The Scraplifter's Dream

For Max

2011-10-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

Our daughter went to a classmate's birthday party and this is what I whipped up for him.

October Cards Galore pt. 3

2011-10-30T13:43:00.001-07:00

October Cards Galore pt 2

2011-10-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

October Cards Galore pt. 1

2011-10-30T13:31:00.000-07:00

We had 6 houseguests come and stay with us this month and I made them all goodie bags with these cards included. They are a traveling crew adn I thought they might like something that they could send home while on the road. They each recieved 4 cards: a thank you, happy birthday, thinking of you and a blank one. Most of these cards were used from Operation Write Home Sketches.

Summer 2011

2011-06-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

My friend, Darcie Bagott, had blocks painted and decorated to say "SPRING". When I was at her house last, I attempted to take a mental picture of how it looked and transfer it to my own seasonal sign. This is the best I could do. Note to self: From now on when I go to Darcie's I shall have my camera with me at all times.

For Ryan

2011-06-04T10:51:00.000-07:00

This card is for Ryan Zimmer who turned 21 in May. I used to babysit Ryan beginning when he was 4 yrs. old. -to think I could take him out to a bar now just weirds me out.

Grace Notes

2011-06-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

So Happy For You

I belong to a church mission group called Grace Notes. We meet a couple of Thursdays a month at the First United Methodist Church in Moscow. There we spend several hours creating greeting cards for shut-ins, church staff and cards that go on sale to the general public for a donation. Money recieved from the sales go towards certain causes. It's a wonderful group that gathers and we have lots of fun crafting and visiting.

Birthday Wishes

I love making cards anyway so it's a great excuse to spend an hour here or there at home just to make extras to take to Grace Notes. This month I was inspired to make Father's Day and wedding cards, as well as the usual all-occasion variety. It's also a great way to use up any extra paper and embellishments I still have lying around.

Get Well Soon

Happy Birthday

Baby Girl Congratulations

Retirement Congratulations

Father's Day

To Have and to Hold

Happy Wedding Day

Wedding Congratulations

Happy Father's Day

Vegas 2011 - Captain Jack Sparrow

2011-03-16T17:43:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun getting pictures of my mom with captain Jack especially since we had quite a bit of the other captain in us - Morgan that is.

Attacked by Moshi - Vegas Album 2011

2011-03-10T08:39:00.000-08:00

Inspired by: cCreating Keepsakes magazine June 2009 pg.108

This album showcases a trip to Las VegasI took last week with my mom and sister. We had a great time! I usually make regualr scrapbooks after a vacation but since I need to make three copies I'm going all digital with this album. I am using SU! My Digital Studio. The most time consuming part has been picking out the layout and colors once I figure that out things have been running fairly smooth.

Husband Cards 2011

2011-02-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

Sick as a Dog

I added Husband Cards to my repetoire this year. I realized that this is a nice gift to give to my girlfriends as well. It's always nice to have cards on hand for those special occasions and it saves the recipient time in front of the greeting card rack at the store.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Father's Day
Inspiration: SU! 2007 Fall-Winter catalog pg.109

I'm Sorry
Inside the card says: Things have been rough between us. I just want to say I'm sorry.

Valentine's Day

Happy Birthday

Inspiration: SU! 2007 Fall-Winter catalog pg. 75

Love Ya Bunches

Better with Two

Wife Cards 2011

2011-02-14T14:06:00.000-08:00

Just Because
Inspiration: SU! fall-Winter 2007 catalog pg.55

Thinking that my previous Wife Cards have gone over well I made some for my 2011 male birthdays.

Get Well, Get Well Soon I Want You To Get Well
Inspiration: SU! Fall-Winter 2007 catalog pg. 61

To My Valentine
Inspiration: SU! 2011 Occasions mini catalog pg. 6

Happy Birthday
Inspiaration: SU! 2011 Occasions mini catalog pg.18

Happy Anniversary
Inspiration: SU! 2011 Occasions mini catalog pg.22

Happy Mother's Day
Inspiration: SU! 2011 Sale-A-Bration pg. 8

I Loaf You
Inspiration: SU! 2011 Sale-A-Bration cover

I'm Sorry
Inspiration: SU! 2007 Fall-Winter catalog pg.48

Happy Halloween 2010

2010-09-30T14:50:00.001-07:00

I love Halloween for crafting. I love the colors and the many different papers and accessories that are Halloween themed. I made another frame for our living room wall. Now that I have the template down this project took just over an hour.

Ready to Create!

2010-09-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

I'm getting the urge to scrapbook so that can only mean one thing: that the bi-annual scrapbook retreat is just around the corner. Yay! After every retreat I swear I'm going to stay on top of my scrapbooks but then another 6 months goes by and I haven't touched them.

I have, however, been making cards like a mad woman. Aside from the plethora of Thank Yous we need to dispense after Nate's stroke, there have been many other Get Well cards and sadly, Sympathy cards that have had to be sent out as well. It has been a weird summer that way.

