Sunday, March 4, 2012

March Challenges!

Hey all!
So I didn't make the cut for Graphic 45's design team call but- hey I did try and had fun making my projects! The participents who went on thier projects are amazing- you should really take a look at them!

So on with the show- While I watch the design team call list for a call that suits me I'm gonna participate in some challenges on various blogs! This is my first challenge posting! Yay!

Im posting for:
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge- RRR43
Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge- HIMCR36
The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge
Sassy Studio Designs
Everybody Art Challenge
Cardstock: by K&Co.
Flowers: by Prima- Tattered Angels Glimmer misted (Key Lime Pie)
Stamp: The Greeting Farm (Rain Snow Shine)
Sentiment: Autumn Leaves (Stampology)
Cricut Lite cartridge: Lacy Labels
Ribbon: from my stash name unknown
Copic Markers


Cute isn't she? I so love green! Its my color one of these days I'll show that- & my growing obsession with crayons...... Comments welcome! Just maybe not about my idiosyncrasies! LOL!!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Graphic 45 Design Team 2012 Audition

Well here we go-
This is my first posting of my own projects for a Design Team!! Whoo-Hoo!! Sorry, I'm excited and nervous all at the same time!
I'm auditioning for Graphic 45's 2012 Design Team! I love their paper the richness of the color and graphics gets my heart all a flutter! Those of you who I work with know I could not stop talking about The Magic of Oz paper I saw at Scrapfest in the Mall of America- I think I went on and on about getting it- haveing to have it and about finally buying it!! LOL!! Oh well we all have our obsessions mine is pretty paper and other various scrapbooking supplys....

Enough chatter on with the show-

Most of you know I create albums for my familys life events as gifts, they have loved all of them these include two wedding albums and three baby albums (1 girl, 2 boys), one of which I'm working on currently (boy).  And I will be doing another here soon as my cousin informed me she's due in September, Yay Amanda!! 

So here are a few of the pages I created for my Cousin Dusty and his wife Lorena's baby Elias.  I believe some call these ploppers cause you can just plop the pictures on and the page is done.

The is paper by the Paper Studio
I can't recall who the embellishment is by.
I mostly do two page layouts for these albums
The paper and stickers are by Maya Road
My Cousin Dusty was a dinosaur nut growing up!
I believe the paper is Imaginescense?
Lettering from the Pooh Font Cricut cartridge.
Most of my pages have themes as you can see.
Others are just cute generic baby pages.

Ok, now a page of my own featuring my Nephew, Tyler.
Paper by Momenta and Paper Studio
Lettering is Pooh Font cartridge for the cricut

Now onto my altered projects....
Im a firm believer in thrifting I love a bargain- who doesn't!  I love garage sales and auctions too!  LOL!
Most of my items are thrift store finds or clearance items!  Gotta love that clearance isle too!

First up: Magic of Oz wooden purse!

This is a trift buy of many many years ago for $2!! You had to put the entire kit together hardware too! Awesome! I believe it's from the 60's or 70's anyways here she is!

Paper by Graphic 45,
Flowers and crystals by Prima,
Glitter cardstock by Best Creation,
Beacons 3-in-1glue, Zig 2-way glue,
Tim Holtz distress inks, Zap dots, and stickles

Second up: Domestic Goddess Recipe Box!

Clearace find at Hobby Lobby the one sides hinge/rod was broke- fixed it with a tooth pick!

Paper by Graphic 45
Flowers by Prima
Paint by Americana
Tim Holtz distress inks, Zap dots,
and metal baking charms.

Third up: Alice in Wonderland Clock!

This frame I bought 3 years ago at a thrift shop for $1, and it was this color to begin with!

Paper by Graphic 45,
Flowers I can't recall,
Clock- Kaiser craft kit,
Prima, and Zva Creative crystals,
Tim Holtz distress ink, Zap dots,
Glue Arts Glue Guider Pro,
Beacons 3-in-1, and Zig 2-way glue

Fourth: Fairy Music Box!

Remade cigar box bought at an auction in a box of cigar boxes, music box was bought at a thrift store and taken out of its broken exterior.  It plays the theme to Dr. Zhivago, Somewhere My Love.

Paper by Graphic 45,
Flowers and crystals by Prima,
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist,
Tim Holtz Disstress Inks and box legs,
Beacon and Zig glues, and Vintage lace


Fifth: Fasionista lamp!

This thin metal lamp I bought at a thrift store for $1, I went to Hobby Lobby and purchaced the lampshade for it.  I really like how it turned out- I made the tulle flowers myself!

Paper by Graphic 45,
Crystals by Prima,
Beaded fringe by Hobby Lobby,
Tim Holtz Distress inks, zap dots,
Beacons and Zig glues.

Sixith: Dream Album

This album I bought from the Backroads Plum Crazy Scrapbooking store.  It was on clearance cause the "M" had it's right leg broke off.... Well as you can see DREAM(s) can be mended!!

Paper and die cuts by K&Company
Flowers by Prima and K&Company
Crystals by Prima
Beacons glue



So there you have it my Design Team Audition projects I hope you all enjoyed looking at them..... Hope I hear from them soon... Wish me Luck!!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Design Team Call tryout!!!!

