Vicki's Class Mini

Hi Ladies,
Here are pics of the beautiful mini class I took hosted by Vicki. It has a canvas cover and chipboard pages.
There are lots of die cuts and hidden pockets.

This is the first page. I adhered all the matt die cuts so a tag can be inserted behind each to add a jounal spot.

I love her paper choice. It is called Cottage Wall. It is no longer available, but I think I still have a couple of packs that I stocked up on of this paper.

I just love the layouts on each page. Simple yet lightly embellished. Sometimes I go overboard, which is easy to do with so many options for embellishments.

This next set of pages has a fun pull out photo matt/ journal spot.

This opens up to reveal more space to add photos.

I am a huge locket and key fan, so this is probably my favorite page in the mini.

The last double page layout. I love the small banner she has used in the mini. I thought it was a nestie, but after searching, I am not so sure. I will have to ask her.

and the last page. I love the mini birdcage and bird accent. I have this die but have not used it yet.

You can see the video for this mini below.

Thanks,

Month by Month

Some youth from my church wanted to make custom Months Labels for their activities calendar, so they came to me to make them. They even did all the work.
They turned out wonderful.


Each month was personalized for that month.
January - die cuts, border punch, bling
February - die cuts, embossing folder, border punch

They used various die cuts and other embellishments to decorate each month's label.
March - Die cuts, punch border, feathers, nest
April die cuts, bling


It took three trips to my scraproom to finish them all.
May - flowers, die cuts, bling, border punch
June - die cuts, bling, stamens, embossing folder

They seemed to really enjoy it.

July - die cuts, straw hat, ribbon, stickles

August - die cuts, embossing folder, nesties

It was nice to be able to let them do this and have enough stuff that they could just come and play.

September - die cuts, stamps

October, die cuts, border punch, glimmer mist

I hope they enjoyed being here and crafting as much as I did.

November - die cuts, embossing folders

December - die cuts border punch

Thanks ladies, hope to see you again,

Happy 45th Banner

My parents are celebrating 45 years of marriage this July 2nd. I made this banner for the party my sister and I are having for them. It is hard to see in the full view so below is a close up of each section

I embellished each section individually and differently. I am very pleased with how it turned out.

I used the Pennat die from Stampin Up.

and various other die cuts. The lace doily is a nestability. The letter are also Stampin Up dies.

The flowers and leaves are from I Am Roses. I had a few things that messed up but hopefully no one will notice but me.

I tried to use embellishement that were sybollic of commitment and lasting love through the years.

I added one plain section for a spacer.

I made one huge boo boo. I thought the color for 45 years was ruby...but it is sapphire blue and I was not going to make a new banner. So hopefully no one will be the wiser...oh my!

Thanks,

Fun Altered {Project

I had some old cigar boxes in my craft room and wanted to alter them. This is the first alteration. I love how it turned out. I used My Immortal paper stack.

I used an assortment of embellies on the cover. I Tim Holtz, knob and bookplate, I Am Roses skeleton leaves and flowers, Prima bling, a mini key charm.

I tore pieces of the paper to reveal more Designer paper below and then used more flowers to embellish.

I made a faux leather closure to keep it closed.

You can view a video of this project below. I will post pictures of the mini inside soon.

Thanks,

Father's Day Card

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dad's out there, this is the card I made for mine. He is the best dad ever. He has always been there for me.

Here is a close up of the embellies. He loves to garden and has always been known for his gardens, both flower and vegetable. I chose to use Botanical garden from Stampin Up for the Design paper. Some skeleton leaves and seam binding.

Thanks,

Rustic Star with a Teal Twist

This star is so pretty in real life. The flourishes are bling.

You can get the tutorial for this beauty here.

Thanks,

Father's Day Card Idea

A fun card I made for my dad. I die cut some gears and a bookplate label. Used some screw head brads and mini brads, layered some distressed designer paper on some black cardstock and layered that onto a card base in close to cocoa.

This card went together very quickly and I just love how the distressing turned out.

I can't remember what paper stack the designer paper came from but I think it is Tim Holtz.


Thanks,