SCRAPOLOGY 101

CHRISTMAS PAPERBAG MINI

2010-12-04T14:06:00.002-05:00

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!!!! This is my first Christmas mini album! I LOVE these papers by MME!!! They are just gorgeous!!!!!! This album is on sale in my Etsy shop at : http://www.etsy.com/shop/twinkletwinklestarr

Thank you Cheryl for the awesome snowflake ornaments I used!!! They are beautiful!!!!!!

Here are close ups:

Thank you so much for looking!!!!!!

ALICE IN WONDERLAND PAPER BAG MINI

2010-12-01T09:17:00.000-05:00

This album I made for my niece. She had an Alice in Wonderland themed 14th birthday party. My sister did an excellent job with the decorations and I just had to make a mini album from the pictures. I am giving it to her for Christmas.

Thank you so much for watching!!!!

I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED :)

2010-10-27T19:12:00.000-04:00

I recently found this blog that I absolutely LOVE!! They have so much on their blog from layouts, ideas, message boards and video's and tutorials! They have so much that I haven't had a chance to even look at everything!!

Check out their blog here:

Practical Scrappers Blog

Two of my layouts were featured: Dream and In My Son's Eye's. Thank you so much Christine for featuring my layouts!!!!

COFFIN PAPER BAG MINI

2010-10-16T13:36:00.000-04:00

This is my last halloween mini (I think). This one I made for myself and actually put pictures in it!! YEAH!!!

This mini was inspired by Melisa. Here is a link to her blog:

http://www.malisasmakings.com

Make sure you check out her mini, it's amazing!!

So, here is my version!!

This is a paper bag mini and I cut out all the bags in the shape of a coffin. The front cover I just painted with black paint and mod podged mesh. I weaved the hand inside the mesh and added a glittery spider.

Thank you so much for taking a peek and I will be making a video as soon as I get time!!

ANOTHER HALLOWEEN MINI VIDEO

2010-10-02T09:37:00.000-04:00

HALLOWEEN SKULL MINI ALBUM.... MY 2ND VIDEO

2010-09-30T06:24:00.000-04:00

MY FIRST YOU TUBE VIDEO!!!

2010-09-25T21:23:00.000-04:00

I finally made a video for you tube!! Much easier than I thought it would be, so I'll definately make more!! I see so many video's with people showing off their albums and was so jealous!! lol So, here is mine, hopefully I will get better, I stumble with words alot and I have a horrible cold, but I think it turned out fairly well. Thanks so much for watching!!! :)

MUMMY MINI

2010-09-21T06:13:00.000-04:00

It's time for another mini!!!!!!

This one I absolutely love!!!!! The cover I covered with some old gauze that I had and added eyes. I was going to mod podge it, but decided against it and I'm glad I didn't. I love the soft feel to it. The binding I added a jump ring and added some ribbon and the skulls.

The page on the left I found that glitter tombstone at the $1 store. It was actually a wall hanging and I cut out the tombstone. I found the xrays and the skeleton on the interent that I printed and cut out.

The two pumpkin charms were actually a pair of glasses I found at the $1 store. I popped out the lenses and then I used the chain from the tombstone wall hanging and attached.

I found this web on the internet that I printed out and inked and you can tuck a picture corner inside it.

I absolutely LOVE this candle stick paper!!! I found a template for the left candle stick on Martha Stewart's website. I traced onto chipboard, embossed with black powder and then stickled. You really can't see, but it's really shiny and has a purple tint to it. LOVE how it turned out!!

I drew the tombstones and embossed. The grey tombstones were buttons. The fence I drew out on chipboard and covered in black paper. The keep out sign is foam, I found in a street sign foam pack I had.

Thank you so much for looking!!!!!

HALLOWEEN MINI PAPERBAG

2010-09-13T05:57:00.000-04:00

Laura from Follow the Paper Trail had this skeleton hand Halloween album on You Tube. I absolutely fell in love with it and had to make one for myself!!! I haven't actually made a mini for me yet, so I am excited to keep this one!!!

