March Break Project

So I had told myself that this march break I was going to finish the growth charts that I had planned on making for my kids quite some time ago. All that I had started was picking out the patterned paper and cutting down the chipboard. So of course I had a long way to go.

Well, today is friday and guess what?? After being sick again!! taking the kids to the states for an overnight shopping trip and just cleaning up the house in general I've finally "partially" finished Madison's. Now I say partially finished because I still need to cut tags to go into all the pockets and of course add pictures or journaling.

This project is from one of my favorite blogs to staulk. Following the Paper Trail. Laura has some of the coolest ideas and this one is one of my absolute favorites. The album or growth chart is held together with a measuring tape, so that you can put it up on the wall and measure your kids as they grow or put all your memories of your kids growing up if they already are.

At the side of each page is a pocket which will have tags with ribbon hanging off of them. The bottom has charms which Madison picked. A rhinestone heart and a soccer ball, because she loves soccer.

The paper clips on the measuring tape can be used to point out important occassions or just for decoration.

This was really fun. Jonathan's pockets are done, just need to attach them with the measuring tape and do all the embellishing.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Yucky Sicky.

I feel so bad because it's March and I haven't posted anything yet but between studying for my insurance course and now being sick I just can't get anything done. I have tons of stuff running through my head, tons of ideas.

Even though I'm sick I still have to go to work - booo - and last week I had a business trip to Elmira. I had some time to waste before I had to be in Kitchener for dinner so I took that opportunity to run into one of my favorite stores - The Scrapping Turtle. And to my surprise I found a new stamp that I don't have. Bossy by Mo Manning from Stamping Bella. I can't wait to ink her up and make a super awesome card.

Stay tunned I will be back :-)


Happy Stamping!
Sarah

I am a Robot.

I've been working on this project for quite some time and finally finished it. I got my inspiration from an older video on Paper Phenomenon. It's a canvas to hang on the wall with a mini scrapbook. Robot style for Jonathan.

I added some dimensional foam under the robot and gears and added some crystal laquer to some parts.

Oh how my baby has grown. I can't wait to get this one up on the wall. And Jonathan loves his Robot.

***Now I have to say that my counter is increasing but I'm not feeling the love :-)

Leave a comment, say Hi. When I start getting some more hits then I'll do a blog candy.

Need to know you are out there first***

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Cupcake Wishes

I was playing around with my sewing machine to see what I can do. And ended up with this beautiful birthday card. Very simple but lots of detail. And I really love it!

I started out with a green cardstock base and stitched on some glitter cardstock right to the front of the card. Well that was interesting...I totally didn't think about the stitching on the inside of the card, hmmmmm. So then I had to decorate both sides of the inside of the card. I've never done that before - but I like it!
I made the flower out of layers from a sizzix's die cut (can't remember which one). On the back is a neon green prima flower that has been distressed. The layers on the flower are inked and shaped before being glued together.

On the inside I stamped my stampin' up stamp 'celebrate one cupcake at a time'. The ink wasn't quite dark enought so I had to write over it with a sharpie. Still looks good :-)

Stay tuned for some rockin' robots tomorrow. You're going to want to see them.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Class Valentines

This year for Madison's class valentines we decided to do nice and easy. We love to make them but I know that the kids are just ripping them apart and throwing them out :-)
So cinnamon hearts in a baggie it is. Madison did all her own coloring too - less work for me.

We went to Port Huron last weekend just for fun on Sunday and of course I checked out the Jo-Anne's Fabrics flyer first. They had this little sewing machine on sale and I've always wanted a machine to do some stitching on my cards. I really like the look that you get from it. I'm actually pretty excited because I think it will go well with my chipboard album I'm working on - the paper is a sewing theme. The sewing machine is basic and only does the one stitch but for mre that's probably the best idea and it doesn't take up very much room. Even handier is that you can take it with you when you go to crops - neato!

Well stay tuned for some stitched projects. I'll be sure to share.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

New project...

So I decided to pull out some of my prize possessions. A Maya Road chipboard binder album (it has chipboard pages too!) Some Tim Holtz metal flower fasteners and DCWV Crafty Stack paper.

Here's a close up of the beautiful paper and Tim Holtz fasteners. I looooove them.

So, you wondering...the theme of my project?

Well some of you may know that we moved almost a year ago to a new house, which I looooove (hehe). Finally I plan to scrapbook it in this super cool album.

