Time For Scrappin

Shabby Chic Album

2012-02-10T14:27:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a great holiday. Here is my first post-holiday project. I am down loading the video now and will post it when it is finished.

Christmas Wishes Mini Album

2011-12-06T11:30:00.001-05:00

Birthday Sale!

2011-11-23T08:15:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone,
Today is my birthday. I am celebrating with a 15% off sale in my Etsy store. Use the coupon code BDAY4ME when you check out. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Winter's Kiss

2011-11-16T16:31:00.001-05:00

Trip to New York Album

2011-11-07T12:21:00.003-05:00

Hi guys!
Here is a video that I just uploaded. This is an album that I created for my daughter to document her summer vacation in New York.

Halloween Mini Album - Sinister Beauty

2011-09-25T16:32:00.000-04:00

Here is Halloween mini #3 for the year!(will post video tomorrow)

Halloween Stamp and Cool Store!

2011-09-04T15:10:00.000-04:00

Hi my friends!
I was shopping on Overstock.com today looking for some bedding. I decided to pop over to the scrapbooking section to see what they have. I was really surprised, they have some really decent stuff, like Graphic 45 paper and copic markers. And for $1 shipping (check out the rules to make sure it applies to where you live), who can pass it up? They have a lot of new items on there, not just old, discontinued stuff. When I was looking at the stamps, I found the Inkadinkado Ornamental Frames set that I used on last year's spooky halloween mini. A lot of folks asked me where to buy it, but it seemed to be out of stock everywhere. As of right now, they have it on Overstock. Here is a link!

http://www.overstock.com/Crafts-Sewing/Inkadinkado-Ornamental-Frames-Clear-Stamps/4073001/product.html

From now on I am going to check Overstock first when I need something I can only purchase online!

Basic Grey Curio Collection

2011-08-31T13:34:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone!
I want to share with you some pictures of a new 6x5 mini that I just finished. It was created using Basic Grey's Curio paper collection. I loved Basic Grey years ago when their products first started coming out. They were so unique and pretty, I could instantly identify them in the store just by what they looked like. But then after a while, each collection they came out with looked TOO similar to the last one, and I wasn't so excited about that. When I saw the Curio paper collection in the store, I was excited by Basic Grey all over again!! If you haven't checked this paper out, I highly recommend it. It is GORGEOUS!!

Halloween mini album - video

2011-08-22T13:24:00.001-04:00

Here is the YouTube video for my latest halloween mini:

You Can't Go Home

2011-08-19T16:46:00.000-04:00

Time For Halloween Mini #2! Creating the Magic of Oz mini got me in the Halloween mood, so I came up with another 6x6 mini. I used the Tim Holtz "Lost and Found" paper collection. I love this paper and finally found a perfect use for it! I will post the video when I put it up!

Graphic 45 - Magic of Oz

2011-07-25T21:30:00.001-04:00

Hi Everyone!
I want to share with you my first Halloween mini album for 2011. Here is the YouTube video and a whole bunch of pictures!

Here is the video:

Here are the pictures:

Graphic 45 - Magic of Oz

2011-07-25T20:58:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!
I want to share with you my first Halloween Mini for 2011. Here is the YouTube video and a whole bunch of pictures!

New scrapbook mini album - Turquoise Dream

2011-06-18T12:48:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone!
I just finished up a new 6" x 6" mini album called Turquoise Dream. I haven't made a video for it yet, I will post it when I do.
My daughter Laura and son Nicholas helped to keep the book open while I took photos of it. They were a big help!

Time For Scrappin Facebook Page

2011-06-10T08:59:00.000-04:00

If you haven't been to the Time For Scrappin Facebook page, please check it out. I gave away a free tutorial (currently there are only 20+ subscribers, so contest odds are very good!), and today I shared a link to a store I found on Etsy that has some really cool supplies for scrapbooking.
Time For Scrappin Facebook Page

2011-06-05T22:32:00.001-04:00

Scrapbook Mini Album using Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden Collection.

2011-06-05T16:10:00.001-04:00

Hi Everyone! Here is my latest creation. It is a 6 x 6 mini album featuring Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden paper collection.

Here is the video:

Congratulations to Melissa!

2011-05-27T06:51:00.000-04:00

Melissa won a free tutorial on the Time For Scrappin Facebook page by being the first to respond to a post. Thanks Melissa!

