Saturday, June 23, 2012

6 Reasons

In my April paper pack it, the brads had numbers on them and I knew I'd have to do some kind of list. I ended up with a 6 Reasons I Love You Layout. It worked out great and was so easy to do.



Friday, June 22, 2012

4 Generations

In May, my paper pack club used Basic Grey: Plumeria as the kit. I really do love Basic Grey, but I hadn't used one of their kits in awhile (they're are just too many good companies to choose from!!) so I had fun with their papers. I wanted to do a simple layout showcasing the 4 generations. I've done a few of these layouts for the other kids and so I just wanted something simple (I think I've even done one for Nathalie when she was a baby).


I just took one of the papers from the kit and then started layering other papers and added some embellishments. It was quite quick to do in the end.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Time to Smile

One of the clubs I run is a paper pack club where each month, you get a paper pack along with embellishments. I make 2-3 layouts with the pack and give you the instructions for them.

In April, the Paper Pack was This & That: Charming by Echo Park. I ended up doing three layouts for Eric. It was a great little boys pack, so it just worked out. I love how easily the papers can be put together and that there are a bunch of embellishments that match and you just have to place what you want where you want. It saves me tons of time trying to find embellishments that will coordinate.


Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Vintaj

I did a demo with my friend, Sonja, about Vintaj. It is so cool. Lots of neat things you can do with these little pieces of metal. They have special embossing folders (they're metal) and they do an incredible job of embossing the metal. Then you take a reliefing block and "sand" off the finish so you have a two toned look.

I just got a few more tools for use with the Vintaj stuff and once I get some time, I'll play with those too!!


Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Badlands

I've decided the only way to start blogging again is to just start blogging. No big secret. Just do it, like Nike says.

That said, because I haven't done much lately, there isn't much to show. It's a bit of a cycle. I generally have a few things that I can post, but they're often not ones I really like, but at least it's a start, right??

Here is a layout I did sometime ago about our trip to the Badlands.



Monday, June 18, 2012

Overwhelmed

I haven't stamped or scrapbooked really in what seems like forever. OK, so that's being a little bit dramatic, but it just feels like it's been forever. I had my class a couple of weeks ago and so that was my focus for the two weeks before and then when I dumped everything back in my craft room, I just didn't feel like putting it away. And so it still sits there in piles. I hate when it's like this because I just don't even want to go in there. It makes my heart race and makes me feel guilty that it looks so bad but I can't find the motivation to go in there and do something about it. I need to today though as I have a friend coming over in a couple of hours. I might just clear a spot for her and then I can clean while she plays.

Before my class, I started reorganizing part of it and there are a few things I don't know what to do with and that has not helped my desire to spend time in there dealing with it all. But today is the day I at least start.

Does anyone else get like this??