Hope's Card

Yesterday my grand-daughter Hope called all excited  because she received her report card which contained all A's (she's in the 2nd grade in an accelerated class).  Of course being the wonderful grandmother that I am, I immediately told her that I was sending her a surprise for all her hard work.  So the scrapper in me went to work.  I'm not really a card maker, and I needed a quick card fast.  Recently, one of Ashley's friends had given me a card kit, so I decided to make use of it.  I needed simple and fast, but this card was a little too plain and the sayings didn't really meet my needs so I altered it and put some of my own scrap paper with it to make the card and here is my finished project inside and out:

The Outside

The Inside

Card Kit-Designs by Leere` - I used scraps from my stash for the pink and lime paper, Glam Pink, Waterfall and Lime Green stickles, tied a ribbon and bow and cut the bottom of the saying off so it would fit the occasion then I inked around it with powerpuffs pink cheeks ink.


I found two old stickers from Miss Elizabeth's (purchased at the Dollar Store) one sticker was the ribbon another was the A+ put them together to go on the inside of  the card and voila, my quick and easy masterpiece.

Isn't it cute, if I do say so myself, Ha-Ha (LOL) patting my own back. Needless to say, all I have to do now, is sign from Nana and Pop-pop and of course include the surprise and pop it in the mail.

So until next time folks, Happy Scrapping.

Mini Album - September Bonus Project -EP#2

Hello everyone, I am so excited,first of all I have a new video, secondly, I'm sharing the Bonus Project I made from the September kit club, by Kathy Orta at Paper Phenomenon.  I didn't use the same paper that she did, but I think my little mini book turned out just as well, even though I had a few bumps along the way.  (For one, the Basic Grey Black card stock I used cracked when I scored it using my bone folder.  Although I love the look of their black card stock, in the future I will only be using it on flat scrapbooking pages.) Oh well, live and learn.  On my project I featured paper from DCWV's Immortal Love Cardstack collection. I love, love, love that paper, it's so dark and brooding but, still sexy and deeply romantic.  Come to think of it, I made the complete mini album the day I receive the kit, but it took me a week to cover all the sections because I had to choose just the right combination of papers, even though I knew the main paper I wanted to use, that was the hardest part in making the entire mini album. OK, on to the project, people!!!!

I hope you enjoyed my post, thanks for watching and Happy Scrapping!!!

My Handmade Paper Beads

Hey guys, recently I have wanted to make my own hat pins for the covers of my scrapbook mini albums, one of the things needed to do this was beads. Well, after purchasing a few from  Micheals, I know that it is not efficient price wise.  So I decided to try to make my own from paper.  Here is how my first ones came out, I think they look pretty darn good for a first try.  I'll post them again when I finish them in a hat pin and use them on my album.  Don't they remind you of glass beads (and to think all it cost me for the materials was $6.00 to buy a pack of sharpie markers all the other materials I already had on hand)

Materials used:
     tooth picks - to hold the beads while they dried ( I stuck them into some packing from one of my
                           purchases from HSN so they could stand and dry overnight)
     white cardstock cut into strips
     1 pkg. different color sharpie markers
     scotch Quick Dry adhesive
    Inkssentials - Glossy Accents  - to give them the glass look
    a very small paint brush

Aren't they beautiful? Ok, I'll see you soon, until then Happy Scrapping!!

Bowling mini-book

Hello everyone,finally thanks to my little girl I can post my Bowling mini-book video, yeah thanks Ashley for all your help. This is a mini album I made using my Cricut expression II and the Cricut Craftroom.  I actually cut out 5 albums, one for each bowler on our team.  They will be decorating their own.  I just wanted to share my work to let you see what I have been working on.  I decorated it  and plan to  add more items each year when the team goes to USBC to Bowl. 

Hope you enjoyed the video.

Mini Paperbag Album

Ok Guys, I'm going to try to shoot a short video showing my project, it's a paperbag mini album.  Yes, you heard right, it's a mini album that's made from paper bags.  I made everything from the cover to the inside content to the mini tags to go inside the album.   For this I used the following supplies: ( most of these supplies can be obtained at Michaels or ACmoore- you may already have some of them)
     - Your paper trimmer
      -a bone folder (essential)
     - Scotch Quick drying Tacky Glue (or any kind of quick drying scrapbooking glue)
      - 2 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock
     -Paper bags - (I use the 4 5/8" by 2 7/8" x 8 5/8" - Celebrate It Bags - they are available in the party section of Michaels - they are a little bit heavier than the regular bags-  you can choose any color you like, just know that the paper bag will show up so get a color that coordinates with the papers you plan to use to cover up the bag)
    -scissors
     - Tape glider  or any scrapbooking tape machine you have.    - Any 4.5 x 6.5 paper pad - (I used products made by DCWV - but any brand will do as long as they are this size)

I think that's all you will need (this is my first attempt at a video- so be kind in your comments - I had to use the web cam in my computer, but I still had a good time completing this project and I wanted to share.)

Thanks for watching and Happy Scrapping