Hey everyone. I have another page from Kiely's book to share today. Here it is:
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.” ― Walt Disney
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Gary Again with Some YouTubing
Welcome all to another Scrapbook Thursday. I have Gary Allan concert #3 to share with you today.
Hope you enjoyed. I have one more concert to scrapbook for until I go to my next one next month. So next week I'll have Gary Allan concert #4 for you hopefully if I can get some pictures printed from it. Tomorrow will be Smashbook/Mini Album day and I'll be sharing another page from my puppy book. Until then, TTFN Ta ta for now.
Hope you enjoyed. I have one more concert to scrapbook for until I go to my next one next month. So next week I'll have Gary Allan concert #4 for you hopefully if I can get some pictures printed from it. Tomorrow will be Smashbook/Mini Album day and I'll be sharing another page from my puppy book. Until then, TTFN Ta ta for now.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Disney Love!
Hey everyone. Today is clay day and I have a few pieces to share. I have a piece for a swap, some for a contest, and one I made for fun. So away we go with the sharing.
I'll start with the contest pieces first.
Next I'll share the swap piece.
I'll start with the contest pieces first.
Next I'll share the swap piece.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Lots of Swaps!
Hey everyone. Today I'm going to be sharing all the swaps that I have received and made this last week. There are a bunch of them. I'll start with the swaps I have made since there aren't as many of those.
I have also finished the DVD case. To recap, here's the cover:
Now to the inside. It's similar to the outside only without the girl and ribbon.
This is the panda shrine. On the cover is this adorable panda eating bamboo. The panda is fuzzy and so soft. I love to pet it. There's also the cherry blossom sticker (I love cherry blossoms) and the Chinese script that looks like it is handwritten. I don't think I could write Chinese script. It's more detailed than Japanese and she did a great job with it.
On the inside of the cover is a super cute panda charm with more cherry blossoms and some grass for the panda to play in. On the inside of the shrine is another fuzzy panda resting on a log in some more grass. There are some bamboo stalks too behind the metal leafy frill. This whole shrine is so cute and very me. I love pandas so anything with pandas melts my heart.
Here's the steampunk shrine. The cover is simple but very neat. It's covered with the gear paper and has a big, thick key glued to it. The gears on the paper are glossy so it looks really cool in person.
The inside of the shrine is so busy. On the inside of the cover, there are a bunch of gears, keys, photo corners, a big metal button, a clock winder, and a locket that opens. Behind everything are some old looking mini newspapers. The inside of the shrine has a lot of things too that are really popped up. There is a cute little owl, a key, a little bird charm, beautiful bird pendant, a pocket watch, more photo corners, and some more newspapers behind everything. This shrine is so cool.
That's everything I have to share for this week's swap share. Sorry it's a little long but I tend to sign up for a lot of swaps. Tomorrow I'll be sharing some clay pieces so for today TTFN Ta ta for now.
Now to the inside. It's similar to the outside only without the girl and ribbon.
This is the panda shrine. On the cover is this adorable panda eating bamboo. The panda is fuzzy and so soft. I love to pet it. There's also the cherry blossom sticker (I love cherry blossoms) and the Chinese script that looks like it is handwritten. I don't think I could write Chinese script. It's more detailed than Japanese and she did a great job with it.
On the inside of the cover is a super cute panda charm with more cherry blossoms and some grass for the panda to play in. On the inside of the shrine is another fuzzy panda resting on a log in some more grass. There are some bamboo stalks too behind the metal leafy frill. This whole shrine is so cute and very me. I love pandas so anything with pandas melts my heart.
Here's the steampunk shrine. The cover is simple but very neat. It's covered with the gear paper and has a big, thick key glued to it. The gears on the paper are glossy so it looks really cool in person.
