Busy, Busy

Well, these past 2 weeks have been busy. I have been on a 2 day scrapbooking trek (in my town, but it was all day events). I learned a trick that some might think was obvious, but for me was different. A lady sitting at my table was using a edge punch and was punching her pictures. I had never punched pictures, as I was even leary about cutting them. But I tried a couple of her punches and loved it! So, of course Michael's was having a sale, so I went and bought 2 of them (same ones I used at the crop). I had never even used an edge punch. So, I am now using these. They are cool.

The other thing I am into is the chipboard albums. I have made one with the letters of my last name (each one on a different page), a book album, and others. I won't bore you with all the pictures, but my sister and I have some cool ideas to use with them.

I came down to my aunt's a coupld days ago and my sister and I did some scrapbooking. I have her hooked now and next it will be my mom and other sister. Adventures to come.

November Blog Hop Day 4

It is the last day of our Hop. We have seen some creative bags, tags, albums, and other projects. I decided to make some tags for this last day. I used tags you can purchase in the stores and then ink stained them on both sides. After adhering a picture to the tag, I used silver or white Stickles to make either the angels wings, Santa's beard, or the snow shine. It sure makes a difference in the tags.

So on to the hop. Time for the next hop at Paper Primper Altered Art. We are so glad you joined us! Our design team is going to show you some Christmas projects, all sponsored by Paper Primper Altered Art. Be prepared to see some beautiful paper bag albums, cards, and other assorted Christmas items. Starting Tuesday, November 1 - Friday, November 4, each day we will have featured designers showcasing their styles. So be sure to join us each day and see what might inspire you! Let's get started.

The start of the hop is Paper Primper Altered Art.

Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/

Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/ **YOU ARE HERE**

Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/

Day 4 - all designers will showcase their projects. Hope you have fun!

Time for the next hop at Paper Primper Altered Art. We are so glad you joined us! Our design team is going to show you some Christmas projects, all sponsored by Paper Primper Altered Art. Be prepared to see some beautiful paper bag albums, cards, and other assorted Christmas items. Starting Tuesday, November 1 - Friday, November 4, each day we will have featured designers showcasing their styles.

Since today is my day, I have decided to make a paper bag album. I used paint, buttons, pictures, ribbon, and lots of beautiful Christmas paper. I tried something different -- I tore the paper. This is kind of scary to me because I am not used to doing that. But it was fun. I even took bits of paper and made my own design. Maybe I will do this again in future projects.

Be sure to join us each day and see what might inspire you! Let's get started.

The start of the hop is Paper Primper Altered Art.

Day 1 -

Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/

Day 2 -

Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/

Day 3 -

Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/ ---YOU ARE HERE

Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/ -- GO HERE NEXT

Day 4 - all designers will showcase their projects. Hope you have fun!

November Blog Hop Day 2

Today is Day 2 of the Paper Primper November Blog Hop. My items will appear on the blog tomorrow. But for a preview, I will let you know I have a sweet paper bag album, some Christmas tags, and a couple other goodies. I will share these both tomorrow and Friday. In the mean time, follow the blog as shown below.

Time for the next hop at Paper Primper Altered Art. We are so glad you joined us! Our design team is going to show you some Christmas projects, all sponsored by Paper Primper Altered Art. Be prepared to see some beautiful paper bag albums, cards, and other assorted Christmas items. Starting Tuesday, November 1 - Friday, November 4, each day we will have featured designers showcasing their styles. So be sure to join us each day and see what might inspire you!
Let's get started. The start of the hop is Paper Primper Altered Art.
Day 1 -
Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/
Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/
Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/
Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/
Day 2 -
Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/
Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/
Suzanne - http://www.suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/
Day 3 -
Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/
Tammy - http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/
Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/
Day 4 - all designers will showcase their projects. Hope you have fun!

November Blog Hop

Time for the next hop at Paper Primper Altered Art. We are so glad you joined us! Our design team is going to show you some Christmas projects, all sponsored by Paper Primper Altered Art. Be prepared to see some beautiful paper bag albums, cards, and other assorted Christmas items. Starting Tuesday, November 1 - Friday, November 4, each day we will have featured designers showcasing their styles. So be sure to join us each day and see what might inspire you!

Let's get started. The start of the hop is Paper Primper Altered Art.

