dream pop happy birthday

I spent a wonderful day on Friday, at my friend Jan Moxey's (Close to My Heart consultant), working with the Dream Pop collection - CTMH's special promotion for May in honour of National Scrapbooking Month.  It really does pop!  I love that the cardstock is shiny and detailed on one side (you can see the diagonal lines showing on the pink cardstock) but it is so pretty that it is difficult to use it..  lol   The sentiment comes from an older CTMH stamp set and the bling is from Michael's.  The flowers are all made using Martha Stewart punches.  The one on the left (large embroidery double punch) is my favourite although it is hard to see the cutout details in the picture.  I left the inside simple and instead of covering up such pretty paper, it lifts up to find the greeting underneath. I have submitted this card in the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog's May Flowers challenge.  You will be seeing more of this paper to be sure!   scrap happy...

 

masculine cards from scraps

with Father's Day just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to do up some masculine cards.  These were made with scraps from a mini album I made for my brother-in-law so I didn't have to look too hard to find some masculine looking papers.  I love the style of this card with all of its layers yet it is still very clean looking so I ended up making a half a dozen or so.   As there is so much pattern going on, there really was no need for further embellishing - a little bit of ink was all that was required.  scrap happy...



retirement

I was asked to do up a retirement card and I was flipping through my stamps trying to find the perfect sentiment and by jove I think I did!  This is a CTMH stamp that says "the winds of change bring treasures unknown... embrace change".  I really like that and love the way it curls around.  Along with using up my scraps I have also challenged myself to use my Cuttlebug more and have used the divine swirls embossing folder to give the effect of clouds in the sky.  The ribbon and roses are from my stash.  The butterflies I believe are all K and Company.  The stickpins I made myself after watching some great tutorials from Fiona (Jennings644 onYouTube).  They can become addicting!  scrap happy...

mini album in a box...

I thought I would share a couple of mini albums in a box that I did up a while back.  I picked up the written tutorial from Kathryn of Life on the Scrapbeach when she did a Ustream class showing how to put one together for National Scrapbooking Day last year.  I have to say that her tutorials (written and video) are well done and easy to follow along (and very fun).  As you can see in the images, when you open the box, the one side is actually the spine of the mini and it folds down when you want to look at the album.  Everything except the lid stays dustfree.  There are lots of pockets and places to tuck tags and little trinkets right along with any photos.  Please take a look...

This first one uses K & Company and Recollection papers.  I love the look of the bright blue with the black and cream.  Most of the flowers are made from the same papers. My favourite is the black fringed flower on the cover with blue centre and it is so simple to create!

 

 

 

 

This second album is made using an older Prima stack called First Blush.  I love the colour combination even if there is no purple to be found!  While the photos for the other album were taken without the tags, here you can see the tops of the large tags that are inside each of the "paper bags".  Flowers are again handmade from the papers in the collection.  Thanks for looking and scrap happy!