2012-More scrappin and more updatin!

I had promised to scrap what I had done over the Christmas break back in November. I did do some scrapping during the break, but I did not blog it! I have to got to get more focused! One of my "resolutions" this year is to Scrap more and also to blog it all! Keep me to it people!!!

The Image above was made with my Cricut Imagine! It was the first printed item I've made! I wanted something for our New Year's Eve party, so I made this to hang on the mantle! It was super easy to make! I only used the Imagine, white cardstock, black cardstock, notes eyelets and black ribbon! The font was Designer calendar.

Over the break I started working on my summer vacation book. We took a trip to Colorado this summer for a family reunion and had a blast! I took so many pics, I decided to just make a whole book of it!

I used Paper Studio Vacation stack and Summer Vacation Cartridge. Brown tag and blue brads.

I used the Mosaic Moments Grid paper to lay out the pics and make the cuts. I also used green cardstock and title was made by Jolee's.

I used a paper from a stack I've had for ages...not sure the company. The title was made using Cuttin' Up cartridge and snow flake using the Joys of the Season Cartridge. I made the border with a snowman border from Queen's and Co and embellished it with blue and clear rhinestones.

I also got a new toy! I got a Sizzix Texture Boutique Machine to do embossing. I wanted to add some depth to my cards, so this should do the trick. I also got some new stamps from the Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard. If you haven't seen her stamps, you should go to her website and check it out! http://www.stephaniebarnardstamps.com/index.htm. I love her stamps and she puts out a lot of neat videos too! Check it out!

This card was just blue cardstock I had laying around. The I used the Stamps of Life Stars4U stamp set and guava ink. Super easy, but super cute!!!!

Like I said before, I have a goal to keep up with this! Keep me to it! I hope you enjoyed my latest creations! Thanks for looking!

Whoo Hoo! Christmas Cards done!

Well, I actually did it! I had a goal of making my Christmas cards during my Thanksgiving Break and I accomplished it! Yes! Now all I have to do is sign them, address the envelopes and send them out! I may actually get them out before the 1st! Usually I don't send them in time to get there by Christmas!

I used a paper set I found at Hobby Lobby called Magic of the Season by PaperStudio. It was an 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper set and although I usually steer away from that size, I really liked the black, cream and red for my cards this year! (I normally get 12 by 12 so I can use the leftovers for scrapbooking!!!)

I used a stamp set called Christmas Love from Close to My Heart stamps. One of my good friends sells Close to My Heart and when I saw this set in the Catalog I knew it would match perfectly with the paper!

The embellishments were things I had lying around. Most of which I got a Scrapbook Convention this last summer. I am definitely stocking up on rhinestones again next year! They have added so much to my paper crafts! And...best part of all? Most of them were just a $1! Love convention!!!

The 2 landscape cards. Those trees were a beating to cut out!!!!! But I like the way they turned out!

I love the simplicity of this one! The paper really worked well with each other!

I loved the star stamp! It was the main reason I bought the set! These were easy to make as well! Using my circle punches really added something!

I can not wait to send these out! I am really proud of how they turned out! Hope you enjoyed them as well!

Okay....I admit...this is harder to do than I thought!

Keeping a blog updated while you are working is really hard! Of course, it could just be that teaching has really got me busy this year!!!! Many challenges with budget cuts in our district and state are causing me much more work! But...I digress. That information could be a whole other blog!

I have not been working on scrapping as much as I would like! I did however get some inspiration last weekend!!! My husband and I were out at Barnes and Noble and I picked up on of the Cricut magazines. Saw a cute Fall sign to make, so I had to try it myself! I changed it a bit, but used almost all the same Cartridges.

I used brown and yellow cardstock from DCWV for the background squares. The pattern paper was DCWV Fall stack from 2 or 3 years ago. I then used cardstock scraps to make the pumpkins, apples and leaves. I used a shiny brown cardstock from DCWV for the letters. I used the cricut carts Lyrical Letters for the letters, Doodlecharms for the apples and leaves and Gypsy Wanderings for the pumpkins.

These are the close-ups! I really do like this hanging on our mantle! After taking down the Halloween decorations, the area looked so bare! I don't believe in Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving so this was the perfect addition until then!!!!!

Hope you liked the newest update! Hopefully I will post something again soon! Thanksgiving break is coming soon (not soon enough!) and I plan to really get some stuff done! Hope to have a lot to post!

Okay....two weeks....I'm a little behind! Last weekend I spent some much needed time cleaning, and thought I would have time to scrap, but sadly did not! I did have some time this weekend! I have been wanting to create a flower headband for awhile since my hair got long enough to be able to have one it it.

