Suzeqscraps & Stamps

Blog Candy

2010-12-24T19:32:00.000-08:00

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Good Luck to ALL

Broaches and hair barretts

2010-03-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

Hair barretts for my girlies!!

Well after many demo's have shown the "flowers" they are making with one of out dies, I have made many of them too, these are very relaxing to do and any combination seems to work!!!

Quilts for my girlies

2009-12-23T14:19:00.000-08:00

Here are the three quilts i made for my g'daughters, this Christmas was done with a labor of LOVE.

This one is for Zoe, Dora the Explorer

This one is for Briana, Hannah Montana Fabric

This one belongs to Alexia, another Hannah Montana Fabric.

Craft Fair

2009-11-22T07:41:00.000-08:00

I participated in a craft fair on the 21st and it went very well, I had lots of misc card sets etc... that I had made over the last couple years and had put away, I LOVE to make the goodies but only need so much for myself, so I agreed 2 years ago to get into a craft fair right around Thanksgiving and so I did. Last year I did not sell much but some candy canes and maybe a couple things, well, this year made up for it, I sold almost everything I had there and ALOT of candy canes. I am showing a picture of the candy canes I had to sell, and I only came home with 10 of them. In 2 weeks, I will participate in another one and hope I do well t here too. I will also have some purses to sell at the next one!!.

Thanx for visiting my blog
Susan

Been a long time

2009-11-10T21:37:00.001-08:00

OK I know it has been forever since I have posted anything here, but I am addicted to Angies rag quilted purse. She did a U-Tube video on making them and as soon as I could get the instructions, I just had to make these, so I am sharing them. These are cut out with the big shot and the scallop square die in our Stampin Up Idea Book and Catalog.

Thanx for looking and have a wonderful week!!!! I know I am!!!!

Susan

Tote-Ally Awesome Tote

2009-03-02T17:24:00.000-08:00

Well, here is a Tote of cards that is just Tote-Ally Awesome and it is!! The creator of the pattern did an awesome job. I did change it up a bit to include a small and med size pocket on one side and then a large pocket on the other.

Baby Book

2009-03-02T11:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I know I have not posted many things lately, but I have been doing some things. I am going to try and start updating my blog again with some pics of things I do!!!

So here is a baby book I did for a friend that is having her first child in a few weeks, this will let her keep track of the first year. I did this with a retired Simply Scrappin Kit from Stampin Up!!

Where has time gone!

2008-11-08T06:51:00.000-08:00

Well, I Just realized I didn't post anything in Ocotber, Oh my that month went fast or I was exceptionally busy, probably a little of both. I am sure I did some things, but now just can't remember what they might have been. Oh yes, life did get in the way for a few weeks. I will be adding some projects that I have done. I also want to point you to a free templates button on the left side of my page here, a friend sent me a link to this blog My Crafty Life. If you have the cricut, wishblade, craft robo, he has some great free files there for you to download. They are available for a limited time. With the cricut, you have to have the SCAL (sure cuts alot) program to use them and with the craft robo/ wishblade, you have to download the .dxf file first, then open the robomaster program, under file, click on open dxf and go to where you have it stored and click on it, then simply save it through robomaster and it is a .gsd, already for you to use with your machine.

Hope some of you find this a must have blog as I did and add it to your reader! Thank You Dan for sharing your talents.

Zindorf Technique

2008-09-29T13:03:00.001-07:00

Here is my first try at the Zindorf technique, while it is not great, it gives me the idea of how fun it is, but I did learn to wear gloves, ot I will have all colors of fingers LOL!!

Thanx for visiting my blog!!

Susan

Gifts for Hostess Club

2008-09-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

These are gifts for my hostesses from the last stamp club. They are post it note holders, great to carry in yourpurse or even in the glove box of your car, never be without something to write a note on. This is another Dawn project she shared. Thank You Dawn!!

When we end, in their last order I give them a present from me, usually something I make, and these ar what I came up with. This last club was only me and 3 other ladies, t hey wanted to go again and I didn't have any takers through the summer, so we were a group of 4, but a fun group it was.

