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Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted any projects. Rest assured, I'll be making up for it right now!

First off, here is the first page to March. I'm using green papers this month, but starting dark and going to lighter greens at the end of the month; It's my take on 'In like a lion,out like a lamb'.


My friend Jennette recently got married and this is the card I made. I sent it in a box along with an Easter card for her son Christopher, who is 5. The carrot is actually the cake box from Tags,Bags,Boxes and More. First, I cut it out in orange cardstock so the box would be sturdy and then I cut it out again in orange patterned paper and inked the edges. I added some green ribbon out the top to make it look more like a carrot. The carrot is filled with hershey kisses. Of course when I purchased the chocolate it was only 40 degrees outside and the week I mailed it the temp reached the high 60's. Hope it didn't melt.



This is the Easter card I sent to my parents in Florida. The flowers were cut out of the card and I used pink and green cardstock behind the cutouts to give the flowers their color. I love the paper design on the inside of the card so I kept the sentiment on the left to cover all the flower piecing.



I bought this Basic Grey kit at an awesome store in Bloomington, Indiana last year. It came with a round album, 6 x 6 paper pad, brads, rub-ons and a sheet of letters. I think it was designed to be for a teenage girl with a different friends photo on each page and little embelishments like a phone, lipstick, high heels, etc. I followed in instructions as far as which papers to use on each page but that was as far as I was willing to go. I didn't really have anything in mind to use it for, so it's sat on the shelf in it's unfinished state just waiting for a lightbulb to go off in my head. Finally, it happened one cold winter day driving across Interstate 64. I'll print a few photos of my friends new baby and give it to her for her first Mother's Day. So, here it is....Emma's Book. Hope you enjoy looking at my projects. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

Project 365 February

I love the February pages. Lots of pink, flowers and bling!


When I'm looking at paper, I always gravitate toward Basic Grey. I knew I wanted to use this paper, but it's so busy I was afraid it would overwhelm the pictures. I had the bright idea to cut out the top note shape and then I had the even brighter idea to use the negative. This way, I still have 2 top note shapes of this gorgeous paper to use for something else.


Guess I was getting a little lazy in the layout department with the last two pages. I used the same principle from the previous pages, but actually used the scalloped circle cut this time. I was even able to incorporate the negative on this page as well. I cut the negative down by an inch which allowed the brown background paper to show through and define the shape.

Birthday Card for Grandma

I'm baaaaaaack! I haven't posted in a while because I didn't have internet for 5 days!

Last weekend was miserable without any internet connection and the frustration with Comcast attempting to determine the problem. I had to give myself several time-outs on Saturday between Comcast techs! Finally, I was connected to Holly. Holly rocks: She listened, ran a few tests and told me how to fix it in less than 15 minutes - and that includes the five minutes it takes to go through the menu to get to an actual live, talking person. If only I'd talked to Holly first instead of the other jokers that call themselves techs......

On with the Scrapbooking.....When I wasn't being tortured by the IT department at Comcast, I did finish up a few projects. I always seem to have 2 or 3 (or more) projects in the works. If only the available time I have to scrapbook was equal to the project ideas I have.......Guess I may have more time on my hands than I want here soon, but that's a story for another day.

I made a Birthday card for my Grandma using leftover scraps from the album I made for her. I took quite a few photos of the album pages, but they're terrible! A photographer, I am not. It's partially the lighting and partially the blurry-ness. I'm hoping that once the weather improves and the sun comes out, the lighting problem will be fixed. As for the blurry....anyone have any helpful hints??

Surfer Boy

Here's a birthday card I made for my baby bro. He lives in Hawaii and loves to surf. I thought this paper was very tropical with the hibiscus flowers.



I added a sandbar and palm tree to the inside. I attempted to make the surfer boy look like him with the dark hair and yellow board shorts. Hope he likes it.

Grandma, Take 2

A few weeks ago, I posted an album I made for my grandmother for Christmas 2008 and I explained that a second album was in the works. I finished it this weekend and wanted to post a few pages. I'll post more next weekend.

Fun In The Sun

Whew! It has been a super scrappy weekend! I feel like I've accomplished quite a bit and cleared off a few of the partially completed projects I had going.

This post is another cascading album I started last spring. I know....talk about procrastination! But here's the thing, I love designing the projects whether it's a card, layout or mini-album but I never seem to add any pictures to them! This is actually what started me down the road to Project 365. Repeat after me....I must take pictures, I must take pictures....you get the idea.

Anywhoo....A cascading album is usually made from chipboard and the sizes of the pages are staggered with the front being approx 7 inches wide and the last page approx 11 inches wide. They originally were only available in brown cardboard color, but Bo Bunny has designed several colored albums where the pages can be mixed and matched. Here's a photo of a mixed green and white album so you can see what it looks like when I start out.


Here are a few of the COMPLETED!! pages from our trip to Miami last February. I wasn't on the whole 'must take pictures' train yet, so I didn't have a lot to work with, but I think it turned out OK. I really wish I'd used a digital camera for the sunset photos at Key West. I used my phone to take the pictures and they look really great when sized at 2 inches, but when enlarged to actual photo size just get all blurry. Lesson Learned.



This last page actually has a pocket between the wave and red section and it's the perfect size for my map of the Miami area that's falling apart at the seams because we used it so much. I don't think I've ever navigated so much in my life! I may have taken us on a few wrong turns, but we made it to where we were going eventually!

Sweet Cards

Just a few cards I worked on today. They're made from Basic Grey papers and chipboard pieces. I love Basic Grey's shabby chic paper designs. I made a total of 8 cards, but I didn't want to post all of them because at least a few will be mailed in the coming months.