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Acrylic Album

 I always enjoy making mini-albums.  It is a great way to try new ways to use old favourites and on more than one creative project I find myself with a new favourite "thing" to do after a mini album.  With this album I tried the folded flowers on the edge and then used it on a page later.  Scrappers that love to collect ribbons but have no idea how to use them can have fun decorating the rings on an album.

Acrylic albums are so different and just working on them will make you look at your scrapbooking products in a new way.  I would suggest the following if you are new to acrylic album:  Use double sided paper, small photos, bling, rub-ons, mirror image embellishments on both sides of the page, add transparency pages in with some journaling and clip flowers with stationary clips.  Try not to cover the whole page.  Less is more!

Power Tools

Okay maybe it is not a POWER TOOL but is is gorgeous!  Lets face it Making Memories make stunning stuff and this tool is on top of their list.  The question is do I NEED it or do I WANT it?

On a different note - here is a quick page I did from a beautiful digital freebie from http://bzbdesigns.typepad.com .  I think I am in a "bird phase"......

Happy Valentines Day

I would like to share with you a very simple Valentine's project I did for the house.  Just some ribbon, a few hearts, washing pegs and the names of the people that we love.  The kids helped with it and something special that we can put up for valentines day (or just leave up for the whole year - will still decide).  I think it is wonderful to have family traditions that stretch beyond the Christmas tree.  I also just made a few hearts to add here and there around the house. 

 

Valentine's day is very special for me because it is my sisters birthday!  This birthday will be a bit different as we are on different sides of the world.  Needless to say she always get lots of cards on Valentine's day!  Hope this is a great birthday for her!

The second project for this week is a canvas painting my son did of our family.  This was painted while we still stayed in South Africa.  He first did a drawing for me on some paper and then on the canvas - rested till the next day.  Then he painted the background - rested till the next day - then he painted the remaining parts of the picture and rested till the following day.  Finally he finished the painting with a waterproof black marker.  I think this is a nice project to do one a year.  Will be interesting to see how the family "changes" in his eyes.

 

Have a great Valentine's day!

Jungle Gym

I am a big MM fan and when it comes to their Noteworthy lines I go crazy! 

Just love it!

So here is a double page I did with all MM products (paper, flowers, ribbon and title).

I still enjoy using the strip journaling - love the way the paper just comes through it!

To complement the strip journaling I did some ribbon strips and finally just had some fun with making button flowers.

Journaling is becoming more and more important for me - I find looking back at old pages it is the journaling that I enjoy the most!  So I am trying not to be lazy and just add some fun words to the pages.

Back to School Fun

Here is a second layout I did using the new Jen Wilson paper that MME distributes.  I realy like this paper!

This is a photo I took of my son first day of school this year.  He is at such a nice age to take photos (much easier than a 2 year old).  Thinking back we should have had the suitcase with him..oh well can try again next year.

The title was created with chipboard from Crate and the journal paper is from Prima (I bought a whole pack - love it).  the Jan/Feb, Play around, Having fun and 100% is also from Jen Wilson.

I just added some rig rag ribbon and brads to finish this layout.  Raining here today - nice scrap weather!

Jen Wilson Dream

This is a page I did last week with new papers by MME.  The Designer of the paper is called Jen Wilson.  I just love her designs.  All the papers are double sided and come with the most beautiful extras.  She is also a digital designer and you can purchase her gorgeous digital designs on http://www.jenwilsondesigns.com

If you like the rustic look you will love her stuff.  As for th rest of the page.  I used some Prima ledger for the piece on the right.  Used a StampinUp punch for the wholes.  Then added a Prima flower with Heidi Swapp brad and some ribbon.  I love to mix different letters for the title and have no idea where they come from....sorry. 

So much fun to use new papers.  Also got some new Heidi Swapp papers can't wait to use them.

Keep it in the Family

So this gorgeous page was made my my "non-scrapping sister!  I am in shock - in a good and proud way!!!  Like lots of other scrappers I am always looking for "partners in crime" and have been wanting her to scrap for so long.

So last year some time I got her to start "collecting"  if you know what I mean and she's done some nice pages and then this one came out....Wow...I just love what she did...cut the BG paper into the MM Noteworthy shape then used some Dreamstreet for background, added a K and Co title and a Bazzil flower

I just might to scrap lift my sister :)

Just love this page!

Great Cheap Fonts

I have used this photo before but still love it and thought it would be good enough to get your attention for some great news.

ScrapNfonts have a great $1 sale on tons and tons of beautiful fonts.  Yes, I know that there are lots of great free fonts available but these fonts are especially for scrappers. I just love their fonts. 

The sale is on till the 16th of May - so pop in.   You will find some great fonts (there normal price is $3 so this is a great savings).

The Elephant

I very seldom do double pages - but here is one I did for a class.  The LO is simple but I am very happy with the way it turned out.  (the photos help - I think).   

Paper from Basic Grey and Crate.  Title from Basic Grey,  bird flourish tail from a Crate die cut and the gorgeous elephant and birdie from Basic Grey!  Have a great weekend! Will post more stuff later this weekend.

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Using Strips

I am so fortunate to be on the Around the Block design team.  This is a project I did for them using their printed papers, horse brads and horse sayings.  Around the Block have an amazing range of products and tools and you can visit their blog link from their website.

One of my favourite "techniques" that I use with printed paper is to cut the paper into strips, mount them and that is it.  With this range I could use strips of journaling with the strips of printed papers.  I love the way they work together on this page.  For the background I used some plain cardstock, because I wanted to make the papers "pop"