out of my box ( a tiny little bit.) By Julie Jacob

It's not that I like being in a rut.  Or that I don't necessarily like trying new things.
It's just that when I find something, or a technique that makes me happy...I tend to stay there.
Hence, my box.  I like it.  It's comfy, and they know me there. :)

I get the same Chinese food every time.  The lady who works at Dickies knows exactly how I like my gigantic baked potato before I even order it.  I don't have to even give my drink order at Starbucks...they know what I want (and order EVERY time).
Same.  Same.  Same.

So.  You all have to know how completely out of the box it was for me to do a (deep breath!) 8 1/2x11 layout instead of 12x12.  There.  I said it.  (I'm such a dork.)
And do you know what?  I LIKED IT! :)

Ta-Dah! :)  I used the Tell Your Story Ledger paper as my base.  Then I adhered my 5x7 photo to a block of butterfly paper (dot side).  I added a ticket, a tag, flowers, butterflies...you name it.  

I punched the butterflies from scraps of Tell Your Story paper...and then stitched through the middle of them.

It's fun to add bling too. :)  I kept going with my sewing machine, and stitched around one of the bigger flowers.

LOVE those flowers.  I finished it off with the twine...wrapped it around twice and knotted it off.  Add more bling...Oh, and I borrowed the stamps from Sweet Afternoon.  

I am liking this 8 1/2 x 11 thing.  What could possibly be next for me?  Sushi?  Ballroom dancing?

iphone 4 case by Dedra Long

You have been waiting and waiting, you have purchased it and you're holding it in your hands, that perfect piece of patterned paper! That favorite piece of paper that you could carry around with you all day. Well, that has been me on many occasions and I have found the perfect way to carry around the patterned papers I love and switch them out when I want to, because let's face it, more often than not there are many patterned papers we love. Typically, I'll speak for myself, I end up buying multiple sheets of that favorite paper.
I have started making and switching out my iphone case covers. My current iphone case cover simply had a photo in it. Here is what it looked like before I swtiched it out:

Here is the base paper I chose to switch too and what it looks like measured and cut to fit my iphone:

Here is my iphone complete with the new case cover:

After I chose the base patterned paper, I used one of my favorite Teresa Collins stamps, a die cut cardstock piece from the Sweet Afternoon Collection and stitched it onto the paper. I can't wait for my new favorite papers to come in, so I can switch my case cover out again! Until then, I'm going to enjoy my current favorite.

Supplies used:
Sweet Afternoon Going Downtown Paper
Fabrications Acrylic Stamps
Sweet Afternoon Die Cut Cardstock Sheet
Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Stop Pouting Layout by Stacey Michaud

Oh, daughters.  They are awesome shopping buddies, great beauties, best friends, and world-class pouters.  At least mine is.  I recently took some photos of Ella at her birthday party.  I asked the group of girls to all gather.  She wanted to keep playing one of the games so she lined up.

But...she was not going to smile.  Nope, big old pouty face.  And I caught it!  Those are the most scrappable moments!

I love the soft colors of this line!  They really make pictures with darker colors pop!  I layered lots of die cuts here and combined some embellishments from the Spring Fling collection with Sweet Afternoon.  I love using little strips and stickers along the tops and bottoms of my layout to add some balance.

I created this cluster with Spring Fling chipboard elements and buttons as well as Sweet Afternoon die-cuts.  I like the dimension it gives!

What do you think?  Will my daughter appreciate this layout someday?

Supplies:  Sweet Afternoon With a Book, Going Downtown, Just Relaxing Papers, Sweet Afternoon Die Cuts; Sweet Afternoon Stickers; Sweet Afternoon Brads; Spring Fling Chipboard; Spring Fling Buttons

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Anniversary Shadow Box by Dedra Long

I love shadowboxes and I have had this one for about a year. I always seem to have special things laying around and I'm always waiting for "just the right" paper, embellishments, etc. I have heard others talk about having this same problem.

So, I decided there was no time like the present and being that I love shadowboxes this is not my first and it sure won't be the last one I create to hang in the house. That reminds me, I need to tell Jon to add some more of these to his list of things he can always bring home to me.

I have always loved making these rolled flowers. I first creating flowers like these with old book pages. To create these I used pages from two 6" x 6" paper pads. After cutting each one, rolling them and gluing them together, I finished each flower off with brads and blingage. To balance the shadowbox I added the "cherish" stamped image. Super fun!

Supplies used:
6x6 Carolina Breeze Paper Pad
6x6 Sweet Afternoon Paper Pad
Sweet Afternoon Brads
Blingage
Fabrications Acrylic Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look! I hope you have a great weekend.

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Glitter, Glitter, Glitter - 3 DIY glitter projects with Cheri

I love Gentry's glitter from the Blingage collection - I know, I know, I know, you have heard me say this a time or two but I do LOVE it! It's so fine and sparkly!!

PROJECT#1: DIY CHARM NECKLACE

Supplies used: Gentry's Glitter, Sweet afternoon pink paper from 6x6 paper pad. Die Cuts also from Swee Afternoon and one pink bling brad. Other: 1x3 strip of music notes, 1x3 memory frame and glass 1x3 (two pieces), pink ink pad (Tim Holtz distress in spun sugar).

