Cupcake Gift Card Holder - Darice

Hi everyone!  Woo Hoo for Friday!  I hope you have great plans for the weekend....I know I do.  hee hee  Yep, that is a tease because I am not telling.  You will find out soon enough I am sure.

Today I wanted to share with you a cupcake giftcard holder I made for Darice using Coredinations papers and lots of other goodies.  You can see the full post and tutorial here.  Gift cards are all it seems anyone wants these days, but it just doesn't seem special enough to give money or a gift card in an envelope...I don't know...just old fashioned I guess.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Bloom Girl Box and Cards

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day.  Things here are moving along nicely...keeping up with everything and everyone.  today I want to share with you a fun little cardbox and cards I made using Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girl colleciton by Prima.

The box holds both the cards (4) an envelopes.  Each of the cards was colored, misted, inked and embellished....so much fun playing with my toys.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Wonderful - My Minds Eye

Hi everyone!  Wow....a whole week of three posts and I am back to post again on Monday.  Maybe I am getting better at blogging.  lol

Today I wanted to share with you another scrapbook layout I made using some older My Minds Eye papers.  This time featurning photos of Mackenzie.  She just cracks me up with her fake glasses.

This page was based on a sketch, but I can't remember from whom.  I guess just another sign I have been being a bad blogger.  lol...That's what happens when you make projects and don't blog them for months?  

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Instax Scrapbooking- Clear Scraps & My Minds Eye

Hi everyone!  I am trying so hard to get back on the blogging waggon....after a few false starts I am hoping that I am back to the routine of sharing with you.  Now if I can just get back into the routine of linking to challenges....sigh.

Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook layout I made using some older My Minds Eye papers and a super fun Border from Clear Scraps.

Not really sure I like the way this came out.  I love my little Fuji Instax camera, and the fun prints it makes, but I am struggling a bit I guess in how to get them onto a page.  sigh

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Mixable Misty Mini and Prima

Hello everyone! Looks like I am on a roll sharing mini albums from Clear Scraps.  Today I want to share with you another mini album I made for an upcoming beach trip. I love the Mixable Misty album, from Clear Scraps.  The combination of acrlyic and chipboard is so fun and makes the designing a snap.

 I filled the mini album with lots of gorgeous new Prima Seashore papers and embellishments, as well as some older items from my stash. I love the colors of the Prima Seashore collection.  Just perfect for our Nothern California beaches.

I dry brushed the acrlyic pages with a mixture of texture paste and inks and to get the edges to really pop.  The fun edges of the pages really deserve a little something extra.

I also inked the edges of my chipboard pages to help blend the edges of my papers with the chipboard.

When working on the album I tried to allow as much of the surrounding pages to show through the acrylic, taking full advantage of the beautiful see through property.  And using double sided papers makes it that much easier to design the back sides.  

Filled with little pockets and lots of room for journaling and photos, I can't wait to hit the beach and fill this book with wonderful memories.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Embellished DIY Notebook - Darice

Hi everyone!  Happy Tuesday....Hope your day is off to a great start.  I don't know about you, but we are headed back to school, and new school supplies are definitely in order.  Looking to make them a little more special?  Check out this post over on the Darice blog.

Hugs.

Mixed Up Chipboard Mini - Clear Scraps

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a fun album I made using the All Mixed Up chipboard album from Clear Scraps.   What?  You didn't know that Clear Scraps had chipboard albums?  Clear Scraps makes a fun variety of mini albums; acrylic, mixables, and chipboard.  So much fun.

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I filled my mini with papers from Authentique and lots of beautiful trims, flowers, and doilies.  And of course lots of inking to age everything just a bit.

The doilies were made using a new die from Prima.  Not sure if I need new plates, but I had to run the papers through my Sizzix machine a number of times to get it to cut.  sigh  Of course, they are so beautiful, it was totally worth it.

I love the Harmony collection from Authentique...mixed with a few items from my stash and lots of ink, they fill my need to make things shabby.  

Of course, I couldn't keep the pages flat, so many flowers, resins, and pop dots, I had to add my own binder rings.  Luckily you can purchase them in many different sizes.  lol

I hope you enjoy this project.  And be sure to check out all the album types that Clear Scraps makes.