My Swatch Book

I have been playing with paper today, lots and lots of paper!

One of the things on my list of projects was a swatch ring to put samples of all my PTI and SU cardstock on since I don't know the names and it would be nice to play along with some color challenges and know what to use lol.  This is also leading to organizing all of this cardstock as where it was before wasn't as accessible.  I got some more 3 drawer units to put this cardstock in and hope to be able to use it more now that I can get at it.

Instead of a swatch ring, I decided to end up making a swatch book as I wanted to protect the samples so they don't get ruined.  I cut up some heavier cardboard for the covers and am using cereal boxes for the inside. Yay for finally using stuff I've been saving up!

Here is what I've done so far - the book cover and the PTI samples.

Next up I need to make the SU sample pages - I think that will take me even longer than these pages did since I have sample packs of all 4 color collections, the in colors and a bunch of the older colors.  It will be so nice when it's all done!

The paper I used for the cover is the DCWV Garden Party. Of course I had to use pink & brown to match my scraproom. The butterfly die is from PTI.

Thanks for looking!

Mom's Christmas Gifts

In addition to gifting my mom a few gift cards, I also altered a picture frame and created a web passwords book.

This is the frame...I forget who made it but I've had it for years, bought it at a scrap store that is no longer in business. The picture is of my sister's dog, Jellybean, and my dog, Amber. Yes, I bought them matching dresses LOL! Trying to get them to pose for a picture was quite the task! Mom loved it!

Paper: Basic Grey Jovial

Other: Basic Grey Pops, Cosmo Cricket letter stickers and misc. letter stickers from my stash

This is the cover of the web passwords book. I covered, inked and embellished the chipboard and then printed THIS template from Taylored Expressions. We haven't decided how to bind it just yet, but she loved it since this shade of green is her favorite!

Paper: Basic Grey Marjolaine

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Other: Basic Grey Pops & letter stickers

TFL! Come back tomorrow for the Flutter By Wednesday 'Fluttering into 2011' blog hop!

Anything Goes for PaperCutz #69!

While you are reading this, I am one of those early morning shoppers that is out and about. Crazy I know LOL!

Today's PaperCutz challenge is Anything Goes!

I was originally going to make a card featuring shopping to celebrate Black Friday, however I am in the midst of reorganizing my craft room after I had to move some stuff around for electrical work that had to be done last weekend. I came across an American Crafts modern album that I bought a few years ago to alter for our Philadelphia mini vacation and never got around to getting it done. I decided while cleaning that it's time to really buckle down and get stuff made.

I used paper from the Basic Grey Boxer collection and modge podged it onto the cardboard. The state of Pennsylvania was cut with the Cricut 50 States cartridge and the text was cut using Ashlyn's Alphabet. A few embellishments from my stash were added and it's done! Now I can start adding the pages of the trip that have been scrapped for ages (and hopefully this will motivate me to finish the rest of the pages LOL!)

To join in with this week's PaperCutz challenge and to see what the rest of the design team created, please click HERE.

TFL!

Image Organization

I bought 3 white cd/dvd boxes from Walmart shortly after Christmas and I *finally* took the time to alter one last night to hold my stamped/printed images.  It’s a good thing that I bought 3 of them LOL….the first one is full and I still have piles of images sorted all over my desk and some under the desk.  Nooooo more image swaps for awhile, heck I don’t think I need to stamp my own stamps (except for sentiments) for at least a year!

Here is the inside.  I filed the images alphabetically by company and some of the larger piles have subdivision dividers.  The entire middle section of the box is all House Mouse images LOL!

Paper is Basic Grey Bittersweet and the tabs were cut with the 'From My Kitchen' cricut cartridge at 2.25 inches.

TFL!

June Artwork

Here are a bunch of cards I made this month! TFL!

Its a bird, its a plane...no its Superbella!

This card was for a sketch challenge...finally used this Hero Arts flower stamp that I've had for years.

I picked up this tin for $2 at Michaels. I altered it for a Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps altered tin contest. I am using it to store all the images that I've been trading with friends. Its nice to have them all in one place instead of a bunch of envelopes all over the place!

Here is Walkabella for a blue/brown card swap. I used Waxy Flax to tie on the buttons. Haven't used it in forever, its usually much easier and quicker to stick them on with a glue dot!

Here is Lemon Lips by House Mouse. Its one of my favorites. I got these images from Sandy and I just loved it so much that I had to get the stamp for myself. I used Glossy Accents on the ice cubes, needed to give it a little extra something.

Another Walkabella. This one was for a brown/black card swap. I just love bellas, in case it hasn't been noticed!

My first Cakeabella! I used it for a sketch challenge and sent it to my friend Linda for her birthday :)
Another day, another sketch challenge. I also used it for a Favorite Flower swap. The set is Bee Happy from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps.

This is one of my favorite cards! My favorite color - pink! Fun paper from DCWV. Stickles...what could be better?

And finally...a card for a Frog swap. Sketch is all my own! Finally used the Designer Label punch from Stampin Up. Its hard to find things to stamp in it.

My Kreations!

Here's what I made this week!

My Recent Layouts – these are from my Vegas trip 2 yrs ago




PS Sorry for the sucky photos – very bad lighting in my computer room

My First Altered Item:
This is a tin I altered for my mom’s bday. Gonna put some candy in it.





Latest Swap Items:


Card for a snowmen swap


Card for a Let the Flakes Fly swap


Card for a Thanksgiving swap and I also made some for family & friends


Xmas Tag 2


Xmas Tag 1