Fathers Day Card....

Happy Tuesday.  As you know Fathers Day is this Sunday.  I have been trying to think of a card to make for my dad for Sunday and could not figure out anything.  Then I found a video tutorial for a folded paper shirt.  I saw it and immediately started looking for paper to make one for dad for FD.  I hope you like it!!  Here it is:

Have a Scrappy Day!!

Card Creation...

I am a member of SplitCoast Stampers (SCS) and there are so many talented ladies there.  One of my friends on the site was Queen for the Day (QFTD63).  The challenge for this is to create a card by CASEing one of the "Queens" cards and then post it to the gallery.  I will show her card and then my version of it. Granted I am working with limited supplies since I am in one place and my papercrafting supplies are in another.  So I did what I could with what I had lol.  Hope you like it.  And if you get the chance go on over to SCS and check it out.  Here is a link to Splitcoast Stampers.  Now on to my creation and my inspiration for my creation.

My Creation:

My inspiration from Mary's gallery:

Go on over and check it out... There are tons of tutorials and inspiration around every corner!!

Apologies.....

For being absent.  I was working on a blog post on Thursday of last week and a box popped up on my screen.  It said something about Adobe Flash.exe had stopped working and that I needed to re-boot my computer. Well I re-booted my computer and guess what happened?  Yep... it was a virus.  My computer went haywire.  It kept telling me that my hard drive was corrupt and that there were bad sectors here and there and everywhere.  I freaked out.  See my computer is sitting on the dining room table, since I have to be in the room with my mom.  I am her caregiver so I stay close so that I can keep an eye on her.  Well needless to say that whoever comes in the door seems to want to perch at my computer and "borrow" it.  That said, I have no idea how the virus got onto my computer but have spent the weekend trying to get it sorted out.  I have a warranty on my computer so I assumed I would have to send it off to have it fixed, well thank God I did not have to do that.  I called and they walked me through wiping everything out and setting it back to factory defaults.  With that being said, I can say I lost everything I had saved on my computer, all my pictures, all my digital scrapbook pages, all my pictures of cards I have made, everything.  I did back everything up a few months ago so thankfully I do have part of it but I can never get back everything I lost.  So to end this blog post I am going to say this, watch the websites you visit, be careful about what is being downloaded to your computer, and above all else Back up your computer on a regular basis.

As Promised.....

Here are pics of my FIRST ever Exploding Box/ Scrapbook in a Box.  These are just a few pictures and I still need to do some more decorating on it but I think it is starting to look pretty good for my first time around this particular block, don'tcha think?  I hope you like it and please leave comments because I LOVE comments!!!

 

 

Hope you like it!!!

Cards I made recently...

These are two cards I made recently... I haven't been able to create or finish anything since the tornado's hit the area because my sister and her two children have been staying with us. We are so thankful they are safe.  These are two cards I made several weeks ago that take on my love of quilting.  I have been trying to incorporate quilt designs into my cardmaking and decided to use this design...

Then I also have this love of butterflies.  This card uses a butterfly and flower along with the basic 9 patch quilt block for the background.  The butterfly is attached with pop dots on one wing so that the other is off the page.  I love the way this card turned out. 

Hope you like these... please leave a comment and let me know what you think!!

 

Hello...

Its me again.... I know its been a while but I have had lots and lots of things going on here.  I don't know if I mentioned it before but I have been taking care of my parents for the last year, full time.  My husband and I locked up our house and moved in with my parents so that I could take care of them.  Its been a roller coaster ride let me tell ya.  Things have settled down a little bit but unfortunately I have had a few issues of my own.  But that's behind me... for now anyway.

I have been a busy little beaver, creating creating and creating.  A friend of mine who is sooo very creative and inspiring did an exploding box or some people refer to it as a scrapbook in a box.  Well since I have never made one, she inspired me to try it.  The first one was ok.... the inner layers were not the right sizes lol so I put it on a shelf undecorated ( thank God I used scraps to make it huh?) anyway I decided that I would work at it till I get it right.. so I made another one... It turned out much better... except the lid is a little bigger than I wanted it... but it works lol.   I am in process of decorating it and once I do I will post some pics of it on here.  

I am also trying out for a couple of different design teams... I would love to be on one that inspires me and makes me want to get up and create something new every day... hopefully it will work out. 

I am also considering submitting something for publication... But haven't decided about that yet... but I will let you all know if and when I do and what the outcome is.

Well I guess I will get back to decorating my box... keep watching for pics of my box and other  gadgets I hope to make....

See ya later!!!

All Hallows Eve...

is almost here.... Can you believe that its almost Halloween?  I can't.  It just seems like this year has flown by.  Just a few weeks till Thanksgiving and then Christmas will be here.  And once again we will begin a new year.  I know I have been absent here for a while and while I have been playing on the computer I have found some pictures of cards and things I have created that I forgot about, so I wanted to share them.  Thanks for taking the time to look, and please leave a comment!

PS These are not Halloween inspired projects.

Let me know what you think!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Can you believe...

it's almost Christmas?  We have 10 weeks till the wonderful day.  I am in process of getting all the supplies together to start making my Christmas Cards.  I have tons of ideas and can't wait to get started.  I'm sorry I don't have anything to show you yet but hopefully by next week I will have several creations to post here.  

Here's hoping you have a happy scrappy holiday season!!! 

Jeanne

It's been a while....

Since I have been here and I am sorry for that.  A lot has been going on the last several months but things have calmed down so here I am.  It started in February when my dad started having chest pain, then in March he had a heart attack and had to have quintuple bypass surgery.  He has recovered and is doing well but shortly after he had his surgery my mother started having problems with her ICD (Internal Cardiac Defibrillator/Pacemaker) and was in the hospital from the end of April till June 15th, at which time she came home under hospice care.  My husband and I moved in here so that I could take care of both my parents.  I am still tending to mom 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  Since things have calmed down I have been able to start creating again.  I have missed it and wish I had room here for my whole craft room but I don't.  Anyway just a little update about me and whats going on in my part of the world.

Now for a few new creations:

This is a chipboard album that I did.  I love the way it turned out.

This shows the inside of the chipboard album.

This is a journal I made using a composition book and the Life Documented kit from Memory Works.

Hope you will stay and look around a while... Stay tuned for more to come.

Newest Creations- A Friends Christmas Gift

In these hard economic times, I had to be thrifty with gifts this year.  So I decided that I would make my best friend's gift instead of buying her something.  Of course she loved it.  I made her a desk set.  Here is a picture of the altered paint can that I did for her.  About 80% of the product I used are MemoryWorks products from last years catalog.  Back to the paint can... 

The S is her first initial.... lol

Then I made her an altered journal and notepad:

The finally I made a free standing desk calendar which is pictured here with the whole desk set:

She seemed to really enjoy it... at least I hope she enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.


Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!!!


Happy Scrapping!!!