A Neat Gift Idea

I love ideas on how to make scrappy gifts. Over on Patter's Memory Box Blog, Create X3 she has a wonderful pocket/purse sized photo box made from an Altoid's tin. She made her tin as a gift for her parents to showcase pictures of their grandchildren. Inside the tin she has an accordion album of 9 "pages." It is beautiful!! She even included a step-by-step tutorial on how to make one. I can't wait to give it a try.

Here are the links to her tutorials:

Altered Tin {Part 1}

Altered Tin {Part 2}

Altered Tin {Part 3}

Altered Tin {Part 4}

You should stop by her blog to see it for yourself.

More Door Signs

About a month ago, I posted how I made door signs for our daughter's dorm room door. You can read my original post HERE. I have received her roommates permission to show you their signs as well. To protect their privacy, I have blocked their last names.






Supplies: Paper, glazed brads, doilie & Bling It owl - BG, Cardstock - SU (ivory) & Cor'dinations (pink), Stickles - Stardust, Cricut - Jasmine, Fiskars border punch - Give it a Swirl, Pen - Zig Ball Writer

The girls also asked for coordinating signs that would indicate to visitors when they were studying or sleeping.


Supplies: Paper & chipboard elements- BG, Cardstock - SU, Stickles - Stardust, Letters - American Crafts Thickers Pen - Zig Ball Writer

Two More for AC Bailey's Challenges

I was able to make two more cards before the deadline for AC Bailey World Card Making Day Challenges. Both of these are for the #5 Love is in the Air challenge.

To satisfy the challenge requirements, the first one uses scraps and is to let Tim know I love him. I hid it in his suitcase when he went on a trip last weekend. Tim's is kind of plain but I sort of like it that way.

The second card also uses scraps and is to let Kendra know we love her. I also made a pocket and tucked tags in it. I gave it to her when we left her on campus after her having been home while she was sick. :(



Supplies: Papers - K & Company, faux Brads - Gibson, Stamps - Studio G, Ink - Stampabilities, Pen for faux stitching - Zig Ball Writer


Supplies: Papers & Chipboard flowers - BG Lemonade, Stamps - Studio G, Inks - ColorBox Fluid Chalk, Stampabilities, Bling - Michael's

World Card Making Day

Some of you have never heard of this wonderful "holiday" but that's OK. :) It's only about 4 years old so you have a good excuse. AC Bailey hosted a celebration and issued 9 challenges. I only was able to participate in 3 of them but I plan to use several of the challenge ideas in the future.

Here are the 3 cards I made (thankfully, you didn't have to do the challenges in order -- you're able to pick & choose among the 9):

Challenge #1 - make a card of any theme and include a bookmark made from the directions given on the forum. We were to show the bookmark hooked onto the inside of the card.

I chose to make a birthday card for a friend. I sure hope she's a reader. :)

Card Supplies: Paper - BG Wisteria; CS - Bazzill; Punch - Fiskars - Give it a Swirl; Ribbon - JoAnn's; Stamp - Studio G; Inks - Studio G & Stampabilities; Bling - Michael's

Bookmark Supplies: Paper - BG Wisteria; CS - Bazzill; Ribbon - JoAnn's; Inks - Studio G; Bling - Paper Studio; Stickles; Flowers - SandyLion


Challenge #3 - Make a Halloween Card or make a card out of craft plastic or both.

We don't really "do" Halloween so I chose to make a card to give our daughter-in-law at her baby shower today. I really like these clear cards. They just add a neat creative spin on card-making. One of these days I'll get up the courage to make one of those acrylic mini-albums.

Supplies: Papers - Cloud Nine; Stickers - SandyLion; Stickles; Card blank - Short Cuts; Punch - Fiskars Threading Water

Challenge #9 - Make a Thank You card with a punched border.

Supplies: Paper - K & Company - Wild Saffron; Punch - Fiskars Threading Water; Ink - Color Box Fluid Chalk & Stampabilities; Ribbon - Offray; Eyelets - Misc; Stamp - Inkadinkado; Pearls - Hero Arts

My Favorite Stamp

Here's a card for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge to make a thinking of you/praying for you card for a friend.

I used my favorite stamp {again} to make a Thinking of You card for a friend that recently had surgery. As I've mentioned before, I love this stamp because the sentiment fits so many circumstances. A friend at work requests cards with it as sympathy cards. It also works for Get Well, Going-thru-a-rough-time cards, or just an everyday Thinking of You.


Supplies: Patterned paper: BG, Cardstock: SU, Stamp: Stampendous, Punch: Fiskars, Ribbon: JoAnn's, Stickles, Ink: Stampabilities

Freaky Friday Challenge 9-25

I'm participating in the Freaky Friday Challenge over at AC Bailey. For this challenge we were to use 3 patterned papers & some bling. Oh, & how could I forget, the theme of the layout had to have something to do with food.