Teacher Project

2011-05-24T17:21:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone!
My daughter Laura's class all wrote goodbye letters to their teacher
( she is retiring this year). I volunteered to take the three ring binder that we are using to hold the letters in and decorate it. Here is what I came up with:

I just created my first treasury on Etsy!

2011-05-09T23:18:00.000-04:00

In case you are not familiar with treasuries on Etsy, it is a list I made up of items that I think are really cool that are part of a similar theme. My theme was "The Cool Magic of Night". Check it out!:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dc8982aa8bc8eef89aa7398/the-cool-magic-of-night?index=0

Old World Mini Album

2011-05-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

Altered Picture Frame

2011-05-04T10:38:00.000-04:00

This is an altered shadowbox that I created. With the black music sheet paper on the frame and the black and pink colors, it reminds me of a ballet or dance recital theme (I wore a black leotard and pink tights to ballet class when I was little!).

Two New videos

2011-05-02T17:12:00.000-04:00

Hey there! I downloaded two new videos for the last two minis that I posted here. Here they are:

Feathers and Blooms Mini Album

2011-05-01T18:17:00.000-04:00

I finished one more album this weekend. This one is a 6" x 6" mini.

Vintage Nature Mini

2011-04-30T11:54:00.000-04:00

This is a 6x6 mini that I made using Bo Bunny and some K & Co. papers.

Le Cirque Mini Album

2011-04-27T19:07:00.000-04:00

Watch the video here: Le Cirque Mini Album

New Album and Facebook

2011-04-27T14:09:00.000-04:00

Hi there!

I just finished another album using Graphic 45's Le Cirque paper line. I haven't taken pictures of the whole thing yet, but I wanted to at least show you the cover. The video is being uploaded to Youtube right now. I will post a link when it is finished. I also started a Time For Scrappin page on Facebook. You can see my badge to the left of this post. I thought it would be a great way to have actual conversations with you guys. I feel lonely, sometimes I feel like I am bloggin to myself! :) I will try to get some album pics on here later today!

Reminisce Mini Album

2011-04-16T16:59:00.000-04:00

Here is a new 6x6 mini that I just completed. I used the new Graphic 45 Curtain Call collection. I have kits and tutorials available in my Etsy store.
Check out the Youtube video here: Reminisce Mini Video

Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime Mini Album

2011-03-21T23:01:00.003-04:00

Brace yourself everyone. I have a ton of pictures to show you! I just finished my new 8x8 spring album. There is about 37 pictures in all, which isn't too surprising since it took me almost 30 hours to make!! I used the new Graphic 45 "Once Upon a Springtime" collection, which is gorgeous! I used my entire 12x12 paper stack on it, with only a few scraps left.
I used two primary sources for my graphics:

This is a great shop on Etsy with beautiful vintage french postcards
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FrenchKissed
and here is a blog with some of the best free clip art that I have found
http://vintagecatnip.blogspot.com/search/label/digital%20collage

Here is a link to the video for this album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5hN5iLlQo
I also finally finished a tutorial on my book binding process that I have been working on for months. I like my albums to look as close to "real" books as possible. I don't like to use paper bags, book rings, or chipboard for the pages, so I developed my own method. The tutorial gives you step by step instructions and a picture for every step. Here is a link to my Etsy shop where the tutorial can be found:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Timeforscrappin
Now let's look at the mini!

The Beginning of a Mini Album

2011-03-14T11:39:00.000-04:00

I'm going to start on a Spring/Easter mini today. Usually when I get an idea for an album, it starts with a single stamp or a piece/collection of paper. My inspiration this time was the Graphic 45 collection, "Once Upon a Springtime". Of course, I know I will probably end up putting several other lines in as well. Once I had the paper, I went through my stash for items that would coordinate. This morning I went to Hobby Lobby to pick up several things shown below. This is just what I am starting with. Some things from the pile will never make it into the album, and some things will be added as the project takes shape.
I'm really excited! The last several projects I did were in dark, somber colors. Now I get to work with lighter (dare I say "girlie"?) colors!

My Fall Mini Video

2011-03-11T15:52:00.000-05:00

Remember Me?!

2011-03-10T10:50:00.000-05:00

Hi There!
It's been a while (months!) since my last post. I got caught up in the holidays, and a bunch of other stuff. Unfortunately, scrapbooking is always last on the to do list. I spent the last few days cleaning up my trashed workspace. The last thing that I made was a Fall mini album. I never got the chance to post it here, so here it is. I will also be making a Youtube video of it in detail. I will post the link here when it is done.