The front and back cover is made of chipboard that I covered with fabric that I painted with black and purple acrylic paint. I love how this turned out, the paint gave the fabric a canvas feel to it. I then mod podged this thin netting that I found at the $1 store.

You HAVE to go check out Laura's video on you tube!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlP_D92S3aM

I still need to make tags yet and I can't wait to add my pictures!!!

Thanks so much for taking a look and make sure you check out Laura's video!! I don't do her album justice!!!

DREAM... BUTTERFLY MINI

2010-08-24T18:31:00.001-04:00

Time for another mini album! lol I've been cranking them out left and right. Want to get a good stock to take up to the shop. This one I think is my best one yet.... I'm very proud of this one!!! :)

I love binding the album instead of using rings. I think it makes them look much more beautiful and professional. I think I'll make them like this from now on :)

My mom actually told me she wanted to buy this one for a gift (she wants a discount!!) I'm thinking about it!! LOL

Thanks so much for looking!!!!

HALLOWEEN MINI ALBUM

2010-08-22T18:39:00.000-04:00

I finished another mini album for Halloween. This one I found at Odd Lots, it had a plush leather cover with the giant word ALASKA on the front. So, I covered it with material and decorated.

I also had alot of requests to see the inside of my other a lbums... so here are just a few pics.....

Thank you so much for taking a look!!!!

MINI ALBUMS

2010-08-21T20:22:00.000-04:00

My 3 girlfriends and I are going to be renting a booth at this craft mall. I got the bright idea that I would make some mini albums to try and sell. LOL I have never made mini albums before, so this was quite a challenge for me. Once I got the hang of it, it was quite easy......... AND NOW I'M HOOKED!!! Here are just a few that I've finished so far.......... thanks so much for taking a look!!!!!

Halloween mini made out of cardboard and chipboard.

Vintage paper bag album.

Another paper bag album that I folded the paper bags in half.

FRIDGE MAGNETS

2010-07-18T17:20:00.000-04:00

Some more fridge magnets I made today. The pictures are horrible, storming out and I had to take the pics inside under a lamp, hence the blurriness and the glare.

Thanks for taking a peek!!!!

FRIDGE MAGNET

2010-07-18T11:46:00.000-04:00

I got this idea from Finnabair. She had these amazing fridge magnets in her scrapbook.com gallery and I couldn't wait to try them. I messaged her to see if it was okay to lift and she didn't mind, so away I went!!

Here is a link to her blog:

http://tworzysko.blogspot.com/

Her art, yes I'm calling it art, because she is one AMAZING artist!! All of her work is breath taking. Please, go see for yourself... it is soooo inspiring!!

Here is the first magnet I made.

I found these little wood blocks at hobby lobby and then put magnetic strips on the back. I love doing vintage work, so of course my first one is vintage. I embossed the edges, clock and tag with copper. I made the flower and found these awesome bag of buttons at Hobby Lobby. I also Mod Podged over the couple and paper just to seal everything. Very easy, Very quick!!!

Thanks so much for taking a look!!!!

CHERISH

2010-07-18T11:23:00.001-04:00

I did this layout for the XOXO blog. It's an awesome scraplift blog!! I lifted Emma Ruth Fronda. Here is her beautiful layout:

Here is the link to XOXO blog:

http://truexoxogirls.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-11-sponsored-by-lucky-girl.html

Here is a link to Emma's blog:

http://emsfronda.wordpress.com/

Here is mine........ This is my niece Shaina when she was 1 month old. I absolutely LOVE this picture of her. Her nickname is Bug and that's exactly what she is!! LOL

I have officially found Perfect Pearls!!! lol I had never used them before and let me tell you I am hooked!!!!! What took me so long??!! I used Perfect Pearls on the flower centers and it added the perfect touch. The flourish is Prima that I cut in half and used on the top and the bottom.

I was at T J Max yesterday and they had punches for $2.99!! So I bought this tiny flower punch and thought it perfect for this layout.