1. Cut a 1x3 strip from the pink paper, lay it pink side down on your glass. This will become the back side so that you have a nice pretty back for your necklace.

2. Lay your music notes on top. (You don't need to glue it because the glass will hold it all together.)

3. Trim your sweet afternoon banner to fit inside the frame and ink around edges.

4. Cut a heart shape from your pink paper.

5. (*Optional - ink first in pink) Cut the "you make my heart sing" into strips.

6. Put you pink heart face down in your Teresa Collins Xyron sticker maker. Then adhere your glitter to the front.

7. Put all the word strips, larger banner and sparkly hart into sticker maker and then start layering.

8. Put your charm into the frame with your glass.

9. Cut the prongs off of the back of your brad and adhere to outside of frame.

10. Add ribbon of choice to top and your finished!

PROJECT #2: DIY GLITTER ACCENT CONE

Supplies used: Gentry's Glitter, Fabrications Linen - Green Fleur de lis side B, flower, die cut. Other: Double sided tape (I used red line for this project), cream ruffle ribbon, cream satin ribbon.

1. Cut out the shape of your cone from the side b of Green Fleu de lis paper.

2. Tape along top edge of cone and add Gentry's glitter to the tape.

3. Tape your ribbon to the inside top and along the side you will be adhering the cone together.

4. Adhere the large black die cut to the front center

5. Adhere your large cream flower.

PROJECT #3: DIY GLITTER KEY

I loved this one, so easy to do and so many ideas!!

Supplies used: Gentry's glitter, Collin's Keys. Other: Glossy accents liquid glue, pink ribbon.

1. Choose your key of choice

2. Squirt some glossy accents onto one half (and I mean the top or bottom half, not top or bottom side. Hope that makes sense.)

3. Sprinkle Gentry's Glitter on the key, then I used a clothes pin to hold it on the top half to try.

4. When the bottom is done drying flip it around, glue and glitter the other side.

5. Add ribbon and your done!

This would also make a great idea at Christmas - we had a home when my daughter was younger that did not have a fireplace and we made a "SANTA" key so that we could hang it on the outside doorknob, that was a "special" way he could get in on Christmas Eve! ;)

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a little travel journal by Julie Jacob

It is finally summer...and around here that means summer soccer tournaments!
Belle's soccer team (the Rangers) is traveling to California in August to play in the Carlsbad Cup.  With a little trip to Disneyland & the beach thrown in.
I thought it would be fun for her to have a little travel journal for the trip. ;)

It's nice and compact (4"x6") so she can keep it in her backpack.  (Or more realistically, my purse.)

I used Everyday Moments, Fabrications Canvas, World Traveler & Sweet Afternoon.  How's that for mixing it up?  The stamp is made with the TC Stampmaker.

I should explain that 27 is her jersey number.  I think she is digging her book...

Let's peek inside a little.  

I used a punch for the tabs at the top.  The stamps on these pages are from World Traveler.  Most of the pages are blank for now.  I wanted her to have plenty of space for notes, things to remember, or autographs at Disney.

I made the Go Rangers! stamp with my Stampmaker.  The pocket page on the right is from a map...the bottom is sewed shut, so she can keep tickets, receipts, etc. in there.  I had thought I was being so clever...using a map of southern California.  And then I punched out Carlsbad and San Diego.  Duh.

The envelope on the right is from the World Traveler album kit...I just cut it down to fit my book, and then sewed the right edge shut.  

The stamp on the left is also made with the Stampmaker.  It's kind of like the team philosophy.  I got the image from an email from the coach, and turned it into a stamp.

And one more page...

I also made a bigger travel journal for myself...I have a picture of it on my blog today.  :)

Happy Tuesday...

Sophisticated Cricut cartridge - Fluer De Lis project by Cheri Piles

I have had this frame for quite some time, just waiting for the right project to come along. I Love how it has a beautiful space in the middle that allows for dimensional items. 

To create this project I cut the Tan Damask paper (side B) from Fabrications to fit my opening then added the silver photo corners also from Fabrications to each corner.

I cut the Fluer De Lis using the "Sophisticated" cartridge in Cricut Craft Room & cut size: 4.5 x 8.1 from Sweet Afternoon "In The Attic" paper.

After I made my cut I used a ruller and drew very thin black lines creating shading on the fluer de lis. Once all of my lines were drawn I then went over the shading and around the edges using distress ink. I adhered it using Foam squares.

This is such a nice addition to my home office! I absolutely love the look and it was so easy to create!


