets. The cartridges fit right down in the shelf perfectly. Of course I have my daughters artwork.

These shelves have my flowers, albums & ATC's that I swap. The over the door pantry shelves are perfect for my ribbon!

I got these plastic drawers at Walmart & they are the perfect size for my scrap pieces of paper. I also have 3 Iris tote holders now from Hobby Lobby & I put themed items in them, love them!

Classes!

2010-02-25T09:09:00.003-06:00

I will be teaching classes this year. :) I really miss teaching & have decided to go back to it. So starting in April I will be teaching a Bind-it-all Class at my house. No need to have a BIA we can share, so if you have one & don't know what to do with it or if you are thinking about getting one this will be your class. More info will be posted soon.

Happy New Year

2010-01-05T11:57:00.003-06:00

I got really behind this year, so busy doing other things, I am really going to try to keep up & add more instruction this year, we'll just have to see how it goes. :) Anyway, my goal last year was 80 pages & I went well over that. Anyone who scraps with me knows that that is a lot for me, I went to a 3 day retreat & did 7 pages some cards & ATC's the whole time, I am a very slow scrapper! It is a process for me & sometimes a very long one, lol! I obviously didn't get them all posted here so here is a link to my scrapbook.com album for 2009 if you want to see my pages, my gallery has projects also that aren't included in the pages album. I am setting my goal at 90 for this year in the 2010 album because I am on a Design Team & the Liftateers which makes me scrap more. :) Thanks for looking have a great New Year!
http://http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1491807/

Animal Print suitcase album

2009-07-20T23:21:00.003-05:00

I bought 3 of these at a garage sale & am going to make them into albums, this is the first one & the smallest one at 8x10. The pages are connected in the album accordian style.

Page detail

2009-07-20T23:17:00.001-05:00

Animal Print suitcase-more detail

2009-07-20T23:10:00.004-05:00

Girl Scout Thank You cards

2009-07-20T21:53:00.001-05:00

I made these for Parker's brownie leader & co-leader & her unit leaders at twilight camp.

Bridging to Brownies

2009-07-20T21:51:00.001-05:00

I lifted this from Melissa Frances class at GASC in Arlington. I was an assistant in her class so I couldn't make my page then, I did it when I got home.

Aladdin

2009-07-20T21:49:00.001-05:00

Aladdin so charmed her. This was for the round robin challenge.

Blowin Kisses

2009-07-20T21:44:00.002-05:00

This was from a sketch at Fiskars.com

It is mostly Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper. The journaling says--

June 30th, 2009. Parker & I were in the car & blowing kisses to each other & catching them & she very casually says, "Mom, you know if you eat those they will add love to your heart."

Tim Holtz class

2009-07-20T21:42:00.001-05:00

I had him sign a transparency so i could use it later on a layout & it turned out cool.

Grungeboard mini album

2009-07-20T21:37:00.001-05:00

I attended a Tim Holtz grungeboard class & made this awesome album! I haven't completed the inside yet so I will take more pictures later. I love his products!

I Wanna Rock!

2009-07-20T21:32:00.003-05:00

I love rock n roll from the beginning with Elvis, the Beatles to now days with alternative & everything in between. I am just a rocker at heart so I did this page for my Book of Me. The awesome word thing with the different types of rock I like is from http://www.wordle.net/

This was also a sketch from My Sketch World. I used silver metallic paint on the background.

Disney

2009-07-20T21:29:00.000-05:00

This is from a sketch from

My Sketch World.

Nassau, Bahamas

2009-07-20T21:25:00.002-05:00

This is from a pagemaps.com sketch. I was in top 5 with this one. I just love transparencies! That is what I printed the big picture on. I also put some of the beads from her hair on a ribbon.

My mom as a Brownie

2009-07-20T21:22:00.001-05:00

I found these pics of my mom form 1955-56 or 56-57? Thought they would be cool to put in my daughters brownie book.

Yeehaw

2009-07-20T21:19:00.004-05:00

This was from a sketch at Scrapbooker's Clubhouse.

Me & James-97

2009-07-20T21:16:00.002-05:00

This was for a scraplift the person before you challenge at scrapbook.com

I lifted from ScrappinKitty's gallery. I used inks & glimmer mist to make the background paper. I onked the chipboard & used lots of stickles, platinum.

Friend b-day paper bag card

2009-07-20T21:11:00.002-05:00

This is a paper bag card. I hand stitched it with floss & I used crepe paper for the flower & inside. I added lace & pearls & of course buttons. I painted the pink.green to stamp on.