Here's the cover but not really assembled, just the beginings. The front has a Maya Road chipboard plaque covered with paper and rub on home's with some glitter stickers for sweet. The flower will be used to make a ribbon clasps that comes from the back. You'll have to see when it is done. I will keep you posted on my progress.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Valentines Easel Card

I bought this new Magnolia stamp yesterday and just had to ink her up right away. I thought she would be perfect for Valentines. I also haven't done much coloring lately so I thought I'd try out my Stampin' Up! watercolor crayons.

It was kinda fun, instead of coloring with the crayon and then adding water I used my brush with a little bit of water directly onto the tip of the crayon to pull off some color. This gave me alot more control when it came to shading. The only thing I wasn't too please with was the skin tone. I really like my copic markers when doing skin.

I've done one or two easel cards before but this time I added more layers and pretty big flowers. Don't know how it would fit in an envelope but finished it looks pretty nice.

I added a little bit of bling and a Happy Valentines Day stamp to finish it off. More layers is definately one of my other resolutions for this year. Use it all and layer, layer, layer.

Here's a side view for you. Hope you enjoyed.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Love Notes

Okay so this year I vow to make whatever I want, whenever I want and use everything. Yes I said EVERYTHING!!



Are you like me that you have stash upon stash of the coolest scrapbooking supplies ever? But you just can't bring yourself to use them.

Well then ladies, this is the year. Use all those supplies that you have been hanging onto - what is it going to hurt. Wouldn't you rather see them in an awesome completed project than sitting there collecting dust in the package.

Check out this - a love note collector. You can hang it on the door to you bedroom or on your cubicle at work :o) Make one for the kids, have fun. I'm using my awesome pure white prima flowers like there is no tomorrow and guess what...I still have more left.



I used a giant coaster for the base and covered with some really awesome little yellow bicycle valentines paper. Yes it is double sided but you know what...that one side looks great! Check out the detail that I "hot glued" on. Yup I used my glue gun :o) I even made those little ribbon flowers from some really cool ribbon that I got at Michaels eons ago, you know the ones that come on the wooden spools that I bought with a big glass bowl to display them in. Well they are not going to be displayed anymore - they are going to be used.

Lastly I have a view from the top for you. You can see how deep I left it to put all your favorite valentines into. Even if you don't get valentines anymore it is a super cute holder that can be used for so many things. You don't even have to do it for valentines day, you can do one to hold postage or pencils.

I hope you enjoyed my ranting :o) All I can say is prepare to be amazed. There will be project upon project and I will not be holding out. I'm going to use it all!

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

!!!Happy New Year!!!

I know - I suck at blogging - do you need a big list of excuses - no I don't think so. I'll just remind you that I have two kids, a husband (which may also count as a kid) and a full time job. Whew! I am superwoman :-)

We took some time to do some decluttering and finish unpacking our boxes and guess what? We can park in our garage, wooohooo! I have to tell you that now that we are into our Ontario winter and getting blasted with more snow than we have had in years, parking in the garage is all worth it.

I've also had some bouts of artistic block. Yes, too many products, too little time and don't know what to do. I have some unfinished products lying around and just don't feel like finishing them. I'm keeping up with my blog stalking though. A shout out to my two most fav's right now - Following the Paper Trail and Paper Phenomenon. I'm a closet PITA babe - you'll have to check it out. Both of these talented ladies have live classes on Ustream, if you haven't seen them you need to check it out - it is fun, and if you can't be there live (like me) then they record them and you can watch them later.

Today I just did a real quicky card design that I found while blog stalking.
http://sendingyoualittlesmile.blogspot.com/2011/02/for-my-tweetheart-spring-fold-card.html

I had to make it right away. Hope you like it. Mariska has a link on her page to splitcoast with the instructions.

Hope you like it and hopefully I will be able to find the time to keep sharing.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Happy September

I'm so happy that summer is finally here. Madison will be going back to school, hanging out with all her friends, bringing home all the grade 4 drama. Yes, grade 4. Time flies by so fast. Even Jonathan wants to go to school but unlike his big sister he has to wait until he's 4 years old. We'll just have to pretend that he's going to Nana School". Hopefully he doesn't cry too much on the first day of school when he has to go back to the car.

Anyways, have you ever searched and searched for the perfect letters to go with your project but just can't find the right color. Well here's a quick fix for you...

I had some light peach glitter letters that just didn't seem to go with much so I took my sponge dauber and some Only Orange Stampin' Up! ink. Just place your letters on some scrap plastic from a sticker sheet and sponge the color over the sticker. The color just soaks right in and it made my baby peach letters into a saucy orange. Perfect for that project.