I hand made the gold flowers on the cover. There is a lot of sparkle in this album that is hard to see in the pictures. Hopefully it will show up better in the video.

October 31st Mini

2010-09-25T06:00:00.028-04:00

Watch the video to see all of the flaps and pockets!
I uploaded a video for this one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vlVtp3qb9I

Hey Guys, the Halloween video is up!

2010-08-29T08:09:00.000-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAl8R3M4Ck

Halloween Mini

2010-08-28T14:30:00.025-04:00

After seeing all of the cool new Halloween stuff in the stores lately, I had to do an early Halloween album to get it out of my system so that I can concentrate on a fall album! I LOVE Halloween and Christmas, you will be seeing a lot of it on my blog in the coming months. I am going to do a video for this one so that you can see all of the interactive stuff; pockets, picture flaps, etc. I will probably have it up sometime tomorrow morning.

Florida Vacation Album Video

2010-08-16T07:36:00.000-04:00

The video for this album is now up, here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCuZtgBxfG4

Florida Vacation Album

2010-08-13T16:36:00.027-04:00

I haven't had this much fun making an album since I made my Christmas album at the beginning of the year. Our family took three trips to Florida since April, and I needed a decent sized book for all of the photos I took (I'm a photo takin nut!). I made this one out of 6x9 envelopes. It's a GREAT size, I will be doing more albums in that size in the future. I primarily used two paper collections. One from Bo Bunny and the other from Creative Imaginations. I will do a video of this mini tomorrow for YouTube. If you need to go to the bathroom or refill your drink, do it now, because there are a ton of pictures with this post!

I cut out the title, pelican and these flowers/leaves with my Cricut. I used the Life's a Beach cartridge.

I cut out this sea shell from the patterned paper and covered it with Rock Candy distress paint.

Love this little sea horse. I'm so excited that I finally found a use for my ten year old Magic Mesh, WHOO Hoo! Remember that stuff?!

This cute little palm tree brad is from Creative Imaginations. I removed the prongs (by bending back and forth) and glued it on.

Here's a view of the pages with the flaps open.

You can't tell in the picture, but this paper is so shimmery and beautiful!

The plants are punched out using the Martha Stewart Oak Leaf punch. It's on clearance at Michael's right now for about $5.

I've had this charm in my stash forever. I attached it to a Tim Holtz clip. He's so cute, his mouth opens and closes!

Here is the back
Are you still with me?........

New Mini

2010-08-13T10:04:00.010-04:00

Here's the pictures of a new mini. Please excuse the poor photo quality, I was in a rush this morning!

Ancestry Mini Video

2010-07-08T18:23:00.002-04:00

Here's a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEPfJPhI33k

Ancestry Mini

2010-07-07T17:07:00.011-04:00

Still loving Graphic 45! Here's my latest mini. I will have a video up on YouTube tomorrow.

A cool blog that I discovered today

2010-06-23T16:48:00.000-04:00

I am in the process of redoing my craft room, so I was surfing around today looking for ideas. Check out this cool blog I found. I am going to try to make those snow peeps!
http://gmglimmerglass.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html

Video for Leprechaun Mini

2010-06-19T19:01:00.002-04:00

Here's the video that I posted on YouTube today:

Laura's Leprechaun Journal Part 3

2010-06-16T16:21:00.015-04:00

Hi there! I am almost finished with the leprechaun mini, I only have one page and the back cover to finish. When I am done I will post the video. Here are the new pics:

Inside cover. if you click on the image, you can read the leprechaun poem.

The bird and nest are stamped on a transparency, with tags tucked behind.

The little book on the right comes off. It's held on the page with hidden magnets and is a little journal book to write in. I will show the inside when I do the video.

Photo/journaling mats

More photo/journaling mats.

On the left is a little envelope with a transparent front that I stamped on.

Gotta love Martha Stewart punches!

One of my mini's is on the Bo Bunny Blog!

2010-06-08T09:53:00.002-04:00

It's the boy mini made with the "U Bug Me" line of paper.
http://bobunny.blogspot.com/2010/06/spotlight-on-you.html

Laura's Leprechaun Journal Continued

2010-05-22T16:13:00.006-04:00

I was able to do a little more on this mini over the last few days.

Here is the cover. I am pretty much done with it, but I may tweak it here and there.

