Teacher Mini Album: Part 3

I am finally back with the last part f mini album for Mady's teacher. I also made one for morgnas teacher that I will put at the end of this post.

I left this one blank because it was so busy already. Gives a nice background for a 4x6 photo.

These corner pieces were adhered just right to fit another 4x6 photo.

 Two tags in each pocket make great places to add extra photos or journaling.

I love the chalkboard look to this paper, this is the back cover so I left it blank.

And here is the one I made for Morgans teacher. I followed the same principles and used the same base album and paper pad, but it turned out quite different but equally as cute!

Hope this brings you some inspiration! 

Happy Crafting!

Teacher Mini Album: Part 2

So I have finished a couple of pages today and thought I would share. I have really had a lot of fun making this album!

The cute little clip at the top is another one of those finds from the dollar bin at Michael's. They came in a package of 8 for only $1! What a find! The black part is actually chalkboard. I will probably write their teachers name in it with paint pen once I know who they have. I also made the tags from the paper bad.

 

This is the back of the front cover. It's hard to see but there are 4 tags in a pocket that I made with a torn piece of the paper pad. he tags are pictured below.

This is the front of the second page, the apple embellishment was left open on two sides to be able to tuck a picture underneath.

And last one for tonight...this is the back of the second page. I tried to incorporate as many tags as possible since this album only has 4 pages. I wanted their teachers to be able to add as many photos as possible.

Teacher Mini Album: Part 1

I've been thinking about school starting a lot this week. I go back to school on Monday, and the girls will be back in school before I know it (yippee!). I finished my school supply shopping today, which was relatively painless and was trying to think of something I could make each of the girls teachers with things I already had....and there was born the Teacher Mini Album. I started with a 5x7 chipboard album that I picked up at Michael's for a whopping $1.50 awhile back. I ALWAYS stop by those bins when I walk in the store because you never know what great things you will find! I also used an 8x8 paper pad called The Grade School Stack by DCWV. Great little pad. I used it last year to alter some letters for the girls teachers to hang in their classrooms. Here's all my supplies...

Next I cut all the papers to fit...

And then I adhered them using Glossy Accents really close to the edges. I prefer to use liquid adhesive for this because it keeps the paper ice and flat instead of the edges coming up. After the pieces were adhered I used my Crop-A-Dile (LOVE this thing!) to make the holes where the ring will go. Next I sanded all the edges with my Big Brother sanding tool to make them nice and smooth to prevent any paper cuts...

(Both sides are covered with
paper, just not shown.)

I used a Tim Holt Alterations Die-Tiny Tabs and Tags (Sizzix) to make a bunch of tags and tabs to use in album. Not sure which ones I will actually end up using but I now have plenty to choose from.

The paper stack comes with several cutouts, so that's what I did next.

Then I this tool to make some "buttons"...

Not sure if you can tell but the tops are glossy and raised, giving them some dimension.

Then I made some larger tags using the scraps I had left over (3x3 and 3x5). I can't stand to waste pretty paper...

The last two things I did were to color some white crocheted roses that I got from I Am Roses with Ranger Alcohol Ink and spray paint some Tim Holtz metal embellishments with silver spray paint, they used to be an antique bronze but that didn't go with my project...

I will probably end up adding a pearl to these pretty little flowers.

That's all for tonight...keep a look out for part 2 coming soon!

A couple cards...

Tonight the girls and I had "craft night." basically that means I give free reign for them to use my stuff. While they were working on their own creations I decided to make a coupe of cards to keep in my stash...

This weekend was my good friend Renee's Housewarming/One-year Wedding Anniversary party at her and her hubbies brand new home in Little Elm. I thought the occasion called for a special card...so I whipped one up!

Jo-Ann Fabric had ALL of their paper crafting supplies 50% off this past week so I used the opportunity to pick up some Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies I have been drooling over but could not bring myself to pay full price for. The little birdie and the cage were cut out of chipboard from one of the dies I picked up. I then painted the cage with Ranger Liquid Pearls in silver and then stained it with Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink in Caramel, giving it a rusted look.

For the bird, I stamped him with a flourish using Staz-on Ink in Timber Brown and then sprayed it with some brown shimmer mist.

I stamped the little Love in the corner to represent their anniversary. :)

I really hope they enjoyed it!

Breast Cancer Ribbon Scarf {Project}

Tonight after I made my layout, I had a few minutes to do another project and I had some extra Pink Ribbon fleece that I got for next to nothing because it was a remnant at Joann's. I thought I would throw together a quick scarf. Fleece is great to work with because it doesn't fray. Love that. Both of my grandmothers have had breast cancer and so this scarf has extra special meaning to me. :)

This was super simple. I am a pretty novice sewer so if I can do, anyone can. I took a strip of fabric the length of the fabric (44inches?) and about 18 inches wide. To be honest I was lazy and didn't measure it. I just cut it to where I didn't think it would be too bulky but big enough to cover my neck. The scarf is actually kind of short, but works just fine and I used what I had. Once you have cut your strip, fold in half long ways with right sides facing each other and sew a seem down the long edge, leaving the short edges open. When finished, flip it ride side out and cut the ends into 4-5inch strips, then knot the strips together to get the "fringe." Viola!

Engaged {Layout}

This is a layout I created for our 2011 Scrapbook. We spent the very first moments of 2011 getting engaged! We wanted to start the new year completely committed to each other and what better way to do that than promise our lives to each other?!?

Day at the Farm {Mini Album}

I actually created this little gem at the Great American Scrapbook Convention that I attended with my friend Angela last year (and will definitely be attending this year). I made this in a class we took where I swear I learned a gazillion techniques in under 2 hours! Talk about marathon scrapping! Anywho...thought I would share it here...

we LOVE to SKI {Layout}

Just a quick post today to share my first layout of 2011. I didn't take any in-progress photos so all I have is the end product. I used Colorbox Pearlized Cardstock for all of the snowflakes and letters, and my Cricut to cut them out. Hope you enjoy!

(p.s. please excuse the really awful photographs...I took these at about 2am.)

Etching {project}

I dabbled in etching a while back and in an effort to make some thrifty yet meaningful Christmas presents, I have taken it back up. It's SOOO easy and the effects are stunning and unique!

So here is how I did it...

First you get this stuff from Hobby Lobby

Then I used my Cricut to cut some stencils of doves out of this self-adhesive vinyl

And then apply the stencil to the glass item you have decided to etch, making sure to burnish your stencil well so you don't have any bubbles for the etching cream to ooze into.

(Large images with little detail work better than small, intricate images.)

Then apply the Armour Etch to the inside of the stencil in a thick layer and let sit for 5 minutes. 

(sorry, I forgot to take a picture of this step)

The run your glass under running water to get the cream off , and remove the stencil. 

Viola!

I am putting a scented pillar candle in mine.

The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Christmas 2011 {Layout}

I have 4 bonus kids that live in Iowa. In an effort to make them feel closer to us, I created a scrapbook when they were here last summer with empty pages left at the back to add new pages as time goes on. They were all here over the Christmas break so I used some photos from that time to make a new 2 page layout for their book. I'm hoping to get them in the mail today. Hope you enjoy!

I used THIS to make these layouts.