Scrapbooking and Crafts

Pass- Scrapbooking Page

December 1, 2009

I have slowly been catching up on scrapbooking. Like photos that are 2-3 years old. They have been hanging out in a folder just waiting for some love and attention. The problem is lack of time and that I keep adding more pictures to this folder so things keep getting shuffled around. Well, I have been taking some time to get organized- but then it all went to hell- and do some quick scrapbooking. Like 15 minute pages.

This page is from January 2007! I took this picture of Price to commemorate his passing grade on his Segment 1 portfolio. ( Our school requires 2 portfolios of work to date to be submitted before being able to move on. Portfolio, like everything else at out school, sucks the life out of you. Plus, it is subjective and list of people who fail on their first attempt is quiet impressive. ah hem, we both failed the first submission. Mine stung even more because I took a portfolio class right before submitting. Super….) Well we went to school on the night of studio registration to find out if he passed or not, and then register for classes. After receiving the good news we went out to a bar to celebrate.

Solid paper, adhesive, chipboard, ink, and corner rounder punch are from Stampin’ Up!, patterned letters are from Martha Stewart, date stamp is from 7 gyspies, and patterned papers are unknown.

This is the current state of chaos out office is in. ALL MY FAULT! ALL MY CRAP! Thankfully Price is the most amazing boyfriend in the world and lets it get this bad without killing me. I promise it will be clean by Christmas!

Moosh and Moosha

November 25, 2009

So I have a thing with nicknames.

I go by Nicole or Nic, and it has to be spelled that way. I won’t respond if people call me Nicki. There once was a time that someone introduced me to a group of people as Nicki and it made my heart stop since I now had a bunch of people calling me Nicki and with every time I heard it I would shudder. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care if anyone else goes by Nicki. It’s just not me, it does not fit me.

Anyway, Price and I have a bunch of nicknames for each other. Things range from Goose, Squishy* or Squish, to Moosh(a).

*So I have never seen Finding Nemo in its entirety but I think this clip is funny and that is why Squish is a nickname I call Price.

“I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy Come on, little Squishy.”

dad visits-scrapbook page

November 21, 2009

When my dad was visting last weekend, I took a picture with of my dad using my Fuji Instax Camera. Of course we made fun of that monster but all kidding aside we loved getting to see that picture right then.

I used Stampin’ Up! Patterned and Solid Papers, embelishments, and foam dots. The title was created with the Street Sign Cricut Cartridge. Stamped ‘DAD’ was from 7gypsies.

New Holiday Cards

November 7, 2009

Last night I went to a class for card making hosted by a Brookline Scrapbooking Meetup Group member. We had a great time making the cards and eating on the bread that she had from her classes. (Keep up the good work Danielle!) So between chowing down on breads and sipping cider we made 5 cards using A Muse stamps and products.

I learned so much from this class. I learned about Quickie Glue Pen that I just have to get! Plus it was great to meet other scarpbookers/card makers to discuss products and ideas. For example, we discussed how we love the Crop-a-dile but do not like the Big Bite Crop-a-dile since it is hard to handle.

Lizzie was a great teacher since she worked with everyone’s pace and clearly explained all the different steps to each card. All this has inspired to me to make some holiday cards. I have already gone through my stamps and decided I will use an old Stampin’ Up! set that I love. It is of these really cute hedgehogs that are wearing scarves, ice skating, and holding candycanes. Hopefully I can get them done (doubtful) so I can send them out so spread some holiday cheer.

Mysteries of Me class: Progress

October 25, 2009

I am taking Elizabeth Kartchner’s Online class called Mysteries of Me. I love it since I ordered the kit and received fabulous products and the lessons are great. The kit included great paper, digital files, ribbons, brads, Tim Holtz’s Distress Crackle paint, & much more. I got the Crackle Paint in Worn Lipstick- I had never used it before but I know I will used it a lot since I just love the crackles that it makes.

I love the idea of a book hidden inside another book. I bought 2 books but Pricer said I should used this one since it had a cool illustration on the cover. I still need to add my lettering to it- must find gold rub-ons.

I added my initials to the boo using rub-on from the kit before I mod podge’d it to make all the pages stuck together.

I love the cover with the layered tag, papers, flower, charm, and ticket. I sponged the ticket with SU!’s Pink Passion ink.

