Tuesday - mini album



Happy Tuesday,

Well at my class on Saturday each kit included a 3 sketches and the paper, embellishments and alphabets to make the pages.  One of the great people who signed up for the class was Nicole.  She had a great take on the one page layout.  Here is  my layout and then Nicole's.





Nicole changed up some of the paper and used a different piece that she found in the store.  How fun it that.  Thanks Nicole for sending me your work! Love it!

As I mentioned yesterday last week I was working on some displays for the store.  This is the little mini album which is the companion piece to yesterday's photo cubes.  This little album was just made with cardstock and the echo park little boy line. I just love it.  I think I may have to make one for my Mother in Law.  It is just 4x4 so she could carry it in her purse.

On the left side I added a photo and then on the right I had added a bit of journaling.  Really Really cute.

                               

Anything exciting going on today?  I am working on my goals.  So far I haven't accomplished anything.  I started a good book and have been reading, and I made some more sketches.  Got to focus and get busy.

Hope everyone has a great day and I will be back tomorrow with Wednesday's card.  Thanks for stopping by and I will see you then!

Monday Monday--Cube

Happy Monday!

Well how was every one's weekend.Ours was pretty good!  It just flew by.  I really wish the weekends could go a bit slower.  Saturday was so busy with running errands, haircuts for the boys, swim lessons, Easter egg hunt (in the freezing cold, wind, and rain--YUCK!), and a party.  Then on Sunday I taught my first scrapbooking class.  I had a blast. Everyone in the class was so much fun.  I loved to see how people in the class took the idea of the sketch and make it their own.  I am going to try to post a couple of their projects on my blog this week.

This past week I was really busy making things for the store.  Vicky gave me a kit to make a couple of different projects.  I first made this 3D stackable cube.  I thought it came out so incredibly cute.  It used the Little Boy paper collection from Echo Park.  I knew I couldn't go wrong with their paper.  I took a couple of pictures of the different sides.

I have a couple of goals for myself this week.  The first one is to finish up my sketches and may class displays.  The second one is to scrap for myself .  For the last 2 weeks I have been making my displays and 'for Sunday's class, national scrapbook day and then for May's class.  DON'T get me wrong--I loved every minute of it but I want to scrap just for me.  I have made sketches for the layouts, and made kits.  All I have to do is sit down and start!  My third is to finish Christmas -- O.K. I know I have been saying this for about 3 weeks now but I really want to do it.  I have one layout left.  I know I can do it--plus I am sure you all are tired of me saying it-heheheheheh

I hope everyone has a fantastic day and I will be back tomorrow with an itty bitty mini album--yup you heard it right me making a mini album.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you all tomorrow!

Happy Friday!

Well we made it through another week.  TGIF!!! I am so excited.  I have a busy day at work wrapping things up.  I don't want to take home any work.  Then after school I am running to my lss to pick up the rest of my materials for my class.  I have to finish kitting tonight.  I am also going to pick up my materials for my May class.  I have to say I am so excited over my may sketches and paper choices.  Tonight I am going to try to make the demos as well.  I also have to pick up the materials for my sketch layout for National Scrapbook Day.  I did a cute layout using the new Bo Bunny line AD Lib.  I will post more information on it as we get closer to May 7th. So I have a busy day, but all of it is fun. 

What is everyone doing this weekend? Saturday is kind of shaky for us.  We are supposed to have a huge Easter Egg Hunt at our local YMCA, but the weather is calling for cold 50 degrees and rain.  I do not want to stand outside and look for eggs in that mess.  Might have to hold one at our house just with the boys.  I can go to the dollar store and buy some eggs and and put some candy in them.  Then friends of ours are having a big party to celebrate the finalization of their adoption.  It should be a great big party.  We are really excited! And then on Sunday my mom is coming over for lunch and I have my class.  So excited!

As I mentioned last week Becky was a bad influence on me and I purchased a HUGE order from Paper Trey Ink.  Here are a couple of pictures of my order--sorry they came out so bad but my scraproom is in the basement and there isn't much light down there.

My first part of my order were there specialty dies.  I love their dies.  I already have 2 of them but as you can see I NEEDED more (hehehehe) The reason I like them so much is that they have coordinating stamps to it.  I have one of their other sets and I use them ALL the time.  I should have a blast using these.  The reason I ordered all of these is because they will make perfect and fun journaling spots.  I hate buying them and now I can make my own. 

Here are the stamps.  Again most of them have the coordinating dies.  I also got a mix of buttons and some baker's twine.  

The first thing I did was put all the stamps in the CD cases.  So I have them all set to use.  I can't wait.

Here is another sketch that I will be making this Sunday at Simply Scrapbooks.  I can't wait to put the photos in them and get them already for the class.

I also got the exciting news that my layout Got Books? was chosen to be published on the Basic Grey web site gallery.  This is a huge honor.  I have tried several time and have been turned down so I am excited about my first!!!! HERE is the link to the gallery. If you have not seen the amazing work here please go check it out. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Monday with a new project.  Have a great weekend and see ya then!

gingerbread house

Oh Yeah it is Thursday!

