New York City & Westchester schools are closed today, so we took advantage of the Snow Day to go out in the backyard and play with the dog. She absolutely loves the snow, as you can see in this video.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Cheering myself up
Today wasn't a very good day for me, so I decided to cheer myself up by making a card with my newest stamp: Snoopy's Plane by Stampabilities. How can you not have a smile on your face after seeing Snoopy? I've loved him since I was a little girl. In fact, "Snoopy's Christmas" is my all-time favorite Christmas song. Is it any wonder that I just had to have this stamp of the World War I Flying Ace? Although I'm still feeling kind of down, just looking at this card brings a smile to my face. I hope he makes you smile too.
{I can't give you any specifics on the papers or brads that I used, but the ribbon is actually seam binding by Martha Stewart. I used my Sizzix Texturz plate to emboss the base of the card front, and I cut the shape for the greeting with my Cricut. I believe I used Accent Essentials. The greeting is from TAC (Feel Better), and the blue ink that I sponged to create a background is Prussian Blue, by Palette (Stewart Superior). The coloring was done with various markers.}
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Christmas 2009: My First Video
Christmas Morning with the family. This is my first attempt at putting together a video. Thanks for watching!
Monday, February 1, 2010
A "Vintage" Style Layout
Anyone who knows me can tell you that I don't "do" vintage. I'm not into the distressed, aged, or otherwise heritage look. I never liked Shabby Chic; 7 Gypsies just doesn't do it for me; and, while I think he's very talented, Tim Holtz simply isn't my style. All of that being said, I kind of surprised myself with this layout. I made it for a contest that Becky Fleck was having over at Page Maps, using one of her sketches. While I didn't win the contest, I did create what has quickly become one of my most favorite layouts. I hope you are inspired by this layout to create your own special memory of when you were very little.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Halloween Layout Using My "Stash"
We all want to use up our "stash," whether it's to clean out our craft space because we just don't have anymore room, or it's to make room for all the new stuff we want to get. My purpose here was a little bit of both. I've had this stuff for so long that I just wanted to use it and not have to look at it anymore. As you'll see, by jazzing it up a little bit, and by adding a few new elements, I was able to make good use out of old materials. Here's the layout, and below it is an explanation of what I did to my stash to make the old products new again.
Cardstock: I used what I had on hand. I have a lot of cardstock. To make it a little more interesting, I drew lines with a ruler, using my gel pens to make a border around the pages.
Patterned Paper: The circles are from a pack of 4 that I bought for $1 in JoAnn's several years ago. They're made by Colorbok. I sliced each one in half and made a zig-zag edge with my pinking-edged scissors from Fiskars. The circle paper is from a K and Co. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 pack that I also bought several years ago.
Embellishments: The circle embellishments and tab are from a sheet of punch-outs that coordinate with the circle paper, also made by Colorbok, and also purchased for $1 at JoAnn's. I glued the circles onto chipboard circles and sanded the edges even. I added a decorative eyelet to the tab and used it as part of my title. I've had that green ric-rac for a few years, and the transparent ribbon is from Hiedi Swapp - found in the clearance section of one of the big craft stores last year. Layering them added interest and dimension. I bought the spider brads at a craft show last year, and I they are from Eyelet Outlet. Those are probably the most expensive products on this layout! :) The ribbon sticker words are so old that I'm not sure who made them. I cut one of them apart to adapt it to my layout.
Title and Journaling Block: The words in my title are from a sheet of cardstock stickers that I found in my holiday stash. The journaling block is relatively new, and I think it's from Basic Grey. Although I usually hand-write my journaling, I had too much to say, and it didn't fit. So I typed it on my computer, printed it onto regular printer paper, cut it out, and adhered it to the block.
Border: Finally, we come to the border on the bottom of my pages. I created this in Cricut Design Studio and cut it out of some very old Basic Grey paper. I'm not a big fan of BG paper; but when I bought it, I thought it would look very good on a Halloween layout.
It felt great to use all of these products from my stash, and it was a quick and easy layout to complete. I hope I've inspired to you to put some of your older products to good use and to make some old stuff new again. Happy crafting!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Scrapbooking Tip: Make Some Lists/Charts
I am the proud owner of a Cricut Expression that I got back in August for my birthday/Christmas. Before that, I had the original small Cricut, so I've had a Cricut for about 2 years. That means that I have a lot of cartridges, and it's kind of hard to remember what's on which cartridge. To keep track of this, I've printed out sample sheets that can be found at Cricut.com. Today I went a little further. Since the Paisley and Wild Card cartridges have a lot of words and phrases, I decided to create charts with all of the words. I listed them by page and included all of the words and phrases, plus the keys where they can be found. (I number all of my booklets so that I can easily find what I'm looking for on the keypad.)
Here they are in both .doc and .pdf format, in that order. Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Crafting!
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