This is the first time I've ever done an "empty" album... I made this one for my step-mom, and left the pages "blank" for her to add pictures of my step-brothers. The binder album is from Maya Road, and the PP I used is K&Co "Rough & Tumble" line. The letters are AC Thickers, except for the last page, which are Heidi Swapp.
This is my first-ever accordion album, and I love, Love, LOVE the way it turned out! This was for my MIL. The album is from Maya Road and I covered the "photo side" with K&Co Que Sera Sera paper.
On the back-side, I covered some Color-boc chipboard letters with the K&Co paper to spell "Family." For the background, I painted each piece in a different MM paint color, then used my Dreamcoat Crackle medium with white on top. Then I did various applications and techniques using glimmer mist and embossed designs to "frame" them out.
This "M" background turned out really neat... after I sprayed on the glimmer mist, I heated it up with the heat gun and it "bubbled" up the paint! Cool!
Okay! Getting ready to post all my Mother's Day projects!
Here's my first one that I made for my mom. I know, not your standard frilly, flowery m-day project... lol. I did frilly and pretty for her birthday a couple of weeks ago, so I decided to go different on this one. She loves "skullies" - so it was a hit. :o)
I used a Bo-Bunny album and covered it in DCWV "Rockstar" paper. All the Skully stuff is from Creative Imaginations.
... but I couldn't resist!!!
I'm just amazed he kept it on for so long!
Oh and a side story here... the rule on the pacifiers around here is "mee mees only" (Which means only when he's sleeping.) But he always seems to know where one is stashed (I think he has a secret compartment in his room somewhere) and he'll grab one first chance he gets and then he'll RUN. He always thinks it's funny though when I grab it from him and he'll even (sometimes) surrender it willingly. I think it's all just a game to him. But here's the real kicker. You know what he calls the binkie? "Puta". Yep. If you know spanish, then you already get the joke. If not.... well, it's a nasty slang word for a "woman of the night." :o) I, personally, call them his "Chupas" - because in spanish, a pacifier is called a "chupon." (pronounced "choo-pone.") So... "chupa"... "puta"... I guess I can understand how he got it. But it's still funny, and there's your Spanish lesson for the day.
I used the December 2008 Pagemaps issue to get this LO design, and I must have really been ready to scrap, cuz it took me less than an hour to get this one done! It was sitting on the side for a long time, but I finally got moving on it when I saw the Lime Rickey paper from BG - it was a perfect match! The letters are Thickers from AC and I cut the stars from fun foam using my Big Shot and the "Concetric Stars" Cuttlebug die.
William and David went for a ride in the Bronco to go visit Nana and Tata today... William LOVES the Bronco - he calls it the "Bao." Well, David called me a few minutes ago and said to be outside when he got home, that I just HAD to see what William was doing. So I ran outside with my camera ready.... not sure what to expect, but anxious to snap a another "super cute" pic of my monkey...
...and I wasn't dissappointed! I have been dying to get a pic of William sleeping in a "strange" situation, and I finally did! I could hear the Bronco coming from a mile away (yes, it's THAT loud) so this was definitely a great photo op! And BONUS! I got him wearing his shades (which he NEVER does) and holding his blue ring of power!
Although I am an avid lifter when it comes to Scrapbooking, I rarely copy one exactly. But that was not the case with this next LO – I couldn’t resist! I had the paper, the pics, and I loved the technique!
The LO came from the March/April issue of the Simple Scrapbooks magazine (page 68). I used a craft knife to cut away pieces of the paper (M&MBI Fashion District collection) and put a piece of shimmery CS behind (Prima). I used PS to do my journaling and matched the background color to the CS I used.
Here's my latest SB in a Box (yes, I LOVE making these things!). This one was for my mom's birthday.
For the first time, I opted for a larger size (4") and used (almost) exclusively SU products. The paper is their Parisian Breeze specialty textured paper (man, this stuff was THICK and sturdy!). I also went for four levels instead of my usual three.
I used the new oval stamp set ("Oval All") and the new oval scallop punch from the mini catalog to make the date labels. However, I left the phrases in the stamps out by just coloring what I needed with markers and then stamping.
The flower in the middle is from prima (the blue flower behind it is also prima):
Also new - I tried using a different edge punch for the top of each "page", and I love the way it came out!
Here are 2 tutorials I've found out on the net to make these boxes:
http://www.acherryontop.com/article?a=3828
http://imageevent.com/littlecs7/projectofthemonth/srcrapbookinabox?n=1&z=2&x=1&c=5&m=20&w=0&p=0
The main difference between the two are how the box tops are made. I prefer the deeper, sturdier version I made here, but I've also made the shallower version when I needed to show more design on the box sides.
Here's my second creation for the kwernerdesignblog Color Inspiration Challenge:
This is a take off of the Mother's Day card we made in SU Club this month.
I decided to do the Color Inspiration Challenge again at kwernerdesignblog! This time, there are goodies involved! We can only post one entry, and this is one of two that I created... I am still having a hardtime deciding which one to choose!
For this little gift box, I covered a box I had with DCWV "Citrus" paper and used my SU "Say it with Scallops" stamp set.
The flower on top was originally a white Prima flower, but I used my "coffee" glimmer mist to turn it brown, then added some pearl accents in the middle that I covered with yellow "sugarcoating" glitter from doodlebug design.
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