More Pages from the Winter Mini Album

Hi Everyone!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  I wanted to share the rest of the pages of my winter mini that I made for Gina.  She received it yesterday so now it's safe to show you everything.  :) Please let me know if you have any questions....

 

Please visit my you tube channel for complete details (in three parts).  Links are provided below.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Hugs!

Part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYdDXg9wu-o&context=C3ff5f06ADOEgsToPDskJMxjSbyEntrorLoqKtS9zN

Part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkW5CASNzZY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Part 3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AoU8nyLXk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

A Peek Inside My Winter Mini...

Good morning beautiful peeps!  I hope it's a great day so far.  Some flurries this morning but nothing to get excited over.  I don't know what's going on this year but winter has been disappointing so far!  Rain one day, snow the next.  The ice has been terrible, making errands rather scary! lol! 


I have a couple more pics of my winter mini to share.  Hopefully this weekend I will have the video posted as well.  I have it recorded; I am just waiting for the recipient to receive it first.  

This is the first couple of pages.  The snowflakes are made using dies from Spellbinder.  The pocket on the top page is made using a Martha Stewart deep edge punch (snowflakes).  More deets to come and the video should be up this weekend.  Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today.  Have a wonderful day!  Hugs!!! 

Mini Album Sneaky Peeky!

Happy Monday to you!  So I have a sneak peek of an album I am making for a friend.  She doesn't look at my blog (I don't think) so I know she won't see this beforehand, but wanted to share a little with you.  I LOVE it!!  LOL! Tell me what you think so far....

I will have more later, so check back soon!  :)~  Have a wonderful day!
Hugs!!

Easel Snowman Christmas Card

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Here's hoping you had a wonderful day!  It was wicked icy today.  If I had a pair of ice skates, I could skate across my entire driveway!  LOL! But of course I don't have skates, and  even if I did I wouldn't be able to make it 2 feet down the driveway! LOL! I would be smushed in the ground just like my snowman on this easel card! j/k...

This is an easel card.  You can find the tutorial for this easy card at Splitcoaststampers in the Resources section.  I used Recollections Kraft cardstock from Michaels for the base of the card.  The green and red from Stampin' Up.  The white is just white Georgia Pacific cardstock from Walmart.  I used circle punches to make the three sections of the snowman and used dimensional adhesive in between.  I tied a tiny strip of bakers twine and attached it between two layers to make a little scarf.  The eyes and mouth were just drawn on with a black sharpie marker.  "Merry Christmas" is stamped on the white cardstock and the red cardstock is punched from the Word Window Punch from Stampin' Up.  I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder to emboss the snowflakes on the white cardstock.  Then I used the red distress ink from Tim Holtz's winter ink colors around the perimeter.  The ribbon is grosgrain ribbon from Michaels.  I used the Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing folder on the red cardstock under the snowman.  The scallops are punched using the Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch.  

This was my first easel card attempt.  I was a little intimidated to try them; I don't know why because it was one of the simpler cards I've made.  I really could have made more but I only made three of them.  Anyway, if you haven't tried these yet, you must!  They are easy, fun and you can produce these assembly line style!  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and if you have any questions, please let me know!  Hugs!

Beaded Stick Pins

Hi everybody!  How was your Tuesday?  I hope it was good to you!  Had to run some errands today, so it was a busy day but I did get to do some crafting!  I wanted to share these stick pins with you.  I have jumped on the stick pin wagon, at least that's my new craze! lol.  Aren't us crafters all alike?  See something on You Tube or blog hopping and we just have to try it??  Thank goodness I already had these beads from jewelry making, my previous crafting craze. LOL!  

I used 3 inch stick pins found in the floral section at Jo-Ann Fabrics. The round pearls at the tops were originally white and I used various Copic markers to color them to match the beads that I used. 