In Blogger housekeeping news I've added Color Inspiration to my link sites. After figuring out a layout, finding the perfect color scheme is second on my lists of road blocks. I just went through the latest issue of Creating Keepsakes and there were some great sites listed so rather than thinking I will remember them I went ahead and added them to my blog.

Thank You, Traci

2010-04-12T13:07:00.001-07:00

Lifted from SU! 2009-2010 catalog

Our friend, Traci Hacker, stopped by with some delicious Guiness cupcakes - that's right, cupcakes made with Guiness beer and Bailey's Irish Cream frosting - in a cute cupcake tote. Now the etiquette goes that when you return a baking dish (or cupcake tote) to the owner you're not supposed to return it empty. There's no way I could compete with cupcakes as yummy as hers so I decided to thank her by making a set of cards.

Pages from the Spring Scrap Retreat pt. 4

2010-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

Cricut: George and Basic Shapes

Cricut: Hannah Montana

Cricut: Life's A Beach

Cricut: Zoobaloo

Cricut: Designer Calendar

Pages from the Spring Scrap Retreat pt. 3

2010-04-12T12:35:00.000-07:00

Cricut: Graphically Speaking

Cricut: Sports Mania

Cricut: Storybook

Cricut: Don Juan

Pages from the Spring Scrap Retreat pt. 2

2010-04-12T12:21:00.000-07:00

Cricut: Designer Calendar

Cricut: Jubilee

Debbie Kuntz, the lady who organizes these scrap retreats always has prizes to give away. I won a huge slab of paper and used a lot of those sheets on my pages.

Cricut: Designer Calendar

Cricut: Storybook

Pages from the Spring Scrap Retreat pt. 1

2010-04-12T12:09:00.000-07:00

These are pages I did while scrapping at the Palouse Divide Lodge in March. A great time was had by all yet again.

Most of my inspiration came from sketches and layouts from Creating Keepsakes magazines.

Cricut: Graphically Speaking (memories) and Doodletype (2009)

Cricut: Pooh

Cricut: Designer Calendar

Disney World Album pt. 5

2010-04-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

Cricut: Graphically Speaking

The "m" is for Morocco which is where we ate dinner that evening

Cricut: Graphically Speaking

Cricut: Life's A Beach

I actually used stamps as an accent on my scrapbook page

Cricut: Mickey Mouse

Thank goodness I have these albums to remind me of how much fun (and stressful) it was. It will sure tide me over until we can go back again.

Disney World Album pt. 4

2010-04-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Bought this album at Michael's as I had run out of room in the other album. This made me happy though as it meant I had taken lots of photos.

Cricut: Street Sign

Cricut: Zoobaloo

Cricut: Serif

Disney World Album pt. 3

2010-04-12T11:15:00.000-07:00

Cricut: Street Sign

Cricut: Tinkerbell

Cricut: Life's A Beach

Cricut: Graphically Speaking (discover), Tinkerbell (magic)

Cricut: Plantin Schoolbook

Disney World Album pt. 2

2010-04-12T11:04:00.001-07:00

Cricut: Street Sign

Cricut: Hannah Montana

Cricut: Cuttin' Up , Accent Essentials

Disney World Album pt. 1

2010-04-12T10:43:00.000-07:00

Blogger is being finicky today so I need to post these in little bits. I did our WDW albums last fall within weeks of our vacation. Most opf my inspiration came from sketches.

I purchased the album in Epcot on our last day in Disney.

Cricut: Mickey Mouse

Cricut: Street Sign

Cricut: George and Basic Shapes

Always

2010-01-26T09:42:00.000-08:00

Lifted from: prbloom from SCS

I had so much fun making birthday cards with MDS yesterday that I went ahead and built some Valentine's cards with the Always set.

Lifted from: danceriley from SCS

Lifted from: qvande from SCS

Lifted from: stampspaperglitter from SCS

I actually prefer to print the cards onto quality matte inkjet paper but since I have a bunch of crappy photo paper left I printed on that this time. That's why there's a sheen to the cards.

Party Hearty

2010-01-25T11:05:00.000-08:00

Lifted from: suebay from SCS

All of the following cards are made using only SU! My Digital Studio. I had some birthday cards to make and realized half of my crafting stuff is still at the plumbing shop. I borrowed my designs from the Splitcoast Stampers website. Underneath each card is a link to my inspiration card.

Lifted from: snoetzel from SCS

Lifted from: palomine from SCS

Lifted from: CraftyJennie from SCS

2009 Christmas Thank You

2010-01-23T15:03:00.001-08:00

SU! My Digital Studio

I made this card using only MDS. I still can't figure out how to get exact measurements but I'm working on it. I printed it on high quality inkjet paper and then mounted it onto plain white cardstock. I love how it turned out and you can hardly tell the ribbon on it isn't real.

2010

2010-01-23T15:00:00.000-08:00

Cricut: Hannah Montana

Made these cards for belated Christmas cards. I had fun with glitter.

