TechieScrapper: Simply Reading & Reviewing

Happy Birthday Art Deco Style   My father-in-law's birthday is fast approaching and I wanted to do something a little different.  So I bought the Art Deco cartridge from Micheal's during the Thanksgiving sale.  It's very 20's flapper style...not that my father-in-law is that old.  I just thought it would be really cool to do it up ol' school.   All papers are from Recollections 835x11 paper packs. Cricut Image Cartridge: page37<HghlndPk>, <Hglnd-s> , <layer hghlndk> and <layer hghlnd-s> size 5.75.  This was hard to put together at this size.  Its definitely better at a 6.5 or higher.  The book says not to do it smaller than 5 inches but the top segment on <layer hghlndk> was very hard to get off so I ended up having to use the inside which is not used to make it work.  I also used the Teresa Collins 6x6 paper pack called "World Traveler".  The stamp sentiment on the inside ...

This was another digistamp from Pink Cat Studio Digital Stamps . I used the Derwent pencils (magenta, rose pink, terra cotta and copper beech. The ribbon is from A.C.Moore.  The kraft card base is Recollecyions 8x8 and the pink damask is from Anna Griffin.  The sentiment came from Pink Cat Digital Stamps.  The yellow floral paper is DCWV Lemon Grass 4x6 paper pack.  Spellbinders nestabilities "curved rectangles".  The border punch is from Fiskars.

I bought new laundry baskets for my closet that are exactly the same so I was getting tired of  pulling out the basket to see which was which (me being lazy).  I made these simple tags to go on the handle of each one.  I used my Marvy Uchida square and scallop punch, memento chalk ink for the edges, grommets, crop-a-dile, clip rings and a copic marker.  The whole project took 5 minutes (had to look up a video for using the crop-a-dile for grommet setting).  Paper was Bazzill (of course).  Nothing fancy and it was easy and simple to complete.  Beside it was 330am and I was very sleepy.  

  Birthday Cards: - Bazzill cardstock cut down - mary uchida scallop heart punch - ribbon flag and doll but from the Cameo - Peachy Keen faces - My Minds Eye designer paper - Studio G pink pigment ink - Brillance graphite black ink - memento daffidil ink - stickles - sizzix embossing folder

I bought these images from All That Stamps( http://www.allthatscraps.com/ ).  I wanted to try something new and different.  I bought 6 images and used My Mind's Eye paper (Stella Rose - 6x6 hattie papers).  I have left them blank to send in to a company that sends out cards to military members and another one that send cards out to women with breast cancer.  The CarrdMaker magazine posts new places each month.  I have decided to take my love of card making and send it to others.  I am not good at shading or picking the right colors but this is a love of mine that I enjoy and not forced to do.

My Pink Stamper - Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge   My Pinkalicious Blog Hop & Challenge (April 2012) Hey GUys Over at the My pink Stamper blog ( http://www.mypinkstamper.com/2012/04/my-pinkalicious-blog-hop-challenge.html ).  It is time for this month's Pinkalicious Blog Hop with My Pink Designers!! I hope you will hop along with us and then join us in the challenge by adding your own picture below or a link to your project in the comments! Challenge: Anything with a Mother's Day theme!! I paid for a digistamp image at All That Scraps( http://www.allthatscraps.com/ ).  I think this may be my new fav thing.  It takes a little getting use to but the image only cost $3.00 and I do not have to store it anyway. I wanted to get more involved with coloring images as well as using my copic markers. I used spellbinders lacy ovals die, studio G ink, My pink stamper "family & friends", MME stella rose brads, MME six by six vanity fair paper, ...

Items used: 12x12 Linen closest DCWV 6x6 My Minds eye Fine and Dandy Girl (cut in half in a diagonal and placed in each corner) 8.5x11 Melon Berry Papertrey ink paper(used behind the printed flower paper 8.5x11 the paper studio Souffle Mums" paper 4x6 DCWV Neutral chocolate(brown) for "Images of me" title My Momenta orange (used for the typwritten journaling) silhouette cameo used for the title (ravie font at 72pt) pink pre-printed ribbon (not sure where it came from since it was a scrap piece) fiskars squeeze punches - oopsie daisy and 1 inch circle Spellbinder's nestabilities small deckled mega rectangles (#4 and #5) I just love these colors together.  It feels motherly and summery.  I decided to leave the "whitespace" since some page designers says its okay.  Plus there really was not anything I wanted to add to the middle.  I tink if I had it would be too busy and the flowers are already busy enough.  It seems to let you draw your eyes to ...

