Two Days in a Row!

How fun, I have more to add to the blog! LOL

I woke up this morning hearing that there was a significant earthquake in northern Nevada. Fortunately, the area has about 1300 residents and all are safe and sound. There was some structural damage to deal with, though. It had a magnitude of 6.0 which does cause damage.

Below are layouts I did using the Petite Kit at 4Scrappy Sisters. I fell in love with this paper and just had fun doing these layouts! I loved the colors in the kit as well as the patterns in the paper. I hope you like them, too!

This photo always melts my heart. DS was always a thinker. He would spend so much time just observing and studying the world around him. I think that interest was instrumental in his being such a geography whiz! He was just over a year old when we would ask him, while viewing the Weather Channel, where states were located. He'd toddle over to the TV and point them out! He's always had that awareness.


Dream

Here, we see DS as a really little guy on his first camping trip to Cedar Mountain. Yes, he IS EATING THE FLOWERS! Look at that face! You can tell he knew he was being a stinker! You may not be able to see the dimension on the flowers. They are nicely elevated with many, many pop dots of different widths.


Flower Eater!

The next photo is of DS and DDIL while on a trip to Silver Falls, Oregon. Silver Falls is a wonderful place to visit! I just love the PPs and had to cut the flowers out. They are elevated using varying heights of pop dots.


L "heart" N

I thought I'd throw in this card. I used tiny scraps of paper for the left side. Can you tell I loved the papers? LOL



Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I've left you with just one inspiring thing! Have a good one!

I'm Not Being a Slacker, Honest!

Today is 2/20. I haven't blogged in ten days! YIKES! It isn't that I haven't been busy. I have been! For a while there, I wasn't sure if I was coming or going! Now, I have three major projects done! Phew!

The month started off with my feeling behind before I got started. I did my first card making class. I'll post the cards in a couple of days. It went well. I really worked hard preparing all of the supplies to minimize their work and maximize the time in class. Each gal left with a nice selection of cards.

It's raining here tonight. Earlier, we had thunder and an outflow that was really strong. The wind and rain was really strong. I thought hail was hitting the roof. Our house is extremely quiet. I could hear whatever was falling! It's so nice to have rain in the desert.

Here are some LOs I thought I'd share. These were done in January. I had to wait to post until February. I hope you like them. I got the papers through a site, Happy Scrappin' Scrapbooking , which is in Delta, Utah. If you are into Cuttlebugs and Cricuts, this site has a very nice collection of related supplies. I am really into embossing at the current time. Go Provo Craft!

The first one is a shot of Pine Valley Mountain. We can see this from our home, although not from as close as the photo. The snowflakes are rusted metal. I love those! It was perfect with the paper I chose to use. I used chalk to color the bird and did some machine stitching. It's hard to see, but there are crystal snowflakes on the circle as well as the smaller rusted flakes.


Pine Valley Mountain

The next LO features my DDIL. She and DS visited Sequoia National Park. This is a tunnel carved into the base of a tree. Sequoias are so tall. DDIL is 6' tall, and she's just about as high as the opening! I really, really like the diversity of Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding PP. Although it came out for Christmas, the colors are perfect for other situations as well.


Sequoia

The next LO is of my DDIL & DS. They are such cuties. They were flying from Portland to Las Vegas when this shot was taken. I really appreciate their sharing their photos with me. I absolutely Love this PP! For some reason, I was into brown this month, I guess. The flowers are elevated and have lots of dimension. Across the top is pale blue loopy ribbon. I love cutting flowers out. I find it very calming. I also used gold Glimmer Mist on the brown Bazzill cardstock. You can see it sparkling a bit. It sure added a nice dimension to the LO.


L & N

Finally, my last little project was this two inch square laminated pocket calendar. I won't take up space with photos of each month. I did embellish each page as well as machine stitched them. Think SMALL! I heat embossed the aluminum numerals using copper to match the PPs . I also used matching ribbons to hide the metal loop. It's so tiny and handy w/out taking up space.


2008 Two Inch Pocket Calendar

I'll have some more things going up later this week. I'm a bit under the weather and resting is a priority. I think I wore myself down.

Have a good one!
XO

Time Flies!

I feel so relieved! I have been working 10 hours a day for the past couple of weeks preparing for my very, VERY first card making class. I was asked to teach the class for some of the gals in my church. I was soooo intimidated and terrified! I have never taught a class before and had no idea how to proceed. I knew that some of the gals had no experience with scrapbooking or card making. I AM SO NOT A CARDMAKER! I was really freaking out! LOL I didn't know where to begin.