Wedding Stitching Card

2008-09-22T07:59:00.001-07:00

This is a wedding card I made for some friends that got married over t he weekend. I can say I have a new addiction, went yesterday and got the rest of the colors to go with my inks/papers and even added the new IN COLORS soI am ready to handle anything. Thanx for visiting my cyber world.

New Stampin Up Note Kit Free from Country Living

2008-09-19T07:25:00.000-07:00

Here is a chance to get an exclusive double sided rubber stamp, 4 white note cards with envelopes, one stampin spot in Always Artichoke, all packed in a clear reusable box, with your PAID subscription of Country Living. Just 12.00 (75% off what others pay on the newsstand) for a whole year, that is $1.00 per issue that's like getting 9 issues FREE.

Country Living will include the exclusive Stampin' Up! mini stamp kit. Use it to design note cards, menus and anything else that inspires you! Click here to subscribe.

Another Stitching Card

2008-09-14T12:27:00.001-07:00

OK, after doing the other, I went looking for a pattern both free and ones to buy. I found this knowing my grand daughter likes The Little Mermaid and her birthday is on Wednesday, so I chose to do this one. took me about 1 hour 15 min, so not bad at all, I could of spent 3 hours on a stamped card and this was fun. I luv stamping, but we all look for something different from time to time. I used the color chart for the DMC thread matching our cardstock and it worked out jsut great.

Thanx for visiting my blog.

Stitching Card

2008-09-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I did an event with my one and only downline, there was a lady there that did stitching cards and she showed us how to do one. I finished mine this morning and thought it was beautiful. These kind of cards I only make for special family members, but thought I'd share with my cyber followers.

2008-09-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

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New Family

2008-09-09T14:30:00.001-07:00

OK, here is my last post for the day. These are just too cute and a blast to make, again from Dawn's Blog you can see the tutorial and possibly make your family of frankensteins :D

Happy Stamping!!!

Snow Swirled

2008-09-09T14:14:00.001-07:00

The other day I really wanted to do a no brainer for me I wanted to play but didn't want to have to think about it, so off I went and saw a card on Dawn's Blog thought it was pretty so here is my take on it. Sparkly is Christmassy so hope you enjoy.

Christmas Gift Box Set

2008-09-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

Here is a sample of a set of cards made with the Simply Scrappin Kit called I Wish. This is a great set, after you send out all your cards, you can use the box to put a gift in. I will be offering this as a class. If you are interested in this class, please email me at suzeqscraps@gmail.com. Date and time are yet to be determined. If you would like to purchase this kit, I will be taking orders til October 1st and shipping them on October 15th. This kit will come all precut and any stamping will be done. You will then just follow the guidelines and assemble the cards at your convience. Cost for this kit is 30.00 which includes shipping. If you are interested, please email me with your paypal address and I will send you an invoice.

Masked Christmas Card

2008-09-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

This card I did from Dawn's Blog

I sure like to visit her blog as she has some great ideas. I wanted a christmas one on this concept, so after sitting for 3-1/2 hours playing and this being the 4th one, I finally got what I was looking for. Thanx Dawn for all your hard work on your tutorials, I just love them.

My Purse card holder mader from Andrea's blog

2008-08-25T07:11:00.001-07:00

This is a purse card holder that will house approx 10 cards, I just had fun making it. I got the basic tutorial from Andrea's Blog and just changed it a bit.

Thanx Andrea for sharing this great tutorial.

Scallop Circle card

2008-08-20T07:50:00.000-07:00

OK, Dannie posted a card on her blog using the scallop 2 with the big shot, I did it using the Circle Scallop die (the big one) and that is what I have here. Thanx Dannie for the great share, I have to say I really like this card and as you can tell from other posts on my blog, I am very fond of the Embrace Life Set.

Click her name for redirection to her blog.

BIG SHOT IS HERE!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-06T14:23:00.001-07:00

Look what Stampin Up is gonna be carrying SOON

Stampin Up has joined partners with Sizzix and the Big Shot. They will be carrying dies of all sorts and even some Stampin Up exclusive dies (Avaliable to order Sept 2)!!!!

I just got my presorder of the newest addition to SU, this is my Big Shot, a die cutting machine that is capable of cutting many different types of materials, chipboard, fabric, aluminum, balsa wood and many more.

