Saturday, December 25, 2010
And #2 (which I realized I needed if I was going to send cards to husbands and wives):
Friday, December 24, 2010
My mother in law gave me this at Thanksgiving and I thought it was very creative! I didn't think I was going to use it, because I already have a way I display my Christmas cards that I like, but it turned out to be good for the non-photo cards I received.
It is made out of a sewing hoop with clothespins adhered with hot glue. They're in sets of three with two pointing outward and one pointing inward and spce between each set.
Friday, November 5, 2010
When Scott and I went out in Charlotte back in May I found this great magnetic photo display and thought, 'I can make that!' I bought this one so I'd have a model, and proceeded to make 4 that I will be giving away for Christmas this year:super strong magnets from Amazon.com, and formy set, I glued buttons on the magnets instead of the little flowers. So easy and so cute!
For teachers, I covered a metal roofing tile (about 5 x 7) with pretty paper, rounded the corners wth Kelley's crop-o-dile corner chomper and punched holes so it can be used as a hanging photo holder:
or, if you put a screw and nut though the holes, it can stand up (I saw this at a craft show and was SOOOO excited because I really wanted these tiles to be able to stand and had no idea how I was going to do it. Brilliant!):
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
I think it looks good together!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
It's really simple: Pick 4 coordinating patterned papers and a matching solid color for the card base. Punch 1 square each from the 4 patterned papers and round 1 corner on each. Punch the center piece from a solid (I think I used water color paper) and edge everything with a stamp pad or chaulk. Stamp your sentiment and assemble, placing the center piece on with a pop dot.
I think I will be making more of these for a variety of occasions in the future!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
With a lot of help and encouragement from my friends Gretchen and Paula, a mom from St. George's who did Jillian's name, and some finishing help from my mom (who always comes to my rescue!), I made this:
It is no where near as perfect, but I am so happy with it!
Next up was a cake. Kellie loaned me her cake decorating tools and expertise so I could create this:
Friday, March 5, 2010
This past Christmas, I made monogram stationary:
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Paper & Stamp: Archiver's, Ink & Blending Pen: Stampin' Up, Fonts: Print Clearly and at mahogany.
Friday, January 29, 2010
This part of the post is kind of anti-climatic, because I am not actually going to show you the card...you will have to wait until your birthday (or anniverary)!
My other big project is a book of Christmas cards. A local scrapping celebrity used to do these and now that she's not, she sent a customer my way to do it. All I did was bind together all her holiday cards between two self-designed covers. I've never done this for myself (though I think it's a great idea) because I make a collage in the end of my yearly family scrapbook of my cards. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Now I'm working on 5 years worth of cards from this woman's sister.
If anyone out there is interested, I could do this for you, too! Cost is $25 for up to 25 cards and $5 more for each additional set of up to ten. Leave me a comment and I'll get in contact!
Monday, January 18, 2010
For some reason, we were not as productive this year (I hit a jam when my slice stopped working...grrr), but it was still a blast!
We got everyone in the picture this year, but some didn't want their faces in it so early on a Sunday morning.
I did 18 pages, and was really happy with how a few of them came together. The one below was in my head and I almost bought some road trip stuff at Archiver's, but thought I'd see what I could do with what I had. I'm really hapy with how it turned out, and all with supplies I already had!
Similarly, the one below was the result of just playing with supplies I had on hand. Fun! Plus the pictures are really funny!
Once I got home, I kept going. Love this one. Scraplifted from page 43 of 2/10 Creating Keepsakes.
The left side of this one is a scraplifted from page 49 of 2/10 Creating Keepsakes. All those embellishments, are definitely not my style, but I am glad I tried something different and pleased with how it turned out.