My Time Scrapper: March 2010

This is the thank you card that I sent out to everyone for my son's 3rd Birthday. We had a Monster theme for his party so I figured that I would stick with the theme in the thank you card. This is my favorite in the cards that I've made this past month! Hope you enjoy!

This is an A2 size premade card and I inked the edges with brown ink. The cardstock is New Leaf and Dark Chocolate from Papertrey Ink. The stamp set is the CUTEST EVER!! It is called "Monster Mash" and I got it from cleardollarstamps.com. I stamped a background with a monster on the Dark Chocolate in brown ink and then stamped the monster on the white circle with black Stazon and colored him in with Copic markers. The "monster huge thanks" is from the same stamp set and stamped in brown ink. The circles are randomly cut using a 1 3/8 inch circle punch.

This is a close-up of the monster that I colored with Copic Markers.

This is a mini album that I made for my sister-in-law for her Birthday. My neice was born on Jan 18th and I made this album for my sister-in-law with pictures of the baby, Abigail. I made 2 paperbag albums for my mom and mother-in-law for last mother's day but other than that this is my first "mini album." I was pretty excited about how this turned out and I couldn't quit looking at it :) I had to put it in a box and mail it to her...and I didn't want to pack it away! It laid on my table for several days before I finally wrapped it up and put it in the box :) I didn't want to part with it :)

The album itself is cut on my Cricut with the Doodlecharms Cart. It is the circle tag (with no creative features) cut at 5 inches. I used a Diet Dr. Pepper cardboard box and it cut out so GREAT on my Cricut. I was actually really impressed with how well it did! I then used my paper and cut all my pages at 5 inches on the same image and then adhered my paper to the cardboard with Martha Stewart Gel Glue. I used the cardboard so that the pages would be a little bit sturdier.

The paper pack I used was A Family Affair by atd. I also used the embellisment pack A Family Affair throughout the album. I bought these at a store called Pamida (not sure how many people have these stores in their area). These paper packs and embellisment packs were buy one get one free, so I was pretty excited about that! The front page has flowers from the "Family" collection from Oriental Trading. I inked the edges of the flowers so that they wouldn't be so vibrant. I put a button in the middle of the flowers with tar jute tied on. The brown satin ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and the blue glitter flower and branch stickers are scrap stickers that I had left over from another project (sorry -I can't remember the company that made them). The "A" is from the embellishment pack and I adhered it to a 1.5 inch circle that I cut out with a punch. I used a metal binder clip that I purchased at Hobby Lobby to bind the album and tied ribbons on to hide the metal. The butterly charm I bought at Wal-Mart from the "button" rack. I was really surprised to find them there and the quality is actually pretty good.

The first page is one of my favorite pages. I LOVE the "Sweet Baby" stamp from Papertrey Ink!! I used Fruit Punch Stickles and rhinestones to make it GIRLY!! (I guess I like this album so much because I have a boy and don't get to use girly things too often!) The tag in the pocket was made with a sticker from the embellisment kit and I put a piece of design paper on the back so that it wouldn't be sticky. I did put some pictures in this album but left places for my sister-in-law to journal or add more pictures if she wants to.

On this page I cut a tag from Plantin Schoolbook at 1.5 inches and tucked it behind a chipboard saying from "In Flight" from Oreintal Trading. The opposite page is for journaling and I added a chipboard sentiment, also from the "In Flight" collection.

I left the next 2 pages pretty simple. I really wanted it to be all about the picture!! The sentiment is from the A Family Affair embellisment pack and the flowers are from the "In Flight" collection. Other than that, I added some rhinestones and a button and called it good.

This next page is sooooo cute! I used ribbon to make a "pocket" and tucked tiny scalloped circles into it with a "T" for her last name. I figured that she can journal on these if she wants. On the opposite page I cut a tiny envelope and tag, using the Doodlecharms cart. I just cut off the top of the envelope and added a glitter flower pull so that the tag can slip in and out. I added some rhinestones and glitter stickers...for the girly effect :)

This page is my FAVORITE!!! I just love, love, love it!! I used rows of lace and just glued down the bottoms with Martha Stewart Gel Glue to make a pocket. The flowers are again from the "In Flight" collection and I added a fabric button and straight pins for embellisment. I just love how it turned out!