The patterned circles I cut out of patterned paper and inked and used pop up's for a little dimensionn. The birdcage, bird, roses and clock were all on the other side of the paper that I cut out.

Thank you sooooo much for taking a peak!!!!!!

OUCH

2010-07-07T18:39:00.000-04:00

This is my son Ryan when he was 2. The poor little guy slipped and fell into a rocking chair and had the biggest black eye. It looked so bad.

I inked chipboard letters with yellow distress ink and then used alcohol inks to distress it more.

I also used alcohol inks to age the Tim Holtz film strip ribbon.

Thank you for taking a peek!!!!

BUG

2010-06-23T16:15:00.000-04:00

This layout is of my niece Shaina when she was just born. She is now 14! Yes, I'm soooo behind on scrapbooking!!!

Shaina had the nickname "bug" since day one.

The letters were just plain chipboard letters that I painted, inked, distressed and added some Diamond Dust and stamped with a music note stamp. I absolutely love how these letter's came out.

I stamped and inked some chiboard flowers.

I cut out some flowers and butterflies that I inked and stickled.

I heavily painted and stickled the picture.

I heavily distressed, tore and wrinkled the paper.

I had so much fun with this layout.

Thank you so much for taking a look!!!

DON'T BE SOOO...... SAD

2010-06-19T15:38:00.000-04:00

I did this layout for scrapbook.com's Scraplift 101 challenge. I scraplifted TonyaDirk's.... He makes me so proud.

This is a picture of my Dad with my 2 sister's. He was their step-dad and I wasn't born yet. They both loved to pick on him, so I've been told. LOL

I love this leaf ribbon that I won in a challenge over at scrapbook.com. I just received the RAK Thursday and I couldn't wait to use it!!

I also received these flowers. They were white and I misted with Frost Glimmer Mist and brown spray ink.

Thanks so much for taking a look!!!!!

BRAP BRAP!!

2010-06-19T10:42:00.000-04:00

I found this awesome scraplifting blog, XOXO http://truexoxogirls.blogspot.com/

They have the most talented design team!! All you do is scraplift one of their layouts and you have a chance to win awesome RAK's!!

This month's sponser is Devine Design Kits. Look at this month's RAK.....

I decided to scraplift Ilaria Gianquinto.

http://myscrappindiaries.blogspot.com/

Here is her layout.....

I absolutely LOVE this layout!!! I don't think I did this one justice!!

Here is mine.....

This is my newphew, he races dirtbikes. He's an awesome kid!!

I have absolutely no idea what BRAP BRAP means, but Derek always says it. I think it's the sound that dirt bikes make????

I took a white pen and drew barbwire on the letters. I could not get a clear picture of it up close... :(

I used a skull made out of grunge board and inked it in red and then stickled it with black.

My secret sister over at scrapbook.com gave me these wheel brads. I thought they went perfect with this layout!!

I stamped the outer border with this stamp I found at a yard sale that looked like tire tracks. I also cut out barbwire from some dirt bike cardstock that Karen W. sent me. I love it!!

Thanks so much for taking a look!!!

RAY OF LIGHT

2010-06-06T16:57:00.001-04:00

I did this for the Stuck on U June Sketch. Here is the sketch:

Their blog can be found here:

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/

This is my son Ryan when he was 3. He so loved the park and this great big yellow slide.

I found this Flower-Soft at my local scrapbook store. Let me tell you, I absolutely love it. It's so very easy to use and it's so beautiful.

It just looks like moss.
I also used the Martha Stewart grass punch all around the outer border.

I also just bought this embossing folder. I LOVE IT. I took a glossy piece of paper and embossed it. I then used Alcohol inks... Lettuce, Denim, Eggplant and Denim. I sanded the embossed images and then cut out the top.

Thanks so much for taking a peek!!!

ATTACHED AT THE HEART

2010-06-04T18:56:00.000-04:00

I made this layout for the If It's Groovy blog's June challenge. Go check it out at http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/

The challenge is to finally scrap those photo booth pics!!