The Package set I ordered plus a few extra's ;)

These are 2 of the exclusive dies you will only be able to purchase through your Stampin Up Demonstrator

The Big Shot will cut through the following 50 materials using steel rule dies and your Big Shot machine. Please note the maximum thickness of several materials.
Brass (.055)
Light weight steel
Aluminum (.016)
Tin (.008)
Aircraft plywood (1/64")
Basswood (1/16")
Balsa (3/32")
Paperwood
Mat board (adhesive or none)
Chipboard
Fabric
Silicone
Foam with chipboard (.1)
Corrugated pad
Adhesive-backed cork
Fine sandpaper (.00)
Strene
Extra thick template plastic
Template plastic
Plastic canvas (7 mesh)
Bubble wrap
Sheet foam
Friendly (jewelry) plastic
100% pure beeswax (cut with parchment paper on top & bottom of beeswax)
Adhesive and non-adhesive rubber
Ruffleboard
Static cling vinyl
Warm & natural batting
Fusible fleece
Quilt batting
Adhesive and non-adhesive flexible magnet
Heat n' shrink plastic
Adhesive and non-adhesive felt
Pop-up sponge
Shiny self-adhesive and non-adhesive paper
Iron-on fabric
Poly foam adhesive and non adhesive
3-D illusionary plastic
Glow in the dark adhesive and non adhesive
Suede paper
Funky fur
Personal Embossing Plastic (PEP)
Shaggy plush felt
Canvas
Vinyl flooring
Shelf lining
Placement
Embossing rubber
Thin leather
Gasket material

Anniversary Cards

2008-08-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

This is an Anniversary Card that i made today when I received a call asking for one and realizing that I didn't have any on hand, so I started playing around with something I saw in a previous post along time ago, I will sometimes save a pic when I come across something I really like and will then usually change it up as I play with it . I have always loved the priceless set and the flourish stamps that go with it.

This one is the Embrace Stamp Set and our new Bella Rose papers, also uses the technique of removing the rhinestone from the brads and using it solo, great tip I read from a post of someone who had been to convention.

Thanx for checking out my blog

Wedding Invites #1

2008-08-03T20:42:00.001-07:00

These were the first ones I did, using the big From the Garden Hostess Stamp and gold encore ink, thenI took a gold leafing pen from Krylon and did the edges, then the wording was done in chocolate chip so it stood out. I did 65 of these. I have to say, eachone was alot of fun no matter how many I did.

Wedding Invites #2

2008-08-03T20:38:00.001-07:00

Here is the 2nd ones I did for a niece and her boyfriend/husband. These were done with Lovely Lilac card stock and whisper white embossed with my cuttle bug, the writing on vellum and attached with ribbon. I made 100 of these, it was a job.

Wedding Invites #3

2008-08-03T20:34:00.001-07:00

Here is a wedding invite I did for a friend, using the cuttlebug embossing folder for the very vanilla underneath and the chocolate chip ribbon from out holiday mini from 2007. The writing I typed into word and used the color charts for the ink to match the cardstock, printed it on vellum and over laid it. Sorry for the bad lighting. I made 70 of these.

Patiently waiting

2008-07-30T06:23:00.001-07:00

While waiting for the ladies to start posting the fun things they are doing at Convention in Salt Lake City, here is a card I did for a challenge on our SUDSOL group, came out pretty good and it was fun to play with the sketch that was posted for us. If you are a demonstrator and don't belong to SUDSOL, you don't know what you are missing, check it out. You can get a free 2 week trial at which point you will surely wanna join, any questions can be answered there, lots of information avaliable as well as ideas for cards/classes/3-d items.

Thanx for taking the time to check out my blog.

Another Christmas Share

2008-07-27T18:22:00.001-07:00

Here is a card I did that was prompted by a tutorial on Dawn's Blog I am determined to make cards from generic sets. Of course when the new catty comes out, I am sure there will be new Christmas sets that I will just HAVE to have.

Thanx for looking and have a wonderful evening.

Christmas Brocade Basic

2008-07-20T06:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a card I did yesterday. A challenge to me is trying to make a card like this Christmas from a set that is generic, sometimes it is mind boggling for me, but I sure like this one. I took the brads and heated them, then dipped them into iridescent ice embossing powder to give them the sugar coated look and a bit of sparkle.

