Retreat accomlishment

I went on a retreat last weekend to a sweet little place in Maypearl, TX. called Stolen Moments Inn. It was also only about 10-12 minutes away from The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie. Awesome store!!! I got a few things done & started which for me is very good because I usually mess around & don't get anything done. LOL

I did the January tag from Tim Holtz's 12 tags.

I got some new Authentique paper while at the Crafty Scrapper. It is a spring line & just beautiful.

I got the inspiration for this tag off a tag on my ATC's & Tags pinterest board.

 

Then I also made this card.

 

 

 

Then I scraplifted this layout from another one I put on my Awesome Scrapbook pages Pinterest board. I added the picture after I got home.

Chunky/fat book swap

I am in a chunky or fat book swap. These are the front & back of the pages that I made. There were 21 participants. I can't wait to get the completed book back. :)

Another card

I am loving the birthday club, it is so fun making new cards.

Birthday cards recieved

Great birthday last month. Look at all of these wonderful cards I got from my All Things Tim yahoo group. If you love Tim Holtz then this is a great group to be in. :)

Birthday card

I am in a card exchange birthday club & it is so much fun! There are 42 of us, can you imagine getting all those beautiful handmade cards for your birthday?! Here is one I made for a January b-day.
The paper is from a Tim Holtz pad & I used Broken China distress stickle to bring out the bird.

Button Fairy

I wasn't on here much last year for some reason. I have started this new year off with some swaps. This one is called a button fairy. I had never heard of them but I guess they are kinda cute. This is mine. I will be sending them to their new homes tomorrow, I can't wait to see what I get back.

ATC holder

    I love ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) but I can never figure out what to do with the ones I really like. I wanted to show them off so I asked around to see what other people do & after the brainstorm I got an idea of what I wanted, now to find it...a few days later in my alley someone had thrown out a torn up baby gate, Perfect! So I got it (yes I am a trash digger lol) took a while but got the piece out of it that I wanted and voila!

    It is a little rough but it is exactly what I wanted. I am close to the end of a remodel of my scrap room so I will no doubt clean this up & decorate it so I can add all my favorite ATC's that I have recieved.

Altered mousetraps

These are mousetraps that I altered for a swap. They were a challenge but a lot of fun! I chose to do mine in a shabby chic style. I used Tim Holtz distress inks, crackle paint & distress stains. I added lace, pearls, buttons & Prima flowers. You can get the mousetraps for cheap, I got these at Big Lots I think it was $2 for 4. I am going to make the other 2 with magnets on the back & put paper in the trap part for lists & reminders.

Vintage family layout with the Imagine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!