These pics are from Ian & Amy's wedding. The hidden journaling tag says: Amy wanted the groom's cake made of ice cream because she knows that's what Ian prefers. She also wanted it to have a fish theme. Only one place had a fish cake of any kind & it was a Finding Nemo cake. What she didn't realize is Ian really likes that movie. The inscription is a quote from her favorite movie and one that she tells him quite frequently. She loves Willow Tree figurines and had bought this topper to use at her wedding long before she even met Ian. {Click on the pic for a larger view}


Supplies: Paper - BG, CS - DCWV, Bling - KaiserCraft & BG, Letters - AC Thickers, Embellishments -Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Ribbon - JoAnn's, Colorbox Fluid Chalk, Zig Ball Writer, Punches: Fiskar's, Paper Studio & CM

Come on over to AC Bailey and join the fun!!

Fall into Scrapping Online Crop

AC Bailey Designs Presents - “Fall into Scrapping” September Online Crop

Join us for our annual online crop featuring fun games, challenges, inspiration and great giveaways! We will start the fun Friday night and play ALL weekend with 2 very special guests joining us for a fun question and answer session!

You must be registered to join, so visit us today to sign up! AND if you bring your friends you could both win a special prize! If you sign up, please tell them Steph sent you. :)

Where? AC Bailey Designs Forum
When? Friday 9/25 starting at 6pm EST, Saturday 9/26 and Sunday 9/27 till 6pm EST
See you there!

Freaky Friday Challenge 9-18

I am participating in the Freaky Friday Challenge for September 18 over at AC Bailey Designs. For this challenge we were to do a layout with a diecut (portion is OK) of some type. I used a portion of one of the new BG doilies to satisfy this requirement.

At Kendra's college, the girls have to have their names on their dorm room door. For the 2nd year in a row Kendra has asked me to make coordinating but not matching signs for her & each of her roommates. This year she chose the BG Lemonade line of papers. She fell in love with the Bling it! owl so of course I had to include it (and therefore some type of bling for each roommate).


Supplies:
Paper, glazed brads, doilie & Bling It owl - BG
Cardstock - SU (ivory) & Cor'dinations (pink)
Stickles - Stardust
Cricut - Jasmine
Fiskars border punch - Give it a Swirl
Pen - Zig Ball Writer


I am really enjoying these challenges. They help me try new things that I normally would just pass on by. Why not stop over at AC Bailey and join in the fun of this week’s challenge?

Freaky Friday Challenge 9-11

I am participating in the Freaky Friday Challenge for September 11 over at AC Bailey Designs. For this challenge we were to do a layout about a labor of love. It could be work, babies, anything that required work of some kind. I chose to do mine on all the work Tim puts into his piano arranging. He has sacrificed a lot of his time and given up a lot of good activities to practice. For each arrangement and each public "performance" (since he plays to minister performance gives the wrong impression but I can't think of a better word) many, many hours of private practice & work has gone into it.



Digi Supplies:
PSE7
Design inspired by TTS Sketch #75
Journal Paper - 1 Million Thank You's Part Two by Kim B
Music Note - Music Notes by Soxsational Scraps
Button - Dulie by Designs by Digheskie
Mask - Rubbed Off {Photo Masks} by Laura Bratcher Designs

Why not stop over at AC Bailey and join in the fun of this week’s challenge?

ETA - This layout won LOTW at AC Bailey. I was sooo excited.

AC Bailey Freaky Friday Challenge for 9/4/09

I am participating in the Freaky Friday Challenge for September 4 over at AC Bailey Designs. For this challenge we were to do a layout with at least two different stamped images using two different techniques. I have three stamped images on my layout. I used heat embossing with a flourish stamp to dress up the vellum behind the row of three smaller pictures. I the two rows of dots on my journaling block and accented them with a little bling. I stamped the rose image with dye ink and then colored the rose with a gelly roll pen and the stem & leaves with water color pencils. I used a blending pen on my watercolored areas. I then highlighted the rose with crystal stickles. As Kendra says, “Everything is better with Stickles.”

The organza ribbon reminds me of a bride’s veil. I was pleased to find ribbon that matched our daughter’s dress almost exactly.

Kendra really enjoyed being a bridesmaid in her good friend’s wedding. She loved how her painted toenails looked in her favorite strappy sandals. We all thought her hair made her look a lot older in its up-do. It was a great day!

Why not stop over at AC Bailey and join in the fun of this week’s challenge?

Supplies:
Papers: Basic Gray & The Paper Company
Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Sassafrass Lass, & Inkadinkado
Inks: ColorBox Fluid Chalk & Stampabilities
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Letters: Creative Imaginations
Pens/Pencils: Zig Ball Writer, Ikura Gelly Roll Pen, Kimberly Water Color Pencils
Ribbon: Offray & JoAnn’s
Embellishments: Michael’s Crystal Bling, Robin’s Nest Dew Drops
Tools: Fiskar’s Border Punch