Day 1 -

Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/

Day 2 -

Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/

Day 3 -

Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/

Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/

Day 4 - all designers will showcase their projects. Hope you have fun!

LOVE in Tags

This past weekend I went to a Girlfriend's Getaway in St Louis. It was 3 days of scrapping, laughing, and card making. This is the second time I went to the event this year. I go with my friend Kathy and my daughter-in-law Megan. We stay up way too late, don't eat good, and make lots of items. We see how creative the other ladies in the room are and even take away some cool ideas. You also learn a few lessons.

Since tags are a big thing this year, I decided to make one for myself. I bought 4 tags that are still attached and used this. They are the large tags. I covered each with patterned paper (I used one color on one side and another one the other). Lesson 1 - be sure to cut out each tag's paper; do not use one continuous page. The paper will not bend gracefully. Then I used chipboard letters to make the word Love. Lesson 2 - make sure you have all the letters or you have to borrow from others (thanks Kathy!). The letters were then colored with Stampin Up colored pencils. I glued the letters on the tags. To embellish, I used sunglasses and dragonfly chipboard pieces I bought at Michaels for about 25 cents each. To finish it off, I put several pieces of ribbon in each. So I only learned 2 lessons, but, I will remember them!

Today is the final day of our Haunted Halloween hop. We hope you have had fun hopping from one Design Team blog to another, enjoying many fantastic cards, pages, tags, and other assorted projects. Today we will reveal additional projects, so be sure to hop along. If you have had fun, then come join us November 1-4 as we showcase Christmas projects. Paper Primper is the sponsor of the hop. So let's get started. You should have come from Kassi's site. If not, then start at the beginning, at Paper Primper. Follow along with us to:

Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)

Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/

Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/

So, what do I have to show you? I have created this card using Halloween paper, Stickles, and embossing powder.

Now hop along to see what Audrey has.

Blog hop Day 2

It is Day 2 of the Haunted Halloween blog hop over at the Honey Bee Corner. Today's designers are Patty, Giselle, Diana, and Yvette. Hop on over there and check out their projects. The start of the hop is here so be sure to follow the order. Be sure to leave comments on each site so the designers get some encouragement. Follow tomorrow and Thursday as we will have more designers and more projects! Next month we will have another hop with Christmas project. Have fun looking through the sites!

Blog Hop

Hello friends! Today starts the Haunted Halloween Hop with the Honey Bee Design Team. Be prepared to be dazzled, amazed, and maybe even spooked a little! Mistyrose started this hop and you can find her HERE. The Honey Bees can be found HERE. Stop by the blogs of the designers over the next 4 days and see what they have made for you. Each project is as unique as our Honey Bee Design Team, so let's get this hop going!

Day 1:
Kassi - http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Tammy - you are here! (http://tammysmakingmemories.blogspot.com/)

Audrey - http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/

Day 2:

Diana - http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Giselle - http://yuveriaseden.blogspot.com/

Yvette - http://cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com/

Day 3:

Kacee - http://youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.com/blog.html

Day 4:

All designers will be showing their creations. If you did not start at the beginning of the blog hop, go to: Kassi's blog: http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/. If you are ready to go to the next, go to Audrey's at http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/.

So..........here is my creation. I made a teepee card. I used the Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge (for the mummy and the ghost), used black and orange cardstock, along with Halloween paper and stickers supplied by Paper Primper Altered Art .

This and That

This week I have been a crafting fool! I made a birthday card, a shaker card, two Christmas cards, a Halloween card, and a Halloween card box. In addition, I started making some Christmas presents. Tonight I am going to a crop and next weekend I am going for an entire weekend crop. Watch in the next few days and I will show some of what I have been making.

Speaking of the next few days, October 3 is our hop over at Sweet Magnolia Honey Bee Corner. The design team will be revealing some Halloween creations. Go check it out. Until then......

ATC Swap

Sweet Magnolia's Honey Bee Corner is ready for their first swap. We are swapping Artist Trading Cards. Each card must be 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" (the size of a playing card). Join the group, state that you want to swap, and we will be ready to swap Oct 1. Get your creative juices flowing.

