At the crop

I spent all day yesterday making cards at a scrapbooking crop with friends - always fun! Of course, you'd think I'd have made more than just 28 cards in 12 hours, but oh well. I borrowed a great Inkadinkado stamp from my new friend Vicki and made a bunch of Mother's Day cards. Here's one of my favorites:


I also made a set of Patriotic cards for my aunt (who uses them for her VFW ladies auxiliary), and it took me 5 prototypes to find one I didn't hate. Here are 2 cards for her:

Finally, I saw an idea in an issue of Paper Crafts magazine on combining patterned paper, and I made a few cards based on their sample. Here's 2 of them:

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

April Make and Takes

A local scrapbook store (Photo Scraps in Eldersburg, MD) offers make and takes on the 3rd Saturday of each month. I see the email invitation each month, but this is the first time I went - I loved it! I made 4 of the projects and got lots of ideas for future projects. Here's what I made:

If you're local, let me know if you want to go with me in May. :)

Nestabilites Storage

Up until now, I wasn't really happy with the way I was storing my Nestabilities. I had them in a Ziploc bag for a while, but they were hard to find what I wanted, and they kept getting mixed up. Then I had them in a mini photo album, which was a good idea, but one of my sets was too big and stuck out of the top (when it wasn't falling out of the sleeve).

Yesterday, I saw this idea at a local scrapbook store when I attended their make and take day. (Check out the pictures below.) The lady bought magnetic sheets that are self-adhesive on one side (from the Walmart craft department) and put them inside clear CD jewel cases. I love it! Now they're all organized, I can see them easily, and I can grab the case I want when I want it. Just thought I'd share. :)

Thank yous

I made these 3 thank you cards for 3 wonderfully supportive women. The blue card on the far right is based on the Card Patterns sketch #59 (turned on its side). Thanks for looking.

More sketch challenges

As you can tell from this post and the 2 previous ones, I had a productive day scrapbooking and card making with my friend Amy. (Thanks for visiting, Amy! Come back soon.)

This first card is for this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

The second card is based on the sketch below from Stamping 411. Enjoy your Sunday night.

The twins' BD

I made these cards for Lou's twin niece and nephew celebrating their birthday this week. The first card is based on the sketch below from the Technostamper blog. It gave me a great excuse to use my Nestabilites.

The second card is based on the sketch from Taylored Expressions. It uses my favorite paper from Basic Grey, which always inspires me.

Mother's Day

I made this page based on the sketch below from Got Sketch? Nothing like a great sketch to help you think outside of the box. Enjoy your Sunday night, friends.

Card Patterns #52

I took the Card Patterns Sketch #52 and put my own twist on it. I love this new patterned paper I picked up at Michaels this weekend.

CPS 155

I used the CPS sketch #155 to create this birthday card with new Basic Grey paper. Fun, fun. I always find a bad day is a little better after some time spent in my scrapbooking room. Happy Monday, friends.

SSSC56 Sketch

My friend from work loves Daisy, so I had to put the pup's picture on the front of her birthday card. I used the Sweet Sunday sketch as inspiration.

SSS43 Sketch

I made this birthday card for a friend from work using new Basic Grey paper and this week's Sweet Stop Sketch.

Basic Grey Calendar - part 2

Basic Grey Calendar - part 1

This project combines 3 of my favorite things - Daisy pictures, Basic Grey scrapbooking paper, and a great sale. I got this calendar kit for $4 instead of the original $20 in mid-January. I just finished putting it together for my mom, who always says she loves her Daisy calendars. Enjoy!