Cards

2009-07-20T21:04:00.000-05:00

This one is for Fiskars 360th b-day.

Just a b-day card.

Texas swap

2009-07-20T20:45:00.001-05:00

These are 6x6 pages for a Texas swap. It was a blast to do & I learned some things about my home state.

Wild Wild West

2009-07-20T20:43:00.001-05:00

Another round robin challenge.

My Daycare Babies

2009-07-20T20:39:00.000-05:00

This was done for a round robin challenge at scrapbook.com

Pinky

2009-07-20T20:35:00.002-05:00

My Papaw was called Pinky & he restored old cars as a hobby & he sure loved doing it.
I got to be guest pieces designer at If it's Groovy blog & she sent me some stuff to use & this is what I did. I used lots of ink & distressing. I made the background paper with Tim Holtz inks & a rolling stamp from Stampin' up.

This is me

2009-07-20T20:32:00.001-05:00

This was a challenge for your Book of Me on Natl' Scrapbook Day at scrapbook.com

To know us is to love us

2009-07-20T20:30:00.001-05:00

This was a challenge at Fiskars. This design came off a postcard. I used stickles for my 'stitching.

Brownies

2009-07-20T20:26:00.002-05:00

I won a prize for this one from the scrap the person before challenge at scrapbook.com . I lifted this from LaKeta's gallery.

Back Off

2009-07-20T20:17:00.001-05:00

This is Phillip with his little squirrel.

Tickle Me Pink

2009-07-20T20:10:00.001-05:00

This was so much fun, I was taking pictures of her while I was tickling her, not an easy thing to do. :)

Fashionista

2009-07-20T20:08:00.003-05:00

I love playing with my photos & I love transparencies!!!

ATC swaps

2009-07-20T20:02:00.002-05:00

These are the latest swaps I have done. There was a candy one, a mermaid one, & a cupcake one.

2009-07-19T22:45:00.001-05:00

This was one of those sheets of paper that is cut out. I used daisy shapes. The strip of paper across the bottom used Tim Holtz inks & I embossed a daisy flower stamp.

Splash

2009-07-19T22:44:00.000-05:00

2009-07-19T22:41:00.000-05:00

This is a board book that i altered into a little explore book. It is 12x12.

2nd b-day

2009-07-19T22:40:00.000-05:00

Easter 2003

2009-07-19T22:39:00.000-05:00

Go Cowboys!

2009-07-19T22:37:00.000-05:00

I really like using the metallic mesh.

Kindergarten

2009-07-19T22:34:00.001-05:00

Posting

2009-07-19T01:16:00.001-05:00

wow, I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy. I have lots of things to share so get ready. :)

Guest Designer

2009-06-23T16:50:00.002-05:00

I got picked at random to try to make a layout from pieces that were sent to me & here is my result. :) Check it out!

http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-my-first-pieces-parts.html

2 favorites working together

2009-05-15T07:13:00.006-05:00

I put this on my blog about a year ago but it has

come up in conversation so I am reposting it.

This is my Zero Hero clear centering ruler from

C-thru ruler co. at http://www.dejaviews.com/

I use this thing almost everytime I scrap & I

especially love it with my Bind-It-All.

My Sunshine Room!

2009-05-08T14:14:00.003-05:00

This is my side.

This is Parker's side.

I got these hangers at Ikea & painted them white so I could

display my layouts.

This is Parker's new sewing machine that she got for her

b-day. Mine had to be put away & hanging above it is her

very first quilt square.

I love my ribbon rack!

Any questions about anything I used, just ask. :)

My Sunshine Room!

2009-05-08T14:09:00.004-05:00

I am so excited. I finally got my scraproom painted & organized & cleaned out & I am loving it! Parker is even helping keep it clean. She calls it the sunshine room, it is very cheery.

Parker had a great time helping get it painted.

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

2009-03-18T13:39:00.003-05:00

We went to a craft show way down in Deep Ellum in Dallas, (I say way down in downtown Dallas because we are from the burbs. lol) & as we were walking by this alley I just had to get a picture & of course Parker had to be in it. That is how I got the idea of Take A Walk On The Wild Side, urban looking. I used the brick paper with an overlay of brick then I put paint behind the picture, then added a lot of rub ons. I looked up a grafitti alphabet to write with.