This is my newest mini album. Includes 8 pages and 8 journal/photo cards. They were so much fun to make so I did a whole bunch of different ones to sell. (sorry pictures aren't great from the blackberry :-)

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

My Spooky Box

Madison and I were feely spooky the other day and decided to make a spooky halloween box. This was made with a piece of paper on the bottom and a piece of paper for the top. Oragami style.

When you open the bottom it folds out to a full 12x12 scrapbook page - just add photos.

The top was decorated with flowers and bling around the edge. The halloween brads are from the dollar store. I think I've been hanging onto those for a couple of years, just for the perfect project.
Here's the full page. The orange rick rack is only attached on the edges so that the photos can be tucked in. I love green and purple and orange together.

I've had these glitter letters hanging around for quite a while also. They were specifically for halloween and had skulls, bones and stars. I used the bone as a mouth for my spooky ghost. I used rhinestones for the eyes.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Shopping Goodies

When the cat is away the mouse will play.

Well how true that is. My wonderful husband and daughter have gone to Winnipeg for a visit and Jonathan and I have been left home (without the digital camera). Tonight we went to the local scrapbook store - Scrappin' Great Deals. I love that place. They have a twelve hour sale going on right now.

20 sheets of paper for $4.99 This was a 6x6 paper pad that I just had to have - glitter and bling on half the sheets.

6x6 Mini Decks from Cosmo Cricket - Very cute and just had to have.

Well I just got home and I'm feeling like either I'm too tired to do anything or I'm heading to the basement. I can't decide :-)

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Fooling Around and Having Fun

Well I've always really liked the easel cards but have never made one. So of course I had to do it. I chose to use one of my Craftin' Kimmie stamps from Scrappin Great Deals. I thought she was super sassy and had to buy her the day that they were released.

Madison wanted to help me take the picture with my laptop camera and of course had to get in there :-)

Here's a better shot - hopefully you can see some of the detail. I added a second layer with the froggie and use some glossy accents to make him a little slimy. Eeeewww!

Overall happy with my first easel card but need to do more detail.

My next job is to clean up the mess in my craft room after I let Madison and her little friend do some scrappin while I was at work - messy!!

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

My First Video Tutorial

Okay, so do I have a treat for you today. I was super creative and brave last night and made this mini tutorial video showing how to make the flower accent that I used on my envelope explosion box.

Take a look and let me know what you think!



Happy Stamping!

Sarah

Envelope Explosion Album

Wow, today was a whirlwind day! My wonderful husband decided last night to take me to Toronto today for a show. Rock of Ages - yes 80's Hair Band music - Rock On!!

Well now we're back home and I'm too tired to craft so I thought I'd share. I'm sharing this super cute explosion album made from envelopes. Yes, envelopes. All of the envelopes are from the dollar store except for the smaller white ones on the inside layer.


Suprisingly this only took two nights and yes it does need a little more embellishing and stamping on the tags, but I'm pretty proud of what I've finished so far.


I have to admit that I've done alot of blog stalking over the last couple of months and have gotten myself addicted to You Tube and Ustream. Very interesting stuff. This album idea is from one of my favorites Following the Paper Trail. Definately a very interesting site.


And my newest passion of the week is making my own hand made embelishments - the other day was flowers.

Hope you enjoyed my album. Feels good to be back to the blogging world.

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

I'm Back and This Time to Stay!!

Well it's been six months and I truly am sorry but alot has happend.


Firstly we finally moved, it took quite some time to pack up all my scrapping goodies and quite a while to unpack and get reorganized.
Okay so do you remember my old scrapbook room in an unfinished room in the finished basement....









Yes crowded but I really liked the pegboard wall.

So here's the new scrapbook room....yes it is in the unfinished basement - larger windows so it's sunny down there but I have more space to spread out - hehe - and there's a kids corner with a futon and the tv for them to stay occupied while I scrapbook.










So now that I have my new room all up and organized, and I've had some friends over to get my creativity going. I've been doing more scrapbooking which is good because now that Jonathan is 2 - yes 2! - I have finally started his baby album. Yah me!



I promise to keep my scrapping and card making going and sharing with you and maybe in the near future I will be able to get some kits up sale and I'm toying with the idea of doing some video classes - yes scary but I promise you will not see my face :-) hands only.


So, stay tuned and I promise you won't regret it!! I'll be back tonight with some scrappy stuff.


Happy Stamping!
Sarah