Faithful smasher

I finally did a "series" of Smashbook pages that I love! I am using the Green Smashbook for my bible study notes, as we're going through the book of Genesis on Wednesday nights.

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Love these first 2 pages because I got to use some more stuff from the Amy Tangerine line by American Crafts:

Also, chapter 24 is really awesome to re-read once you realize the amazing correlations to the new testament and what everyone represents...

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These next 2 pages use mostly stuff from the Out of Print line by BasicGrey. That's a rub-on in the lower left corner and for the piece going off the right side of the page, I actually just cut that out of one of their pieces of paper. The little arrow is from the Wander collection, also by BasicGrey.

I love that little golden nugget from Pastor Dave - Will you go on a journey with the Holy Spirit to one day meet Jesus?

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Chapter 25-26 pages were completed with the use of Elm letter thickers by American Crafts, journal box sticker by Sassafras, and Studio Calico chipboard clouds that were inked with Tim Holtz wild honey distress ink. I finally got the Uniball Signo white pen in the mail, after hearing all the rave reviews people had about it and I gotta say, it is definitely something to rave about! It is such a bold white but you only have to write with it once, so you can do fairly small letters and still have them stand out.

Grace upon grace. Enough said!

A Nontraditional Wedding Card

Love, love, love this card for my BFF's wedding that I will be apart of! The Amy Tangerine line by American Crafts is my absolute favorite line of scrapbooking products! This is my first use of these products (finally). I can't wait to use more, since I basically bought everything I could find from the line and hoping to get more as I use them up and figure out what I like best :)

How awesome is that heart fabric paper!? Pretty expensive (for a piece of paper, except that it's fabric), and has a bit of a strange smell, but I just adore it and was so happy to get a chance to use it right away! It is definitely worth the cost!

HOW-TO:

• The only non-Amy Tangerine product I used was the purple shimmer cardstock - that came in the Creative Memories Frightful Halloween Specialty Paper Pack
• I cut the Falling For You Fabric paper (hearts) to 4.5" x 6.5" onto the 5x7 card
• The "all you need is love" banner is from the Wishing fabric stickers
• The letters are Lovely Mulberry and Lovely Peacock Molded Foam Rubber Letter Stickers
• The potty people are from the Let's Go Dimensional Stickers

A Birthday Card

I have a TON of scrapping to do this weekend... this one had to be done today since it is for my sister-in-law and we are celebrating her birthday tonight, a week early since we'll be out of town next weekend for her actual birthday.

Perhaps I should've kept with the same color scheme from the original idea seen here, but I just love the cool colors that were part of the Boardwalk kit from Studio Calico!

HOW-TO:

• Even though you probably can't tell, I first sprayed a piece of Vanilla cardstock from Creative Memories with Mister Huey's Lemonade mist
• Used aFiskars border punch for the right border and the Creative Memories mini square maker all punched from Studio Calico paper
• I used regular twine, My Mind's Eye Lime Twist twine, and Daily Junque by Pink Paislee House of Three twine and tied them around each square (very carefully) - my only trick here is to cut off an extra long piece to tie big loops then pull them tight to a much smaller size
• The "Happy Birthday" letters are also from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist while the letters for her name are Teal & Cream Sticky Keys by October Afternoon stuck to circles made with the Creative Memories mini circle maker and popped up
• The camera stamp is new from the Amy Tangerine line by American Crafts, probably my newest favorite line of scrapbooking supplies; it is embossed with Teal Metallic finish embossing powder also by American Crafts and colored the heart in with a red marker

Side note: After I brought the card out to the backyard where my husband was cleaning his four wheeler (ATV), I showed him the card and he replied "I like how you've been doing lots of emblazoning lately" HAHAHA, this was his way of saying embossing - he always mixes up the terms but the ones he comes up with are so funny :)

Simple Strawberry Thank You Card

Two things surprised me about this card:
1. I actually used an old(er) cartridge on the Cricut to create the strawberries
2. I forced myself to cut into a fully good piece of 12x12 paper by My Mind's Eye - this is a very difficult thing for me to do!

I would've popped up the strawberries except they are covering a previous cut into that Bazzill dark green dotted swiss paper, so had to keep it flat, boo.

HOW-TO:

• Cut strawberries at 2.5" using the Cricut Preserves cartridge from My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Boy "Ziggy" Paper
• I have been dying to use that ribbon because it came in a pack of 3 that included stars and polka dot patterns - it is from Queen & Co.
• Stapled the ribbon to the Bazzill paper with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher - love this thing even more than I ever thought I would!
• Thank you and shout out to my friend Kara for supplying me with the little rhinestone embellishments, they are Grass Green also from Queen & Co. - wow, didn't even realize that, so they were definitely made to match this card!
• The letters are Chipboard Alphas from Studio Calico that came in their August main kit: Boardwalk

This is how I feel

I found this picture on the site Pinterest.com here. This month I am working on a separate project that can't be posted, so I feel like I've lost my momentum a bit, but not to worry, I will be back in action next month with more posts, and better yet, have finally planned a long vacation in October (read: lots of pics and scrapbooking to be done)! :)

P.S. If that isn't the longest run-on sentence you've read, I don't know what is! Hehe!

