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!

More Craft Storage

Hello Scrappers and Friends! I've already shared some storage ideas that I use but here's a few more. Hope these give you some ideas and help with your storage issues.

I am storing my ink pads in a cassette tape holder I purchased at a thrift store. I have seen some ladies paint theirs to match their rooms. Eventually I will label the Distress Inks so I can tell which one is which.

I use these little containers to store my embellishments. You can purchase these containers at Dollar General or Dollar Tree for really cheap. I have them all pretty much labeled and placed inside a drawer of a Recollection cube.

Stickle storage I use the Dazzle Caddy that you can purchase on Amazon and a few other sites. Also I got that blue container at a garage sale but I think you can get them at Dollar General. The blue containers work as well. The Dazzle Caddy and that blue container fit really well inside the Recollection Drawers as well. Remember to keep your stickles upside down so they wont dry out and get air bubbles.

I am using this wooden rack my husband found our old garage to store my catalogs for craft supplies plus a few tools. Can't forget my Twilight magazine. This rack has 2 drawers too which I plan on eventually putting business cards for consultants and cards from other scrapbook stores nearby.

Hope this helps anyone struggling to come up with some thrifty storage and what to look out for at local thrift shops or garage sales. Have a splendid crafty time!

Recent Layouts

Hello Scrappers and Friends! This weekend I completed a few layouts, hope you like them.

Here's a simple one of my brother and I. I had to get a picture of us for my mom's gift a year ago so I forced him to get a picture with me. He complains when I take lots of pictures, mainly because I tend catch him at his worst moments, but that's what makes it fun. I used one of Dollar Tree's washi tapes to do the top floral pattern. Then I used a few sequins to add some sparkle. The circle around us and the little bracket is chipboard that I inked with Staz On black ink. The swirls are some random clear stamps that I got and I used the Staz On black ink then used clear embossing powder to just add some texture.The flowers are small fabric ones with some jeweled brads in the middle.

The next layout is of my husband. Love him dearly, but he won't be picking out my shoes anytime soon. He was so sweet trying to help me pick out some shoes for my friends wedding, but he doesn't know my style obviously. This layout was pretty fun and colorful. I used Stickles to outline my journaling and his picture. I then used Washi tape to do the patterns at the bottom of the page. The chipboard pieces are from 3 Birds Studio, love their stuff! The text I put on this page is my favorite part.

This layout I did of my mom's lasagna, yes her lasagna is so good it had to have it's own layout! Again I used some Dollar Tree washi tape for the designs above and below the picture. The patterned paper I love and it has texture.

 This page I did of our friend's wedding. The background is a little busy so it's hard to see the wording so lesson learned. The little street light and circle design I cut from my Cricut. On the corner of the one picture I put a little jeweled flower. Then I used washi tape and lined the corner with it. I placed a flower with a brad on the corner of that and added some stickles to the brad to make it shine and sparkle. I have these little metal stickers and I added one that says "love". My favorite part of this page is the little street light, its so adorable!

This layout was a bit of a challenge because I had to find pictures that would fit into the squares. I cut the collage on my Cricut and then fit the pictures into the spaces. I also cut some pieces of paper and embossed them with my Cuttlebug. I took a strip of ribbon and ran it through my sticker maker and then placed it on the layout and outlined the strip with stickles. The chipboard pieces are some random ones I had and I placed a paper flower with a button in the middle. Then the whole collage I glued to another sheet for some background. Love the way this looks. I love how I can size anything to whatever size I want on my Cricut Explore!

 Last but not least here is a simple layout I did of my husband and I after the wedding. I cut the white piece out on my Cricut. I took some pretty glitter strips of paper and placed those on the page and then I cut out "My Love" on my Cricut.

Overall I had a very productive and great weekend! Found some good deals, organized my space and did some layouts. Hope you all had a splendid crafty time! Thanks for looking.