Clear Scraps Sassy Mini

Sassy Mixable

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a fun little mini album I made using the Mixable Sassy 8x8 Mini from Clear Scraps along with some older Webster's Pages papers I have in my stash.  I know this is supposed to be a fall/Thanksgiving line, but I really love the colors and thought I would go ahead and try it out anyway.

I chose to keep this mini fairly simple by using the acrylic with the double sided pages to offer most of the interest.  The cover is fairly busy, but the inside pages are mostly flat (well, for me)

 I always enjoy the depth that the acrylic lends to my papers and embellishments.  And some day I hope to actually add photos.  hee hee

I wonder how many of these mini albums I have that don't have any photos?  I think if I wanted I could just sit down and add photos to all these minis and totallly get caught up on my scrapping.....

Well, in theory anyway.  I usually try to stick to keeping my minis for an event or year in review.  Hmmmm, what do you use your minis for?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs.

You Make Me Smile - Clear Scraps and Ruby Rock-it

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Things here are as crazy as they get when in the heat of cabana swim season, but oh how I do love my little penguins.

Today I wanted to share with you a mini album I made using the  Clear Scraps Mixable Tags 6x8 Album and the Nostalic collection kit from Ruby Rock-it.   How fun that the two companies are teaming up this week. 

 Love the papers in this collection...and of course I am forever boring you with my love of the Mixables from Clear Scraps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Hugs.

Together - Crate Paper

Hi everyone!  Wanted to stop by and share a layout I had made for the Layout-a-Week blog a bit ago...realized I never shared it here.  I am not designing over there anymore as I have some other exciting things in the works...nothing done quite yet....but working on it.

 

Using the Crate Paper Open Book range with a bit of Core'dinations cardstock.  You know how I love it.  lol  I also added a bit of machine stitching for added interest.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Changes - Bloom Girl

hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook page I made recently...Yep, I actually made a scrapbook page with my scrapbook supplies.  lol  I don't know when I stopped scrapping and started doing more off the page projects and minis...but I am happy.

I dug into the stash and found this super fun older mulberry paper from Prima.  I think at one time I had every sheet they made....I actually probably still have them, I mean, they are made into projects so they are still here...right?

It is really amazing how quickly Ainsley has changed this last year.  She is growing up way too fast if you ask me...but...what cha gonna do?  She is a teen afterall.

I stamped one of Jamie Dougherty's lovely Bloom Girls onto Core'dinations Velum and the colored one of them with water color pencils to create a soft look.

I finished embellishing my layout with a few Prima flowers and a Prima resist canvas alphabet.  I really have been enjoying going through the stash and using things up.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Layout-a-Week Banners

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to swing by and let you know I am still here...still working away...today, over at the Layout-a-Week blog with a fun layout.  Be sure and check it out.  Lots of banners and some fun photos from out day at Six Flags in Valencia last summer.

Hugs.

So Very Happy - Multiphoto Layout

Hey everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Just wanted to let you know that I have a post up over on the Layout-a-Week blog today with a step by step tutorial and all the pertinent deets.

Do you see Ainsley's pink hair....that girl has an artist in her.  lol  Mackenzie has really grown so much, and is such a blessing.  Brighton even came home from college that day to go to the pumpkin patch so I could take his photos.  That boy sure knows how to make his mama happy!  These three really do make me So Very Happy.

Well, back to work.

Hugs

Layout a Week

Good Morning everyone!  Just a quick post to let you know I have a layout up over on A Layout a Week today.  Stop by and take a look.

Hugs.

Une Promenade - Clear Scraps

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook layout I made using a Clear Craft Sheet and the Small Oval Fancy Frame along with the 12"Quarterfoil and 6"Shattered Glass Mascils all from Clear Scraps.

I really love the depth that the acrylic gives my layout without adding any bulk to my page.  And, with the use of some Imagine Crafts IrResistable spray I was able to add quite a bit of texture as well.  Remember when working with acrylic, less is definitely more...use a light hand.  lol  

I found these papers from Prima in my stash...oh how I love me some Prima.  lol  A mix of a few different lines, some Romance Novel, a bit of Cartographer, and even a little Engraver.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

Imagination

Hi everyone!  Hope your day is off to a great start.  Me, the usual.....  Today I want to share with you a scrapbook page I made using some older goodies from my stash.  I really have been enjoying finding all these treasurers that I forgot about.

This paper is so old....Little Yellow Bicycle, Zach's Life...what a great boys line that was.  I coupled it with some old Bo Bunny rubons and a bit of stamping.  So much fun.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Cupcakes and Friends

Good morning everyone! Today I want to share with you a sweet little Cupcake Keychain album from Clear Scraps that I made for my niece, Lili. She and a friend of mines daughter came over for a playdate a few weeks ago, and I couldn't resist making this cute little mini album to document the afternoon.

 

I kept the album simple using just a bit of stickles and a few buttons and flowers.  And, by placing the photos in between the acrylic pages and the paper, I was able to ensure that the photos would go untouched and last just a bit longer than might otherwise happen with one so young.   

What can you seal behind the acrylic page?

Hugs.

Moments - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great week.  I can't believe how time flies...September is almost over and I am anxiously awaiting the oncoming of fall...so over the heat of summer.

Anyway, Today I want to share with you a layout I made of Mackenzie...can't believe what a beautiful young lady she has become.

Love this collection from Kaisercraft, the Forget Me Not range.  Bits of mists and a few Prima flowers in the background.  Thinking it maybe could use a little something more...maybe some stamping?  hmmmm

Hugs.

Layout of the Week

My first tutorial is up over at Layout of the Week and I wanted to give you a little sneak peek

If you would like to see how I made this, be sure and pop over there for the completed layout.

She's Thirteen - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Happy humpday!  Things around here, now that we are back to school, are slowly returning to normal.  Goodness...whose bright idea was that swim team thing anyway...it totally consumes our summer.  lol

Anyway, since I had so much fun showing you those photos of Ainsley at 13 in the layout on Monday, I thought I would share more photos of Ainsley from the same day....and how the heck did she get to be 13 anyway?  Seems like just the other day she was 3.

Yep, that is what 13 looks like around here.  lol Oh, and of course the fake glasses.  sigh   Love, love, love the older Crate Paper papers here.  Wonder if I could still find them.  Again, thinking this is from a sketch, tho I can't remember whose?  I really need to work on that.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs.

Scrapbook -Sweet 16

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Things here were busy.  We are doing a bit of redecorating and with hockey playoffs, Brighton decided to come home for the night.  (funny how Hockey is worth coming home for).

Anyway, Today I would like to share with you a scrapbook layout I made with some My Minds Eye papers.

Hard to believe that Mackenzie is already 16.  She just got her driver's license so we are looking at cars and with her finishing her sophmore year in highschool, we are also looking a colleges.  eeek

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Home for the Day - Prima Wishes and Dreams

Good morning everyone!  It is a rainy, dreary day here in San Jose, but I wanted to share with you this bright, sunny layout I made with the Wishes and Dreams collection from Prima.  I love the colors in this collection and couldn't wait to use them with these fun instant photos I took one afternoon when Brighton came home from school.

 This last quarter we didn't get to see much of Brighton as he had a crazy, tough schedule.  On Saturday afternoon he had computer problems so we agreed that he would come home Sunday morning and we would try and get it fixed.  Luckily, Phil is quite the computer wizard.  lol  In the end, Brighton was able to fix it himself with some of Phil's tools.  I was just happy to have him home for the day.  hee hee

Kristina at Your Memories Here has this collection and flower grab bags available if you would like to recreate this project.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.