So last weekend I started having these dizzy spells.  They would be brief and last just a couple of seconds.  Well it was happening this week on and off and finally I was just lightheaded all day long.  I went to the doctor and I am having a spell of Vertigo.  It is really crazy.  I am on some medicine and boy oh boy is it helping.  I am feeling so much better. I don't know if anyone has experienced vertigo but it is the strangest feeling.  Hopefully my inner ear will return to normal in a couple of days.

Well I have been working all week on my upcoming class this Sunday.  I have made all the kits up. One of the papers is coming in tomorrow so all I have to do is add it to my class.  I know some people don't like the kit making part but since this is my first time I think it is really fun.  I am a bit nervous.  I know I have been a teacher for 22 years but this will be the first time that I will be teaching adults.  Way different! 

Gingerbread House
This was the first year that we attempled to make a gingerbread house.  We had a  bunch of fun.  Thank goodness my mom was there to help.  Jack just had a blast.

Supplies

paper-imaginisce

embellishments-imaginisce

tools: ek success, silhouette

I hope everyone has a fantastic day.  It is going to be around 67 degrees this afternoon so I am picking up the kids right away and we will walk to the park! I took tons of pictures the other day at the park.  We had so much fun.  Michael just loves running around.  He is scarred to climb on the equipment but he loves to watch Jack.  Way too cute!  I want to use this day wisely because the forecast is for rain and temps in the 50's for the next couple of days.  I need that sunshine!

I will be back tomorrow with another post and layout! Thanks for stopping by and I will see ya tomorrow!

Wednesday Card Day ! Easter egg cards

Happy Wednesday!

Oh the week is marching on--HOORAY!  For some reason I kind of forgot that I needed to make some Easter cards for my Mom and Mother in law.  I just bought the Echo Park Springtime Collection a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would break it out.  I just didn't want to go into a lot of work for this one.  So I went shopping in the Silhouette store.  They were  having a sale and all the die cuts were 75 cents.  I have had my Silhouette for close to 4 years now and I don't have a bunch of images.  So I found this one of the egg and I loved the simple idea, and I thought I could easily turn this image into a card.  

1.first I cut the image out for the egg.  I saved the little flowers to use later. 
2. I then went back to my image and removed the flowers and just had the egg shape.  I cut to images of this.
3.  The first was in purple to use as the front base of my card
4. and the second  (white piece) was for the back of my card.
5. I placed my cut out egg on top of the purple piece.  I added some I Rock gems in the center of the flowers.
6.  I stamped the sentiment on the white egg.
7. I scored the white egg an inch on the side.
8.  I attached some flowers on the inside and included some more I Rock gems
9. I glued the scored part and attached it to the purple part of the card.

Very simple and very easy.  I liked how it turned out! Very clean and simple.

Supplies

cardstock-neenah solor white, Die Cuts With A View

paper-echo park

IRock gems

Stamps-hero arts

ink-memento

Well I will be back tomorrow with another layout. I hope everyone has a fantastic day!

Happy Tuesday Santa's Cookies

Hello,

I am so excited that this is my last week of school before Spring break.  Our Spring break is so late this year.  I am in desperate need to have some down time.  Between work, the boys, home, starting my classes, and trying to find sometime for me I am exhausted.  I really need a day for myself! I already have a ton of things scheduled but my goal is to relax next week a bit. 

Well as I said yesterday-you don't always have to reinvent the wheel when you are scrapping.  I have  an album for Jack and an album for Michael.  To save time and energy I copied myself.  Here is Michael's layout using the same sketch.  I just used different paper and embellies but the basic concept is the same.  I love when I can do this! It makes it just so easy.

Supplies

bazzill, echo park, paper trey ink, tim holtz, ali edwards, hero arts

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with an easy Easter card!  Thanks for stopping by and see ya then!

Happy Monday-Santa's Cookies-Jack

Hello,

Well is everyone sad like me that the weekend is over?  Friday at the crop I really didn't get anything done.  I basically worked on my upcoming class and spoke with the owner about doing a quick kit and class for National Scrapbook Day in May and we picked the paper and embellies to go with May's class.  I have 2 sketches already made.  I just have to make one more.  I did; however, make 6 cards.  I took all my scraps and made up some cards.  They are for Halloween and Christmas -- trying to get ahead of the game.

Saturday is was supposed to be partly sunny and in the low 70's but it never got out of the 50's and rained the entire day.  We were so busy it didn't matter.  Sunday was BEAUTIFUL! I actually broke out the shorts for the boys.  We took a family walk and went to the park.  Oh I love that!

Cookies for Santa

As I have said I have been trying to finish up Christmas.  Here is a layout using the Echo Park paper.  I have to say I love how this turned out!  Tomorrow I am going to show the same layout with Michael just with different paper and embellies.  It looks so different. 

My tip for the week:  You don't always have to reinvent the wheel each time you create a new  layout.  Scraplift yourself and just use different paper and embellies.  It makes is so easy on yourself.  I am all about making things easy!

Supplies

cardstock-bazzill

paper-echo park

journaling tag-echo park

stickers-ehco park

buttons- paper try ink

paper clips-tim holtz

I want to thank everyone who wrote such wonderful comments Friday.  You all are the best!

I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.  Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!