I decided to do all the work myself. I prepared packets for the gals. Inside each packet were six baggies. Each baggie held the makings for one of the cards. I spent days cutting, measuring, hammering, glittering, stamping, gluing, and making envelopes. I wanted it to be easy for everyone to assemble. That allowed time for me to see what the gals would like to do for the next month's class.

The class went so well. I think the gals had fun. I felt so relieved. That old "fear of the unknown" sure gets the best of you if you let it! The ladies were anxious to help and anxious for the March class. I truly loved the fellowship we shared! Here is a peek:



I hope you have a wonderful week!

Blessings to you!

How Do You Spell MEOW?

Oh my goodness. DH and I were just watching the preview show to the Miss America Pageant. Now, we haven't watched this event in years and years. We were shocked at some of the cattiness displayed by the contestants! It was interesting to just watch the interactions, the way the camera played to the same women, the way that some of these gals didn't know the words to our National Anthem! Many didn't know "God Bless America," but that isn't our national anthem so they, in my humble opinion, are forgiven. Yikes! I'm glad I had a son, LOL! I hope the final pageant event is more...authentic?

I did a LO the other day and used part of a laser cut sheet of numerals. Well, when DH saw the remaining portion, he said, "You should make a layout with that and call it 1, 2, 3, 4 like the MAC commercial (sung by Feist)." So I did! However, I did it with a twist. This is your technique lesson for today. Who needs a HS Mask? LOL Here it is:

Using a Laser Cut as a Mask

Materials Needed::

Glimmer Mist in at least two colors. I used gold and a deep red
tape or other adhesive
cardstock
laser cut segment (mine was left over from another LO)

Procedure:

1 Using your piece of laser cut, secure it to your background CS so that it is flat.
2. Spray the lighter color of Glimmer Mist over the mask and cardstock.



3. Spray your contrasting color of Glimmer Mist in the areas of your preference.




4. Allow to dry. I used my heat embossing tool to expedite the process.
5. Trim down to fit your desired size.



6. Glue to your cardstock.



7. Finish your layout. That's it!

Here is the final layout:

One, Two, Three, Four Tell me That You Love Me More



I really like the end result. It was a great use of the left over laser cut. It was so little effort as well!

Thank you for stopping by! I've missed not blogging!

XO
Chris

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It is very cold outside! Usually, southern Utah doesn't get as chilly as it is. We went down to 20° last night. At least today it will warm up to 40°. I've got a fire in the fireplace and a mug of hot chocolate. Since it's sooooo chilly, I decided to do a LO that will go into my album which describes my favorite winter items. Here it is:


My Winter "Must Haves"

Thanks for stopping by! Stay warm!

A Cute Mini Album Idea

You know how you walk through stores and think, "How can I use this in scrapping?" Well, Staples was my new best friend!

I saw the badge holders and thought, "Aha, this would work." I bought a package of 10 for just under $6.00. I chose the horizontal ones rather than the vertical ones.

The next thing was to use scrap paper from my scrap box. I went through my old stickers and pulled anything that might be useful. Lastly, I used fibers to dress it up. I know, I know - fibers? Why not ribbon? Well, I just like the festive look of the fibers.

Think of the possibilities for this. You could decorate it and slip a gift card or two inside to give as a gift. It would have made a great stocking stuffer for Christmas, too (thanks, Morgan). It would also make a great brag book for Grandma. It's just small enough to be perfect for those school photos that come in the smaller sizes.

If you are interested, the directions are at Crop Addict. Just click the link on the right: Here it is:


Badge Holder Album

Have a good one!

A Wonderful Surprise!

I stated in the previous post that I was participating in a cybercrop at Scrap Lovers. It was so nice because it was about two weeks in length and points were not given for the layouts completed! I hate points! I am such a slow scrapper that points make me an automatic loser! I do one LO and someone else does 12 to my one!!! You know what I mean. The points do not make for a fair playing field, in my opinion. It's my opinion that if you participate once or ten times in one challenge, your name goes in once. Then, it's fair (that coming from the point of view of someone who would only have their name in the hat once, LOL) Thank you Scrap Lovers for NOT counting points!!!

I went to the Scrap Lovers site a few minutes ago to check the winners' thread, never thinking I had won anything. Imagine my surprise when I learned that I was one of the two Grand Prize winners!!! One winner was for a paper LO while the other was for a digi layout! My jaw fell. I was shocked! It actually took me a bit to recover from the shock!!! My LO entitled, "A Little Birdie Told Santa" was the winning paper LO. It is posted below. I was and am shocked. Here it is again:


A Little Birdie told Santa

I'm off to my scraproom now. I have a technique to present this week and I better get busy!

Have a good one!

Chris xo