Scrappin' the Details

Crazy about chipboard {Crate Paper}

Happy Monday morning!

I am on my way to work, but wanted to share that I have a blog post all about chipboard, on the Crate paper blog! I love the 12x12 chipboard sheet found in the Story Teller collection, and Pretty Party.  Today, I will share 5 ways on how you can get more out these versatile shapes. Above, is a sneak peek of one of the five tags/mini paper sacks, I created. I hope you will join me on the Crate Paper Blog. See you there!

Don't You Ever Grow Up {Crate Mini Album}

Happy Tuesday!

I am still recovering from CHA, and trying to settle into a routine. After CHA, Macie had a cheer competition in Palm Springs, and Roman had two games. First, he played his first scrimmage game in baseball, and played immediately in a basketball playoff game. His team won, so they now move on to another exciting game this weekend. It is never boring around here!

I do have many projects to share with you, so today I thought I would begin with a mini album I created for CHA using Pretty Party by Crate.I love the subdued colors of this collection. The papers are lovely, and perfect for documenting the special girls in your life. This collection definitely has a party theme to it, but the papers are really perfect for any theme, too!

So, I have been wanting to create a book with photos of Macie that I simply love. She is my youngest, and it makes me so sad to not see my "little" girl anymore.  I picked some of my favorite photos, and placed them into this book. You may recognize a few. Actually, last year I began a mini with a similar theme, but never finished it. So, at least now I was able to get them all into one book.

 

"Don't You Ever Grow Up" Mini Album

Now, I did not have much time to complete this book. I had a very quick turnaround to deliver this book. Also, I only had stickers, chipboard elements, and paper. The gorgeous embellishments were not available to us, so I am definitely looking forward in receiving them.

details:

Here is a closeup of the cover. For my title, I simply used Duetica's Mandolyn font. Thought the script font went perfectly with the theme of my book. I used the sweet strawberry chipboard, and embellished it with a fabric brad from an older Crate collection. The last bit of details surrounding the oval chipboard frame are the stick pins, and a small tag punched from one of the coordination papers.

Here is the inside cover. I kept it simple, just so everyone could see how sweet the papers are in this collection. 

My sweet Macie in ponytails! Rarely, will she wear her hair this way. Sigh. Makes me sad, but glad to have this photo. Here, I used a journaling tag to layer the floral embellishemnt. I added a bit of stamping using a Catslife press stamp. I sneaked in buttons from an older Crate Collection onto the page.

Throughout the book you will see hints of vellum. I cannot scrapbook without it, and here there is a circle layer of vellum underneath the flower.

Do not look too closely to the stiching! LOL However, I  do love using envelopes in my mini books, and love the doily against the texture. This collection has very soft colors, so felt hearts went well with the book.

On this page, I documented this photo of Macie having a party with her bears. I love the chipboard cake stand, and layered the chipboard presents on top. It is a party, so I sprinkled confetti onto the page.

Detail of the layer of stitched vellum underneath my photo. 

I think this page was perhaps my favorite. I do like that I layered more of the papers, and love the alphabet embossing folder I used on this page.  

For my last page, I created a vellum pocket that I used to tuck in a photo, and some journaling. I love the alphabet embossing folder on the vellum, so tucked in small piece inside for added detail.

Thank you for taking time to peek at my book. I really had fun creating with the new papers, and cannot wait to play with the Storyteller collection, too.

I hope you are enjoying the day. It is supposed to rain today, and I have a day off from work. So, I will spend the morning in my scrapbook room. I wish I could say that I would be crafting, but sadly, I will be cleaning. (;

Merry Makings {Crate Paper Peppermint}

Crate has a new series beginning on thier blog today. It is called Merry Makings, and you will see mini tutorials from all of the designers. I cannot wait to see the other projects! My project is posted today using the Peppermint Collection. The supplies in the photo above, are the items used to create my Merry Project. To read the tutorial, and to see my project, {Click here} to join me on the Crate Blog. I hope to see you there!

Have a Merry Wednesday! 

Happy Thanksgiving

I wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving to you, and your family! May your day be surrounded by family, friends, and yes, even football! Go Cowboys!!!

{Card uses a new font being introduced by Duetica, created with Crate's Farmhouse Collection. If you loved the Mandolyn font, you are going to love the Woodwynds! I love all the swishes on this font. It is simply gorgeous! I will let you know when it is available for purchase on the Duetica site.