Best Buds

2009-03-18T13:38:00.001-05:00

This was from a sketch but I don't remember which one now.
Flowers, stickles swirls from a stencil, ric a rac, grommets.

Cutie

2009-03-18T13:36:00.001-05:00

I just used lots of stuff. Flowers, pearls, lace, rub-ons.

First Snow

2009-03-18T13:34:00.002-05:00

I cut a large snowflake on the cricut. I used snow-tex on the bottom for real snow look. Of course glitter.

SwimTeam

2009-03-18T13:33:00.000-05:00

Parker & her best bud on the McKinney Sea Lions swim team.

Parker & Pups

2009-03-18T13:30:00.002-05:00

Simple page, I did it for a color challenge-blue/orange?

July 4th

2009-03-18T13:25:00.002-05:00

I had a few cute pics I wanted to use for this but didn't have room for all the parade & fireworks ones, so I cut those out of my letters for my title, I really like the way they turned out. I cut the letters out on my cricut first then I pulled each letter off but left the negative paper there & put my pictures under the paper until I had them exactly right then took off the paper & cut the pictures.

1st Grade

2008-10-25T21:11:00.002-05:00

I ordered this large 12x12 picture from http://www.scrapbooksplease.com/ I made the little filmstrip look with my Bind-it-all. I used my swirly doodles stencil with my signo white pen & glossy black fabric paint. I used my new Pooh font Cricut cartridge for the title. Since I homeschool that means I am also the school photographer, lol. So these are our 1st grade school pictures for her school book.

Tinker Belles

2008-10-25T21:06:00.003-05:00

This was the t-ball team from fall 2007. I used ribbon, a few flowers & brads & lace with brads. I used my Swirly Doodles stencil from Hot Off The Press & I used my White Signo pen.

Softball

2008-10-25T21:02:00.002-05:00

This is the title page for Parker's t-ball/softball album. The design is from a sketch by Lucy Chesna. My friend Cheryl from our meet up groups made the cool blue tags on her computer. I added flowers & rhinestones.

Log Ride

2008-10-25T20:58:00.002-05:00

This was Parker's first log ride, she said she loved it but she was a little tense. :) This was from a www.pagemaps.com sketch. I painted the chipboard flowers & tag with regular acrylic paint & added buttons & ribbon.

My Friend

2008-10-25T20:48:00.002-05:00

This was done for a contest called So You Think You Can Scrap. http://ymbd.blogspot.com/
This was for round 2. We had to create a layout based on the colors of our favorite ice cream! Mine is chocolate chip cookie dough at Baskin Robbins & my daughters is strawberry, & since most of my layouts are about her I combined our colors & this is what I came up with. I weaved the middle strip of Basic Grey papers, added a chipboard swirl, flowers, die cut flowers, a large piece of ric a rac, buttons, a piece of cardboard under the picture, inking & doodling. I also inked the flower in the middle with brown & I inked it onto the background of my cardstock for a neat effect. I made the picture of Parker & little Sam in sepia tone.

Swirls

2008-10-25T20:44:00.002-05:00

This was a fast easy one. I inked these large chipboard swirls with my distressing ink, vintage photo. Then just added flowers & buttons. This was a sketched picture from one of those machines at Chuck E. Cheese.

Thoughts of Days Gone by

2008-10-24T16:25:00.002-05:00

This is an awesome picture of my great Aunt, probably from the late 40's early 50's? This layout was made from a 'scrap pack' on http://www.scrapbook.com/ there is a challenge you can enter & she sends you a pack (everyone gets the same one) you have to do a layout with the things you receive. It was very challenging but this is what I came up with.

Hannah Montanna & Billy Ray--Halloween

2008-10-24T13:28:00.003-05:00

This was 2007 & I still dress to match Parker for Halloween & she wanted to be Hannah last year! I thought it would be awful but it wasn't too bad being Billy Ray! LOL!!! People knew who we were! This was a sketch from http://www.pagemaps.com/ I used ribbons, buttons, cut stars out of paper, inking & glitter alphabet for the Halloween word.

Sassy!

2008-10-24T13:22:00.002-05:00

Parker cut off 11 inches of hair & we donated it to Locks of Love & her new cut was so sassy & she just swished her hair around all day. So I wanted a 'sassy' layout. For the tinted picture I went to http://www.picnik.com/ to alter the photo, they have cool fun stuff & it is free! I used a border punch, ribbon & some felt flowers.