These pictures were taken at a photo booth at our hotel at Disynworld on our vacation last year.

The frames are slide holders that I painted silver and heated with a heat gun to give it texture.

I got the idea for the decorative squares from Scrapperlicious' blog. I stamped the design with black ink on silver cardstock. I then snipped each corner and then applied a glaze to make them shiny. I then added silver water drops.

The title letters I did the same way. I used chipboard letters and painted silver and again used the heat gun to heat and add texture. I distressed some silver chipboard hearts that I had and added stickles.

I added a silver metal frame just to accent the picture strips.

Thank you so much for taking a peak!!!

DREAM

2010-05-24T16:40:00.000-04:00

This layout was done for the If It's Groovy blog Vintage Design Team. I was asked to make a layout that was feminine. Their blog can be found here:

http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/

This picture was made for my Mother in Law's Mother's Day album. This is her when she was about a year old.

I thought I would have a terrible time with this layout. I am sooooo not good at girly layouts. But once I started tearing, it was easy!! I really had fun with this layout.

I made my own glimmer mist using pigment powders, water and my mini mister. I HAD to tone down the pink.... lol and I found this paper at my local scrapbook store that was green. I mixed a mint green pigment powder for my mist and heavily sprayed on the pink paper and on the photograph.

The title letters are just chipboard letters that I covered in coordinating paper and heavily inked and sprayed.

I recently purchased new alcohol inks and just got the raison color. I LOVE it!! I used the alcohol inks directly on the flowers for the flower centers and around the edges. I added Tim Holtz film strip ribbon underneath.

Thanks so much for taking a look!!!

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

2010-05-01T18:08:00.000-04:00

WOW.... I am really excited for this "Shadow Challenge" on the If It's Groovy Blog. Our Design Team has come up with some AMAZING layouts!!! You all need to come over and do the challenge!!!!

http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/

This layout is of my niece Ashley.

These flowers I drew and cut of of cardboard and then embossed. I layored them, alcohol inked them, and then used diamond glaze to make them a little shiny.

I made my own background paper by using a Tim Holtz music stamp and just stamped all over the paper. I also made my own glimmer mist with my mini mister by using some pigment powders. The one thing I like about making my own is that I can make it as dark or as light as I want. For this layout I wanted to make it much darker than you can find in any glimmer mists.

Thank you so much for taking a look and hope to see you over on the If It's Groovy blog. The ladies over there are GROOVY!!!!!!!!

O HAPPY DAY

2010-04-29T19:37:00.000-04:00

This is a layout I created for the If it's Groovy blog. I am a new member of their Vintage Design Team. I am super excited and this was the first layout that I did.

Here is a link to the blog:

http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/

The design team is SUPER talented!!!!!

The theme was to create a vintage layout that was tattered and torn. Ok, so I probably went a little overboard on the torn part, but I LOVE how it turned out!! This is a picture of my husband's maternal grandparent's on their wedding day.

I used 4 different pieces of paper and layered them. I wet them and then curled the crap out of them. LOL!!

I used Adirondack spray ink on the background. I cut out a piece of cardboard and lightly painted it pink.

I cut out some birds and butterflies that I printed off the internet.

I used some ribbon lace that I lightly painted pink and then distressed with some Walnut Stain. I had so much fun doing this layout. Thanks for taking a look!!!!

A BOYS WORLD

2010-03-27T18:37:00.000-04:00

I did this LO for our secret sister swap challenge on scrapbook.com. The hostess was MEL and we had to do an all black and white LO. This lo was black and off white.

This is my Dad as a young boy.

I stamped and inked the white flowers and used stickles. The black flowers I used white paint. I then wrapped buttons in paper and used those for the flower centers.

I know a crow is a "weird" embellishment, but I had a hard time coming up with black embelli's. LOL I found this on another blog and just fell in love with the ugly thing!!

I used Tim Holtz alphabet masks and just randomly placed letters.

I found this picture on the internet of this praying boy. I swear he looks just like my Dad. I had to use it!!!

Thank you so much for taking a look!!!!! :)