Michaels Haul

Hello Scrappers and Friends! I hope your having a wonderful week. I get a four day weekend, so what better way to start it than going to Michael's to get a few items! My husband was a little worried because I tend to go overboard sometimes on my spending there and usually leave paying at least $100, well this time I left the store and only spent $38!!! Yes, I said $38! My husband was quite pleased. I refrained from buying everything in site that I wanted and I got pretty much everything on sale. Here are my amazing deals, enjoy!

Micheal's had a bunch of items in some bins that were on clearance for $.50, so I had to go through those and I found these corkboard stickers and little hangers that were just so cute to pass up! Plus I seen some cute ribbon in the bin that was pink, my favorite color.

The little wood stamp set was $1.50 in a bin as well. I love sweets so this set will be used quite a bit. The clear flower stamp set I got for $1.99 and I love flowers so had to grab that as well. I'm thinking they will look great colored in with some of my Copic markers! Your never too old to color!

My husband was shopping with me, I know he loves it and he saw this punch set was on sale so he asked me if I needed it. Well I'm sure one day I will use it, so he put it in the basket. Plus if he's volunteering to put something in the basket, I'll let him! The punch set was only $9 and usually these Martha Stewart punches are $14 and up!

Alright now my big items I purchased for cheap! These two binders are Smash binders and I can design the covers of them and put whatever I want inside. I have an idea for one, which I will share you all later once I know for sure it's what I want to do. Usually these Smash books are anywhere from $15-25 each. I paid $2.50 each! I have been wanting to do a smash book for a long time now and now I have some items to start one. Super excited about that one. Credit goes to my husband, he's the one that saw these.

My last finding was this Project Life Kit. These kits retail for $30 and I bought this one for....wait for it...wait for it...$12!!!! Yup, $12! A lot of ladies have gone to pocket scrapbooks and these are cards they would use to place into the pockets, me I use these on my regular layouts just to add a little something.

Hope you all enjoyed my little haul and check out my video to see the items up close! Have a splendid crafty time!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O7LG7M9sr0&feature=youtu.be

Father's Day Card

Hello Scrappers and Friends! Father's day was this past Sunday and I made my dad a card. Making cards for men is a little challenging but it was fun!

My dad is a craftsman and loves fishing so I used that to help make my card. I made the back look like wood using a wood grain embossing folder.

This card is a waterfall type card. Very easy to make and I love the way it moves. I cut the hammer and screwdriver from the Handyman Cartridge on my Cricut. The fish and fisherman I found when I searched fishing in the Design Space. I wrote the greeting on the green part that you pull on to make the card come to life.

My dad loved it and kept making it flip which is a great feeling! He is one amazing dad, I'm very lucky to have him as a father and I'm glad he had a great Father's Day!These waterfall cards are so simple to make, you just have to check it out!

Hope you all had a splendid crafty time!

Garage Sale Finds This Weekend!

Hello Scrappers and Friends! This weekend is a big garage sale weekend. Three towns near us are having their town wides and that usually means lots of sales all over. The one town usually has tons every year so we were looking forward to that one as always. So here is what I found.

Today was the first day we checked out the sales and tomorrow I'm sure there will be many more open. No real supplies were bought today, just storage. I have an obsession with storage. Most of my totes and drawers in my craft room are actually empty, its quite sad. But whenever I get supplies I have plenty of places to put the items! I got the little blue drawer thing for .25c, the Mason Jar for .50c, the two clear divided containers for $1.75, the small wooden shelf for $2 and finally the 2 clear crafting containers for $6. Hoping I will find more tomorrow.

Continued...

Well today was the last day of the sales and I only got one item of storage! Surprising I know. Its a Printers Tray and I'm going to hang it behind my door to hold some of my wooden stamps.  Lady was asking $20 and I got it down to $10. These are quite expensive so I'm happy with the price.

Then supply wise I purchased some stamps, beads and sequins. The beads I'm thinking of using them for Shaker cards, like the one I did for my mom on her Brithday that I just previously shared. I could even thread a few beads and create a border around a picture. I used one of those storage containers I bought yesterday to store them too.

I had a wonderful time with my mom these past two days, can't wait for the next community garage sale! Here is my video of my small garage sale haul, Enjoy and have a Splendid Crafty time!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyIhmJz_sv4&feature=youtu.be

Birthday Card For My Mom

Hello Scrappers and Friends! Card making is a lot like scrapbooking minus the pictures. I love personalizing the cards for the person I'm making it for. Today I'm sharing the card I made my wonderful Mother for her birthday.

This was also my first Shaker Card. Pretty simple to make. I used a Martha Stewart punch to do the Happy Birthday design. Then I placed a piece of clear plastic behind that so that the sequins would not fall out. Just use some foam tape to make the depth between the birthday design and the card background to allow the
sequins to move. I placed two Prima flowers on the card using 2 way glue and then taking some distress stickles to create the center of the flower. I took a few extra sequins and placed them on the card as well with the 2 way glue. You can use confetti, little beads or whatever you want for the inside of the shaker card, you don't have to just use sequins.

The background is embossed using an Anna Griffin folder. I then placed a piece of Washi Tape that I had on the bottom of the card to add more color. 

Make sure when you place the foam tape on the back that you don't leave space for the sequins to fall out either.

Love the way it turned out! Hope you enjoyed it. Have a splendid crafty time!

One Quick Tip For Scrapbookers

Hello Scrappers and Friends. We all know most crafters hoard everything. I know I do. When doing scrapbooks or having someone do a scrapbook for you I would recommend keeping these items: ticket stubs, to-go menu from the resturant that you ate at, brochures of places you visited. If your looking for a new or your first house take the listings your realtor gives you so you can look back on the houses you went through, take a picture of yourself in front of the sold sign or the site showing that it sold. Also if you like your realtor and loan officer get a picture with them.

I wish I would have kept some of these items. I kept a few of the listings when we were house searching for a house but threw out most which now I regret. My brother just graduated College and I kept the brochure and got a to-go menu from the resturant we ate at. Weird I know but it will be a nice touch when I scrapbook his graduation.

So anytime your on a trip grab whatever you can because you never know if you would want it in your scrapbook. Also that way your not asking yourself "what was the name of that place we ate at that one time I visited?".

I hope this helps anyone out there. Have a splendid crafty time!