Altered desk

2008-09-19T21:21:00.002-05:00

This was an old desk that a neighbor was throwing away & I asked if I could have it. I painted it with a base coat of rustoleum then the yellow is also rustoleum then I just used red acrylic. I used Mod Podge to apply the paper to the top then sealed it with Triple Thick Glaze.

Hotties

2008-09-19T21:17:00.002-05:00

This layout was just too fun! It was a scrap your favorite sexy celebrity. Since I always have a few celeb crushes these are my recent ones, except Johnny Depp who has been on the list for quite a few years! Anyway, I used a real piece of cardboard then that ugly brick paper that I never knew what to do with, metal embellies, inking and a little bit of mesh.

Accidents Happen

2008-09-17T23:03:00.002-05:00

This was for a quote challenge, I picked the quote 'accidents happen'. This was a fun day for her playing in the paint! It started out with pretty colors! lol! I used the Makin the Grade Cricut cartridge for the font. The patterned paper is some of the new stuff from Hobby Lobby. I inked the arrow & added ribbon.

Pink Hat

2008-09-17T22:56:00.002-05:00

This is Parker in her pink hat doing her 'word' sign & just posing. I felt like this layout needed to be a little grungy. I love this Basic Grey paper with these pictures. I cut out the flowers & journaled around the petals & used brads. I sanded the pictures & crumpled the 2 bigger ones a bit.

The Bow

2008-08-31T00:22:00.002-05:00

I used my Bind-it-All again on the sides & wove my ribbon through. I used a felt strip. The papers & embellies match the picture perfectly! The title is Thickers, I love these new alphabets!

Mommy & Me

2008-08-31T00:21:00.003-05:00

This one used lots of buttons & some flowers on. I used my Bind-it-All to put my ribbon through & put it together.

Mickey Mouse

2008-08-31T00:18:00.002-05:00

This was for a Disney Character challenge. I used my cricut & for the filmstrip look I used my Bind-it-All.

Splish Splash

2008-08-31T00:15:00.002-05:00

This was for a water challenge. I love up close of parts. This is Parker & baby Jackson in the little baby pool. I used Diamond Glaze on the title to get the letters so shiny.

Butterfly Kisses

2008-08-31T00:13:00.002-05:00

This was for the color challenge. It is different but it turned out okay. The paper was already made like that with the glitter swirls. I cut the butterflies out of the patterned paper I used. Too easy.

Time

2008-08-31T00:08:00.002-05:00

This layout was published on the cover of Oh Scrap-- http://ohscrapnewsletter.spaces.live.com/ an online scrapbook magazine or ezine? I don't know the correct lingo. I am very excited! I painted on the background paper, I used a clock overlay, distressed the photo & put a hidden tag. The pic is my friend & her daughters.

Fall

2008-08-31T00:06:00.002-05:00

This was from the scraplift the person before you challenge. I love Fall! This is the first time I used the felt strips, very cool!

I love Grandma

2008-08-31T00:02:00.002-05:00

This layout was for a sketch challenge & it is so bright & fun, I love the colors & big flowers. I used my bobunny flex ruler to make my curves across the 2 pages. Lots of glitter.

Close To You

2008-08-01T09:23:00.001-05:00

I did this for the song challenge. You had to use Close to You on the page so I made it my title. I printed this picture in black & white on a transparency & the colors of the paper showed through & gave it a really cool look. Then I sponge painted on the edge of the picture so it would blend in to the picture, I couldn't get my colors mixed just right to blend but it looks okay. I distressed & inked the edges on the paper, I inked the white lace & the white flowers to match. I used some Basic Grey die cuts & some charms. This is one of my daycare babies. :)

Sweet

2008-08-01T09:22:00.000-05:00

This is for the lift yourself challenge, I did this layout for my daughter & now I did one for one of my daycare babies. I just love these feet layouts! This is actually from a sketch by Q-Diggity.

Pure Potential

2008-08-01T09:17:00.002-05:00

I did this for an Ugly Paper challenge, I don't really like these papers but they look okay together. I don't really care for purple in my layouts for some reason but those were her team colors, I also wanted it girly because they were called the Girly Girlz, but then it started turning into some kind of flower thing so I made myself stop! LOL
This was my daughters first ever t-ball game. The journaling says- The first time you got up to bat at your 1st t-ball game you were 5 & I saw a spark in your eyes that let me know that this will be your sport. I should say that she is starting her 4th season in softball this fall. :)