Love Sampler

2010-01-11T09:08:00.001-08:00

Cricut: Jubilee - for heart

Storybook - for L-O-V-E

I loved my Christmas sampler so much that I wanted to make one for Valentine's Day. I'm hoping to make one for spring, summer and Halloween and Fall as well.

Neighbor Gifts for Christmas

2010-01-11T09:02:00.000-08:00

Background made with SU! My Digital Studio

I made gift card sets for our neighbors this year. I used the Bundled Up stamp set from SU! and also used SU's My Digital Studio for some of the cards. My Digital Studio is a program with many digital stamp sets, embellishments, all of SU's colors, etc. I look forward to implementing more of it into my scrapbooking and stamping this year.

Cricut: Storybook for scalloped circle

Verse from SU! My Digital Studio

Teacher Gift for Christmas

2010-01-11T09:00:00.000-08:00

I made my annual calendar and gift card set for Annabelle's 4th grade teacher.

Christmas Sampler

2009-11-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

I "lifted" this idea from Jeannine. I love the one she made so I did my best to recreate it. I'm thinking I'd like to make one for each of the seasons.

Supplies:

16 X 20 frame

red and ivory poster paper

SU! Christmas Jingle scrapbook kit

SU! Merry Moments scrapbook paper

Cricut: Jubilee

Cut red paper 16 X 20

Cut ivory paper 12 X 16

Cut background rectangles 2 1/4" X 2 1/2"

Add embellishments and stickers as desired

Hospital Thank Yous

2009-11-23T13:45:00.001-08:00

I recently had surgery and had many friends bring me flowers, gifts and meals. These are cards I made from one of my gifts from Jeannine. She brought me paper and embellishments from Making Memories.

Heather's Thank Yous

2009-11-23T13:34:00.001-08:00

Heather liked the Thank You cards I made for her engagement party so much that she ordered 50 more from me. I was thrilled to have the excuse to spend some quality time in my craft room so thanks to Heather fro the opportunity.

Cricut: Home Accents

I went to Paper Pals to get some inspiration and fell in love with this Earth Love paper and embellishments by Cosmos Cricket.

SU! Fall/ Winter 08 pg.31

SU! Fall/ Winter 08 pg. 89

SU! Fall/ Winter pg. 104

SU! Fall/ Winter 08 pg. 107

My Cluttered Workspace

2009-08-06T08:36:00.000-07:00

What starts off as a nice clean 4' X 3' work area usually get's whittled down to a 6" X 6" area when I'm all through crafting. After my latest stamping frenzy that's precisely what I ended up with. One of these days I will have the beautifully organized craft rooms but for now I'll take what I can get.

For Heather

2009-08-06T08:16:00.000-07:00

Heather and Donnie's package
Cricut: Storybook

My friend and high school classmate, Heather Stephenson, recently had an engagement party in Libby. I haven't seen Heather since our 10 year reunion and thanks to Facebook we have recently gotten in touch again. I decided to make her a bunch of Thank You cards as I knew she'd be traveling by plane and didn't want to overload her with a heavy crystal salad bowl.

I love this paper but it's so busy in itself that I just stamped the Thank You right on top of it.

SU! Idea Book & Catalog 2009-2010 pg.101

SU! Idea Book & Catalog 2009-2010 pg. 94

SU! Idea Book & Catalog 2009-2010 pg. 103

SU! Idea Book & Catalog 2009-2010 pg. 97

For Faye

2009-08-06T08:10:00.000-07:00

Cricut: George and Basic Shapes
SU! Idea Book and Catalog 2009-2010 pg. 88

Our friend and fellow GAB bookclub member, Faye Williams, had a baby girl this summer, Marie Isabelle. It was so fun to see the little pink pixie at her baby shower. Along with some new baby outfits (I couldn't help myself as it's been forever since I've browsed the baby section) I made her these thank you cards.

Wife Cards

2009-08-06T08:05:00.001-07:00

SU! Spring Summer 2009 pg. 108

My Wife Cards have gone over really well which makes me happy. I try and make more then one at a time so when I hear of a man who's having a birthday I can quick go through my stash and put together the package for them.

Cricut: Wild Card

SU! Spring- Summer 2009 pg.8

Mary's Apron

2009-07-22T15:38:00.001-07:00

An apron and purse I made for my friend Mary as a 'Thank You' for letting us stay at her cabin on Lake Couer d Alene for a week.

Graduation Cards

2009-07-22T15:31:00.001-07:00

Cricut: Opposites Attract
Nate cousin Cassandra graduated from vet scool at WSU.

Here are some cards I made for those that we knew graduating in 2009.

Cricut: Blackletter
For Lorena Croucher graduating from Ferris High School in Spokane WA

Cricut: Wild Card

For my cousin Kristin Huffman graduating from Bothell High School in Bothell WA

Summer CD Challenge

2009-07-22T15:19:00.000-07:00

Made CD Label with Click n Design and imported my own background. I scanned in SU!'s Flamingo paper so I could size it to what I needed and also because I didn't have enough paper to make 8 cd covers.

Inside cover: Wrote song titles over background paper using Microsoft Publisher and inserted small picture of the same photo used for CD label. I made a pocket for the cd by sewing it into place.