The inside of the shrine is so busy. On the inside of the cover, there are a bunch of gears, keys, photo corners, a big metal button, a clock winder, and a locket that opens. Behind everything are some old looking mini newspapers. The inside of the shrine has a lot of things too that are really popped up. There is a cute little owl, a key, a little bird charm, beautiful bird pendant, a pocket watch, more photo corners, and some more newspapers behind everything. This shrine is so cool.
That's everything I have to share for this week's swap share. Sorry it's a little long but I tend to sign up for a lot of swaps. Tomorrow I'll be sharing some clay pieces so for today TTFN Ta ta for now.
Monday, June 24, 2013
One Sketch, Two Cards
Hey everyone. It's Monday again so I'm sharing another card. This weeks OWH sketch is Sketch #178. It was a really fun sketch to use so I made cards with it.
I hope you all liked these two cards. Both are without sentiments so they can be used for any occasion. I'll be sharing some swaps tomorrow. I have lots to share. Until then TTFN Ta ta for now.
For the second card, I used black, orange, green, and white cardstock. I used black Staz On to distress the white cardstock. I also used a Martha Stewart Stamp and some Tim Holtz Picket Fence distress ink to put the spiderwebs on the black cardstock. The cute bat is from Creative Cuties blog. I colored her in with colored pencils and there are also two blue brads on the side. |
Friday, June 21, 2013
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things to Do
Hey everyone. As promised, I'll show you some more pages from my Smashbook. I finished one page and made a new two page spread. It's my first in my book so I'm super excited about it. I'll start with the one I finished up today.
Pinterest. I created a board of different Smash page ideas so you can go check it out and maybe get some ideas for your own Smashbook. I out a bunch of challenges and pages on it so you'll probably see more of those coming soon in my own book. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I'll be back on Monday with an OWH card. TTFN Ta ta for now.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Another Gary Allan concert
Hey everyone. Today is Scrapbook day again so I have another two page spread from a concert that I attended. It's Gary Allan concert #2. I've been to 4 so far so I'll be showing those in the upcoming weeks. So onto the pages.
Those are my two scrapbook pages for this week. I'll have Gary Allan concert #3 next week. That one is my favorite Gary concert so far. Tomorrow I'll be making another page for my Smashbook. So, TTFN Ta ta for now.
For the second page, I kept it very simple. The Rock Star paper I used kinda makes a frame around the picture so I just put the picture, the ticket, and a K & Company sticker on the page. |
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Resin Day
Hey everyone. I wasn't feeling very well today so instead of making some clay pieces I'm going to share my resin pieces that I've made. I'm new to resin so they aren't that great but I'm working on it. So here you go.
I love this one! This is Roquefort. He has some red and gray glitter behind him. He doesn't stick up and he's completely imbedded in the resin. Success! |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Some Nifty Swappy Things
Hey everyone. Since it's Tuesday, I'm going to share some swap things with you. I have the normal ATCs but I also have some altered pieces and an art journal page. So, onto the swaps.
I'm going to start with the ATCs. I have made some for swaps that are already started and some for swaps that will start later this month.
Ok, so I'm going to start from the top and make my way down to the bottom. On the top row are two ATCs for the ABCs of Geometry series. I have an obtuse angle, quadrilateral, and on the second row, you can see the perpindicular lines one. Then on the second row is an ATC for a swap that is called Risk. For this swap, all participants choose one theme that they put in the comments and then when the partners are given, we all look in the comments section to find our partners theme and we make an ATC centered around that theme. My partners theme is snowflakes so I used some embossing powder and stickles for the flakes and then tried out some Tim Holtz crackle paint for the bottom. I love the effect the crackle paint makes so I might have to get some more colors of this stuff. The next ATC is another Strong Women in History ATC and this time it is Isabella of Castile. This is the last one that is up on Swap-bot but I really hope she creates some more since I had so much fun making these. On the last row is an ATC about a day in the life of a cat. I had a little trouble with this one since my cats don't do much. I stamped the cat, made a ball of yarn, put on sticker of a mouse, and wrote "Meow!" and "zzzz" on it.