WallHanging Calendar

2008-07-17T06:12:00.000-07:00

This is my hanging calendar made completely with Stmapin Up Products. I had alot of fun creating this one. If you are interested in the files for this, watch my blog as I am creating a tutorial and files which you will be able to purchase for 9.95.

This page goes on the back of the pocket pages and it says Birthdays Anniversaries and Reminders which is great for keeping track of alot of different events

This shows the calendar opened up in hanging position. the gridded calendar has a pocket at the bottom to hold those bills as they come in so they don't get lost in the shuffle of everyday life. This calendar was made from the 6x6 tablets that Stampin up has had out both last season to be purchased for 9.99 or as a hostess gift. But you can also have a class with these getting 4 calendars from one Pkg of DSP paper, so watch for my posting of the files being ready. It will take paypal to purchase these.

Don't know what happened

2008-07-05T20:07:00.001-07:00

OK, sorry for the post below, I could not get it to load straight and I tried so many times, I finally gave up. But the pics are there to share.

On a roll....Recipe Accordion Box

2008-07-05T19:08:00.000-07:00

Today I made an accordion box that Tricia's expanding memories from her show yesterday on Craft TV weekly.

Supplies used all from Stampin Up.
East Coast DSP, silver hodge podge hardware, pretties kit, simple serif alphabet, real red paper and basic black paper, wide red grograin ribbon.

Happy Holiday Quickie

2008-07-05T10:01:00.000-07:00

Here is one using Lovely as a Tree that is another quick card and elegant looking. One thing I do is when making cards, I use sizes that will fit into stampin up's envelopes so I have a source that I can get as many as I can whenever I want. This cardstock is 6-1/2 x 6-1/2, scored and folded at 6 3/8, then I took a piece of wild wassabi 6-1/2 x 3 1/4 and put it on the inside making the green go down the outside of the card. Using the Lovely as a tree stamp, stamped the tree in the center more towards the top, using glue pen and dazzling diamonds glitter, highlighting the branches. Then with Many Merry Messages, stamped Happy Holidays under the tree and with Wild Wassabi striped ribbon on the side, Just love this. I know wild Wassabi will be retiring in August, so guess I need to stock up on it so I can make more of these for my cards.

Fresh Cut Christmas

2008-07-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Here a class I did on July 4th. They used their own stamps and notes then I charged 10.00 for the class and provided everything else. We started with the bag so as they were made they had a place to put them.

Some of these were cased from various blogs, great cards.

Just love the way this one came out, will make great Christmas cards and less than 5 minutes

New addition to the family

2008-06-14T21:56:00.001-07:00

OK, been a long time since I have posted anything, been busy with this that and the other things in life , really, there is no excuse I have been playing, just not remembering to post. I did become a grandma of g'daughter #3 on May 23rd, we now have little Zoe Camille in our lives.
This is grammy (me) and little Zoe, just minutes old, she is beautiful.

And b/4 she was born, I was at a retreat with a scrap store from Reno Nevada, which is a back door to my little town on Portola, CA. We had a blast, got all our meals cooked for us and even had s'mores, which I have not had in years. It was a nice time 48 hours of scrapping our little hears out, am watching for the post of the one in October, at least that is the plan, but with the economy, ya never know w hat will happen.

Wedding Album

2008-06-14T21:22:00.000-07:00

Now for my Project......I have been making an album as a gift for a wedding present, now this is not your normal album, it is made of (40) 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 white envies and the case is made from chipboard, now I can;t really tell you all the measurements, it is a trial and error project. I have been looking for the original project to give credit, and i am sorry I can't find it, all I remember is t hat is was small as I made a small one and used it as my day by day diary of my trip to New York, t hen got the idea to make it considerably bigger and use it as a wedding album. SO I guess I should post some pics so you all can see what I am talking about. The decoration on the front of this album was inspired by a card that Mary Jo Williams did, I took her design and made it work for the wedding invites, so put it on the front to act as a dual decoration. It has a photo turn to hold it closed. Kinda hard to see in the pic.

This is closed looking at it from the side.

This is laying flat open side view.

This is laying open on my table showing all the envie pockets with the pages inside them.