Cover size 5 1/2" X 5 1/2"

WHAT IS A SUMMER CD CHALLENGE???

My friend Jackie Carter puts together these great cd challenges. She basically comes up with a theme - summer in this case - and then comes up with certain criteria such as: finding a song with "ocean" in the title or content, a cruising song, song that evokes a special summer memory etc. Our title had to be a song lyric from the 5th song on our cd which for me happens to be Radio Song by REM.

It was a lot of fun putting it together and I'm looking forward to see what others have put on their CD.

End of the Year Teacher Gifts

2009-05-31T19:31:00.001-07:00

Pattern: Butterick 4410
Aprons and purses made for both 6th grade teachers and Annabelle's teacher.

Pattern: Simplicity 3752
Annebelle went with me to the fabric store and she picked out all the fabric. I was a little hesitant about this combo but it turned out great! This one is for Mrs. Pannkuk.

Mrs. Arden's set.

Josie asked Mrs. Mock what her favorite colors were and she replied 'reds, oranges and yellows' which worked out perfect as we had already bought this fabric.

Cards - Spring 2009

2009-05-31T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here's some cards I've made throughout April and May.

Cricut: Tinkerbell

For my friend Jeannine. We always have fun spotting owl and mushroom items because a while ago we noticed that what was once old is now new. We then joked how funny it would be if the 1970's owl and mushroom made a comeback and sure enough, they have!

Card made for the 6th grader movie basket they put together for a silent auction.

Cricut: Tinkerbell

These two cards went to Leslie and Bonnie. They are both fond of fairies. I also wanted to play with the Tinkerbell Cricut cartridge I bought. I love the silhouettes.

Annabelle's class basket for the silent auction was beach themed so I made a set for that as well.

Wife Cards 2

2009-04-06T11:18:00.001-07:00

Valentine's Day

Here's some addendums to my 'Wife Cards' sets. I have 3 husbands who'll be the lucky recipients of these this month.

Anniversary

Mother's Day

Easter Cards 2009

2009-04-06T11:09:00.001-07:00

I decided to try my hand at using vintage images for my Easter cards this year. I got them from Vintage Holiday Crafts and there were many to choose from.

My mom still has some authentic vintage Easter cards which was one of the reasons I was inspired to go this route this year. I just love how innocent they all look.

Links Organized

2009-03-24T11:08:00.001-07:00

I recently went through my links and have organized them according to type. Hope that makes the navigation easier.

Scrapbook Retreat Feb. 26 - Mar. 1 2009

2009-03-04T10:44:00.000-08:00

Title page for our dance album and ending page for the JJDP album
Cricut: Accent Essentials

I was so thrilled that the spring scrapbook retreat at the Palouse Divide Lodge happened again. It never comes soon enough. I had a wonderful time despite having killer back problems and a humongous canker sore that prevented me from frequenting the snack table. I was able to whip out close to 100 pages even with my taking naps and going to bed at 11 every night. I worked on our Sister's Weekend Album, our 2008 Christmas pictures, cards and letters, the JJDP Dance album and our own personal dance album. I had a blast at our table with Jeannine, Carolyn, Heather and Charity and the rest of the ladies at the retreat.

I just took pictures of my favorite pages. I did a ton with the basic strip of paper down the side which enabled me to complete so many.

Cricut: George, Street Sign & Graphically Speaking

Our retreat leader and CM consultant, Debbie Kuntz, does an amazing job putting these retreats together. I'll have to bring my camera this fall to take photos of the little treats she puts on our beds and the goodies we get after each meal when we come back to our tables. She also draws for prizes regularily and I always come home with a boatload of swag. The paper on the above page is from Debbie and it fit perfectly with my little ballerinas. Debbie also has tons of papers for sale from a lot of different companies. I was proud of myself and mostly stuck with what I had in my stash and only bought 6 pieces of 12 X 12 paper. Inbelievable, given my paper addiction.

Cricut: Street Sign, Graphically Speaking

Cricut: Cuttin' Up

Cricut: Graphically Speaking

This page was also done with our freebies from Debbie: the buttons, chip board letters and paper

Cricut: Sans Serif

Cricut: Mickey Mouse

My Sisters Weekend Album

Cricut: Storybook

Back to dancing

Cricut: Pooh Font

Wife Cards

2009-02-20T17:13:00.000-08:00

Mother's Day card
Cricut Cart: Storybook

I wasn't sure what to give our male friends and family this year until I came up with this gem of an idea. I made a set of "Wife Cards", cards for them to give their better half through out the year. I put them in a gift bag and on the outside have written: "Wife Cards - If you want a guarantee for hugs and kisses, just give these cards to your Mrs." So far they have gone over really well.