I'll next show you the art journal page. For this swap, we were to make a page using something that began with Y. I actually asked my mom what I should do and she said yodel so I paper pieced this yodeling dog together and put him on a mountain. I wrote the "yodel ay ee ooo" on the top left corner. A requirement for the swap is to have a Y on it so I cut a Y from golden yellow cardstock and glued it to the mountain. That yodeling wolf is so cute.
On to the altered pieces. I'll start with this art doll. I used this template for the doll. I colored her hair, face, and arms with colored pencils. I used a Hero Arts background stamp for her torso with my Cat's Eye stamps and then used Tea Dye for the distressing. I also wrapped some green string around her waist. For her tail, I used some Zing glittered green embossing powder, that I got on Saturday with the envelope board and stamps, to make her tail look like shiny like a real tail. On her fins, I glued different colors of tissue paper. Makes it look more flowy.
The last swap piece I have to share is an altered DVD case. It's not completed yet but I do have the cover almost done. Here it is.
I used a digital stamp that I found online for the little pencil pixie. I colored her with colored pencils (I don't have any Copics or other markers that allow shading). I put stickles on her wings and glossy accents on the gray part of the pencil. I also made some little flowers using a little circle punch and brown buttons. The background of the cover is cream cardstock that I inked using, yet again, my Cat's Eye inks and various stamps. I also did some doodles. I think the willy nilly way I stamped makes it look like she got a little crazy with her pencils. I also bordered the whole outside of the DVD case with the purple ribbon. I'm going to work on this some more this week so I'll share this again when I get it done.
I have one more project that I wanted to share. It's not for a swap. It's just something I wanted to make. I found this project on YouTube and had to give it a try. I discovered Saturated Canary stamps a few months ago and bought a few of them but haven't used any until today. Not only does Saturated Canary have these awesome stamps, there is also have a YouTube channel that shows great ways to use their stamps. I'm not sure if its Saturated Canary's own channel but this channel does use exclusively their stamps. That's where I found this project. It's not done yet but it's looking good so far so I'd thought I share it anyway.
I'm going to start with the ATCs. I have made some for swaps that are already started and some for swaps that will start later this month.
Ok, so I'm going to start from the top and make my way down to the bottom. On the top row are two ATCs for the ABCs of Geometry series. I have an obtuse angle, quadrilateral, and on the second row, you can see the perpindicular lines one. Then on the second row is an ATC for a swap that is called Risk. For this swap, all participants choose one theme that they put in the comments and then when the partners are given, we all look in the comments section to find our partners theme and we make an ATC centered around that theme. My partners theme is snowflakes so I used some embossing powder and stickles for the flakes and then tried out some Tim Holtz crackle paint for the bottom. I love the effect the crackle paint makes so I might have to get some more colors of this stuff. The next ATC is another Strong Women in History ATC and this time it is Isabella of Castile. This is the last one that is up on Swap-bot but I really hope she creates some more since I had so much fun making these. On the last row is an ATC about a day in the life of a cat. I had a little trouble with this one since my cats don't do much. I stamped the cat, made a ball of yarn, put on sticker of a mouse, and wrote "Meow!" and "zzzz" on it.
I'll next show you the art journal page. For this swap, we were to make a page using something that began with Y. I actually asked my mom what I should do and she said yodel so I paper pieced this yodeling dog together and put him on a mountain. I wrote the "yodel ay ee ooo" on the top left corner. A requirement for the swap is to have a Y on it so I cut a Y from golden yellow cardstock and glued it to the mountain. That yodeling wolf is so cute.
On to the altered pieces. I'll start with this art doll. I used this template for the doll. I colored her hair, face, and arms with colored pencils. I used a Hero Arts background stamp for her torso with my Cat's Eye stamps and then used Tea Dye for the distressing. I also wrapped some green string around her waist. For her tail, I used some Zing glittered green embossing powder, that I got on Saturday with the envelope board and stamps, to make her tail look like shiny like a real tail. On her fins, I glued different colors of tissue paper. Makes it look more flowy.
