Scrabble Tile Pendant and cheese box :)

A friend of mine had a birthday last week and we celebrated with her Saturday night. I tried my hand at a scrabble tile pendant for her. There were several mistakes along the way but I like how this cam out. I cut out a seahorse motif from Webster's 6x6 papers (these were from late 2010 or early 2011 I think??) and mounted them on a square from the opposite side. Afetr gluing it to the tile, I inked the edges and used gelly roll stardust pens on both horses. Finished it off with diamond glaze and a bail- I purposely left in air bubbles to mimic underwater.

I was concerned with how much time the diamond glaze had had to cure and wanted a box to keep it from getting hit. I ate a cow swiss cheese and suddenly had the epiphany to use the box. A little MME paper and ink for all the circular areas and washi tapes (Dear Lizzy and Amy Tan) on the sides and I had a cute gift box :)

Echo Park - What's so Merry?

This is the other LO I got done at Archivers last week. I wish I could remember what R was so annoyed about but he this face is so funny- esp since it was Christmas morning :D

Supplies: EP paper, Bazzill CS, CC Tiny Type, AC Thickers, Prima flower, Imaginisce brad, Jillybean labels. Long border strips unknown

MME Love Me

I finally got to go to Archiver's last week and actually scrapbooked!! I did not get a lot done but had so much fun. I had reserved tables for 8 of us and then a few more friends had a table in the other room. It was also my birthday and I feel so spoiled and loved by my friends who brought me cake, balloons and flowers. What could be better than a scrapbooking birthday "party" with good girl friends?? :)

Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing with the MME Love Me line and an old, old pic of my husband and I from when we were newly engaged. The pic was taken by someone else and hung on my cubicle wall for a while so is not that great. But, I love it nonetheless and my friend scanned it for me so I can maybe tweak it later and re-print. The LO pic is not that great either but I have given up on ever seeing the sun again :P Damp, rainy, windy, and cold are the order of the week.

Supplies: MME Love Me paper and Die-cuts, Archivers CS, Martha Stewart paper tape, AC Knock Out punch, Sakura Micron pen, OA Sprinklers, SC Mr Hueys, KI Memories tape, QQ Ink

Internet Implemented - Mercury Glass Ornaments

This was another crafty something I did over the holidays. While looking at all the DIY glass ornament tutorials, I searched for some using alcohol inks because I don't have many regular reinkers but I have a gajillion alcohol inks from the days of making my own "skittles" (remember those??)

I found this Ranger tutorial  that looked super easy. Turns out Mr Holtz just tends to make things look that way. I found it needed a little practice; but, the results are super pretty and it is quick and fun - not to mention inexpensive enough that I didn't mind experimenting :P  All it takes is some plain glass ornaments, alcohol ink, metallic mixative, and compressed air (which we have 6 cans of for some odd reason). The end result is a multi-colored glass ornament with some opaqueness from the metallic mixative (which gives that mercury glass appearance). Lots of fun. I gave one to each couple in my family but did not keep one for myself (need to make another) so this is the only pic I have. If you clcik on the pic, you can actually see a second ornament that blogger is cutting off

Internet Implemented - Christmas Card Display

So, my poor blog is dusty again. It's been that kind of year :P I have barely done anything scrappy in months- just my Christmas cards and 2 mini-books I made for my nieces that I didn't even photograph before the gifting occurred plus the 1 LO posted below. Oh well. New Year, new scrapping commitment I hope :) I am scheduled to go to Archiver's on Friday so that will hopefully help.  But, I did want to post this slightly crafty project because it was a super-easy to make card Christmas card display that cost maybe $5 (if that) I had the ribbon and the angel ornament as well as a glue gun in my stash. I bought decorative ornament hooks on clearance last year at Target (but the hooks like those of the Clip-it-up would work) and the dowel was a buck or 2 at home depot and cut by my husband for just "thank yous"

Anyway, I just had him cut the dowels in incrementally smaller lengths (6,8, 10, 12 and 14") and hot glued them between a folded up length of ribbon. Added the angel and a hanger to the top and I was done. The one I saw on the internet last year (wish I could remember where so I could give credit) did a better job of arranging the cards to look more tree like but I still like how mine looked and I really enjoyed having all the cards visible instead of lumped in a basket together.