Supplies:
Fabrications: Tan Damask paper (Side B) 12 x 12 paper, Trinkets
Sweet Afternoon: In The Attic 12 x 12 paper
Blingage: Jamie's and Stephanie's Gems
Cricut Craft Room, Cartridge: Sophisticated
Other: Frame, Therm O Web 3D Foam Squares, Micron Pen 01 (Black), Distress ink - Frayed Burlap, Ruler


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Sweet Afternoon Tags by Yvonne Blair

Hi everyone, Yvonne here to share a sweet tag and a fun little ATC.  I love making tags up and having them ready to go to add a cute little embellishment any project, gift or I have even added them to the front of a card.  The tag above is made with Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon 6 x 6 paper pad.  I cut the main background to the size tag I wanted, added a doily and a rectangle of another decorative paper from the pad, punched some butterflies out of the paper and vellum.  I like to double them up so they are dimensional.  I think it makes them appear as though they are fluttering about, wink.  Then I just added the "spread your wings" sticker from the Sweet Afternoon sticker sheet and some ribbon and there you have it.  Love the shabby feel of this line.  I keep saying it...I just can't get enough of it.  Below you will find an ATC I did using the same paper pad as the tag.  You can get so many projects for just one pad.  Add some embellies and your good to go.  If I don't use the ATC for a swap, I will probably adhere it to the front of a card with some pop dots and have a everyday card ready to go.  Love to have stuff I can throw together for those last minute things.  (and who doesn't have those!)

 Hope you enjoyed these fun quick and easy projects.   I'm going to play with paper now. If you would like to see more of my work check out my blog.   TTFN.

42. Layout by Dedra Long

Hi there! When I first saw the Sweet Afternoon Collection, the soft colors, the delicate patterns I thought of babies, little girls, tea parties, spring time, etc.
After printing the photos I took of Jon on his birthday, I noticed his shirt had the same colors as the Sweet Afternoon Collection. Here is what I came up with....

It's so nice when a collection is so versatile that you can scrapbook any occasion or any member of your family from babies, to children, to adults.

Supplies used:
Sweet Afternoon 6x6 Paper Pad
Sweet Afternoon Garden in the Party Paper
Sweet Afternoon Relaxing Paper
Sweet Afternoon By the Pond Paper
Sweet Afternoon With a Book Paper
Sweet Afternoon Cardstock Stickers
Sweet Afternoon Brads
Sweet Afternoon Stamps
Everyday Moments Buttons
Everyday Moments Rhinestones
Fabrications Stamps

Thanks for taking a look!

Love everthing card By Keisha Campbell

Hello everyone! I wanted to share a simple quick card with you all today.

 I like to make easy cards from time to time to keep on hand for when my girls or I may need a card for a celebration. I keep them in a basket so we can easily grab them!

card supplies: Sweet Afternoon In the Garden pp, In the Attic paper, brads; Everyday Moments stamps

Father and Daughter Layout by Stacey Michaud

Father's Day is coming up soon and in celebration, I am sharing a Father and Daughter layout today.  It is perfect timing because we just had our first Father/Daughter dance at my Ella's elementary school.  It was so precious so see her dress up and share a special night with her dad.  He bought her a corsage and put on his formal suit, even though it would be 90 degrees in the gym.  In the process, I caught some priceless photos.

Photos that called for soft colors to help them pop.  Photos that needed themed die-cuts to tell a story.  I turned to the new Sweet Afternoon collection to help me document this event.

I wanted to keep the overall design simple, yet intricate.  Even a bit delicate.  I used one of the new Sweet Afternoon Stamps to place the No. stamp on the tag.  I also mixed collections by using a dragonfly trinket from the Fabrications line. 

To make an interesting little cluster that closed in my titlework and united the photos, I used a strip of blue paper and a chipboard tag from the collection.  I added a brad and the little number stickers.

I wanted this page to be as delicate and pretty as my daughter looked that night, especialy when she was in the arms of her daddy!

Supplies:  Sweet Afternoon Chipboard Elements 1 & 2, Sweet Afternoon Die -Cut Sheets, Just Relaxing Paper, At the Picnic Paper, In the Garden Paper, Sweet Afternoon Clear Stamps, Fabrications Trinket, Brads from Timeless and Posh, Sweet Afternoon Stickers

Sweet Moments featuring Sweet Afternoon by Yvonne Blair

Hi y'all!  I am so in the scrapbooking zone right now.  I have been getting so many layouts done and it feels so good.  Of course it is easy when you have beautiful papers to work with and I am totally in LOVE with Sweet Afternoon!  It is so versatile and so springy!  It is what I call "happy" paper!  So...I wanted to share one of the layouts I have recently done with you.  This is one of my favorite pictures of my daughter because it show cases her freckles and blue eyes.  I know the paper is really helping pop the blue too.  So fun.

I wanted to show you up close the flowers I fussy cut from the Sweet Afternoon 6 x 6 pad and stacked.  Really turned out cure.  I stamped the saying right on one of the design papers.  Love that this can be done without making it to busy.
Have you been working with Sweet Afternoon yet??? If so follow the directions for Fan Friday and you just might see your work here!  That would be fun!  Hope you have a great week.  Hugs for now.
If you would like to see more of my work visit me on my blog.  Just click here, wink.
Supplies used:
 Sweet Afternoon SA1005B, SA1004B, SA1007B, SA1015A die cut sheet, Sweet Afternoon Brads, other- washi tape, doily, stamp, pin, adhesive.