This is a mini album that I made for a co-worker's niece- for her birdal shower. They wanted something that the guests could sign and leave words of wisdom or advice. I was given a napkin to base my design on. It was my first commisioned project and was a lot of fun. I completed the front and back cover, embellished the edges of each inside page, punched the holes with my BIA and sent the unbound album with them to be signed at the shower. They returned it to me after the shower and I bound the book and added the ribbon. They were very happy with it, which made me very happy. I'm a perfectionist and a people pleaser, so I tend to stress about things like this. :)

Supplies:
BIA
Classic Alphabet
Pixie Dust VersaMagic ink
Burnt Umber Palette Ink
VersaMark
misc. brown, pink, tan, white cardstock
misc. ribbon, pink brads, mat board
Sports Fanatic (retired set) used baseball stamp to make polkadots

New Creations

Check out this fun little 3x3 notecard! I finally cut into my pack of Toodle Loo paper. I layered a couple of the patterned pieces of paper on to 'Sunbeam' Bazzill cardstock. I think the green flower really ties everything together. This will be a little side project at a FunShop I'm demonstrating at tomorrow. I think the ladies will like it.

I just had to make another notepad with my BIA. That little machine is addictive!




Supplies for 3x3 card-
Toodle Loo 'Soar With it Collection'
'Sunbeam' Bazzill Cardstock
Sports Fanatic (retired TAC stamp set) I used the baseball image to make my polkadots
VersaMark
white ribbon
yellow button
white embroidery thread
ProvoCraft flower die
pop dots

Notepad supplies:
Pull Up Anchor
Sports Fanatic (retired TAC set)
pink, green, white cardstock
Black StazOn
VersaMark
pink gingham ribbon
mat board
Bind it All
1/2" wire
Yes! Glue

Color Challenge

Jen offered a color challenge over at PaperWings and this is the card that I designed. I used DCWV cardstock in the following colors- Raspberry 1, Plum 1, Robin's Egg 2, and Green 2.

My friend Nancy tells me that I have a linear style and this card definitely shows it!! LOL! I love order and clean lines.

School is out today because of ice, so I'm going to head back to my craft desk to see what else I can accomplish today!!

Supplies-

Friendly Note stamp set

DCWV cardstock
white cardstock
pop dots

misc. ribbon

This is a project that I designed for my friend and her three girls to make. It measures just 3" x 2-1/2" and is the perfect size to carry in a backpack or purse. The girls had a lot of fun making it.

Supplies:
Mimi - Soar With It Collection
mat board
Bind It All
Juneberry Bazzill cardstock
ProvoCraft flower dies
silver brad
Yes! glue
1/2" silver binding wire
white typing paper (for inside pages)

Amberley Grace Mini Album

I have to say that I've been having fun with my new Bind it All . It really makes it easy to put together mini albums. This is a project for another Hostess Club later this month. It features TAC's new paper line- Amberley Grace. Because I'm doing this for a FunShop and I don't know exactly how many people will be there, I only used small pieces of the paper so that I could make it stretch. The paper is sooooo pretty!













Amberley Grace is part of the Soar With It collection and it is just $6.95! You receive 5, 12x12 pieces of patterned cardstock and an awesome sheet of coordinating tags. I think it's a great value.


The pictures are a little washed out, I tried my best, sorry! Each page base is a piece of white cardstock that has been tinted with different Palette inks. I wanted to get rid of some of the 'bright' white.

Supplies:
More Abundance
My Life
Amberley Grace SWIC
Amberley Grace coordinating cardstock
Butterbees and More
Bind it All
1/2" binding wire
mat board
misc. ribbon, silver brads
Palette ink- Charcoal, Water Lily Green, Haystack, Burnt Umber, Noir

Blog Candy Winners.....

I just ran the names through Random.org and the winners are.....

1. nettystamps
2. nic_d

Congratulations!! Nettystamps, please email me (sgilreath@hotmail.com) so we can get in touch about which stamp set you want. And Nic_d, I just have to share with everyone that Nic_d, also known as Nicole, has had an awesome last couple of weeks!! One of her scrapbook pages won a recent TAC contest, TAC used this for some of their Featured Artwork, and now she won a set of ink!! Way to go!

So again, congrats to Nettystamps and Nic_d and big thank you to all the signed up to win the blog candy!!

Have a great day!

100th Post

100 posts?? Wow! This calls for some blog candy! There will be two winners! I am going to give away a $20 TAC stamp set of the winners choice and a brand new set of 'Jewel Box' VersaMagic Dew Drops. I will use Random.org to choose two winners. The first person drawn will receive the stamp set and the second person will receive the dew drops. All you have to do to participate is to leave a comment by midnight, Monday, Feb. 4th, and I will announce the winners on Tuesday evening. Good luck!!

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I sent out my February Newsletter today and announced the winners of my January Color Challenge. The challenge was to use this business card holder that I found on Etsy.com as the color inspiration. My friend Diana and my mother-in-law, Kathy, each submitted some great work. Take a look!

Diana's Card




Kathy's Layout


(That's my hubby on the far right in the back. He was about 16 in this picture. What a cutie!)

Great work ladies!! I'll be sending some stamping goodies your way!

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I'm having a Stamp-a-Stack class on Feb. 23rd and I'm really excited about it. I've been wanting to have one of these for quite awhile now and I was inspired by Jen Bluestein's recent Card Buffet. Thanks for the inspiration, Jen!


For $15 you will be making 16 cards at the Stamp-a-Stack class. 4 cards each of 4 designs. Here's a sneak peak at a couple of them...