Have a blessed day! 

Simply Crate Tutorial

Hello again! 

Today on the Crate Paper Blog, I have a quick tutorial on completing a scrapbooking page. I used the gorgeous Farm House collection, and it was perfect for these pumpkin patch photos of Miss Macie. 

Here is a peek of the page I created:

To see the page, and to read my tutorial for Simply Crate, I hope you will join me on the Crate Paper Blog. {Click here}, and I will see you there!

Have a fabulous Monday!  

sweet harvest {Crate Paper Farmhouse}

Happy Friday!

Today, I have a page I created using Crate's Farmhouse collection. I love this sweet photo of my son, Roman. This photo was taken when we lived in Texas, and it is one of the few I have left from this time. My hard drive crashed, and I lost so many photos. Luckily, I have this one to remind me how much he loved to wear jeans, and work on his grandfather's farm.

Sweet Harvest


details:

At the top of this page I used one of cards from the Farmhouse Accents  paper. I also layered my journaling on a tag, along with a farmhouse phrase sticker layered on black cardstock. The border underneath is from the chipboard 12x12 sheet. This is one of my favorite elements, so many fun accents to choose from.

Here, I used one of the frames from the chipboard elements to hold part of my title. I layered more of this paper underneath the frame. I used a label to finish my title with the mini stickers, and used my mini stapler to accent a few  of them. A few layered circle chipboard elements, and the fabulous buttons are the finishing details. 

Okay, I could not sleep, so now what to do at 4:00am in the morning??? Well, I guess it is the perfect time to clean my scrapbook room. It needs some attention, and I really must find my work table again. I have assignments to begin, and finish. My son has a bye this week from Football, so
it looks like it will be a scrapbooking day for me.  Then I am off to work at Timeless to finish the Spooktacular crop! It should be a great evening, and I will be mentally designing my projects in my head! LOL 

Thank you for stopping by, and hope your weekend is a creative one! 

 

Sweet Mini Album via Random {Crate Paper}

Happy Friday Friends!

Today, I have my first tutorial on the Crate Paper Blog! I created a Mini Album with the gorgeous paper collection, called Random. Here is a peek at the cover:

I shared a simple technique to create "windows" in your book using basic dies. I filled this book with photos of Macie dressed in her Fancy Nancy attire. Well, I do not think the pink boots are Fancy Nancy appropriate. lol
The pink boots are actually hand me downs from her big sis, Gabi. They are still too big for her, but she wanted to wear them anyway!

To see the cover, and all the inside pages, hop on over to the Crate Paper Blog, by {clicking here.}

I hope you enjoy my recent mini album, and thank you for visiting today! 
Enjoy the weekend! Mine will begin with my son's first football game!!!
Go Titans! 

S is for Santa {Crate Paper Peppermint Collection}

Good morning!

Today, I thought I would share the mini album I created for CHA. This was my first project for Crate Paper, and I was so happy to work with the Peppermint Collection! It just screams Christmas, and the colors are absolutely gorgeous. You also might know that Christmas is my favorite time of year! If you are a big fan of Crate, as I am, then you may have already caught a glimpse(; 

Now, I will admit, it can take me anywhere from a week, to two weeks to complete a mini. However, due to the date of CHA, I had exactly two days to complete this book! I love creating mini albums, so even though time was not on my side, I had so much fun creating it! It did give me ideas on my Mini Album for December. I do not think I will be creating another December Daily this year. I think I am going to try a different approach. We shall see what I end up creating, but for now here is the mini:

"S is for Santa" 



Now, for the cover I kept it pretty simple. I utilized a negative chipboard element,from the letter S, as my main embellishment on the cover. Of course, I covered the entire surface in coarse glitter, and backed it with patterned paper.
details of the cover:

A simple punched tag holds the remainder of my title cover.


How cute is that chipboard Santa Claus?? I added some tinsel glitter to his beard, and suit. I also used one of my favorite stamps on one of the Peppermint Accent Cuts. (The stamped image reads, Do Not Open Until December 25th)
 
details of the inside:

Of course, the main subject are my darling kids wearing their traditional Santa Hats! All the photos in this mini are from Christmas 2010. I definitely need to remember to capture photos of Steve, and I, too.

