Modeling

 

Steve is a member of the Midway Arts Alliance. They meet on Saturday mornings and do art. They usually have a model. A few weeks ago Chloe was paid to be the model.

Below is Steve's drawing. I'm impressed with how far these artists got with only three hours.

Below are pics of the progress of Suzette Gertsch's painting.when I saw it I just had to have Steve ask her if we could buy it. She is barely charging us enough to pay forger supplies. I can't wait to see the finished piece!

 

New Etsy Store...

No, I'm not 50 yet. This is just a sample cupcake pick that I made to list in my new Etsy shop. I will be selling personalized cupcake picks. There are a couple of other samples below. You can click here to see them all.


If you've never visited Etsy before, it's a wonderful place to go and get lost for awhile. It is a place for artists, artisans and just plain crafters to sell their handmade goods. You can find the most unique things! I can get lost for hours when I start looking at the items.


So since I am mostly homebound during the winters here I am trying to find things I can sell online to make a little extra money. This is a start. I haven't seen anything like it before, so that's always good (I hope!). Link me to your friends if you'd like to help me get the word out.

I will be adding more as the days go by.

My Mind's Eye - Beautiful new line of paper

I love this new line of paper from My Mind's Eye. The chipboard banner covers were also part of the line. I used them to create these two little books for a friend who is expecting twins.

Well, I made something....

Beck's class is so large it was hard to fit much on the page.

Beck and Chloe are in 6th and 5th grade at Timpanogos Intermediate School. Their yearbook is made up of pages created like scrapbooks. After letting the teachers know I was available for any crafty needs, I was lucky enough to get to make their class yearbook pages.

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Chloe's class. You may notice that my children's pictures are missing from both pages. That's just because we moved here after school pictures were taken. Not to worry, their pics were added later.

Out of Touch!

So sorry I have been out of touch on my paper blog! Life sort of took over with us moving to Utah. My Cricut is still packed up, but everyday I get a little closer to taking it out and doing something creative. One thing I'm excited about that I got recently, is this book, "Card Making with Cricut" from Annie's Attic. I got it super cheap on Amazon.com. It's full of really cute cards.

(Update: I just went back to Amazon.com and can't find the great deal I got. I think mine was under $1, plus shipping.)

Imagine my surprise (not!) that I have almost every cartridge used in the book and practically all of the paper. But it's so sad that my patterned paper is stowed away in the garage until we make our final move into a house in about 5 months. Don't count me out yet, though, I still plan on getting some of these cards made!

Hope to update soon! And thanks for standing by!

Family Fun

Another DT layout for September. Paper from Crate Paper. Embellishments and alphas from K&Co.

I love this picture of Charlton and Mackenzie!

Calendar Class

Magnet Board

I know, another picture of me, right? Well, I'm not that conceited. Beth asked the Design Team Members to each make a magnet board. We picked the paper, flower, ribbon and embellishments that showed our styles the best.

The beautiful flowers and bling are from Prima. The paper is from Pink Paisley and there is a spotted pink Bazzill cardstock. The initial "R" is a magnetic wooden letter.

August DT Layouts

GCD Papers cut into squares and sewn onto scalloped paper. I took this picture of Chloe at the farm earlier in the year.



Seven Gypsies papers. This was a pic from Mother's Day a few years ago.

It's a Swarm!!

What a fun Cricut class we had this afternoon! It was a fun group of ladies and I hope they learned a lot. They all seemed to have a good time.

Chloe took this picture of me teaching. I don't know WHAT I was talking about, but it looks very intense. :)



It's so fun to hear everyone's Cricut cutting at the same time. It's a SWARM!

Cricut Expression Class

This morning when I opened The Scrapbook Junkie I had 4 people signed up for my Cricut Expression class that I am teaching on Sunday afternoon from 4-6p.m. By the end of the day, I had 12 people signed up! Way to read the emails, people!! I am so excited!

Know what it's called when a group of Cricut owners get together with their machines? A "Swarm". I've taught these classes several times before and it is so fun when everyone is cutting from their Cricut at the same time.

This time I am going to remember to bring my camera and takes pictures of the class. If you are in the area and want to sign up... call the store: 281-316-2222.

July DT Layouts

Pink Paisley Papers, Making Memories metal embellishments. Pink Paisley Letters. This is a pic of Steve's paternal Grandmother. I've always loved this pic.



New Reminisce line coming out soon! It's really cute with a stripe paper with different animals, and a colorful stripe on the back of it. The photos are matted with pumpkin patterned paper and the background is a leaf patterned paper. You can find it at The Junkie soon. The "Pumpkin Picking" title is a new Jolee's embellishment.

Making Memories

Made this layout using Making Memories line and Storybook cartridge from Cricut. Don't you just love those big blue eyes!

Beginner Scrapbooking Class

What a fun time I had tonight teaching the Beginner Scrapbooking Class at The Scrapbook Junkie! We made 2, 1-page layouts catered to their specific photos, but using the same layout design each. The ladies did so well! Here are some pics of their finished pages and hard work.

Mickey Book Class

This is an adorable Mickey book! It is 11" tall and 10 pages total. The class is Sunday afternoon July 19th from 1-4 p.m. Call The Scrapbook Junkie to sign up! (281) 316-2222

June DT Layout

Oh goody! Another chance to use these precious pictures of Mackenzie! This layout used KI Memories paper line. Plus, the new Heidi Swapp Invisibles (the polka dotted) paper. Glitter alpha stickers are also KI.

Come by The Scrapbook Junkie to see it in person and get some of the products!!

Father's Day Wallets

I made these paper wallets (50 of them!) for a company to give to its employees who are fathers. It was sort of a ""card" to include the message that they received a 1/2 day vacation for all that they do as fathers.

I got the idea from Nicole Heady's blog. I added my own twists like the texture and the closure.



The wallet was pretty plain without any texture on the outside, so I created each side separately and ran each end through my Cuttlebug using the leather texture embossing folder.



Then I put the two sides together using red line tape. The closure is a velcro coin with a metal brad on the outside.

June DT Project

Prima has a cool new canvas album. Each of the DT members got a page to embellish... the final book will be on display at The Scrapbook Junkie. Here is my page, front and back. The embellishments and paper are from Creative Imaginations.



On the back of the canvas page I embroidered some swirly designs and added paper flowers from the CI travel line.



I stamped the circles with my glue pad and added brown flocking.


Using a portion of the acetate overlay, I made a pocket and made tags to go inside.

May Design Team Challenges

Heidi Swapp line of paper with die cuts for dimension. Making Memories small frame. Thickers alpha stickers



Cherry Arte die cut tags and circles. Die Cuts With a View background teal paper. K & Co. brown paper with glitter swooshes. I used circle stamps to add some pattern to the plain cardstock.

The Color Purple

Well, it's my favorite color. And it's also the favorite color of the young lady who will be receiving this tin. It is a commission for her graduation and each member of her family is going to put a little something inside.

I used the Wisteria line from Basic Grey. LOVE this line of paper!