Giveaway

Another post for today. Diana is having a giveaway for when she reaches 500 followers. Check this blog out and get in the running. DL Art

Design Team

I am proud to announce that I have been selected to be on the Design Team for Sweet Magnolia Rose Honey Bee Corner. I will be assisting in writing blogs, along with creating some of the cool things MistyRose has on her site. Honey Bee Corner has kits that she is designing and selling. I am told they are not that easy to make, so I am excited for the challenge. I've seen a few of them, and boy, do they look fun! The site has videos and tutorials that you surely will learn a new technique from.

I'll be taking my first adventure with Honey Bee Corner this month, so come on by. There are monthly challenges along with card swaps. Come over, make some friends, and let's get scrapping!

Lots of fun things

Well, today was a good day for me. First, I received some beautiful paper and stamps and ribbons in the mail today. I cannot wait to play with them and see what I make. Second, I was at a garage sale and bought 2 stamp sets that were practically new. This sale also had a huge box of embellishments, ranging from stickers to ribbon to brads to eyelets for me to buy ($2). Then I went to a friend's house and she gave me a lot of brads, buttons, tags, etc. (she is moving out of state). So I made out like a bandit today.

Because I have this new stuff and because I have bought some things, I decided I was going to go through my stash and see what I can dispose of. So I have a big box of things that I am giving to Megan, my daughter-in-law. In April this year we went to a weekend crop. I got her hooked, just like I am. The first weekend in October we are going on another weekend crop. She wil get this box of goodies and perhaps she will have fun with it too. I love to share and love when people share with me!

Coasters

Hello. I wanted to share with all of you my latest creation. On Sweet Magnolia Rose Honey Bee Corner's blog, there is a challenge to use 3 different textures for a challenge. I made some coasters. The textures I used include: tile, Adroninack inks, and felt. First, I purchased the tiles at Home Depot (about 16cents each). Then I used the Adroninack inks to stamp designs on the coasters. I put felt squares on the bottom of the coasters so it does not scratch the table. Cute, cheap, and fun to do. Now I am going to see about making other projects with the inks!

New Challenges

Have you been over to Sweet Magnolia Rose Honey Bee? There are several challenges there.  One challenge (in the group Cards, Cards, and More Cards) is to create a card regarding Breast Cancer Awareness.  Another challenge is  a texture challenge and it is in the group Defiez vos amis technique. There is a Monthly Swap club. So what are you waiting for? Hop on over and join the challenges there. I hope to see some good ideas I can "borrow".

Wedding Present

I am attending a wedding soon, and guess what? I do not have a present. So..now that I am getting crafty, I thought about making one. Where are some ideas posted? I have seen a card box (I am not in the party, so that is not doable). I saw a picture frame...What else could there be?

Honey Bee Corner Kits

Have you seen a project that you like and wish you had someone give you everything you need to make it? After all, the project is cute and why change it?

Honey Bee Corner offers several kits. Currently they have four vintage kits and two Halloween kits available. Each kit includes the materials needed to create the project, a template, and an instructional video. In addition, you have access to online classes and a video to show you step-by-step instructions for completing the project. New kits become available each month.

Want to use your own products and just purchase the pattern? This option is available also. Check out the current kits and watch for new items in September.

Christmas Calendar

Ok, so I have not gotten the hang of how to upload pictures of projects in my own blog!

I wanted to show you a Christmas calendar I made. So...let me just tell you how I did it. I bought thirteen 4X6 pieces of chipboard. (You can just use 12X12 sheets and cut them yourself -- might be cheaper.) Then I wrote down on a scrap piece of paper 25 things I would do in the month of December. This was a tough one - I could think of some but not all. Then, I cut paper and covered the chipboard. Based on the theme for the day, I added stickers, ribbon, or other embellishments, along with the date and the topic for the day.

Some of my items included: Watch Elf, decorate the tree, buy your White Elephant Christmas gift, buy a gift for someone less fortunate, and last but not least, Happy Birthday Jesus.

If you make this yourself, be creative. Have fun. And have lots of glue!

Little White Box

I have seen people decorating little white boxes, so I thought I would try.

I bought the box at Hobby Lobby (they have them also at Oriental Trading). I cut 2 sheets of the 6X12 Cricut paper in half lengthwise. I taped them together using double sided tape. Then I used adhesive to put the paper all around the box starting at the bottom. Stickers were placed at both seams, so it looks like a continuous piece of paper.