I love, love this photo of Macie. She is so funny, and I remember that each time we kept putting on a candy cane onto the tree, she would snag it! On the opposite side is a glassine envelope that I purchased from an etsy shop. Love this size, because it is perfect to tuck in a tag with journaling.

Here is the back of the envelope. A simple candy cane dieuct dressed with glitter.

Here I used a vellum page as filler page in between the two photo pages. 

A sweet photo of my kids with Santa himself, and another glassine envelope.



Back of the envelope with stamped gingerbread, and simple button in the center of each one. There is also a jingle bell tied around the pin. It is off to the right side, dangling!


I always take photos of my kids holding Christmas ornaments as they decorate the tree.

I am not certain what my Macie is looking at in this photo. I believe it was raining, and she was looking at the rain hitting the windows. In any case, I love it just the same. I am not a photographer, but I am so happy to find sweet surprises as this one. 

I do not think I have to say anything about these two pages! LOL 

When I saw this photo of Gabi, and Sammi, I knew it had to be the ending. Sammi was a special gift this past Christmas, so I knew he needed to be documented, too. All week, CHA projects from the other designers have been posted! You do not want to miss out on all the lovely inspiration. Hop on over to here, to see all the fabulous projects on the Crate Paper Blog!

Thank you very much for stopping by today, and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! 

Crate Paper Design Team {Fall 2011}

Hi, everyone! I hope you enjoyed a relaxing weekend. Ours was filled with birthday parties, and a few lazy hours in between. I have been working on my projects for CHA. So far I have five scrapbook pages completed, with two left to go!! I can see the finish line! LOL 

Today, I wanted to share with you that the Crate Paper Fall Design Team was announced last week. I am excited  to share with you, that I am one of the lucky gals announced!!!! Can you believe it? I was so excited to received the invitation! There is an endless amount of talent on this team! You have to stop by and see their projects, and Crate has released their first peek at the new collection, Farm House! A special thanks to Christine, and Lisa!! I look forward to the next six months, and hope to bring you some inspiration along the way.

Thank you to those who saw the news, and sent me your kind wishes! I truly appreciate them! Okay, time for me to get back to work. First, I need to pick up my children from summer school. Why did I sign them up, again? I am still trying to figure that one out! (;

Have a wonderful day!  

Back to School Scrapbook Page with Crate

Well, I am finally posting the back to school layout, I kept writing about last week. I used the new school collection by Crate Paper,  called  School Spirit. I loved all their releases, and this school ensemble was no exception! I think it is one of my faves! Love all the patterned papers, and their chipboard embellishments are full of layers!
The following page includes a snapshot of Gabriela. We had moved from Texas, and my children were beginning a new year, at a new school. However, I knew Gabi would be just fine. She has such an outgoing personality, and is a social butterfly. (kind of like me!!) LOL She was ready for Fifth Grade!
"Back to School"

I used a mixture of their patterned papers on this page! Seriously, these designs are a perfect match for school pages! I believe I purchased two, and sometimes three in almost all their designs!
A couple of details:
 
The chipboard elements are absolutely full of dimension, and texture. I used one for the center of a star diecut, and attached it to an embossed white tag. I then connected my tag with the ticket chipboard element with string. 

detail of the cluster of embellishments-(I diecut the books, and apple image from a 2x2 Cuttlebug folder, on the bottom of my square patterned paper.(the folder I used was this one.) I then cut the diecut images again out of brown, green and red cardstock. I then layered them on top, of the diecut image.I think the apple, and books are my favorite element of my page. (Of course, I love my snapshot the best!!!) I rounded the corners on all three pieces of patterned paper. 
Of course, I had to add some stamping to my page. I simply stamped the days of the week (minus Saturday & Sunday), on the on the cute pencil border sticker. I must have liked the border stickers, because I noticed I bought two packages!! LOL I stamped the days of the week with Memento ink, in Rich Cocoa.
I used Cricut's Celebrate with Flourishes to create my title. Can I just tell you how much I love this cartridge???? A friend of mine, Jenny, brought it along to our Big Bear trip. Of course, I had to add it to my collection(; I used an apple chipboard element within my title, finished it with Glossy Accents, and the letter "A."
Thanks for taking a peek at my page, and for visiting today!
Have a Happy Wednesday! I will be back tomorrow with a scrapbook page, created with the fabulous kit by Paper Poppy!