I cut a long piece of felt that will serve as the book binding. It is hot glued to the cover in between the chipboard and cardstock. After the rest of the album is completed, I will determine how short to cut the binding before attaching it to the back cover.

I'm using this material to bind the chipboard pages of the book together.

Here I attached a 3 inch strip of the material to two pages, leaving a one inch gap between the two pieces of chipboard underneath.

Greyson Chance

2010-05-19T08:27:00.001-04:00

Wow, have you guys seen this kid perform?!

Laura's Leprechaun Journal

2010-05-11T11:27:00.011-04:00

Hi Everyone!
I am working on a new mini. I thought it would be kind of cool to post pictures of it as I work on it, to show you the process I go through. This album is for my daughter, Laura. She is OBSESSED with Leprechauns. She has had as many as 5 elaborate "traps" set up around the house and outside, trying to catch one. She sets out a trail of gold coins and Lucky Charms to lure them. I have to say, it has been working because she has caught two so far. I will post a pic of them if you are interested, lol! When I picked Laura up from school one day she begged me to take her on vacation to Ireland. She was so mad when I told her we couldn't go. Whatever happened to wanting to go to Disney?! I am making her this mini/journal to document her obsession. I know she will get a big kick out of it when she is older!

Here are the products that I am using to distress the cover.

The top paper is the before, and the bottom is after inking.

Here I heat embossed the edges. You can't really see it in the picture, but this really added a nice rough and dimensional surface.

Here is some of that Tim Holtz grunge board that I got at Tuesday morning. This stuff takes ink beautifully!

The cover is about half way finished. I will post more pictures as I go.

Laura's Leprechaun Journal

2010-05-11T11:27:00.000-04:00

Key to My Heart mini

2010-05-03T16:17:00.020-04:00

Here is my latest mini, I hope you like it!

I made out like a bandit again!

2010-04-19T13:06:00.008-04:00

Did I ever tell you guys how I love Tuesday Morning? There are two near me. One is on a busy road, and that one gets picked clean pretty quick. The other one is in a tiny strip center right in the middle of a residential neighborhood and gets very little traffic. I almost always do well when I shop at that one. Here's what I got:

Martha Stewart punches $2.99 a piece!!! The border punch was $3.99

Fiskars border punch $5.99 (sorry the photo is so dark- If I use a direct flash it bounces off the plastic)

Autumn Leaves stamp set "Gypsy Style" $3.99 They had about 7 or 8 different styles, but I was very strict with myself. I didn't think I could use the other ones, but it was still hard to pass up for that price!

Tim Holtz Grungeboard. These came as a two pack for $7.99 . UNBELIEVABLE! I was so happy I bought quite a few. If you don't know what it is, it's basically flexible chipboard. The sheets make awesome mini book bindings.

Just the alpha pack retails for$20 at Michaels!

Le' Romantique mini video

2010-04-12T12:46:00.003-04:00

I just finished uploading the video to YouTube, here it is!

Graphic 45 "Le' Romantique"

2010-04-11T16:37:00.027-04:00

Hi my scrappy friends! Anyone else being slammed with seasonal allergies right now? I'm in Charlotte North Carolina, and it's terrible here! I went to Target this morning to get my meds. I picked up Benadryl extra strength, plus, plus, plus. I knew it was going to make me really tired, and I had a lot to do today, so I figured I'd stop at Starbucks on my way out. $4 later, I had my non-fat cafe mocha, no whip. So I spent my morning spaced out from the Benadryl, and jacked up on caffeine, lol! Sometimes you just can't win!I wanted to show you the mini that I worked on all weekend. I love Graphic 45! I decided that from now on I will show pictures of everything I make, instead of just showing the video. I will still post a link here to the YouTube videos in case you want to see them. I'm going to do a video for this one tomorrow. I don't have 12 hours
today to download it to YouTube.
Ok, don't laugh. I know I over did it with the feathers. I'm going to trim those babies back!

I made some acrylic tags.

I love the little envelope and letter on this page, it's my favorite part of the mini!

I used another piece of acrylic to create this page. It's hard to see, but the butterfly pops up from the page.

If you got all the way down here, I'm impressed. That was a lot to look at!

Trade Wind Scrapper's March Swap

2010-04-06T14:16:00.002-04:00

I feel like I haven't posted in a long time! Our Family was in south Florida this past week for spring break. I'm back now and ready to blog! I want to share with you this beautiful mini that I received from Daphna, my TWS swap partner. She did an awesome job, I really love it!