I put butterfly stickers on the back (bought from Michael's) and put a sticker that says "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". Gluing flowers on the top (bought from Archivers) and adding ribbon to the handle made this box finished. I am now using it to store photos that I will use in scrapbook pages.

Where Have I Been?

It is obvious that I have not been blogging lately. Not much has been happening here. I have, however, been doing a little scrapping.

I am still in the monthly Stamp Camp. We have made some cute cards and this past month, we decorated a plastic bucket. Very cute! I decorated a second one on my own, using the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge, cutting out a girl with dark hair, pink dress, and pink Crocks. On the other side, I made a 3-dimensional flower, using a brad for the center. These might make good Christmas presents.

The last week or so I have been adding to my vacation scrapbook. I am taking pictures of Rory and I from our various vacations and mounting them on pages. It is nice. Not sure when I will ever be done -- can a scrapbook be done?

October is coming (unfortunately too fast) and I will be attending another Girlfriend's Getaway in St Louis. This is a 3 day scrapbook event (24 hours). Last year I went with Kathy (from my Stamp Camp) and my daughter-in-law Megan. We had a lot of fun. I bought too much. This year I have made a vow not to buy something unless I run out of something. So what will I do? Make Christmas cards? Make birthday cards for everyone in the family? Work on another scrapbook? I need to start planning!

Good Buys

Well, it has been a while since I have been online. I have been experimenting with some scrapbook things, and just have not had time to write.

I started using Tim Holtz' Adirondack Alcohol Inks. I used the Brights and colored a tin I had. Very nice. So now I bought some of the blending solution and will try using it. How cool!

I tried to cut chipboard with my Cricut. Little did I know I needed to have a different blade and a different housing for it. So I have looked around. $30 seems like a lot. But after going into the store three times, I found a 20% coupon but the checkout lady said because I was trying so hard, she gave me a 50% off one item coupon. So, I got the blade and housing for $15!

This weekend there are "yard sales" (what we in the north call "garage sales"). The first one I went to had some scrapbooking items. SCORE! I bought a stampin scrubber, a jar of colored flowers, and 12 packages of rub on alphabet. Total price $3.25!

So, time to get scrappin. Until then.....

Cricut Cake Give Away

Here is a cool giveaway - Cricut Cake - http://sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com/2011/04/give-away.html#comment-form

Blogs that I will be attending

Here are a couple blogs that I am entering:

• Scrappin sista: Follower giveaway at www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com


• Fruit of the Spirit bloghop - www.papertreehouse.com

Won't you join me?

Spring Challenge

Today I was invited to "Scrapbookaholic Abby Challenge #2". It is to make anything that has to do with spring. I first made a card 4 x 5 1/2 of pink cardstock. I cut a piece of patterned paper out and glued it to the front (I used spray adhesive - it smells bad, but works wonders!). For the side of the card, I used a border by K&Company. Then I stamped "Love Life" on the card and used glitter for the words. For the flowers, I colored them with markers. Because I had never used Stickles before, my sun looks a little sad. But that is ok; spring makes everything beautiful! I decided I wanted to try something different. So I used the other piece of 4 X 5 1/2 cardstock to make another card. I used scrap green heavier paper and some pretty circle flower paper to cover the front. The yellow flower is an adhesive embellishment and then I put the ribbon on with Mini-dots. I think Spring has Sprung!

Flower and Sentiments

Today I thought I would prepare for a scrapbooking weekend. So I was looking through magazines and found a card that I used as an inspiration. I did not follow their instructions; but rather made up my own. (They used big flowers in the middle of the card; I chose to spritz flowers and put them in different sections of the card.) What do you think?

I am a winner in a blog hop!

I entered the Heartache No One Sees Faith blog hop and won on- A Life Unrehearsed - The Creative Blog of Bonnie Rose! www.alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com I won her COLOR YOUR WORLD e-course that starts next Friday! Thank you Bonnie. I cannot wait to start and add some color.

Craft Room

Well, I am all settled into my new craft room. I have a large area to work on; four cabinets to store my adhesives, punches, ink, and paper in; four shelves to store other embelishments and chipboard on; and another storage area to use. Thank you to my husband Rory for giving me this room (he got a new room in the house so he gave me this PERFECT room)!

Last week I made a couple cards. First was this one I made for my brother Brian's birthday. He is a country boy at heart, and is opening his own RV service. (I used the following carts: Going Places and Paper Doll Dress Up.)