I still have a lot of work to do but I think the book is coming a long nicely. I need to focus on getting my pictures together to edit and have them printed.

I’m hoping to have this all done next weekend.. I just have stupid things in my way, like a 10- page paper due on Wed. Oh well, school has to come first.

Perfect Day for Fun

October 21, 2009

These pictures are well over 2 years old and I finally got around to getting them in a layout. Correction… I already scrapbooked them and hated it so I threw the page out. It was much to dark and busy for my liking. So I reprinted the photos, minus the 1 of me. With 2 4×6 pictures on the page it looked less busy than 3 cropped ones. Plus I was wearing a blue and red stripped shirt- it really contrasted Price’s orange and I wanted him to the be focus since the story was more about him and his first time horseback riding.

All supplies are from Stampin’ Up!

Remember! 20% of all merchandise totals of the months of Sept and October will be donated to Susan G Komen. Support Breast Cancer research and get crafty!! Leaving me a comment explaining you want some info if you are interested in placing an order.

Perfect Picture, Perfect Pair

October 20, 2009

When Price and I were at the Yelp event last week I took pictures with my new Fuji Instax camera. I love the look of them plus it’s fun to get them instantly! Since they were at hand I scrapbooked them this weekend when I hosted a scrapbooking meetup.

This layout is a little flat to me- meh. I love the grey that I used- it is Basic Grey from Stampin’ Up! I got an architectural lettering stencil to use for scrapbooking. I using a Tattered Angels mist for the letter. The tickets are from House of 3. I just love them 🙂 The bird-cage rub-on is from Hambly. I have used their rub-ons before but this one would just not come off the transfer page…. would not! I struggled with this for like 5 minutes. I was not sure if it was because the sheet was slightly textured but I tested another rub-on on a regular sheet and the same thing happened. Hopefully it is just a bad sheet since I love their products. I think that the layout fell flat with the journaling. I might cover this up and rewrite it with a thinner point marker. Oh well, live and learn 🙂

Grin and Bear it

October 12, 2009

Our company participates in an architectural softball league. We are in the C league- since we are okay and don’t take ourselves seriously- like people bring beers to base or outfield. And if you knock it over as you run around… you are in trouble! I have gone in the past to cook and take pictures but this year I decided it would be ‘fun’ to play. Since I have no coordination I decided catcher would be good since you don’t want an outfielder who can’t throw far or a basemen who ducks at balls. Well, catcher has to throw the ball back every time. Damn! I forgot that is part of the game. So I whined my way through the season (sorry Mike) and was eager to express my excitement when we had enough players so I did not have to play! Yay! I would grill and take pictures so it really was hard playing, grilling, and taking pictures.

This page explains my feelings about softball with a picture from our first game- when it was still new and exciting to me!

Work in Progress

October 8, 2009

I am a work in progress.

I am constantly working (or at least thinking) about what I can do next, how I should/could have done that better, when is it time to give up, etc. I have these lovely thoughts through my head all day long. My to do list is constantly running through my head…get more rabbit hay from the garage, put away clothes, do homework, get my car serviced, etc. I keep waiting for my life to really start. Yes, I have been on the 3rd rock from the sun for about 25 years now but I just don’t feel like anything has really started.. The main issue is that I have been at school since Sept ’03 and I am not done yet. I keep telling myself that things will be different once I am done…. I will get more sleep, I won’t be so forgetful, I will have more time to scrapbook, I will get to the gym more, our apartment will be really clean, etc. I just have to remind myself that I will be done with classes in 10 weeks and I walk in May.

In the mean time I scrapbook when I can and make a horrible mess while doing it 🙂

A Sweet 24th Birthday

October 6, 2009

I just scrapbooked a few of the pictures related to my 24th birthday. I have a few more to go but at least it is started. Only 9 1/2 months later….

I loved the color pallet of the background paper. It was neutral so it let the colors in the photos pop.

Patterned paper, solid paper, ribbon, scalloped scissors, sub ones, vinyl accent

Sun and Smiles

October 4, 2009

I finally got around to scrapbooking pictures from a dinner cruise Price and I went on last summer. It was fun to play with color and patterns.

Supplies: Blue patterned paper: Cocktail Dress Stripe from Luxe; Solid Paper, Flower Pattern Paper, ribbons, rub-ons, dimensionals all from Stampin’ Up! (Striped Patterned Paper is unknown)