May Calendar

I'm really making some progress this week! This is the peak of the May calendar page. It is not one of my favorites. I might even venture to say it's my least favorite. It's made with yummy Basic Grey papers, but they blend together too much. Nothing 'Pops'.

April Calendar

I'm trying to catch up on the pages for Project 365. Here's the first of the April pages. The paper's used this month are all soft and pastel with a little bling to liven it up. You can never have too much bling.

Father's Day

Yes, I realize I'm a month behind in posting a Father's Day project. That's just the way my life's working right now.

I wanted to do a fishing themed present for my Dad this year. He utilizes the 'catch and release' method of fishing so I like to tease him that he's just catching the same fish repeatedly, but he swears they're different.

I found this clear paint can at my LSS so I thought I could decorate it and fill it with fish-y goodies. I thought the difficult part would be the can, but I think I was more stressed trying to find goodies for inside! The shopping list starts off easy....Goldfish crackers, Swedish Fish gummies ..... ummm ...... ummm ...... uh ..... Yeah, you see the problem. What I thought was a great idea was quickly becoming a stressful situation.

So the goodies went on the back burner and I started designing the bucket. I found some cute background paper that works really well for a pond scene rather than a beach or ocean theme as it was probably intended. I used my Cricut and cut the fisherman paper doll with the fishing rod and the sign post. I also cut multiple Catskill's and layered them for the bottom border.

I think it turned out pretty good and I definitely learned a few lessons to use on my next paint can project.

As for the goodies....the bright idea light bulb just wasn't working so I decided I'd use a couple different flavors of the Goldfish crackers. Granted, it's been a long time since I was in the cracker aisle, but I had no idea how many varieties there are! I ended up with Extreme Cheddar, Cinnamon and Smores! Smores are a combination of graham cracker, chocolate and marshmallow. I thought it kinda went with the theme....Smores remind me of campfires, which reminds me of camping, which goes right along with fishing! Ta Da!

Wouldn't you know it, the same day I purchase the crackers and put the final touches on the bucket the light bulb makes an appearance. Turtles! After a quick trip to the candy shop, a few turtles were added to the mix. Crackers, chocolate and caramel - sounds like a pretty good Father's Day to me!

Anniversary Cards

This first card is for my parents 44th wedding anniversary. I used Bo Bunny Jazmine papers and chipboard pieces. The inside sentiment was typed in Word and printed out in purple ink.

The second card is for my Aunt and Uncle's 50Th wedding. Their three kids (and grand kids) planned a nice celebration party for friends and family at a local church. I used a piece of patterned card stock as the card base and didn't embellish too much so the design on the paper could be the focal point. I did think it needed a little something, so I cut a monogrammed H, for their last name, and tied a little ribbon. Again, I typed the sentiment and printed it out on my computer. I don't know why I never tried that before, but I'm really diggin it - No more crooked writing inside the cards! Go me.

Miss Me??

I haven't posted in over a month! I made a few things during the time away from the blogging world, but I guess I just needed a break and I haven't been very inspired. This past month has been crazy (and not in a good way). I was discussing my non-scrapbooking mood with a friend earlier today and she said something that made a lot of sense. We both tend to dive into scrapbooking as an escape and to get away from everything else. Lately, I haven't had anything to 'get away from' and have much more spare time on my hands than I think I've ever had. **Side note: I have the best maintained yard in the neighborhood. Hehe.**

So, to catch you up on the few things I have created, I'll start with my Mother's Day card and gift. I loooooove how the frame turned out. I purchased a scalloped acrylic frame at the CKC I attended in April with the intention of making this project. I knew I wanted to either use a family photo or a photo of my brother and I. Problem is, it has been YEARS since we've had formal photos taken and, even though I consider myself pretty close to my brother, we don't have many photo opportunities with him living in Hawaii. The family photo I ended up using was taken for a church directory. I'm not sure of the year, but I'm guessing it was in the mid-80's.

I used a curvy cutter to cut the photo into a circle and to cut the yellow photo mat. The photo and strip of paper are matted on the striped background paper and attached to the back of the frame with glue dots. I loved the flourished bling in the package and on the display projects at CKC, but the reality is they are so difficult to lay, I almost ruined the entire frame. I added gemstones on the corners to cover the glue dots and added the prima flowers to give it a little more color and tie in our red sweater vests. Sweater Vests! Ha! The final touch was the silver butterfly that I picked up at CKC.

Here's the Mother's Day Card. It doesn't go with the colors in the frame at all. I wanted the frame to coordinate with the colors of the family rooms in the house, but wanted the card it be light and spring-y.


Thanks for looking!

Project in Progress

Wonder what this mess will turn out to be........? Stay tuned.

Birthday Card

I made a birthday card for my brother's girlfriend, Lan. I've never met her so I have no idea what colors she likes or if she's a girly-girl. I decided to play it safe and went with a simple cupcake. I used Wild Card for the base and then cut the wrapper, frosting and candle layers in various papers. I added bling to several of the frosting dots, but thought it needed something else. I went digging through my embellies for a little something extra and found this cute crotchet flower in bright colors that I really like. Hope she likes it.