The last swap piece I have to share is an altered DVD case. It's not completed yet but I do have the cover almost done. Here it is.
I used a digital stamp that I found online for the little pencil pixie. I colored her with colored pencils (I don't have any Copics or other markers that allow shading). I put stickles on her wings and glossy accents on the gray part of the pencil. I also made some little flowers using a little circle punch and brown buttons. The background of the cover is cream cardstock that I inked using, yet again, my Cat's Eye inks and various stamps. I also did some doodles. I think the willy nilly way I stamped makes it look like she got a little crazy with her pencils. I also bordered the whole outside of the DVD case with the purple ribbon. I'm going to work on this some more this week so I'll share this again when I get it done.
I have one more project that I wanted to share. It's not for a swap. It's just something I wanted to make. I found this project on YouTube and had to give it a try. I discovered Saturated Canary stamps a few months ago and bought a few of them but haven't used any until today. Not only does Saturated Canary have these awesome stamps, there is also have a YouTube channel that shows great ways to use their stamps. I'm not sure if its Saturated Canary's own channel but this channel does use exclusively their stamps. That's where I found this project. It's not done yet but it's looking good so far so I'd thought I share it anyway.
I'm using Saturated Canary's Turtle Lurv stamp. She's colored in with colored pencils and then fussy cut her. On the canvas, I Modge Podged some green dotted cardstock and some DCWV paper. Before I put the image on, I painted the background with light green and white paint and then wiped it off so you can still see the patterns on the paper underneath. I then Modge Podged the image and very lightly added some more white paint. I'll work on her some more this week and I'll keep you updated on her progress.
I hope you enjoyed checking out some of the projects I made and am in the process of making. Tomorrow, will be clay day so come back tomorrow to check out what I make. Until then, TTFN Ta ta for now.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Retro OWH
Hey everyone. It's OWH card day again and I have a card to share using Sketch #177. This weeks sketch was very papery so I only made one card. The card I made also follows last week's Midweek Throwdown. I have some wings on the stamped image. Onto the card!
This week's card has a bit of a retro feel to it. With the envelope board, I had ordered Inkadinkado's Vintage Tattoos ink set so I used one of them on this card. It was inked with some inks that are on my Cat's Eye stack. I also stamped the I Love You so that it says "Sweetheart I Love You". I think it would work for the husband, wife, or child (especially a teen). I used some very dark brown cardstock for the bottom paper and then placed the heart and swirls paper. Next is the flowery banner. Some more brown cardstock is under the red dotted paper. I put some black brads on the side of the red paper. Then comes the stamped image that was stamped on white cardstock and then I used the same Cat's Eye stack that I used for the image to put a little color around the image. The sentiment is also using the stack.
I hope you liked the card. I'm really pleased with the way it came out. Tomorrow is going to be swap update. I have some ATCs, a page, and I'm taking a break right now from a altered art piece so hopefully I will have two altered art pieces to show you. Until next time, TTFN Ta ta for now.
This week's card has a bit of a retro feel to it. With the envelope board, I had ordered Inkadinkado's Vintage Tattoos ink set so I used one of them on this card. It was inked with some inks that are on my Cat's Eye stack. I also stamped the I Love You so that it says "Sweetheart I Love You". I think it would work for the husband, wife, or child (especially a teen). I used some very dark brown cardstock for the bottom paper and then placed the heart and swirls paper. Next is the flowery banner. Some more brown cardstock is under the red dotted paper. I put some black brads on the side of the red paper. Then comes the stamped image that was stamped on white cardstock and then I used the same Cat's Eye stack that I used for the image to put a little color around the image. The sentiment is also using the stack.