How to create your own blog button

2010-03-21T09:27:00.010-04:00

I will take you through the steps I took to create my button. Let me know if you have any questions!

1. Design your button. You need to have some kind of image editing software. I used Photoshop Elements to create mine. I opened a new canvas and sized it to 150x150 pixels. You could also do 125x125 pixels. You just want to size it to fit the average sidebar. I chose a resolution of 300, but a lot of folks use 72. I wanted mine to look like my blog, so I used a section of my header as my picture. (Since I didn't create my header myself, I emailed Karen over at thegraphicsfairy.com to get her permission to create a button out of her work.) You could also design a button using free clip art you can find on the internet, or you could even design something out of your scrapbooking papers and supplies and just take a picture of it. Then I chose a font and typed my blog name onto my image, put a black border around it, and I was done. Make sure you save your work as a jpeg.

2. Upload your button to an image hosting site. I used Photobucket.com, which is free.

3. Open your blog to where you add page elements. Click on "Add a Gadget" and select HTML/JavaScript.

4. Copy this code into the text area:

<img src="http://YOURBUTTONLOCATION.jpg" /> <br /> <textarea style="text-align:center" rows="4" cols="22"><a border="0" href="http://YOURBLOGADDRESS.com" target="_blank"><img src=http://YOURBUTTONLOCATION.jpg></a></textarea>

Replace YOURBUTTONLOCATION with the location of your image. If you used Photobucket, they provide you with a direct link to your photo's location. Replace YOURBLOGADDRESS with your blog address:)

Let me know if you have any trouble, I will help any way I can.

I created a blog button

2010-03-20T10:23:00.002-04:00

I am not tech savy AT ALL, but I think I managed to create a button for my blog. It looks right, but I have no idea if it will actually work or not. Something has to go wrong...it won't link or something... So if any one has any interest, try it out. Then, if it does actually work, and anyone wants to know how I did it so you can get your own, let me know and I will walk (stumble) you through it.

New Blog Look

2010-03-19T12:14:00.004-04:00

I found this blog background and header on www.backgroundfairy.com It was under the Halloween category, but I really love it! I think it can be used as an every day background. Let me know if I'm wrong :)

Marla's a winner!

2010-03-19T10:10:00.002-04:00

Marla over at www.lakeavenuedesigns.blogspot.com has won my Target finds giveaway. Congratulations, Marla! I became a follower of your blog, you do awesome work!

Graphic45 Flower

2010-03-18T11:30:00.015-04:00

I am working on a new mini using the Graphic45 Le' Romantique line of papers. I wanted to show you how I designed one of the flowers that I am going to put on the cover. The cover is about half way completed.

When I am playing around with my Cricut and trying different ideas, I learned the hard way to cut everything out on plain printer paper first to make sure that I like it before cutting up my expensive scrap paper!

Once I find the sizes and shapes I like, I cut them out with the good paper. I used flowers from the Graphically Speaking cartridge and Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge. If you don't have a Cricut, you can still do this. You can use punches or print flower patterns from the internet to cut and trace onto scrap paper. In the future I am even going to try to draw some flowers free hand. I think that would be a pretty unique look!

Next I take each piece and distress them. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in Vintage Photo, and a Making Memories tool to rough up the edges a little.

Then I used an old embossing tool to curl the petals. You could use a toothpick or anything else handy.

For one of the flowers, I folded the petals in half length wise for some variety.

Voila!

Here's a sneak peak at my unfinished cover:

HUGE Target Sale!

2010-03-16T12:44:00.006-04:00

Look what I found at my local Target today. Inkadinkado stamps for $2.24 a piece. Paper Shaper punches for $1.74 and $2.24. Tons of K&Company embelishments for less than a dollar or just over a dollar. A Fiskars border punch for $3.24! I want to share my find. I am going to draw a winner from my followers on Friday. They will win the items in the first picture, which is 4 Inkadinkado stamps, a Fiskars boarder punch, and two Paper Shapers punches. If you are already a follower, you don't have to do anything to enter, isn't that nice for a change?

Oh Boy!

2010-03-16T12:32:00.003-04:00

I made this mini for Daphna, my Trade Wind Scrappers mini swap partner for March. She has two little boys, so the theme of this album is brothers. (Click on the video twice if the screen is too small to see the whole album)

I got an award!