On this page layout I used mu new toy the silhouette cameo.  The 12x12 page is Colorbox pealescent bright pink.  The girl on bike is a image I paid for out of the silhouette library (2.5w x 12l)  and I welded together in a chain to create the border.  I used the spellbinder's nestabilities: curved rectangles (#6), labels eight (#6), classic ovals(#4) and lacy ovals(#5).  The let's ride is from microsoft words font (can't remember the image).  The ribbon is of course from Micheals.  I have chosen to hand write on my pages more rather than using a background sheet or journaling tag.  It kinda feels more personal and more like a real journal.  I really love how the bikes turned out.  I used the silhouette to do this and it took a minute to get it off the cutting mat because it was so small and very detailed.  I wish I had did the title in a differnt color since it looks lost on the page.  Maybe in a green or blue color woul...

I pre-made this card for my Mom who's birthday is fast approaching.  I currently have a ton of cards made and I am thinking of paying it forward to some friends since I know I will never use them all.  The pre-made card is from Micheals Recollections kraft.  Micheal's recollections 8x11 white paper used to make the background for the front and inside card and for the doll.  Doll cut at 3.5.  Used My Pink stamper set "family and friends" stamp.  The ribbon is from Micheal's (yes I do buy a lot from micheals.  its the only craft store in my town).  Kept the card simple and it turnes out pretty nice.  Really loving my imagine.

Halloween 2011 This was a fun layout.  I used bazzil deep red 8.5x11 cardstock, martha stewart vinyl spider, martha stewart dippy dew, picket fence and bat punches.  Used the gypsy and cricut cartridge simply charmed pages 58 and 59 for the "R.I.P, bat and tree" and used the gypsy font for "halloween".  I kept it simple so the whole layout took about an hour to the cuts correct.  I used stamps of life for the "R.I.P". 

Celebrate The Occasion Ready for Challenge #32!!  This week's theme is "Any Occasion (must use ribbon)"!!!!  So, let's get crafting:)  Team #2 is leading the way!!! Create a project and post by October 2nd, 11:59PM (EST). Please do not back link, make sure your project is new for this challenge, mention CTO in your post and link back to CTO blog. Thanks! Please only one entry! Thanks for playing with us this week! Theme: "Any Occasion (must use ribbon)" Entries due by Sunday, October 2nd, 11:59PM (EST)   HAVE FUN!!!! I found this challenge by participating in another challenge.  You only have to add ribbon to the project.  I tried some new techniques for me on this one.  The items used are: Bazzill Basics Island Breeze - 4x6 card size QuicKutz metal sheets Tim Holtz alcohol inks - lettuce, stream and eggplant Hero Arts Clear cling "treasure the moment" cl156 Micheal's dollar bin ribbon Dew Drop V...

My Favorite Things WSC Sketch #38 http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/?p=6992 I used brown poster board and cut it down to size 5.5 x 11 folded at 5.5 Stampin Up ribbon MFT clear stamp " Let's hear it for the boys" used paper piecing for the tv, rug and remote Bic ultra fine markers

A INCHIE CARD I thought I would try my hand using inchies.  So I decided to incorporate it into a card.  The cardstock is from Stampin Up (not sure of the color).  I used old scraps of paper and glued to a card and used my squeeze 1 inch punch to punch out the squares.  I also used metal sheets by QuicKutz.  The lamp rubber stamp is from Unity stamp Itty Bitty called On the bright side (1B-01).  The Kraft paper is from Recollections from Micheal's best to use and cheap to buy when on sale.

ANNIVERSARY - PACKER STYLE This LO marks 12 years that my husband and I have been together.  We had an awesome family weekend.  We drove to Charlotte, NC. to go to IKEA (and it is everything that anyone has ever said about the store.  We can't wait to go back with a shopping list) and to see the Green Bay Packers play the Carolina Panthers.  We stayed in an amazing hotel and the girls just loved the pampering.  Every once in a while you should allow someone else to cook and clean.  For this 12x12 LO I used: Bazzill 12x12 "butterfly" paper Bazzill 6x11 bling strawberry cardstock 12x12 Little Yellow Bicycle "floral ledger" paper DCWV 5x7 blue cardstock Me & My Big Ideas 5x7 Modern Milan paper cricut cartridge "Printing Press" for number "1" ans "2" cut at 3.34width x 5.00height using the gypsy and cricut imagine - the number were cut 6x's.  3x's in the bling strawberry and 3x's in the white (cut at 6x11) and...

Below you will find how I store my punches.  I do not have very many since they fit in two medium bins.

The pictures below represent my little piece of heaven.  I have my own corner in our bonus room and its all mine.  I'm still expanding my area but I do have to share it with my husband and girls so for now its my piece of tranquility.