I hope you liked the card. I'm really pleased with the way it came out. Tomorrow is going to be swap update. I have some ATCs, a page, and I'm taking a break right now from a altered art piece so hopefully I will have two altered art pieces to show you. Until next time, TTFN Ta ta for now.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
It's Finally Here!
Hey everyone. I got the package I was talking about yesterday and I tested it out today. I ordered it mid-March but due to some technical issues I had to wait a while to get it. But it is finally here and I'll show you it and the final outcome.
For the test I made an A2 sized envelope so I needed to cut the paper to 8 1/8 by 8 1/8. |
Once all done with the scoring and punching, this is what the front of the envelope looks like. |
And here's the back. As you can tell, the color changed cause I messed up a few times before I got it right. It's still a little small to fit my A2 sized cards but at least it's an envelope. |
Now that I have tested it, I'll review it. It's small so it will be easy to store and I love that it comes with its own bone folder on the side. It was a little confusing to use. I had to try it 3 times to get it right. The ruler was confusing since I'm use to rulers going from left to right and this one goes right to left. I'm going to have play with it a bit more so I can perfect my enveloping. Other than being a little confused by it, it was fun to play with and will be useful for making envelopes for family cards. I won't be using it for OWH cards since that will take a lot of paper to make them because it takes one full 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of cardstock.
So that's it for my WRMKs Envelope Board test and review. I hope to liked it and this has been somewhat helpful. BTW, I ordered it from StampingScrapping. I had ordered other things to go with my board, one of which I will be showing something I made with it on Tuesday. That's it for today. TTFN Ta ta for now.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Cutest Puppy Book
Hey everyone. Today is going to be Mini Album day. I have been working on a mini book of my puppy since I got her a year and a half ago. It's kind of like her puppy book. I had gotten a Pink Paisley album from a Scrapbook.com contest and filling it with Kiely was the best idea. I'm going to show you all the pages I have created so far.
The third page features this adorable picture of Kiely in her sweater. All the cuts are from Create a Critter. I used some old holiday paper that I have that is striped like her sweater. |
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Concert Series
Hey everyone. Today is Scrapbook Day again so I'm going to share one of my albums with you. This album has all my concert pictures in it. I'm a little behind on my pages (I'm only to 2010) but I'll work on these pages each week and share them with you until I'm done. That should only be another 3 weeks until this summers concerts start. Onto the pages!
The last pages are from when I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I made these two pages today. Crosby, Stills, and Nash opened for them. Not a CSN fan at all but I could stand them long enough to get to Tom Petty. On the first page I put a couple photos from the Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert. It also includes the ticket and the journaling block.
On the 2nd page is Tom Petty! This is my favorite band so I was so excited to see them. They sang my favorite song "You Don't Know What It's Like To Be Me". I put 3 photos from the concert (the black and white one is from online since I couldn't get any good shots of Tom) and I also put some K & Company stickers on the page. The paper is from the Rock Star stack.
These are all I have done so far. I still have 3 more Gary Allan concerts to do. My mom loves him so we see him a lot. Then my new concert season starts in July. I'll finish some more pages next week. Tomorrow will be Smashbook/Mini Album day. Until then TTFN Ta ta for now.
The last pages are from when I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I made these two pages today. Crosby, Stills, and Nash opened for them. Not a CSN fan at all but I could stand them long enough to get to Tom Petty. On the first page I put a couple photos from the Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert. It also includes the ticket and the journaling block.
On the 2nd page is Tom Petty! This is my favorite band so I was so excited to see them. They sang my favorite song "You Don't Know What It's Like To Be Me". I put 3 photos from the concert (the black and white one is from online since I couldn't get any good shots of Tom) and I also put some K & Company stickers on the page. The paper is from the Rock Star stack.
These are all I have done so far. I still have 3 more Gary Allan concerts to do. My mom loves him so we see him a lot. Then my new concert season starts in July. I'll finish some more pages next week. Tomorrow will be Smashbook/Mini Album day. Until then TTFN Ta ta for now.
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