The cards I want to include are:
Valentine's Day
Mother's Day
I Love You
Just Because
Anniversary
Birthday
Sorry

Birthday card
Lifted from: SU! Fall/Winter 08 pg. 66

Valentine's card
Cricut Cart: George

I Love You card
Lifted from: SU! Fall/ Winter 08 pg.23
Cricut cart: George

Anniversary card
Lifted from: SU! Fall/ Wonter 08 pg. 79

Blank/ Sorry card
Lifted from: SU! Spring/ Summer 09 pg. 95

You're the Best card

Lifted from: SU! Spring/ Summer 09 pg.62

Cricut cart: Alphalicious

Carrie's B-Day Apron

2009-02-20T17:09:00.000-08:00

I've been collecting apron patterns because they are all so cute and are fairly easy to make. This is one I made for my sister, Carrie. Annabelle is modeling it for me. I used Simplicity 3752. It was a lot of fun picking out the girly fabric and sewing it for my sister and she liked it as well.

Birthday Party 8 X 8 Mini Album

2009-01-10T13:28:00.001-08:00

This months Kit Club Challenge from Paper Pals was to make a mini album using products from the Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine Line. The colorful paper was perfect for my birthday party layouts. I printed the photos in black and white as to not compete with the colors and patterns.

Cover: I made the cover using chipboard and covering it with paper
Cricut: Printing Press

My friend Malia and I share the same birthday so we threw ourselves a little soire.
Cricut: Street Sign, Storybook

Cricut: Street Sign

Cricut: Accent Essentials, Stamped

Layout: Page Maps

Teacher Christmas Gifts

2008-12-19T20:38:00.000-08:00

Here are the Christmas gifts my daughters' teachers recieved. They each got a 2009 planner that I altered the front of. I got this idea from Tami Vik several years ago. They also recieved four coordinating note cards. I've been giving this gift to their teachers for years now and it seems to go over well. At least, that's what they're leading me to believe. : )

This planner went to Josie's Hip Hop dance teacher.
Cricut Cart: Stamped

This set went to Josie's teacher.
Cricut Cart: Storybook

I cover the planner with a transparency sheet and then staple it to the cover. I should've taken the photo before I added it so you wouldn't see my refelction in the photo. At least I'm fully dressed. If you don't know what I'm talking about look up Reflectoporn on snopes.com. Warning: it's a tad graphic.

This set went to Annabelle's teacher.

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook

I need to be better about writing down what papers I use but a lot of the papers are from old stock that I can't remember where they came from.

A Horse is a Horse, Of Course

2008-12-10T14:03:00.000-08:00

Jackie Carter holding up some of the treasures from the horse box.

I made this card to go with my gift for our annual White Elephant party. Now this card isn't very White Elephant-ish but the gift these cards accompanied were. I had gone through all of my daughters' horse things they no longer played with such as: a large ceramic horse, clock, books, T-shirt, and CD-ROM game. This gift was actually very tame compared to some of the others. The party was lot of fun and I look forward to it every year.

The card inspiration came from the latest SU! catalog without as many of the embellishments only for the fact that I crafted these within hours of the party.

A Christmas Card

2008-12-08T08:39:00.000-08:00

I made these for my table gift at UMW Christmas Dinner.
Cricut Carts: Storybook & Going Places

Here was my inspiration piece taken from a back issue of Paper Crafts magazine.

It's A Dolly Holiday

2008-12-04T13:21:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth and Ellie are ready for a party in these holiday outfits.

Halloween Card

2008-11-04T11:29:00.001-08:00

Scetch: CTMH Originals program

Stamps: ?

Paper: Trying to use up my CM paper stock

Other: buttons and glitter

Halloween Pails

2008-10-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

Top View

We made these cute Halloween Pails at the retreat as a side craft. I give them to each of the girls teachers filled with their favorite Halloween candy. I also make them some fall cards.

Debbie provided us with all of the supplies and only charged us $5 for each pail. That's a steal in my book.

Back from the Retreat

2008-10-20T13:39:00.001-07:00

Just arrived yesterday from a four day scrapbook retreat at the Palouse Divide Lodge. It was another fun, wild and crazy time. I got a lot accomplished although I brought twice as many photos than I was able to get in an album but that's how it ususally goes.

Our hostess, Debbie, does an amazing job with putting these retreats together. She brings computers, Cri-cuts, paper galore, punches, Sizzix,adhesives, albums etc. Pretty much anything you need she has.

She also is very generous with give aways. I came home with many different sheets of printed paper, an apron, a chip board album, stickers, rub ons, paper flowers and so much more.

Yes, I am a little sleep deprived but feel so much more relaxed knowing that I'm caught up on my current photos. Yay!

Cricut Font: Cuttin' Up

Cricut Font: Cuttin' Up

I ususally snap photos of the girls' art projects and put them in their school albums. Otherwise I don't know where I'd store all of the art.

Cricut Font: Cuttin' Up - I see a trend here. I don't have that cartridge but now know that I must have it.

Page taken from a book by Creating Keepsakes called Scrapbooking Everyday Moments. Cricut Font: Pooh

Cricut Font: Street Signs. PAge taken from the CK book Scrapbooking Everyday Moments. This was my favorite page done the whole weekend.

