Another month of Scrapbooking

This is the last night of my Scrapbooking class; and again, I used black & white photos of me when I was little. The pictures here are of me on my third and fifth birthdays. As I mentioned on my page, it appears my 3rd Birthday was a party of One :)
These pages were using the Bella Rose designer series papers and the Riding Hood Red cardstock. I used the Big Shot for the cupcake and when the holder was cut out, I ran it through my crimper so it would look more like a cupcake "cup". On the little dots on the cupcake I put on a good amount of my Tombo Multi Purpose glue and added several beads from the "pink glass bead mix". I also used the cupcake from the Sock Monkey set and of course I had to add a few more candles to represent my 3rd birthday. Also used with this page is the Scallop edge punch and then I punched holes in each scallop with my Crop-a-Dile using the smaller hole punch. The red gingham ribbon is tied around the side to give some more texture.

The second page is using the Pink Pirouette cardstock as the base and Riding Hood Red for the 8 1/2 X 11 piece. Also I used the Bella Rose DSP again and some of the red hemp twine. The birthday cake is from the Fun & Fast Notes stamp seet and was stamped on scrap paper, colored, cut out and attached with dimensionals. The greeting at the top is stamped with the Happy Everything stamp set. Again the little cupcakes at the bottom were stamped with the cupcake from the Sock Monkey set and I attached some more of the pink beads on the frosting.

More Scrapbook pages

I was talked into doing a Scrapbook class by my customers, which really freaked me out because I have NEVER done ANY scrapbooking, well, not like we do it now. When I was growing up, scrapbooking was just gluing pictures and newspaper clippings to an already bound scrapbook. At the time it seemed really special, but now it's REALLY BORING. Anyway, I've already shown you a few pages that we did in class; but I have a few more to go, so I will be sharing today and tomorrow what they look like. I always have a problem thinking what pictures to use, so this time I pulled out OLD black & white pictures of me when I was little..... I actually like the pages and my customers said they thought the pages were really fun to make too.

The Walk in the Park Designer Series paper with the grey and pink lent itself to work with the black and white photos. I also used the Basic Grey cardstock to make the "little leaves" with the Big Shot, some grey taffeta ribbon and Cameo Coral cardstock. We also used the retiring "Big Deal Alphabet" (I love this set and hate to see it go) and stamped the letters in Cameo Coral, Basic Grey and Baja Breeze ink. We used some striped Baja Breeze 5/8" ribbon and the Looks Like Spring Stamp Set.

Desktop Card Box/Drawers

This is so cute and fun. The bottom portion is three drawers attached to each other and decorated. I think each drawer could probably hold 5-6 cards with envelopes. Also, the top portion is made like a magazine holder with three slots. Again each slot could hold 5-6 and probably more cards and envelopes. On each side there is another magazine holder box that can hold 5-6 and probably more cards each. Imagine what a store of cards you could have and could have a slot for each type of card you want to have on hand. The small box off to the side is made using the box Bigz Die and the Big Shot and then attaching each side to a box made to fit inside. You can put paper clips, buttons, or anything else you want into this. It's really quite large. This would make a fun gift to give a loved one and stuffed full of home-made cards for them to send out.

Topsy Turvy?

I think I told you that my husband has too much TV time since he retired. I can't remember if I showed you the Topsy Turvy plants holders he bought, but anyway, he put these tiny little tomato plants in them and hung them up. Well, it's probably been over a month, but now look at them. the funny thing is that the branches from the plant grow upwards towards the sun, but after they get heavy they drop down a bit. There have been flowers "ALL OVER THEM" and now we're starting to see tiny little tomatoes... this is really kind of exciting; a new thing to watch. I'm only worried about how far the stems will grow to the ground... I don't know if we can find anything high enough to put these on to keep them off the ground.
How many of you have these? I'm curious to know if you are having the same fun I am with these; let me know how they are working for you.

Kristina Werner Color Challenge #55

I wanted to do this challenge all week, but was so busy preparing for a class tonight. I even went as far as to pack up all the supplies to take to work today to try to put this together there, but of course I couldn't. I was really disappointed because I absolutely love these challenges. I also make an effort not to look at everyone elses submissions because I don't want to make something like another one I saw, so if this is similar to someone elses, it's only because of "karma" LOL.


I used one of the new stamp sets from the new catalog called Autumn Days. These colors really lent to that set, even though we are just beginning summer. I used all the colors in the challenge.... the fun part was using my paisley texture plate from Stampin' UP! I also used one of the new punches, can't remember the name of it; but isn't it so cute? The word window punch fits inside perfectly.

Happy Stamping everyone!!!

Card Holder Box

Isn't this just the cutest card holder and cards? This was put together differently that what I've done before. I will be advertising this as a class soon, so let me know if you like it; of course it will be using different designer series papers and maybe a different stamp set, depending on what all the new papers look like.

Frogs

Remember my little Dwarf Frogs I have in captivity :) I changed their water today and one of the frogs is "thanking me" can't you tell? When I took them out, I couldn't believe how different they are in size. I think the big one doesn't let the little one eat, what do you think? The little one is always pushing himself head down into the rocks; makes you wonder how he gets out of there. You can kind of see him down on the right.....

Anyway,..........

Guess what? I got my "pre-ordered" stamps and paper from the new 09/10 Idea book & catalog. I can't wait to show you some of the fun things out there. It won't be long and you can all have a catalog of your own. If you would like me to order one for you, please let me know.

If you belong to one of my clubs you will receive a catalog from me FREE!!! Oh Yeah.... let me know if you are interested in my card clubs or scrapbooking clubs for a free catalog and free hostess merchandise during the club time. The new level 1 hostess sets are really cute; and I can't wait to get one of them to use. Remember, the catalogs are only being issued once a year again, so you have a long time to order from each one. This time, you might be able to purchase all your heart desires before they retire.