Then I created a birthday card to store for future use.

I am getting excited because next weekend I am going to St Louis to a Girlfriends Getaway and will be making cards all weekend with my daughter-in-law Megan. I look forward to having fun and much anticipated time to concentrate.

March 26 is Be Yourself Day

I saw this challenge and thought I would get into it. It is "Pick Your Own Holiday" by Scrapbookaholic by Abby. So I picked "Be Yourself Day". We should not try to be someone else or what someone else wants us to be. Be yourself. Let people love you just the way you are, with all your blessings and all your faults. If they don't like the way you are, then tough toenails. God loves you just as you are!

Embossing Powder

At my last stampin' up class we used embossing powder. It turned out real cute. So I decided I would try it on my own. WHAT A MESS!

I stamped my image and poured the powder quickly over the ink. Well, to begin with, the powder clumped and all came out in a mess. Then the shiny stuff ended up all over my table. I started to heat it, then remembered to tap away any excess. More of a mess. Then I tapped away excess and started to heat it. When I finished (about 2 min later) I could not tell anything happened. There really is no shine.

The only thing that came of it was shiny red powder all over my table and my hands. I am sure I have some in my hair! All I can say is that I need some help next time I do this because obviously embossing powder is not for me!

On to the next kind of card :)

Scrapphing my family history

Anyone that knows me knows I am obsessed with genealogy. While looking through scrapbooking books at the library, I came across two that had to do with scrapping your family history. I found some neat layouts and am eager to start them. I have all the history (documented for over 15 years). So now I want a creative way to put the information in a tree or chart.

One of the pictures is of building blocks - you know, the kind kids play with. So I am trying to find a template I can use. Another "tree" included cartoon faces of people in the family. Still another one used vellum leafs. Because I am new to this scrapbooking, I have no idea what vellum is. So......I guess I am going to do some reading.

When these are completed by me, I will post them here. Until then.

Weekly Warm-Up: Fabric-Covered Suitcase

Found this and thought it would be interesting. How to cover a travel suitcase with fabric. This would be cool for carrying your embellishments!

Weekly Warm-Up: Fabric-Covered Suitcase

Scrapping my history

So I saw a book the other day in Hobby Lobby called "Scrapping Your Family History". I flipped through it and thought this was a perfect idea. I am a genealogist and being able to put my family down in words and pictures is super! I had already bought some patterned paper and then when I went to Michaels, their heritage paper was 4/$1. So.......I bought about $4 worth of the paper.

I've been flipping through magazines to get some ideas and learned last night how to emboss. Tonight I have the house to myself, so I am going to print some pictures and make some scrapbooking pages. When I get them done, I will post them here.

What? No stores?

I am here in Nashville, Tennessee visiting my parents. I looked on the internet to find any scrapbooking stores in Hendersonville (where they live) and in Nashville. Can you believe there are none? I saw Hobby Lobby and Michaels - but no store just for scrapbooking/cardmaking. In a town this big -- and surrounding towns??? What is that about? Perhaps I need to come down here and start my own store.

In the beginning..

Well, today I decided I would start my own blog -- get in the real world of technology! I love all the scrapbooking and cardmaking blogs that I subscribe to and am constantly searching for others. I am eager to find out what other people are doing!

I want to learn to make some neat cards. It is too expensive to buy a Hallmark card. People read them and throw them away. So why not make one that they will want to keep for a while? And what about making a cool scrapbook of the boys growing up?

So........I have bought cardstock, patterned paper, embellishments, glue, stamps, ink, a Cricut machine, and the list can go on. But I guess you have figured it out that I have bought a lot. I just received 2 more cartridges in the mail, making my total to 6. My latest are Paper Doll Dress Up and Walk in My Garden. I have used the Paper Doll cartridge, and cannot wait to make some people from it. I already own Heritage, Wild Card, Going Places, and George & Basic Shapes.

Last weekend my cousin Alicia and I spent 2 days doing nothing but cutting out designs from hers, mine, and my friend Bobbie's cartridges.

And I now belong to a Stamp Camp. We have one person pick the designs we will make and teach others how to do it.

Here are some of my creations (made on my own as you can tell). I hope to make more in the next couple weeks. Then perhaps I can get good enough to join some blog hop!