Cricut Font: Storybook

I used this layout from Page Maps. It's also one of our challenges from the Paper Pals Scrap Kit Club this month.

Cricut Font: Stamped

Layout taken from Page Maps. I actually pulled out some of my old CM alpha stickers.

Cricut Cart: Accent Essentials. Layout: Page Maps

I enjoyed making a calendar page as our July was so busy.
Cricut Font: Stamped

Cricut Font: Jasmine
Layout: CK book Scrapbooking Everyday Moments

I made many more pages then these but these stood out as my favorites.

Bryan & Lisa's Wedding Album Completed

2008-09-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Yay! I've been working on this album in what feels like forever. It's not even very fancy. My excuse is that we had a very busy summer that kept me out of the craft room. The following are some of my favorite layouts from the album that I haven't shown already.

This layout was used from a sketch given to use at a scrapbook retreat. Unfortunately I don't know the source.

I used the 'Base Camp' Cricut cartridge here.

Layout using the April Challenge sketch from http://www.scrapbooking.about.com/ .

I call this my naked page. I wasn't very inspired by the pictures to do anything so I didn't. It's actually one of my favorites in the whole album.

I started to use a sketch from Page Maps but then realized my pictures didn't work if I cropped them so the background paper is about the only element from the sketch used.

The last page.

Cards

2008-09-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

These are cards I used from the leftover materials from the Scrap Kit Club. All of the designs were lifted from the pages of the fall-winter 2008 SU! Catalog.

Blessed

2008-09-28T14:22:00.000-07:00

Another challenge from Scrap Kit Club was to use the word "blessed" on a layout.

The Little Things

2008-09-19T15:01:00.002-07:00

Wow, a scrapbook page! I'm working on a challenge from the Scrap Kit Club through Paper Pals. We're supposed to follow a Sketch from Sketch This (see link on side of blog). I started off following it but then strayed.

Flannel Night Gown

2008-09-19T15:01:00.001-07:00

Josie's doll, Ellie, models this flannel nightgown I made from a Simplicity pattern (I don't remember the number). The fabric is from Nate's old PJ's that he wore a hole through.

Boo!

2008-09-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

This project has been on my to-do list for 10 years now. My friend, Jeannine, inspired me to actually get it out of the dust bunnies when she was telling me about her project depicting the words "boo" and "eek".

Cinderella

2008-09-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

I'm toying with the idea of entering this into the Latah County Fair tomorrow. I finished it today and upon closer inspection it's very imperfect but I got to live my childhood dream of a) sewing, b) making a princess dress that I would have envied to wear and c) playing with dolls...all in an afternoon!

This pattern in Simplicity 5705 - the Disney Princess collection. Annabelle requested the Cinderella dress so now her doll, Elizabeth is the proud owner.

My good friend, Anita, just finished her craft room in her house and has invited me to come once a week to craft. I hauled my sewing machine there and little does Anita know that I have permanently housed it there. haha! So look for more sewing projects to come.....

Frames for the Girls' Room

2008-09-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

These are pictures that are intended to go up in the girls' room. I've had them finished for months now but they still sit on the floor waiting to be put up. They are 12 X 16.

Misc. Cards

2008-09-09T13:55:00.000-07:00

These are all cards I've made in the last few months. All of the designs are lifted from the Spring-Summer 2008 SU! catalog. I can't find it right now to give credit where credit is due. When I do come across it I will be sure to note what pages they are from.

I love this stamp!

For our friend's anniversary. I used the Cricut Storybook Cartridge.

For Nate's mom, Leslie. Again the Storybook cartridge was used for her monogram.

What Will They Think of Next???

2008-07-28T15:52:00.001-07:00

I was reading the latest Creating Keepsakes magazine and came across this ad for Scrapblog. I love to scrap and I love to blog so I had to check it out. I have to say it is incredibly easy to use and was a lot of fun as well. I can see doing this for special occasions as another means to share with those who are far away. I can't wait to see what comes next in the age of digital scrapbooking.

One Crazy Summer

2008-07-22T08:51:00.001-07:00

I have been extremely busy and having loads of fun this summer but unfortunately crafting as been at the bottom of my "to-do" list. I have many ideas roaming in my head and am looking forward to some downtime for creating.

Happy Father's Day

2008-06-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to use up the rest of the Fancy Pants -About a Boy paper from Ryan's album. Though I am a paper junkie I'm trying to be conservative and use what I have before I go and purchase more as I usually buy a ton of a design because I love it so much and then I have so much I never use it all.

For Ryan

2008-06-09T06:54:00.001-07:00

I started babysitting for Ryan when he turned four and this Friday he graduated high school. Our families have remained close so it was only fitting that I made this album for him.

The album is a 6 X 6 Canson. Most of the layouts are using the sketches in the CK April 2008 magazine. Cricut fonts are Street Sign and Stamped. The paper is from Fancy Pants as well as the rub ons.

Happy Graduation!

2008-06-09T06:50:00.000-07:00

This card was for our neighbor, Steven, who graduated from Moscow HS this Friday.

