Waterfalls...

Hi everyone,
Yet another week has come and gone. Before you know it, fall will be here. I have noticed a lot of blogs I visit are already showing Halloween projects. Yikes!

I came across a tutorial video on making water fall cards and mini albums. The above waterfall card was made using scraps of cardstock and pattern paper I found in my Halloween tote. The stamped images are from a Stampin Up Halloween set titled Batty for You. To see the video, you can go to www.dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com; click on Dawn's videos (found on the right side margin) and this one was dated September, 2010. I had so much fun making this card and can't wait to make more using different themes.

Lots of August birthdays in my family so  once again, I hosted our annual August birthday party. It was a milestone birthday for me which I won't discuss - hahaha!
Another tutorial video I found was on making waterfall folio mini albums. I have made 5 over the last few weeks. 4 of them were given as gifts at the August birthday party!

 

This first one uses papers from the Melissa Frances 'Kitschy Kitchen' line. There are plenty of pockets to store bits and bobs and lots of places to add photos and journaling. Or in this case, recipes!

 

This album uses Echo Park 'Sisters' line and Graphic 45 'Botanical Tea'. All the albums had a gift card tucked away in one of the pockets! I also made a sports themed album for my nephew using Graphic 45 'Good Ole Sport' line. I printed off pictures I had taken during the baseball season and adhered some of them to the waterfall flaps. I'll leave the journaling to him!    

You can find the tutorial video on Ginger Ropp's blog www.mysistersscrapper.com. On the right side of her blog, go to the Archived posts and click on July, 2014. Scroll down to her post on July 6th. These too are so much fun to make. So many ideas and themes are rolling around in my brain!! I can't wait to get started on more.

I hope this gets you excited to start making these projects as it did me!

Have a great weekend~

N.

 

 

All Star

Hello friends~
I've been off all week from work - just using up some vacation time. Spent lots of time giving my sweet little flower beds some TLC, added a few more perennials to fill in some bare spots, and of course, spent lots of time in my craft room.

Using the Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport line, I altered this $1 frame I picked up at Michaels craft store. Using this year's Little League picture of my godson, Aiden, the colors all blended nicely.

I covered the frame using "teamwork" pattern paper; made a small banner using assorted cardstock banners. I fussy cut the postage stamps, baseball and bat.  Did I mention Aiden made the All Star team this year? I made a mini album celebrating this year's season using this same line of paper from Graphic 45 but I am saving it to give to him on his birthday. I just need to download all the pictures I took of him throughout this baseball season to fill up the album.

A friend of mine had to put down her dog recently due to illness. In memory of "Billie", I made this mini box and tag set using Authentique's "Remembrance" line.


 

 

 

 

The tags can be used to add photo's of Billie and to journal all the good memories!

 

That is it for now. Enjoy the rest of your week!

~N

 

Special Friend Blend #2

Happy Monday - hoping you all had a fun holiday weekend celebrating the 4th of July! I took today off from work just to make an extra long weekend and to use up some vacation time. I have spent most of it organizing the upstairs bedrooms as I had the carpeting replaced on Saturday.
I did spend time in my craft room making a couple cards. The big August birthday bash is next month so I'm getting a head start.

Pattern papers are Melissa Frances along with the flowers and Hero Arts pearls. Wilton doily, PTI ribbon, and Michaels rose buds. Tea pot die and sentiment from Paper Sweeties.

 

I put together this card using pattern papers from Echo Park line "Sisters" along with the card stock journaling card. I punched out the banner using pattern paper from the same line. The ribbon is from Stampin Up. After viewing this card, the bow needs to have a button or something to hide the knot. Then it will be complete!

That's all from me ~ going outside to do a bit of weeding. We have had a lot of rain this past week so I'm sure there are tons of weeds to be picked. Have a great week ahead!

 

Special friend blend

Hello there!
Just popping in quickly to post a couple of cards I have been working on.

My first time ordering from Paper Sweeties - I just love this tea pot die along with the stamp set. Pattern papers are from Melissa Frances and Graphic 45; ribbons, flowers, and doily from my stash.

Another card using same die and stamp set:

Pattern papers from Graphic 45 which I used to make coordinating flowers too. Flowers were die cut using PTI dies and Stampin Up punches. Doily, pearls and brads are from my stash.

 

That does it for me today. I have been doing a lot of yard work today. It's time to soak these old bones and muscles in the tub!

 Have a great week ! N~

Sunday, funday

Happy Sunday morning! And what a gorgeous morning it is - sunny and warm; sipping coffee while looking through the morning's paper outside at the patio table. My week off is over as of tomorrow morning and I'm not looking forward to going back to work. It was such a relaxed and slow week which I love. No plans, spur of the moment shopping sprees, lazy days, the perfect week. And the weather was absolutely gorgeous. I'm spending my last day of vacation by driving to my sister's house to spend the afternoon lying on a float in her pool!
I also spent time in the craft room this week . Here are a few cards I made:

Using my new Sizzix Framelit die and the Good Ole Sport paper line by Graphic 45, I made this simple and quick card. As you can see, it's plain but perfect for giving it to a sweet little guy (both my nephews have birthdays coming up)! And it didn't take but 10 minutes tops putting it all together. The hardest part was deciding which papers to use!

 

This card was made with the same Sizzix Framelit die using the Botanical Tea papers by Graphic 45. I dressed it up a bit by adding a flower & ribbon  from my stash and a chipboard tag from the same paper line.

 

 Another card I put together fairly quickly. Using kraft paper as my base card, I rounded the corners and adhered pattern paper from Graphic 45 again - Good Ole Sport line. I made a 3-layer tag out of some scraps. I stamped the graduate with Versamark watermark stamp pad and embossed it with gold embossing powder. On the middle layer, I also stamped "congratulations". I tied the 3 layered tag with twine and adhered it to the top of the card.

 

I have much more to share with you but I will save it for my next post. Until then, enjoy this beautiful Sunday. See you next week!

N~