The pages are pink

AND

close to cocoa. These are to put a pic of the guests on and have them also write a note to the bride and groom, so each couple/person will have their own page.

Covered Composition Books

2008-04-21T19:29:00.000-07:00

These are the mini ones

These are the full size composition books

OK, I made 6 of these for my 6/25 stamp club as thank you gifts for the end of the club. I had so much fun doing them and when school starts this September, I will be on the hunt for the best buy I can get. This came from Stampin Academy There is 2 vidoes, one for the big books and one for the small ones. Angie has some great tutorials, I follow her blog on a daily basis.

Mothers Day Pop Up Card

2008-04-21T19:16:00.001-07:00

Well, I saw this card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and just knew I had to try my hand at this, what a perfect Mothers Day card it would be, so here it is and here is where you can access the video stepping through making them. Dawn'a Pop Up C ard

My own challenge

2008-03-31T08:09:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally played with a scrappin kit as I have thought to myself to do many times, I took th e Rose Garden kit and make a 6x6 scrapbook from it, I also took our rubons from Sale a Bration and decorated the outside of the album with it. What fun. Below you will see the pics of my finished project.

DIaper Cake for Daughters Shower

2008-03-02T18:08:00.000-08:00

Well, below are my invites I made for my daughters baby shower, here is a diaper cake I made, under it all is diapers (approx 65 newborn diapers). It is completely usable, there are socks rolled to make rose buds, on the top are burp cloths and around them is a head band and of course decorations around it are small bottles of baby lotion, baby oil, baby powder, a new playtex drop in bottle, baby spoons and baby shampoo, so when you take it apart, you have lots of things you can use.
Oh and in the center of the top layer is asmall tub of q-tips.

This was a first and I sure had fun creating.

Top of diaper cake

one side of diaper cake

other side of diaper cake

front of diaper cake

back of diaper cake

Baby Shower Invitations

2008-01-31T17:54:00.000-08:00

Well, my daughter is going to make me a grammy again in May. I made some baby shower invites, have to say I think they really came out well, look like a diaper to me ;) After getting them all done, I also thought these would be cute as an announcement too. The polka dot ribbon is not SU neither is the letters the name was stamped with. The name letters are a set from My Sentiments Exactly (MSE) I have to say wh en I am looking for a small set, that is what I grab, just love them. The pattern papers are retired from SU and all cardstock is from SU

Inside info page

The "Diaper" outside

Planners and Cards

2008-01-13T12:05:00.000-08:00

I always seem to make some thing then keep tinkering with it till I get it where I would want to use it. Well, I continued my tinkering with the pocket/purse planner, then with the scraps I made cards, so what you see below I did all with 3 sheets of double sided pattern papers from Stampin Up, adding cardstock for the cards.
What a great paper pack this is, I can see me buying and hoarding this as I have 2 grand daughters to scrap for.

This is the inside of the planner, I made the calendar bigger from the previous post of this project. I just felt the other was too small and this is actually big enuff to make a few notes on as well.

Playing around on glass

2008-01-13T10:39:00.000-08:00

Well, DH's birthday was coming and things are tight, so I put my supplies to a test. I had these prima flower bottles sitting here collecting dust, so thought hmmmm what could I do with them that would make a great gift and manly. Well. manly cause of the image stamped on them, but also he is always behind me and my crafting, so this is what I came up with. I used Tim Holtz Distressing Embossing Powder. Great product.

I Used my embossing buddy first, then stamped with versamark and embossed with Tim Holtz distressing embossing powder, then that was dry, I put a top coat of clear finger nail polish over that and let it dry then the final touch was to heat it up with my embossing gun and let them set. Each time I used my embossing gun on them, I let them cool completely b/4 going on to the next step. I don't wood mount my stamps, I use the easy mount system, this allowed me to ink the stamp, curve it in my hand then lay it on the bottle

All images are copyrighted by Stampin Up 1998-2008

Cards from New Years Eve Day

2008-01-02T22:15:00.000-08:00

OK, here are all the cards I made between
New Years Eve day and New Years Day.
Alot of these are done with retired papers
but it was a fun challenge to do. Please
see link to Page map site for lots of sketches
in my Happy New Years post below.