I made a set of these cards for the grade school auction and two graduates. I used a card design from the 2008 Spring - Summer SU! catalog.

Go Boston!

2008-06-09T06:46:00.000-07:00

I used to love the Boston Celtics play in the mid-80's and early 90's. We had family friends whose son, Ryan, was/is a huge Laker fan and would always taunt me when the Lakers would win over the Celtics. I haven't talked with Ryan Smith in years but just had to send him this card to revive the rivalry now that both teams are in this years NBA championship.

For Paige

2008-06-09T06:40:00.001-07:00

Our friend, Paige, just turned the big 4-0. She likes wine so I made her this altered wine bottle - wine included.

For Jeannine

2008-06-09T06:38:00.000-07:00

I'm really sad this picture didn't turn out so good as the card was really cute. Jeannine is a big Mickey fan so I used the Micky Font cricut cartridge to cut out her monogram. I then glittered the J and the edges of the card.

Companion Cards

2008-05-08T13:04:00.000-07:00

These are the two Teacher Appreciation cards I made to go with the apron gifts.

I used wonder under to adhere the fabric to the paper and stamped the greeting with black Staz-on. On the top card I accented the draognfly with yellow, pink and purple glitter and the bottom card I cut out the blue swirly with the Cricut using Accent Essentials and added some diamond glitter to it.

Teacher Appreciation

2008-05-06T17:10:00.000-07:00

It's teacher appreciation week at Lena Whitmore so I thought it would be fun to make each daughter's teacher an apron from the pattern I just had to have (see earlier post). I purchased the fabric yesterday and have been sewing these creations. Having watched back-to-back episodes of Project Runway I am in amazement how those contestants can come up with their designs in such a short amount of time and within a small budget. I spent hours just in JoAnn Fabrics and more hours just putting these simple little things together.

The apron above is for Annabelle's teacher. Her favorite colors are green and purple. They're learning about bugs and have several chrysalises in their classroom so I thought a dragonfly/ butterfly motif would be fitting. You can't tell in the photo but the fabric also has a glitter finish so it's very sparkly.

This one is for Josie's teacher. I was told her favortie colors were blue and purple but when I got to the fabric store I had green stuck in my brain so this is what I found. I love how it turned out so I hope the not getting the purple in there will be OK.

Both aprons are reversible. I used Simplicity pattern 4987. They were a lot of fun to put together but I'm hoping to put away the sewing projects for a bit even though I just enrolled in a serger class. Did I also mention the bazillion birthday cards I need to make for all of the May birthdays - my husband included? I will get to scrapbooking.....I will....

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-02T15:32:00.001-07:00

Yes, Mother's Day is just around the corner and I am proud to say that I've already mailed my cards out. We're having a yard sale in a few weeks and I have so many stamp sets that I hardly use but hate to get rid of them so I've been forcing myself to use them to see if I really need them anymore. I've been happy with the last two cards so will probably hang to these sets at least.

Idea borrowed from page 17 of the 2008 Spring- Summer SU! catalog.

For Mandy

2008-05-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

I made this card for a friend who recently had surgery.

Idea from page 23 of the 2008 Spring-Summer SU! catalog. Which goes to show you that you don't have to have the identical stamps to recreate a card.

One of My Many Vices

2008-04-24T13:40:00.000-07:00

My name is Molly and I am addicted to patterns. When Jo-Ann Fabrics has a pattern sale I pretty much start shking and begin to foam at the mouth. I'm almost thankful that there aren't any other places to buy patterns around here because I could be in some serious trouble.

What do I plan on making this time? For starters I saw a really cute apron at a gift shop made with western fabric and fringe at the bottom. It was adorbale and I immediately thought of my two nieces who live on a farm of sorts. Next up, a doggie dirndle for Butterscotch as we partake in Leavenworth's Maifest in a few weeks and yes, there is a lederhosen/ dirndle contest for dogs.

Finally, at another gift shop there was a very chic tote/ purse made out of the coolest retro fabric and I want to recreate that as well.

I am the poster child for the signs you see at craft shows. The ones that state "Sure you could make this at home.......but will you???" My answer to that is always, " Well, I had the best intentions." Meaning that my craft room cupboards are exploding with unused patterns. That still doesn't stop me from eagerly anticipating the next pattern sale.

Thank You Card

2008-04-20T11:16:00.000-07:00

Cards for Josie to write her birthday Thank You's. Taken from the 'With Graditude' card on page 104 of the SU! Spring -Summer catalog. The colors made me think of the gawdy 1960's wallpaper my aunt had in her kitchen and are making a comeback.

Strawberry Valentine Cookies

2008-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:00

OK, technically not papercrafting but still this took some time and was fun to do with the kids. I was inspired by the blog The Frosted Garden. This lady makes wonderful cakes, cupcakes and cookies. I actually had planned making these cookies at Valentine's but with the various illnesses and home projects this was put off until now. This will probably be the only baking project you see on this blog.

