CRAFTS AND CRITTERS

Cleaning and Purging

Well I think that I am finally done.....cleaning and purging anyway. I have been slowly but surely going through things since I redid my room and getting rid of stuff that has just been hanging around. It took me a while to get over the guilt of getting rid of stuff that I used hard earned money to buy. But once I got past that it felt really good to get rid of stuff. Now mind you even with everything that I got rid of I could still open my own mini scrapbook store with whats left. :)

And the really nice part is this coming Saturday is an annual crop that I go to with Kendall and they have a table for people to leave things they aren't using anymore and find new goodies that someone else is done with. So here is what I leaving on the table this weekend.

Even after getting rid of 2 inches of patterened paper I still have a huge drawer stuffed full of it. I only kept the stuff I love...:)

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 7:35 AM

It's Finally Done!

Have you every had one of those projects that just sits around on your desk that you just can't complete no matter what??? Well I've had one of those project sitting here for about 6 months. It started out as one thing - a really cute picture frame album that I wanted to finish before I found a new job last year. It was suppose to go on my desk and instead of a bunch of different pictures of the family, they would all be together in a mini album on an acrylic frame ( I know hard to picture). I saw it over in the 2Peas gallery. Well that didn't work out so well, my picture frame kept falling over. Then I got a new job and I have no room on my desk for any pictures whats so ever (bummer). And yet the this project sat there unfinished, taking up space on my scrap table, looking like this.....

I didn't have the heart to just give up and trash it all, so I decided I would just make it into a mini family album for my new scraproom. And then I had problem after problem trying to get this thing done. When I started this project I was using my laptop to edit the pictures with Picture It (which I love) and then I moved rooms and started using the desktop which has Vista (which I am not so fond of) and no picture editing software. So I had to transfer the last few pictures that I needed to the laptop, hook my photo printer up to it and get the pictures. Then when it was all done I had to figure out how to bind it. I went through several different ways, binder rings, huge brads, ribbon and so on before I look down and there was my little dust covered bind it all. Worked like a charm.

So now that you've heard the whole story of my little mini album let me share some pictures of. I made the covers to match my scraproom and I planning on getting a stand for it and having it out.

So what started out to be a simple frame for my desk turned in to a cute mini family album for my scraproom. I love it.

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 3:35 PM

A New Layout

We had a great 3-day weekend here and the weather was spring like which helped alot. All of my bulbs that I planted are starting to bloom which means Spring is right around the corner.

I did get to spend some time in my scrap room this weekend and this is the layout that I came up with. Just about done with it. I have to just add the story.

I've decided that it's time to get back to basics with my scrapping. I am going to start doing layouts the way I use too. Making my own embellishments and making them simple.

But that doesn't mean I am going to stop shopping. :) In fact me and the mister went out to Michael's yesterday so that I could use my 20% off everything coupon. And I got some great deals on Valentine's Day stuff because it was on clearance for 50% off and then another 20% off that. I ended up with a really cute pad of paper from K & Company for $4.00. And some other great stuff.

I also stopped by Ross this weekend and ended up finding these really nice 4-up albums for $6 & $4. I have some future plans for them and couldn't pass them up for that price.

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 7:37 AM

TA DA...Weekend Project

So remember the goodies that I showed you on Friday that I picked at Michael's? Here's the picture again just in case you don't.

And remember this wall in my newly redecorated scrap room?

Well I decided it needed something cause there was too much blank area. So I came up with this....

And I just love how it came out. It took all weekend to get everything glued and sanded but worth the effort. Now I am not sure that I like the way I have them arranged. Hubby came up this idea, to me, it looks alittle like a caterpillar up there and that's not the look I am goin for. So I will have to play around with it some more and figure exactly how I want it.

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 7:43 AM

A Sneak Peek

I picked up these goodies at Michael's yesterday for a weekend project. We are suppose to have rain all day tomorrow and the hubby will be gone for part of the day so I plan on spending alot of time in my scraproom. And then more time on Sunday during the Superbowl.....Yipppeee!!

I will post pictures once I am done with my newest project.

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 7:55 AM

Cheating A Little...

Well I guess you could say alot since this next card I made is one I copied right out of the great book that my hubby got me for Christmas. I just love this book and all of the cards in it. So yesterday I decided to sit down and finally make one of the cards out of it.

So here is the one in the book.....

And here is my finished card.....

I love this book because it gives all of the paper dimensions and then you just add the embellishments to fit the theme the card is for.

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Posted by Hi I am Christy at 7:55 AM

Card Making Frenzy....

OK not really a frenzy but I am working on cards this weekend and lots of ideas that I want to turn into cards. I am trying to build up a stash of cards so that when I need one I can just go to my card box and pick one out. Here are a couple that I have made so far.