SPCS - Try it Thursday

I did this LO for the SPCS Try it Thursday challenge which was to use patterned paper as your LO background. I ended up suing 4 6x6 papers and then I hand-sewed in-between them. Crazy talk for me :P

Anyway, this is the only pic I had from a rather memorable - and crappy - day a couple summers ago. So, despite the picture of my 2 friends being terrible, I decided to use it any way. The long story of my horrible day will go on a tag in the MR envelope.  I also went out of my way to use some older stash items.

Supplies: Bazzill CS, Authentique PPs, Fancy Pants Rub-ons, Marcella by Kay epoxy letters, MM glitter alphas, Prima and Artsylicious flowers, Artsylicious and Recollections buttons, MR envelope, MM journaling note, Colorbox ink, Embroidery floss

SPCS: SEI Corinne

I have not had an easy couple years. While I am blessed with an amazing family and we moved into a new house in that time-frame, I have dealt with several major illnesses in my immediate family, lost my grandfather, lost a job I loved (the company went under), etc. So, I know I have shared a whole lot of angst with my friends. As much as I try not to be a Debbie Downer, sometimes I've just needed a shoulder to cry on. Luckily, I am incredibly blessed in the friend department- including the one on this LO. She is always there for me and the title and journaling is about that.

I used the Sept SPCS Juicy kit. The papers were mostly SEI Corinne, Honestly, I didn't think I liked the line that much; but, they turned out to be way better in person. pics don't do justice.  I fussy-cut the PP and really love the resulting LO

Supplies: SEI PP and Epoxy stickers; Prima letters; CC Tiny Type; AC Thickers & tape; MS punches; Hambly washi tape; bazzill CS, OA Sprinklers

Origins

My much-talented friend Brie made a gorgeous quilt for my equally talented friend Erin for her new baby. Since we are all scrappy, Brie thoughtfully made it from BG Origins fabric. So, I just had to scrapbook this pic with the Origins line. I think I salvaged the LO but I really did not like how it was going at first. It's not my fav but I like it okay now and I love the girlfriends :)

Supplies: BG paper, rub-ons, woolies, take notes; AC Thickers; CC tiny type

Holiday Cards

Feel free not to look if you get cards from me. I don't normally post cards before I send them but I just can't help myself cause I am so pleased with how they came out (for once - I'm not much of a card maker). Plus they are relatively simple to make en masse

The first one is a more generic holiday card. The stamp is from Hero Arts (new this year) and was embossed with Versamark and AC Zing blue embossing powder. I then colored in the bird and tree trunks with prisma-color watercolor pencils and a blender pen and put stickles on all the snowflakes (or stars) in the sky Sentiment is from a clear acrylic set from Making Memories (maybe Fa-La-La?). The card bases are pre-made/folded cards from DCWV. Ribbon is from Michaels.


The second card is also embossed - this time with Versamark and Gold embossing powder from Ranger. The stamp is from Stampendous and I love it!!!! Card bases are also DCWV pre-fabs. Sentiment on the inside is from Inkadinkadoo and says "Wise Men Still Seek Him". I am in the process of coloring in all the cards with Sakura Glaze pens. The pics do not do them justice- the glaze pens with the embossing looks like Cloisonne :) Obviously, the coloring on these is time consuming but they look beautitul just embossed wih gold and are much easier to make en masse that way :)

Bloom

I did this LO at Archivers a while back. I had a gorgeous kit from Sweet Peach Crop shop (August) and I decided it would be fun to do a page with my boys with what is stereotypically a girl color- pink. I'm actually super happy with how it came out.

Supplies: TA glimmer mist, AC Thickers, Sassafras fold-it(?) flowers & die-cut sticker, Kaisercraft pearls, Authentique PP & die-cutss, Bazzill CS