This background made to look like planks has
become a favorite of mine to do.

I found these tall cards the hardest to do, but at the
same time I enjoyed them. These were done with the
retired outlaw papers and the bareback stamp set
also retired.
All images are ©Stampin Up 1997-2007

Purse/Pocket Planner

2008-01-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

OK, here is a purse/pocket planner. This fits real nice in the
pocket of a shirt, men can carry them (of course made
of masculine papers). I sure had alot of fun making
and plan to do more int he near future. I got the general idea
from a leaf card folio on www.ustamp4fun .com There are many
great ideas on this blog, lots of inspirations to be incorporated
into many projects.

And here it is standing open. I used a basic grey
magnetic snap to hold it shut.

Here shows the calendar, which by the way can also
be replaced for the following year.

This is all the way opened, in the center is a mini
calendar for 2008 and a pocket where you can put
reciepts etc....

This is one fold opened, where you find a 3x5 tablet that
can be replaced when it is all gone.

This is the planner all closed up

All photos © Stampin Up 1997-2008

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

Well, I want to wish everyone a healthy and happy New Year. I do have some photos of a few things that I have done, figured I would upload after the holidays as I have been busy babysitting the grand daughters, so stay tuned for more photos. I have been making cards, trying to get back into the routine of normal life. I did a bunch with the now retired set of Outlaw designer papers and the bareback set from SU. I wanted/needed things that would be masculine/country since we live in a country town and lots of ranchers. I went to www.pagemaps.com and printed out their card maps from December 2007. I used that as my challenge and made all 21 sketches in my own way. I had at one time mis ordered envelopes for a customer, so had some LONG/TALL envelopes I didn't want to just throw away. I will get some group photos of them uploaded, so stay tuned.........

Name book made with Cricut Design Studio

2007-12-10T06:18:00.000-08:00

OK I finally got the trial of the Cricut Design Software downloaded, used my cable from my scanner and got it hooked up so I could try to cut something and see for myself if I could do it. Now I have the craft robo, so some would think why would I want to put out the expense of the cricut too, but it boils down to ease of use and t he cricut is so much easier to use. I also have 2 g'daughters that will be able to play with the baby bug and me not worry alot about things. Anyways, below is my name book I made last night with my Ebug, DS software and Plantation Schoolbook cartridge. This was just too much fun. Now I can't wait for my paid program to get here so I can use other cartridges too.

Baby 6X6 Album

2007-11-20T08:16:00.001-08:00

Here is an album I did for my DH's Physical Therapist who just had a baby boy. I Had so much fun, gonna do a girl one next as my daughter is pregnant, they are hoping for a boy to join 2 girls already at home, but as long as it is healthy, either is fine. I will be making another boy one as well so I have one of each ;)

The baby's name will go on the outside of this pocket

I ended up putting 12 pockets in this one to accomodate all 12 months for record keeping.

On the back of each file folder there is a place to keep all pertinent information

back of the 5-3/4 x 5-3/4 book

pages 7-8

pages 5-6

pages 3-4

pages 1-2

inside look at the front

outside as it is closed

6x6 Photo Holder/Memory Album

2007-11-17T22:52:00.001-08:00

What a cute project. I was shown this, then stumbled across this post on ustampforfun . I see that there are many uses for this project. It sure makes a cute purse. I was so surprised when I saw that I had used the same kit. I was just using leftovers from my clipboard shown below. Anyways, great project. Lots of potential with this.

Folded Christmas Tree

2007-11-12T20:44:00.000-08:00

This is a tree that I Just adore. now I am not sure which is more fun, the stars made with tag punches or this folded tree.

Quilled Candy Cane Card

2007-11-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

Here is a card I did with the simple quilled tight coils. I have a group of ladies (5 in all) coming for a quilling class. I have gotten beginner kits and tools for them to start them out. I did this card to show the ways that you can use the pieces in cards for the holidays.

First attempt at an altered clipboard.

2007-11-12T14:09:00.000-08:00

Ok, here is my first attempt at the clipboard altering. This is a 9x9 clipboard that I cut myself. I had a full sized one, I cut it down. These are my 2 grand daughters, they tied for first place on Halloween night for the most beautiful costume. There were several categories, and they tied in their division. This was done with part of a simply scrappin kit from Stampin Up.