I used Glossy Accents to glue the bottom beads into place.  These little things are super quick to make and highly addicting!  So beware!  LOL!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  I wish you all a wonderful Wednesday!  :)

Christmas Mini/Planner with Beaded Binding

Hi everyone; happy Tuesday to you all!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend with your extra day off!  It was a very mellow weekend for us; lots of football and lounging! :)


Here is my Christmas Planner/Organizer that I made.  You will see lots of Christmas projects for a little bit because I haven't posted much.  But the way I figure it, it's hard for me to make a mini album without pictures and so I don't usually have an easy time making a mini well before Christmas.  This album doesn't have pictures in it yet but I do have them printed and ready to add.  The only thing that isn't complete in the pictures is the beaded binding.  I have it halfway done in these pictures because it's easier for you to see what's going on. 


This album is very thick and I have hinges between every page so that each page moves freely.  Because it is so thick, covering the binding was a little challenging so I settled on stringing beads all the way across to hide the hinges.  

There is no rhyme or reason to the order of the beads.  I just strung on beads that matched the paper collections I used.  There are so many colors on the papers that pretty much anything goes!  lol.

Inside, are sections that are labeled.  I used my Just Rite stampers alphabet stamps (the itty bitty ones that require tweezers) to stamp each divider tab.  

The pages are either white cardstock, coin envelopes, page protectors, or patterned cardstock.  The coin envelopes all have magnets or velcro to keep them shut. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you have any questions about this project, let me know. I would be happy to try and explain anything in further detail or take more photos.  I may do a video of this book to explain how I constructed it.  In the meantime, please leave a comment!  Thanks!  ;-)  Hugs!

Cleaning my craft room

Happy Monday and (MLK) day!  My day has consisted of painting my nails. lol :)  I contacted Bona @ LiveLoveScrap last week about a color I saw on her nails in one of her YT videos.  For those of you who love glittery nails and love pink, this is the combo for you!  I used one coat (just on the tips of my nails) NYC 242B Uptown and then 1-2 coats of Wet n' Wild Shine 435G on top of that.  Bona used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 200 Strobe Light, which is also a gorgeous color!!  I also purchased the Wet n' Wild color and used that one instead (I bought 8 different polishes yesterday! lol) So anyway, I love them!!  :)


The other thing that I am seriously considering doing is cleaning out my craft room.  Out with the old and in with the new right?  I have been collecting scrapbook and stamp supplies since 2001.  We are talking years of shopping!  But to fully grasp the impact of my shopping experience (and addiction), I have to break it down even further and think..... I am looking at months,.... and months,.... and months, (say it with me really slowly for full appreciation), and months.... of shopping!!  The amount of projects I have made doesn't even come close to the amount of items I have purchased over the last 12 years!  ROFL!! Sooo....what do I do with it all?  Do I sell it?  Do I give it away?  Do I donate it?  Whichever the case, to whom??  This is hundreds (I don't have the guts to say thousands) of dollars worth of stuff.  I could make my room look so nice if I didn't have so much STUFF in it!  LOL!!  Sooo, anyone have advice?  Anyone want to see what I have?  I am open to anything at this point.  It's a new year, it's a fresh start, and one way to start over is to remove the items that I will never use and see them go someplace where I know they will be enjoyed.  So much of these things are still in packaging because I've never used them!  So sad and pathetic, isn't it? ;-)  Anyway, leave me a note and give me your thoughts; I would really appreciate it and would be overjoyed!  Thanks for stopping by and saying hi!  ;-)  HUGS!

I've joined Pinterest!

Happy Sunday everyone! Had a pretty mellow day except for venturing out into the bitter cold to go grocery shopping.  I also paid a little visit to Jo-Ann's for some organza, satin, ribbon and thread!  


Guess what I did last night in the wee hours of the night?!?....I joined Pinterest!  Yep, another addiction to feed! LOL!  So far, I love it!!  There are so many cool things, I am re-pinning like every 30 seconds! lol!  I tried to add my button to the sidebar on the left but blogger is not behaving tonight.  I have been trying to do this post for over an hour.  


I also made a couple of satin rolled roses last night but they aren't my favorite.... :( .... kind of disappointed with how they turned out.  I haven't taken pictures of them yet because they are so darn ugly!  LOL!!  Just kidding.  I will take photos tomorrow when I have some daylight.  I also have some stick pins to share with you tomorrow!  


Got my favorite shows on tonight; can't wait!  Desperate Housewives and Pan Am!!  Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday!  Talk to you tomorrow, lots of hugs....