STRAWBERRY VALENTINE COOKIES from Simple and Delicious
2/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup strawberry drink mix
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

GLAZE:
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening

FROSTING:
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons strawberry drink mix
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 cups confectioners' sugar
3 to 5 tablespoons milk

SERVINGS
24
CATEGORY
Dessert
METHOD
Baked
PREP
50 min.
COOK
10 min.
TOTAL
60 min.

DIRECTIONS
In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and lemon juice. Combine the flour, drink mix, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2- to 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Spread over cookies; let stand until set. In a small mixing bowl, cream the butter, drink mix and salt. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Add enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Decorate cookies. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Bryan & Lisa's Album Pt. 1

2008-04-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

I am working on my brother's wedding album right now. All of these layouts are a variation of the sketches from page 50 of the April 2008 Creating Keepsakes magazine.

I have also been getting lots of use out of my little Cricut machine. I love it! For the title I used the Jasmine cartridge.

Cricut Font: Alphalicious

Cricut Font: Doodletype. I went with my standard strip of paper and corner triangle here. I told you I use it a lot. I also try using as many pictures on a layout dealing with the theme as I can. As much as I love looking at layouts with just one photo it's not very practical for me.

The Evolution of My Scrapbooks

2008-04-14T18:32:00.001-07:00

Looking back at my scrapbboking history it seems that I've always loved to put pictures and memoribilia into albums. This one was my very first scrapbook given to me for my 7th birthday.

I started off putting my birthday cards and some school papers and various programs from my ballet class.

I must've forgotten about it because the next page sh0ws favorite musicians and TV shows from 1985-1986.

We got these really neat memory books my senior year - 1991- from the Josten's company.

I had a ton of fun filling it out. This page is about my senior prom. I went with my boyfriend, Nate. He's now my husband.

My next scrapbook came from Hallmark. I went to nanny in LA so I wanted something to hold all my memories in.

First page. The only tools I had were Scotch tape and Crayola markers.

As you can see in early 1992 I was already cutting my photos into groovy freehand shapes.

Ah, the magnetic album. Circa 1992-1993

Another primitive look at freehand cropping. I used a title and stickers from Hallmark.

A fun flannel covered three-ring binder given to us as a baby gift. Circa 1997.

Back in the late 90's there were about 12 colors of cardstock from Michaels. If you wanted any other color you had to resort to construction paper. Other tools: scalloped scissors and glue stick. I don't quite know what lightening bolts have to do with baby girls but there they are.

I was so excited when the Paper Pizzazz paper books came out. I think I bought every one and proceeded to use them on every page no matter how busy they were.

This layout was completed after purchasing my first idea book. I believe it was a Fiskars one. I soon subscribed to Memory Makers magazine.

My very first Creative Memories album. Circa 1998. I took out photos from a three ring binder and redid them in this album. It was an 8 1/2 X 11 because we couldn't afford the 12 X 12 and at the time we were getting our photos printed in the 3 X 5 format.

Using the Creative Memories triangle corner and strip of paper. I still use this combo.

My very first 12 X 12 page in late 1998.

I thought I was so clever making this hair dryer background.

An attempt to be really fancy. Circa 2000. I remember spending a lot of time on this page. Throughout the years I did very few fancy pages as I became a CM consultant for several years so that was the only product I used. Most of my pages were done using the CM idea books and CM Fast Formulas.

The following pages are ones I did at the last scrapbook retreat I went to. All of these layouts were inspired by the Creating Keepsakes Becky Higgins' Sketch books.

Looking back at the 10 year old layouts it's like looking back at pictures of yourself wearing the styles and hairdo of years past. Really embarrassing. I'd love to yank all those pictures out of the glue-sticked, construction paper pages and redo them all but I fear that in 10 years I will be facing the same dilemma.

Another Blog?

2008-04-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

I wanted to share my creations but felt weird about having all of my personal laundry out there for people to read about. So now I have my crafting blog and my personal blog.

I fell in love with the art of scrapbooking again after attending a retreat several weekends ago after having not scrapped for close to six months and now I have been pouring over scrapbook magazines, websites and blogs. I started scrapbooking in 1998 and have completed many albums.

My personal scrapbooking philosophy is to keep it simple, don't get bogged down by the details, have fun and just get it done. I'm not one who strives for perfection and most of my pages are a throwback to the scrapping trends of about five years ago. I'll admit, I am so behind the times that I just recently started putting other embellishments besides stickers on my pages. I make no apologies about this though and my theory is that in 25, 50, 100 years my grand-children and future generations won't be able to tell exactly what month I did a certain page and what the trends were. The most important thing for me is that the photos and memories are preserved.

I also love to stamp and sew and notice that I will put all my stamping stuff away and focus on sewing for a month and then I will stamp for a month and then move on to scrapping. I'm torn at the moment because I feel in a groove with the scrapbooking thing but have just recently become addicted to the TV show Project Runway so I am inspired to create some lovely garments. I mostly sew American Girl doll clothes, pajama bottoms and curtains. Very basic stuff. I'm afraid I won't be coming out with my couture collection anytime soon.

I hope this blog is an enjoyable one.