CHRISTMAS MINI ALBUM

Good morning, I am here with a very quick post. I know it has been a while and I hope to get back into the swing of things soon. I am in the process of packing up for an upcoming move and it just reminds me how much I hate move from one place to another. But, life changes and you have to be willing to go with those changes. I have been creating just not posting any of it. So this is one of my more recent projects. It is a 4x6 Christmas mini album that I made using scrap papers. Some of the papers are from Recollections, some are from K and Company and a couple of the pieces are from DCWV. I like for my albums to lay flat, so I have not added any embellishments yet. I want to wait until photos are added.

The base of each page is made with cardstock and holds a tag like the one shown above. I bound it using my Cinch by We R Memory Keepers. Love it. The tab on each mat was made by  the Stampin Up tab punch, which I borrowed from a friend. Well, that is it for this project I will be back soon. You can see the video for this album on my Youtube .

Fussy and Fancy Friday Celebrate (we love to celebrate Christmas)

 

PURPLE ALTERED BOX

Ok, I know that it has been a long time since I posted any of my projects. I have been creating and making some videos to post on YouTube here is my channel. Would love for you to stop by for a visit. This is a recent project that I have altered. It is a wooden box that I bought at Michaels. This is what it looked like when I got it.

 

 

This is the finished box. The lace was given to me by a friend and I sprayed it with  dylusions crushed grape spray. the flowers are from several different places, The Paper Studio, Recollections and Wild Orchid Crafts. I made the stick pin and  the bling is Recollections. I first painted by box with Martha Stewart pearl paint. But, that was a little lighter than I wanted. So, I then covered it with Viva Inka Gold metallic rub, violet. I love the richness of the colors. The trim around the bottom is from Tim Holtz and I sprayed it with dylusions crushed grape spray also. The metal corners were rubbed with the Inka gold also.

 

Underneath the Tim Holtz trim is some grey burlap from the Paper Studio and some glitter ribbon It is really prettier in person.

 

 

Well, that is it. I really like how this box turned out and it is a gift for my daughter. You can see the video for this here. Stop on by for a visit.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to do better about posting in the future.

 

Charisma Cardz Fancy Flourishes (flourish bling on top of box)

 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Ok, it has been awhile since I last blogged. Life has been super busy and then there was the car trouble. Who wants to buy a new car, I don't  so I have to keep this one running. Has anyone noticed how life can change in a heart beat? And you are unable to control the change. So what do you do? Well, I try to go with the flow and not get to stressed out about it. I also try to remember that life is precious and you don't want to waste it. So enjoy it all that you can.

Today I have a Christmas project that I am going to share with you. It is a faux toilet tissue roll mini album and instead of using toilet tissue rolls I used 6x6 pieces of bazzill card stock to make the base pages, I used K and Company and My minds eye DP to cover the base pages. and all of the papers came from my scraps except for the card stock. The tags are from my stash, I used a 1" punch to make the tabs on the tags. I used my cinch to bind it and the ribbons are from my stash. The die cuts are all from K and Company. The tags were inked with Tim Holtz distress ink fired brick.

 

 

 

I really love how this turned out and it was very easy to make and did not take very much time at all.

 

 

Creative Belli Christmas

Crafting for All Seasons Christmas in July

Crafty Catz Challenge Christmas in July

Totally Gorjuss Christmas in July

Simply Create Too Anything but A Card

Little Red Wagon Tag You're it

Anything Goes Challenge Blog Anything Goes

Divas by Design Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend Sparkle and Bling

Crafts 4 Eternity Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHABBY CHIC BIRTHDAY CARD

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted a project. There has been so much going on in my life and being sick was a small part of that. Now, I am better but, my energy level is still not back to normal. I have missed blogging and will keep this post short. My project today is a card that I made for my boss' birthday. I used the Tim Holtz shabby chic pad from several years ago. I do love these papers. I also used a stamp from one of the Graphic 45 sets.

 

 

The flowers are from Wild orchid Crafts, the bling is recollections and I used a Spellbinders die set. The stamp is from The Paper Studio. I really love how this card turned out.

ABC Challenge Lots of Layers

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Make It Girly

Allsorts Challenge Favorites (Tim Holtz products/flowers/bling/Spellbinders)

 

WOYWW 211

Well, life certainly knows how to shake us up when it wants to. Since the anniversary WOYWW and swap, I have been a little under the weather and unable to do much more than look at my computer, I am now using 2 inhalers and have taken more meds in the last 10 days than I would normally take in a year. I missed work most of last week and finally was able to return on Monday. I hope to be back on track really soon.

I received the ATCs that I got from the swap and here they are. But, first I would like to thank all of the wonderful ladies that swapped with me. I want call all of your names, but when you see your ATC in the photos below you will know who you are.

 

 

Heather, thank you for the lovely card and the wonderful keys, I will be using them on a mini album that I am working on. I love all of the fabulous ATCs. Thank you so very much.

 

LET'S CELEBRATE

Wow, I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted one of my projects. Things around here have been really weird and I have not been feeling well for weeks and because of that I have not been able to focus on crafting.  Now it seems that I am getting better and I felt like putting something on my blog. This card was made months ago and it is a birthday card that I made for my daughter.

The image is one that I won from the "Crafty Purple Frog" The artwork is by Ching-Chou Kuik. I like the images because there is no coloring involved and it makes for a quick card or project. The bling is from my stash and the I used a spellbinder tag and the stamp is from Michaels $1 bin. I used the Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and the card stock is Recollections.

The Paper Players Bring on the Bling

One Stitch at a Time Use a Digi

 Charisma Cardz Digi's Only