2010-03-15T12:54:00.003-04:00

I just received a Creative Hands award from Pam over at www.thebugbytes.com
Thanks so much, Pam! If any of you have a Cricut and use a Gypsy, you have to visit her site. She has all kinds of downloadable files for the Gypsy and DS on there. She also has video tutorials. One of my favorite projects from her blog is here: http://www.thebugbytes.com/2010/03/walking-barefoot.html . She made some absolutely beautiful purses using the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cartridge. My favorite one is made out of a brown paper bag that she altered to look like real leather. I really want to try that one. Check it out!

I'm finally done!

2010-03-09T06:39:00.005-05:00

Here is the vintage mini that I made for Trini for the mini swap I held on my blog this month. After you hit play on the video, click on the video again to make it full size or else half of the mini is off the screen.

Prima Secret Giveaway

2010-02-27T09:53:00.000-05:00

If you like Prima products, they are having a giveaway. Check it out!
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/

Butterfly Paper Bag Album Tutorial

2010-02-23T16:36:00.001-05:00

Here is the tutorial that I have been promising on the butterfly album. Email me if you have any questions!

Accordian tag pocket tutorial

2010-02-19T10:22:00.001-05:00

I had a few requests for a tutorial on this tag pocket from some people who saw my Vintage Mini video.

We have a winner!

2010-02-19T10:17:00.002-05:00

I would like to congratulate Scrappin Susie from www.Scrappinsusiescreations.blogspot.com
She is my pink Crop-A-Dile Big Bite winner! I will be emailing you Susie so that I can get this out to you!

We need one more person for our swap!

2010-02-19T06:38:00.002-05:00

Would anyone be interested in swapping a mini album? We need one more participant so that we will have 4 sets of partners. Also, I wanted to let you know that I will be posting a tutorial on how I made the accordion tag pocket on my Vintage mini. Hopefully I will have that up later today!

If you like blog candy.....

2010-02-17T07:44:00.001-05:00

Check this site out for awesome blog candy. She does great work, too!
http://clairebsd.blogspot.com/

Anyone up for a swap?

2010-02-16T17:51:00.002-05:00

I've been wanting to try a swap for a while now. There are some neat videos on Youtube of mini's that people are making and swapping. I went to a few message boards today looking for a group, but they were all currently closed or I wasn't interested in the theme. I want to do something simple, maybe a 6x6 mini with 5 or 6 pages. Would anyone be interested in swapping with me? I think it would be fun, let me know!:)

Creating a button for your blog

2010-02-16T11:21:00.003-05:00

Hi guys!
My next project is creating a button for my blog. Of course, I have no idea how to do this. I found step by step instructions on the following blog. I'm going to give it a try!

http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/2009/03/how-to-design-a-blog-button.html

Homemade Prima Flowers

2010-02-15T14:14:00.001-05:00

Here's a cool tutorial by Valita on making your own Prima flowers.
http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/2008/02/make-your-own-prima-flowers.html

Accordion Folder Mini

2010-02-14T18:21:00.002-05:00

Blog Giveaway

2010-02-12T14:08:00.003-05:00

Hi there! It's time to do our first blog giveaway. I have a brand spankin' new pink Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite up for grabs. To win:
1. Subscribe to my blog and post a link to the giveaway on your blog if you have one.
2. Leave a link to your blog on my post.

The winner will be chosen next Friday, February 19th.

Butterfly paper bag mini album

2010-02-10T16:20:00.002-05:00

Hi ladies! I just finished up another project. This one was so much fun to make! Now I have to clean up my scrap room.....

Vintage Mini

2010-02-07T08:50:00.003-05:00

Spruce up your blog

2010-02-03T12:31:00.002-05:00

I found this helpful article on the web. There are links to several sites where you can download free templates, backgrounds, etc. for your blog. http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/06/spruce-up-your-blog.html

Want to print 4 different pictures on one 4x6 ?

2010-02-03T06:24:00.002-05:00

As someone who likes to make minis, I need to have photos that are smaller than 3x5 much of the time. Cropping 3x5 or 4x6 photos down to the size I needed didn't work because I lost too much of the picture detail that I wanted to scrap. I develop my photos at Costco most of the time, but the smallest print you can make is a 4x6, unless you buy a sheet of four wallets for 26 cents more, and even then all four wallets are of the same photo.
I discovered a program called Photosheet that can be downloaded for free here www.photility.com
Here you can select what size sheet you want to print, 4x6, 8x10, etc. and then decide how many pictures you want to add to that sheet, all of the pictures can be different if you want! Then you just save the file and upload it to your favorite photo printing site. One of my favorites to print is four 2x2's on a 5x7 sheet. I use this program for every mini I make, LOVE it!