HOOKED ON STARS

2007-11-08T11:49:00.000-08:00

OK, here are 5 more cards, I really like doing these stars, I could get addicted to them very easily. :)

Star Card

2007-11-08T04:29:00.000-08:00

Well, I know it has been awhile, been busy with classes for my planners as they make such great gifts, then life in general just got in the way, so now I am here posting a star card made from tag punches. I saw this star and thought I just have to know how to do it, so here are my cards I did with it.

Day Planners

2007-10-16T05:15:00.000-07:00

Here is a group of planners that I made, they sure make wonderful gifts

Holiday planner & cards

2007-10-16T04:45:00.000-07:00

I just love the way this came out, what a great idea. I found this on another blog and just had to give it a try, I made this with left overs from the winter bright simply scrappin kit, I was on a mission to make as many cards as I could from it, and after using my brain to the max, I saw this and just had to " case" it, I will be doing more of these and giving them out this year, what a great way to keep track of who gets what from year to year. I cased this from another blog Fat Cat Stamper

Back of my planner to keep track of who comes and what they are to bring

I just had to play with the penguin that everyone is making with the oval punches, what a fun thing to do, will have to use him more.

now, off to grabout more holiday paper and begin making some as the holiday is quickly approaching.

Thanx for visiting my blog.

Here's Mickey!

2007-10-04T18:58:00.001-07:00

One more Planner to share

2007-10-03T18:53:00.001-07:00

Here is MY planner, this is the one I have played with first then made the others.

Good ole chipboard makes a great accent on a cover.

Pencil Holder

2007-10-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

Well, after making the planners, I decided to make use of my scraps, so I have done pencil holders from coasters and my bind it all to make a nice gift set. Maybe more pieces to come as I still have scraps left.

Fine tuned Planner

2007-10-03T12:54:00.001-07:00

OK, I have not posted in awhile as I have been fine tuning my day planner. After making the first one, I realized that it could be a more productive planner so I have been making many of them and getting everything fine tuned. One of the things I did was to make pockets on all the pages, everyone needs a place to stuff receipts etc. Then I realized that as you get to the end of the year that a year at a glance calendar for 2009 would be great to have too, as well as starting off in 2008 and needing to look back at 2007 for something, so I incorporated those into the planner as well. Then at the back of the book, all planners have sections to write notes and addresses, so there are pages for those as well. Then what is better that having a paper clip to mark each month as it is current so you can jump to that month at an instant when opening it up. Thus you have my finished product that you see here.

One note: I still have to tie ribbon on the spine, so I will post a pic when that is completed.

Thanx for looking

Susan

2nd Project done with board book

2007-09-17T15:49:00.000-07:00

This one, I got the idea w hen I was in the local scrap store. They had some 6x6 calendar grid paper from Flair Designs, this paper was 12 x 12, so I had to take it and cut it into squares to use them. I then took my stamps and stamped the month and the days on them. I then took a board book, covered the pages, and created this calendar that will hand. You will see 2 months at a time, which I think is a wonderful idea.

As you can tell, this is not embellished either, I seem to get them made, then takes awhile to get them all embellished. I usually have to wait and decide who they are going to so I can decorate things to fit the individual.

Again, thanx for looking.
Susan

Creating Weekend with friends

2007-09-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I just had company for 3 days and all we did was play, weather it be scrapping or creating. I got the bug to create a day planner for 2008 using my bind it all. Since I usually try to find things I can make for gifts, just to let someone know they are in my thoughts, the brain went into over drive. I created this day planner completely from scratch, no patterns what so ever. The pattern is still in my head, so one day I will have to actually make up a pattern while I make one so I can have pictures to go along with it.

I made the back of the book close over the front and I used magnets to hold it closed. I still have to decorate/personalize the front of this one, but wanted to share what I had done so far.

Thanx for looking at my creations.

Monday Night AGAIN

2007-08-20T20:25:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is another Monday night and I did another card from a sketch from a friend. I really like this one too. I make these cards then put them away in sets of 6 to use as gifts. The cards are very verstile. I put nothing in the inside so they can personalize them.