I used some backing to stiffen up the fabric, then cut the flowers with my Cricut. I used the Songbird cart. I then put them together with a fancy brad and hot glued it to a hairband. Really simple, but you do have to be careful getting the backing on the fabric.

While I was at it, I also finally made a layout to go into a frame I bought at IKEA last summer! I found this cute glitter paper at Hobby Lobby, and it matched perfectly with the comforter I have in there on the guest bed.


I used my Cricut again to cut out our initials and the flower and birds. Songbird cart...love it!

Here is a close -up of it. I think it turned out super cute! The lovebirds is Songbird cart as well.

I didn't do much, but I still had a blast working in the room. Thanks for looking!

I really meant to!

Okay, so I totally crafted last week! But I didn't have time to update the blog!!!! I'm falling behind! Well, I'll use this opportunity to catch up! Last Friday I went to a friend's house and we scrapped and laughed a good 6 hours!!!! So much fun!!! I finally finished scrapping the last 2 layouts I had to do from the first half of 2011! I also organized all the photos from my vacation this June too....that is going to be a lot of work to scrap all of those pics! I think I may just do a separate book! Here is one of the pages I completed. I used a cute ribbon holder from Queen and Co. It adds a little something extra to a page!

This page is patterned paper from Scenic Route, cardstock DCWV, letters from Hobby Lobby, ribbon from Scrapbook Convention, ribbon holder from Queen and Co., journal tag fancy pants designs.

This is a close-up of the cute ribbon holder! Isn't it adorable! I love the polka dots!!!!

This weekend I went to another friend's house (if you haven't figured it out, scrapbooking is really just a social event at times) and we created this cute candy box and Halloween card!

I'm not sure what supplies I used. This was a friend who is a Stampin Up Demonstrator and she had all the pages pre-cut for us. I do know the box was a Cricut cartridge cut. I had so much fun making this box and card! I really got out of my comfort zone, got a new product idea for some really sticky tape runner, and learned how to use some of my own products I had bought during the years and never used! I had fun creating, gossiping and of course laughing!

I hope you enjoyed what you saw! I also hope you have a group of friends you scrap with too! I'm all for scrapping at home, but I do love scrapping with the ladies!! Thanks for looking!

Pinterest

Hi everyone! So, I've joined Pinterest....if you have not, you should! So many fabulous ideas for everything! Scrapbooking, organization, classroom ideas, math ideas, recipes, fashion, home decor.....just to name a few!!! I love it, but it takes up way too much of my freetime!!!! I did get out of the computer zone, and made these cute boxes...(which I got the idea from Pinterest...)

I created these using the boxes from the Crystal Light Packets....of course these were Great Value from Wal-mart, but same difference! I found a couple of scrap papers that I loved, cut them 9 in x 3 in and glued them around the box. I punched out circles, and taped them on with raised glue dots. So super easy!

I plan on using these either in my scraproom for little items (buttons, brads, tiny scraps of paper) or I may use them in my classroom for name sticks. Either way, I am pleased with the ease of making these!

I also spent some time working on putting in pages in my albums...if you have done this task, you know how daunting it can be at times! I think I filled my first 2011 album up, so I will start volume 2 of 2011 with the end of May pages and then summer and the rest of the year. I did just order all my prints from the summer, so I have a lot to do this fall getting those pages done! With that....more to share with you! Hope you enjoyed this post and thanks for looking!

A month? I need to catch up!!!

Hello Everyone! I can not believe it has been a month since I have posted last! Being a teacher really sucks my creative time, especially at the beginning of the school year! I have 2 weeks down, and I feel a little caught up! I have done a little scrappin...but not much. The main thing I have done is making some cute baby decorations for my friend's shower! Scrapbooking though....not so much! However, plans are already being made to get in some scrapbooking time together! I hopefully will have much more to post as this year goes on! I did want to post what I did for the baby shower though! They turned out super cute!

This is the flower bouquet I made for the table. I used my cricut for the flowers....Walk in My garden, george, lyrical letters, and gypsy wanderings. Various Cardstock all bought at Hobby Lobby. I love making these flower bouquets! They are so cute and easy!

Baby Banner. This was fun too! I used cardstock from Hobby Lobby. Ribbon was ribbon I had. I used Mini Monograms cart, Lyrical Letters cart, and Gypsy Wanderings cart.

This is a close up of the bottle...you can really see the cute colors which matched the baby's nursery.

We put the banner on the stairs where the mommy to be opened her gifts.

Here is the table with the cake and some of the food. You can see the bouquet, fun tablecloth and I made the poof tissue balls too!

I really had fun making these decorations! I hope you enjoy them too! They were very easy to make, as long as I had my Cricut! Thanks for looking!