Oh ya, I'm getting my craft on today!!  Can you say Design Team call!! LOL!! Gotta have at least 6 projects to show!  Even though I have a few finished creations I havn't picked which ones to use yet..... BUT I'm creating new items for this call & so far #1 looks awesome!!!!  Oh-ya its a funky mustard yellow frame I bought in Clear Lake at the Villiage (a thrift store- for you non-northern Iowa friends). I paid a dollar for it, and now have had it for 2-3 years just sitting there. Loved it but didn't know what I would use it for or with! LOL!! Hmmm.... deciding weather I should let the cat outta the bag or not,....... It has definately been decided what it is to be and which paper collection it is gonna feature!!! Eeeee!!!! It is really looking awesome!!! I'll post picks of this awesome frame in its before today and it's after- hopefully later today!!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Whew... It's been awhile.....So so sorry! LOL!

Sorry All! I know its been like forever!
So much has happened since my last posting: Halloween, Thanksgiving, almost losing my tire off my car, work ramping up for fall season, hitting a deer and totalling my car, trying out for a few design teams, Christmas, buying a new car, New Years, work slowing down, several snow storms, freezing fog, Groundhogs Day, and Super Bowl Sunday (tomorrow!).  
See I told you alot!

Soo here are some pics of my lovely Grand Prix GT....

My car.... yep both air bags deployed...
took out my head light...
and this is what bambi left in my crunched up hood!
Here's my new ride now! Very nice car and it has the
most roomiest trunk! I have space even when I put all
my scrapbooking totes in for crops! Yay!!

Lately I have been working on another baby scrapbook for my cousin out in New York.  This will be my 3rd baby scrapbook (2 (boys) by myself and 1 (girl) I contributed to).  I make an whole entire 12x12 album of what you would tipically see in baby album (pregnancy pages, birth page, firsts, cute baby pages, etc.....).  The album is totally finished when its presented- the recipient just has to add their cute awesome pictures to it. Premade albums are easy and so thoughtful it's an awesome gift for people who love the scrapbook look and either don't have the time, patience, talent, or tools to do their own. I have also done 2 wedding albums this way too. I'll be posting some pics of the albums and a few of some other projects I've done in the past..... see y'all later!


Monday, October 10, 2011

First posting of a creation, or the Ghostly Girl!

Hey all!
(OK so I actually don't have any viewers yet but I'm greeting all the viewers to come- LOL!)
( I know it sounds weird, bare with me.... oh and you'll get used to my verb-age as we go thru my journey into blogdom! I tend to join alot of words and make up my own!)- So here we go!!!

HEY ALL!!! 1st posting from the pad!!! Whoo- Hoo!

This what I created last nite at the Copics Class at Backroads Plum Crazy in Ionia, with help from an AWESOME (Yep thats right!) Instructor Donya!
This is an awesome coffin box made from the Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings!
It's embellished with some outstanding Prima flowers, a stamped sentiment, a dangly lil gem, a lil gem stone bling on a floating candelabra, and a digital-stamped hand-colored ghostly-girl!
Who is by-the-way dyin to meet you all!!

She is colored with the palest of pale blues, violets, and blue greens that Copic makes.

I love how she turned out! The slightest hint of violet in her hair and the shading of her gown make her absolutely look like she is floating!

With a little yellow for her glowing eyes and a hint of violet eyeshadow,
it makes her down-right drop-dead (lol) georgeous!

So there you have it first one! This was an awesome class if you would like to do this or something like it contact Backroads Plum Crazy they have a website and a facebook page also!

AND if anyone want to get scrappy or crafty with me at Backroads Plum Crazy in Ionia, The RC on Main in Charles City, or any other place I would love the company.
I have a few places I'm going to be in the future:
  1. Oct.14th  Open Crafting @ The RC on Main 7p-Midnight ($5) It’s a perfect night to prepare your pointy hat for the Pointy Hat Parley! Call all your friends and enjoy a night of decorating!
  2. Oct 15th 9:00AM - 9:00 PMCrop For A Cause in the Kinney Building @ The N.I. Fairgrounds. Its a day of scrapbooking fun. Including meals, door prizes, and breakout classes! Tickets are $35 with a portion going to The Make-A-Wish Of North Iowa. Tickets are available@ Three Eagles Radio Studios, CP's Scrapbooking in Mason City, The Stitchery Nook in Osage, and Janice Bachman in Garner (If you need tickets call CP scrapbooking: 641-420-8232 they will reserve you a ticket- you pick-up and pay at the event then!)
  3. Oct. 21st Pointy Hat Parley @ The RC on Main 7-10p (FREE!) Our third annual witches night out! IT’s a good night to dress up and gather at The RC just for a night of fun! Consider yourself invited!
  4. Oct. 21st, 22nd and 23rd Backroads Plum Crazy's Annual Fall Retreat! Notions & Potions! See Backroads Plum Crazy's website for thier retreat for more details! http://backroadsplumcrazy.blogspot.com/p/notions-potions-fall-retreat.html
  5. Oct. 28th Open Crafting @ The RC on Main ($5) It’s crafting time again! Wear a “costume” and you can craft for FREE tonight! Happy Halloween!
Thanks to all who have viewed this first attempt to blog- Comments are welcome just no Negative Nellies or Debbies Downers please?
Kelley