My Tuesday Morning finds

2010-02-02T13:50:00.009-05:00

I want to thank the folks over at Two Peas who turned me on to Tuesday Morning. I have been there a few times over the years, but somehow I missed the scrapbooking section. They actually have a decent number of things for scrapping. Here's some pics of what I got:

The most exciting thing I bought was this 9,000 piece scrapbook kit by Cosmo Cricket. It's GORGEOUS, and it only cost $14.99. The box weighs a ton.

Here's a list of what it comes with. If you click on the picture you can see it better.

Here's one thing from the kit. These are two slide out albums. Too stinkin' cute!
It comes with a little booklet of ideas.

Here's some other stuff I got, most of it was $.99 each, a few things were $1.99

It's hard to see from the picture, but these are nature chipboard pieces. ( I'm nutty for chipboard, can't get enough!) One sheet has butterflies, the other sheet has different shaped leaves. 99 cents!

Ok, this has nothing to do with scrapbooking, but it was too cute to pass up. My son loves boxes!

Boy mini album

2010-02-02T07:46:00.010-05:00

This is a mini album in progress for my son. Yesterday he decided to personalize the front cover!

Girl mini album

2010-01-31T10:23:00.008-05:00

This is a mini that I made for my daughter covering some of the events of 2009. I still have some journaling left to do. Tomorrow I am going to upload my son's album.

Ribbon and fiber storage

2010-01-30T14:10:00.000-05:00

This is how I store my ribbons. I found these cute paint cans for about $4.99 each at Michaels in the party supply section.

Altered picture frames

2010-01-30T10:33:00.000-05:00

I made these altered picture frames for my daughter. I bought the frames from Ikea.

Tim Holtz Distress Inks storage

2010-01-30T09:56:00.002-05:00

I found these great little containers at Walmart for storing my distress inks. You can fit 24 pads in these, and they fit like they were made for it.They cost me $2.00 a piece!

Time For Scrappin

Shabby Chic Album

Christmas Wishes Mini Album

Birthday Sale!

Winter's Kiss

Trip to New York Album

Halloween Mini Album - Sinister Beauty

Halloween Stamp and Cool Store!

Basic Grey Curio Collection

Halloween mini album - video

You Can't Go Home

Graphic 45 - Magic of Oz

Graphic 45 - Magic of Oz

New scrapbook mini album - Turquoise Dream

Time For Scrappin Facebook Page

Scrapbook Mini Album using Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden Collection.

Congratulations to Melissa!

Teacher Project

I just created my first treasury on Etsy!

Old World Mini Album

Altered Picture Frame

Two New videos

Feathers and Blooms Mini Album

Vintage Nature Mini

Le Cirque Mini Album

New Album and Facebook

Reminisce Mini Album

Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime Mini Album

The Beginning of a Mini Album

My Fall Mini Video

Remember Me?!

October 31st Mini

Hey Guys, the Halloween video is up!

Halloween Mini

Florida Vacation Album Video

Florida Vacation Album

New Mini

Ancestry Mini Video

Ancestry Mini

A cool blog that I discovered today

Video for Leprechaun Mini

Laura's Leprechaun Journal Part 3

One of my mini's is on the Bo Bunny Blog!

Laura's Leprechaun Journal Continued

Greyson Chance

Laura's Leprechaun Journal

Laura's Leprechaun Journal

Key to My Heart mini

I made out like a bandit again!

Le' Romantique mini video

Graphic 45 "Le' Romantique"

Trade Wind Scrapper's March Swap

How to create your own blog button

I created a blog button

New Blog Look

Marla's a winner!

Graphic45 Flower

HUGE Target Sale!

Oh Boy!

I got an award!

I'm finally done!

Prima Secret Giveaway

Butterfly Paper Bag Album Tutorial

Accordian tag pocket tutorial

We have a winner!

We need one more person for our swap!

More homemade flower tutorials

If you like blog candy.....

Anyone up for a swap?

Creating a button for your blog

Homemade Prima Flowers

Accordion Folder Mini

Blog Giveaway

Butterfly paper bag mini album

Vintage Mini

Spruce up your blog

Want to print 4 different pictures on one 4x6 ?

My Tuesday Morning finds

Boy mini album

Girl mini album