Making Ribbon!

I had some fun playing with a lot of ink today coloring ribbon to match my project. Close To My Heart's new Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon (Z1732, 10 yards for $6.95) is easy to use. I used Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, and Honey inks to dye the ribbon. I tried using a sponge which worked well but gave me a light shade. For a deep shade a dragged the ribbon directly onto the ink pad.  My fingers ended up much inkier than I usually end up after playing with my inks. But I never mind. I enjoy my inks a lot!

The finished product has a tie-dye look to it. Now, I can make ribbon to match any project I am working on. I will always be able to match my ink.

The card I made is one for my Pemberley Card Workshop. Here are the supplies used:

          Card Stock- outdoor denim, colonial white, pemberley

          Inks- desert sand, outdoor denim, indian corn blue, honey

          Thoughtful Tidings stamp set

          Color ready accents

          Bitty pearls

          Color ready seam binding ribbon

         Colonial white die cut cards and envelopes

Now, I'm ready to try this ribbon on a layout. I am working on a page all about my youngest using the Victory paper. I think I can make some ribbon that looks boyish. Hopefully between all my things to do this weekend I can finish that page up with some fun ribbon too.

Happy Crafting everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I saw this cute card on the CTMH website. I just love it. Plus it has a great technique that we can switch to any card or scrapbook page.

The spray pattern is a look that is very easy to create by using a spray pen (item Z1380, 3 pens for $3.95). Take the spray pen and add a little water with a couple drops of Exclusive Inks re-inker. Test it to see if you have the desired shade. You may need more ink or more water depending on the look you are going for. The best way to mist your paper is in a box so that you don't end up with ink all over your table or other projects.

Be sure to take time for yourself and have fun with your crafting supplies.

A Year in Pictures Album

My friend, Mer, and I have made a commitment to document 2012 in pictures and actually get them into an album. We each have our different specifications for this project. Here are mine:

1.  Take a least one photo every day
2.  Journal in a Word document a few notes about the day including one word that describes something about the day.
3.  Create the album. Each day can be no more than one page in the album but I can have multiple days on each page. However, each day must be journaled individually.

Some times I take so many pictures that I end up with several pages with just one event. Then I end up with an big album that covers just a short amount of time! AND then I never seem to get through the back log of photos I have. I have decided that all those photos don't need to be in an album. All the photos are on my computer if I need them. However, I want to be able to showcase what our family is doing,  not yet another birthday party or all my wildflower photos. Those pictures are important to me but I do get bogged down on huge events in the past. I will leave those big events on the computer and just use one picture to represent the event.

I think the main thing I am trying to do with this album is capture the little things that happen every day and the details about every day life. One day last week I took my oldest to the optometrist. She now needs reading glasses. My picture of the day is of her with those funky, plastic eye protectors you get from the optometrist's office after your eyes are dilated. My journaling is all about her feelings about needing glasses. These are the day to day details that we tend to forget.

So here we are in February. Are my pages done for January? No, I do have the first week completed. I have photos and journaling all ready to go. Now, I just need to take the time to put them on paper.

This page represents January 2. It was a big day in our family with everyone getting together so I used an entire page for one day. I used the Elemental paper pack and added decorative elements using the Decor Journaling Spots, Cork Alphabet, and the Love Life stamp set.

The facing page in the album is the next four days. Each day has a photo and a journaling box. I used the Elemental  paper again. Since the pages were next to each other, I wanted some coordination. But they are different themes so I changed the colors. The pages go together but they don't go together.

Now, I must set some time tonight to work on a couple more pages. I guess I'd better add it to my calendar. If I don't something else will get put in that spot and I will never get to my photos.

Valentine card

Here's a quick card using the Roxy paper pack.

The new Idea Book has so much fun stuff. Take a look!

Dino-Mite Scrapbook Pages

In this video, we show you how to create the scrapbook pages featured on page 89 of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book. Simply by choosing masculine or feminine colors, you can get double the use out of one single stamp set and create “dino-mite” artwork for a boy or a girl!