Thinking of You Card

I never like when I have to make a "get well soon card" since that means someone is sick, injured or hurting, but it is also an opportunity to try to make something that will help encourage someone or lift them up, so that is the good part.

The basic idea for this card came from a card I saw on Pinterest.com here, by Ashley Newell. It only came together after I received my August kit from Studio Calico which came with those scalloped fabric ribbons from Pink Paislee.

HOW-TO:

• The paper is called Teal Song by Crate Paper which was made specially just for Studio Calico, and punched with a Fiskars border punch
• I misted each scallop ribbon with a different color spray mist - Bluegrass by Mister Huey's (bottom-most), Frequent Flyer Sprinklers by October Afternoon, and Lemonade by Mister Huey's. About the misting, I gotta say it is my first application using spray mist and I LOVE IT! It looks great on paper too! The Mister Huey's really impressed me, the way it mists is awesome, but I think I need to give the Sprinklers another try because it seemed to clump a little and leave more of a stained look, like I spilled it in places than a cool, misted look like the Mister Huey's gave.
• I used a corrugated cardboard butterfly by Jillibean Soup - I pushed it face down into my VersaMark Watermark stamp pad and embossed it with ZING! metallic teal emobssing powder by American Crafts, then I used one of the bigger butterfly shapes and traced the outline on a piece of Butter cardstock by American Crafts, cut it out and layered the cardboard butterfly on top if that
• The letters are Out of the Blue "Playful" Alphabet from the Lime Twist collection by My Mind's Eye
• Everything but the butterfly came in the August kit Boardwalk by Studio Calico and once again I proved my husband right in that I always just use the "new" stuff - he says I don't play my old videogames hehe

Instagram Pictures

I've been seeing everyone's blogs lately, with professional looking pictures and finally discovered their secret: Instagram! It's a free iPhone download, that allows you to select a filter, and instantly change up the look of your pictures - it's really fun to play with! Here are some of my instagrams. I am definitely looking forward to put these to use in an album soon!

Handsome husband

Garden Center

Real bumblebee! I ran after taking this picture!

New 4-Wheeler = Happy husband

"Hey, I found us a shortcut!"

Adam's Basin along the Erie Canal

This is what we looked like on our honeymoon!

I forget, some car that my husband loves!

Car show

Taking a break to fix my bicycle helmet

Charlotte beach on a school night

Cheerful Butterfly

This card started with a search on the site Pinterest.com. I found this picture there and decided to print it and see if it would at least inspire me to make something beautiful and cheerful for this card, and I think it worked!

The butterfly paper I've used for previous cards, also worked well with this image, but this time I cut out the butterflies by hand from the paper. This paper is probably one of my all-time favorites!

HOW-TO:

• Printed the picture posted on Pinterest.com on my Canon Selphy CP800
• Cut Fly Away paper by Studio Calico and angled on the card, cutting off the edges
• Wrapped some basic twine from Wal-Mart (just in the tools area, while perusing those aisles with my husband), around the bottom of the picture and adhered with small zots in the back
• Zotted the butterflies across the front and pulled up on the wings for a 3D look

Forever Park

This scrapbook page layout has been laying on my table for about a week now. After choosing the paper for the left side, the right side paper must've switched about a hundred (at least 5) times.

I didn't feel the left side needed much added to it, since the paper (from My Mind's Eye) is so pretty, and the texture is similar to watercolor paper, so it almost looks like a watercolor painting.

The right side of the page was what really stumped me, but finally just left it simple.

I really wanted to create the look of hanging paper lanterns but couldn't let it sit on my table any longer, so just popped up some blossom punches and baker's twine and called it a day!

HOW-TO:

• The left side paper and the Forever title is from So Sophie by My Mind's Eye and the right side is the Portrait Collection Pearls by Crate Paper
• The bird and journal box on the left is from Flea Market by Colorbok
• I found the border at the top right in the collection For the Record by Echo Park Paper Co. and similarly colored Bazzill cardstock paper
• I used the Creative Memories Blossom Place 'n Punch and zotted them over baker's twine from My Mind's Eye
• I used a Martha Stewart Punch around the page to create the delicate cream colored border
• The little silver brads are from 7Gypsies

Happy Shower

Here is a card I made awhile back for my friend's bridal shower, but didn't want to post it till the shower was over. I just love the colors!

I had just bought some new supplies at my favorite scrapbooking store that is sadly, now closed. My friend and I went there for some last minute stocking up, and I found that beautiful background paper and immediately thought it'd be perfect for a card!

This last close-up, was taken just for fun, but also to show the fabric texture of the letters, love those!

HOW-TO:

• Unfortunately I didn't see the name of the company that did that background paper, but once I picked that as the paper, the rest was pretty easy
• The ribbon is American Crafts' Robin's Egg Crochet Trim which I got in Studio Calico's May kit, Lawn Party and attached with the Tim Holtz tiny attacher
• The deep burgundy flower was from Kaiser Crafts
• The light bluish-green tinted clear button was from My Mind's Eye, Lost & Found tied with some twine and zotted onto the flower
• The Doll fabric chipboard letter stickers are also from American Crafts