Christmas

I'm sorry for not posting in a while, the holidays have been crazy hectic! I did want to get on here real quick and post some pictures of the project I did for about 6 months as a Christmas present for my boyfriend's family. I used the 7 Gypsies Printer Tray that I purchased from Archiver's.

As you can see I made NINE of these! LOL let's just say I won't being getting myself into huge projects like that for a while!

They all had the same photographs, but the embellishments were slightly different from tray to tray. The keys were from 7 Gypsies. The ornate metal plates and metal corners ( they're on opposite corners of each tray) were all Tim Holtz products from the idea-ology line. Most of the papers were from The Paper Company Studio's Ancestral line. The family stamp is a Stampabilities stamp I bought at Hobby Lobby (probably one of my favorite stores and most dangerous on the bank account! LOL)

Here are a few close-ups of the trays:

The quote says: "Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Christmas Decorations

Hi There!

So I've been trying to complete too much stuff before Christmas! I'm quite further behind in my card making than I had imagined I would be, plus I'm trying to work on a rather cute decoration that I discovered in one of my favorite magazines, Scrapbooks Etc. It is a cute paper tree table decoration. Here's a direct link to the instructions. Then to top it all off, I've been working for many months now on a huge project that I plan to give as a Christmas gift to my boyfriend's family. I would elaborate more, but I've been able to keep it a secret this long so I'm going to hopefully keep it that way! LOL!

I hope to post pictures of all these projects as soon as I get them done! I will also try to post some free card SVGs so that anyone who uses Sure Cuts A Lot can also make some cute cards!

Happy Crafting!

My stamping storage ideas

Let me start by saying "HAPPY THANKSGIVING!" I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I don't have a lot of time to be creative nor a lot of space to store my over-abundance of scrapbooking supplies! I have come up with a few ideas on how to maximize my space which allows me to find my stuff quicker and in return allows more creative time!

My first idea is storing those handy clear stamps. Yes, they do take up less space than the wooden-backed stamps, but as I started to accumulate many of these, they began to be a pain. I was constantly misplacing them, or I would keep stacks of them in my stamping drawer, but they would fall over every time I opened the drawer. One day it hit me to store them in a book or binder of some sort, but how?! BASEBALL CARD HOLDER! I put small self-adhering stamps in the pockets of baseball card protective sheets. I also put a paper in each little pocket telling about the stamp, who manufactured it, the website of the manufacturer, and the item number (in case I need a new one).

Along with this folder I also keep a catalogue of all the stamps I own in a different 3-prong folder. I take a blank 8.5"x11" sheet of paper and stamp what I can fit onto one side of the sheet. Sometimes I will put just one kit on a page, or categorize them by theme (i.e. Holidays, birthdays, etc.). I keep all of my stamping stuff together in plastic totes that I picked up from Walmart, including the folders.

That's all the clever ideas I can share with you today! Hopefully I can post pictures of my folders soon. Have a good evening!

The begining...

Hi all! My name is Ashley. I began my scrapbooking/paper crafting addiction about four years ago but still consider myself new to the game. I don't have any kids so I'm not as much into the scrapbooking as I am into paper decor, gifts, and card making. I own a Cricut Expression and absolutely LOVE it!!!!!!! I don't own many cartridges, but I do own Sure-Cuts-A-Lot which is a fabulous tool to have for ANY Cricut owner! I hope to learn how to start designing my own SVGs to use with my SCAL software. Well, that's about it for me! Have a good night!