There is no someday . . .

I am a huge quote person and periodically scrapbook quotes and display them to remind me of the sentiment. You'll see more quotes in future posts (stay tuned for a very sparkly one).

This quote is a reminder not to put anything off until "someday".  I was inspired to scrap it from the days of the week rectangle.  In my stash, I was psyched to find an oldie, but goodie Heidi Swapp "Today" stamp. The little letter stickers fit perfectly in and around the stamp. 

Paper and days of week are from the My Mind's Eye Collectible line, and letter stickers are from Jillibean Soup and Oct. Afternoon.  All to be had at The Scrapbooking Studio.  I have to note one awesome feature of this paper line is that the paper was really thick and the pattern was deeply embedded into the paper. So I was able to move things around a lot without tearing the paper (something I am terrible about doing).

Sew cute!

 

More goodness from My Mind's Eye line from my design team projects this month at The Scrapbooking Studio.

 

This is a little pincushion I made, which was inspired by all the cute stick pins that come with this line.  I had seen a pumpkin done this way in a magazine and decided to try it for the classic tomato style of a pincushion.  I cut the paper into half inch strips and curled them slightly, folded them flat in the middle to form the base and then stuck them together until I felt like I had enough.  The top I cut freehand using a real pincushion as a guide.

 

Then I used the wooden buttons that came with this line to form a spool and rolled up paper to stick between the buttons as "thread". 

 

 

 

This card could be used for a birthday or congratulations. To make the butterfly, I used the negative portion of one of the butterfly stickers. (I kept using butterflies on everything so I had to improvise.) I cut it out roughly, stuck it to the cardstock and then cut around it with detailed scissors.

One Winter Day

It's snowing and blustery outside today, so it seems appropriate to post my little Winter mini book.  This is a record of a day back in February when I went on a "Winter Discovery Day" program.  Basically it was a day to appreciate the beauty of winter.  I had fun taking a bunch of snapshots of random things as I hadn't done that in a while.

My book was made from cutting apart the little 3x4 journaling cards from My Mind's Eye Collectable line.  Most of the embellishments are from that line as well (except for a few things from my stash). Letter stickers are from October Afternoon (brown) and Studio Calico (grey).  I also used a fantastic product from Stampendeous, called Mica Fragments.  Perfect for a snowy effect!  All products (and tons and tons of other new stuff) can be found at The Scrapbooking Studio.

 

 

 

 

Thirtysomething

Being in my 30s has never bothered me.  But I can tell you that when 40 comes, it will be challenging. Not necessarily because it's "old", but more so because I feel like I don't really have my life all figured out yet. And it feels like I'm starting to run out of time to start new things.

Anyway, this layout celebrates being 37 and looking great and not being 40 just yet! 

The paper is from Simple Stories (which I always LOVE) and also uses a My Mind's Eye name tag die cut. Something that's hard to see is that wherever the paper looked as if it was layering things on top of one another, I actually cut along these lines and arranged the paper so it was actually overlapping.  I liked that little extra bit of dimension it created. 

If you want to make your own custom calendar page, the Scrapbooking Studio has a great selection of these blank calendar pages with coordinating month and day sticker sheet.  Perfect for making calendars for holiday gift giving.

Indie Chic card

The name of this line is called "Indie Chic" (from My Mind's Eye) and I used the "waste strip" at the bottom of the page for the below card. I layered strips of paper and a border sticker on the card and then trimmed out the center of a journaling for the "frame". I also used the part of the large journaling card that got cut off when I adhered it to the Daisy kitty layout shown in a previous post.

Daisy, Daisy . . .

At the Sugar Grove Nature Center, where I volunteer, they have a sweet little kitty cat named Daisy who lives at the Nature Center.  She loves attention and once she came over and jumped up on the couch to sit next to me, which seems very friendly for a cat. 

For this layout, I cut down the chevron paper and matted it on a piece of grey cardstock.  Then I cut the garland trim that comes with this line down into randomly sized pieces and adhered it on the page. You can't tell from the picture, but the garland is connected by string and it looks like I actually sewed all those small circles onto the page! A picture of the garland trim in it's package is attached below the layout shots.  The rosette near the journaling card is from the Amy Tangerine line.  Letter stickers are from October Afternoon. I used those on a bunch of layouts this month. I think they are so cute and the orange seemed to match everything this month.  And of course it can all be found at The Scrapbooking Studio, which has all the best stuff! : )

The colors of this line would be perfect for any later summer-early fall pictures you have. 

More fun with the Amy Tangerine line

Also from the Amy Tangerine line is this fun layout I made to commemerate a class I recently took.  Everyone in the picture wore such colorful shirts, it ended up looking like it was planned to match the paper. 

The background may look like just a sheet of patterened paper, but I actually cut all those little circle clusters out of the patterned paper shown below the layout.  This is a good way to use elements of a really busy piece of paper, without completely overwhelming the layout.  The journaling boxes are cut out of a sheet of 12x12 paper that is covered with little boxes.  The black polka dot tape is from the Smash Book section of the store.  The letters are American Crafts.  Get it all at The Scrapbooking Studio!