Bad Blogger!

Wow, this month just flew by! I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged! In a couple of days I will be back to share some LO's I made this month but until then I will share a LO I made today, National Scrapbooking Day! This is a LO for a friend so I didn't put any pics on it. This was made using a sketch over at Sassy Lil' Sketches this week. The only thing I had to do was rotate one of the pics in the sketch. Otherwise, the perfect sketch! Sorry about the horribly crooked photo but I have already mailed the LO!

I have been looking for new techniques all over the web these days and last week I found the perfect tutorial on how to make spiral flowers. I had seen some of these on LO's recently and I couldn't wait to find out how to make my own! The video is here on You Tube: Spiral Flower Video.
There are many more videos and how-to's on the web showing you how to make these but this was the most helpful tutorial for me to follow and really understand the process.

Last night I made a LO with these spiral flowers. I cut the circles out with my cricut and then rolled up the spirals I had cut out. I did let them spring back out a little to make a more relaxed flower before I glued them to the bottom of the spiral. Here is the LO and some close-ups of the flowers:



Another technique that I have been intrigued by is punching out a shape and lifting the LO above another piece of cardstock to create a recessed area to hold embellishments. I chose to do that in this LO also and I am very pleased with the results. It is hard to show in a picture, but it makes the embellishments stand out just a little bit more. This LO was made using part of my March kit from The Scrap Room and a sketch challenge posted there.

Any new techniques that you are interested in and hoping to give a try?

First Wedding Album Page!

Finally got around to working on the first page to my wedding album. Since we have been married for one and a half years already, I thought it was about time!! I recently went to a new LSS and loaded up on embellishments. It was so much fun to play with them and group them that I had a blast working on this page. I think it is a great page to set the tone for our wedding album.



Tonight I have been working on a page about our first place. One of the kits from The Scrap Room this month was just perfect for it! Will have to share later!

Can't believe it's March already!! I am so looking forward to warmer days and NO SNOW! Until then, I will have to spend my dark New England nights scrappin' away! Here is a LO that I completed for my Dad's 65th birthday...eeks! I saw the Feb. challenge over at Scrap A Little to include a number on a birthday LO and thought this was the perfect way to showcase his big day. By the way...he's a Valentine's Day Baby! We were definitely the only people in the restaurant with a big party and celebrating a birthday! I chose to include the number in the bottom right hand corner so my dad wouldn't have a heart attack when he saw the LO! Also, the pic in the middle of the three is a picture that my little brother drew for him since he forgot a card. It also highlights the number 65, so I didn't want to go overboard. :o)


Thanks for looking and have a great night! Off to do some more scrappin'!

Just a quick post of the latest LO that I made using a kit from The Scrap Room. This is a pic of my hubby and I at my Dad's B-day party, which just happens to be on Valentine's Day. The sketch is by Julie Bonner and the kit is Pink Paislee Cupid. I loved this kit and it was very easy to work with! Which is a little strange since I usually hate "themed" stuff. I added some Prima lollipop flowers and A&M initial cards along with some Thickers Alphas. Those are my latest must have product! The stamp in the upper right hand corner is a Basic Grey Bitty Stamp that says Be Mine...it was too perfect not to use on this LO! A Martha Stewart punch easily added a great border to the page. I must say, it is my favorite LO at the moment!

Happy President's Day!

I love Monday Holidays! My Mom and I often go out shopping together on these holidays and today was no exception. Our favorite thing to do is find new crafty stores, as long as they are not too far away. Today we found another scrapbook store, The Inspiration Station, thanks to a suggestion from a friend. It was a little over an hour away and in another state, but hey, my Mom and I love to explore! I found lots of new stuff to work with and a lot of stuff for my wedding album, which I want to start on.

For The Scrap Room Blog Challenge this week we had to create a LO with a scalloped edge/border in it. This was my take on the challenge, using a sketch I found on Julie Bonner's Blog. This is our cat Sasha taking a nap next to me while I play on the laptop.



Isn't she cute? This is part of the February shipment from The Scrap Room and is a line from American Crafts. I thought I would have a hard time scrapping with it, but it was the first kit from the FOTM that I chose to work with. Hopefully, I'll be able to work with them all by the end of the month!

The cold has settled in here in Western MA and I am not liking it! I am a summer girl and I always will be! However, that only means I have been getting a lot more scrappin' done these days! I have been trying to keep up with the challenges at the Scrap Room and Sketch Inspirations. I have also been doing a lot of things for the A-Z Year that are not necessarily new but I appreciate them more when I associate them with the current letter! We are on C now, so I will have to think of some things to do....

Here is a LO I finished just tonight for Sketch 108 at Sketch Inspirations:

A pic of my hubby before we got married. I thought the pic went so well with the paper from the Basic Grey Indian Summer kit from the Scrap Room!

Here is another LO I created for the Jan 1-15 Got Sketches at The Scrap Room:

Some cute pics of my nieces with my parents at the girls' joint bday party in October.

And finally, I have a LO I made to remind me of the goals I have for 2010. This was for The Scrap Room's Week 1 Blog Challenge. I used an older kit for this LO and I loved how the square stickers were the perfect size for my tiles!

Well, off to do more scrapping and think of the letter C! Have a great weekend!