Another card

2007-08-16T16:21:00.001-07:00

Well, here is another card done with more new designer paper from SU, this is coming out in the new mini that is avaliable from Sept 1 til November 30th. Apple Cider paper and True friend stamp set.

Found the time to play tonite

2007-08-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Well,I did make it tonite and found the time to play with my new goodies I got today. I made these cards from the Holiday harmony paper, Accent Essential Hand Selected, the new purely pomegranate satin ribbon and the tree from the Season of Joy stamp set. I really think they are very rich looking cards. The second one is a trifold card, haven't gotten anything on the inside, but a perfect place to attach a pocket for a gift card.

Creating time on hold

2007-08-05T22:38:00.001-07:00

Well, I have taken a couple days from creating and have been organizing, or trying to. Ya know, I have bought all these plastic drawers and filled them, stacked them on top of each other and bought more, it is a vicious circle. Well, I have decided that since my scrappin room is my living room minus all the furniture, I needed it to have a nice clean look, so I have started weeding things out and replacing t he plastic drawers with the white cubes I can buy at Target, I buy them a couple at a time, so when I get things better organized, I will take a pic and share my space :D Anyway, I should be back to card making or something next week. Tomorrow is Monday card night, so maybe I will have time to get them made and share them. My grand daughters will be back tomorrow for the week, and they have a way of taking me away from my plans so we shall see.

Christams Cards

2007-07-31T07:55:00.000-07:00

Well, it is never to late to start making Christmas cards. Above are some of the ones I have done. I belong to a yahoo group that one of the gals every Monday night does a virtual class via web cam. She posts sketches she designs and then we use what we have to make the cards. I have come to look forward to this night of creativity.

5 Page "Coaster" Book

2007-07-29T07:54:00.001-07:00

Well, yesterday after the class I had here for making a board book, I played with some 4" coasters. This is what I came up with, it is a 5 "coaster" page book that I made to send to my mom of my g'daughters graduation from kindergarden. This was quite fun. One of the things I realized is I took some of the pics and cut them to be 4x4 so they cover all the coaster, saving on paper. You can then use rubons on the photos to make notes of names etc. Great time saving tip. I have used rubons b/4 on photos, putting a name on a hat that someone is wearing to personalize it. Anyway, this could be a cute quick project for a fast make n take.

Purse books

2007-07-26T22:57:00.001-07:00

Well, I was sitting here and I had just got my club stamp kit from Fed Ex, this month there was a kit to make a purse Album, I didn't want to use the stuff from the kit, I think the papers would be better in cards, instead I used the pieces as a template and cut my own. I used the new bazzill bling paper top cover the chipboard with. Anyway, these are the two books I made, I used my bind it all AGAIN, the ladies are teasing me that all I do now had to consist of using the bind it all :)). These two book are for my two g'daughters who are with us during the week and with mom and dad on the weekends. You should have seen their eyes light up as I showed them to them after getting their names and other decorations on them. I know the ribbon on ALexia's looks blue, but really, it is purple. Thanx for looking.

Another mini book

2007-07-25T07:02:00.001-07:00

Here is a book that is in progress, I got the cover done, but not the inside yet. My goal with this one is to make a book that can track your kids through school, a place to put a pic each year, teacher name and class info. Even a place where they can sign their name so you can see the changes through out the years. I cut this with my cricut expression out of chipboard and covered it, again, my favorite tool of the bind it all is how I put it together. I am telling ya, don't leave anything sitting around with more than one page.

New Addiction

2007-07-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

Well, I have gotten into board books since I got my new bind it all, nothing is safe from being put together. Any way, I am sharing a photo with you of what I have done. The one photo is of what the book looked like b/4 I started my adventure, and the other of course is what it looked like when it was done. I have done a few classes making books like this in my home, everyone seems to have a wonderful time making these. Work keeps taking me away from this post, I have been trying to get this uploaded all day, so I better do it now b/4 something happens to it. I'll try to do more later.

Trying this again

2007-07-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I have had this blog spot for a year and a had, never done anything with it, so maybe I will try to get into the new century and play a bit. Here I can post pics of things I have done that might give others ideas. I can even share pics of my family and friends of magical moments, who knows. I have alot of blogs bookmarked that I check into every day, we'll see if I can keep up with everyone else.