9 x 9 Accordian Album (memory showcase)

Busy Week

Last week I made over 50 pre-made pages at home and at a crop. I like to do this with my retired paper packs or random papers from Hobby Lobby or Archiver's etc. This way I have to choose them and use them up. It also frees up alot of room for those new paper packs to come. :) It seems that I have SOOO much paper that I don't choose the older papers, for layouts. I tend to go for the newer stuff. This way, when I am away from home I can make pages by taking the paper pack(s) and either Cherish, Reflections, Imagine and now Magic, some adhesive, and cutter and crank out pages until the paper is GONE. It is a system I really like. I hope you enjoy! Happy Creating!

Retired - Sweet Harmony Level 2 Paper Pack and Ribbon (uptown green from Hobby Lobby)

Retired - Simple Pleasures Level 2 Paper Pack and Stickease

Boom-Di-Ada Level 2 Paper Pack and Cottage Floral Stamp Set

Promise of Spring - Retired

Made at a Crop

This was random stamped with Nature's Vein stamp set, then we sprayed on these 3 different colored sprays with glitter in them starting with the lightest color first. Thanks P.E.!

Random Paper

This layout was made using the BRAND NEW Close To My Heart Book called "MAGIC." I will post a picture as soon as it is available. It is AWESOME!!

Paper from Hobby Lobby - I LOVE IT!!!

Both Used With Silhouette Level 2 Paper Pack and Stickease

1 C.B. With Black and Col. White

I used Reflections.

1 Creative Basics, Bamboo, Colonial White

Creative Basics Silhouette

9 Calendar Pages

I bought these at a garage sale. A gal from high school and a friend made these BEAUTIFUL pages. I just wanted to share them. Thanks BJG!!!

Ok, they are not in the order I had hoped. Oh, well! :)

9 Extremely Quick Cards

I used the left overs from my Emporium paper Level 1 and made these cards in minutes. I know, VERY simple. Do people keep cards? I don't know. Some do. Some don't. The stamp set was the March Stamp of the Month called "A Little Everything."

Simple Pleasures

This paper pack is retired. Years ago my upline had a class on these with a cute envelope to put them in. I made 4 more sets of cards.

Used scraps of Twitterpated Level 1

Emporium Cards

Below I used Emporium to make 6 cards from a Level 1 kit. I never finished them until now.

CTMH Club Recipe Book

I was in a Close To My Heart Club for 3 years. Once we had everyone bring as many recipes as they wanted to share with everyone. (So, we had to write or type them out on a 4x6 card.) Then we put them into a 6x6 page protector and was supposed to trace the top of a clear stamp envelope and cut it out and stamp it the way we wanted. I never got around to it, so I put mine into Flip Flaps and stuck them together with the adhesive. (If the pages for some reason don't want to stick together, use glue dots.) I then took 3 glue dots on each of the front and back sticky part of the strip and added a green twill, you could use ribbon. I then took 2 brads and put them through my layers of flip flaps and cut off the excess part you could see. I used Pansy Purple cardstock for the front and back covers and then used my Cricut for the lettering. I didn't use tabs, I just put the recipes in the order that I wanted.
Have Fun!

Summer Catalogs are Here!

Hello! The new Summer Catalog is here! I have it in my possession. You may also click the image (right).

Topstitch WOTG

This is a new "Workshop on the Go" called Topstitch. It is a new paper pack from the spring catalog. I think the colors are beautiful!

Hello to You!

I hope you enjoy viewing my scrapbook pages! I just got back into scrapbooking and wanted to share what I have been creating.
My sister and I rearranged my scrapbook area, so I am excited to "use" my space. It is more organized and everything is together in its own area. Before I had like cards and supplies here and there and everywhere. Before I used to use Stampin' Up products and now I am huge into Close To My Heart, obviously because I sell it. :) But I had paper upstairs and downstairs and now it is all upstairs in one area. All of my idea books are also in one place, so it'll be alot easier the next time I want to make a card. Also, when I am searching for that perfect card for someone, they are all in one spot.
I hope these new posts are an inspiration to you as your art has been to me.

Hope you are having a GREAT new year!

Sweet Home

This paper pack is called Sweet Home. I copied this page from the fall/winter catalog from 2009, I loved it and decided to make my own. You can view the paper pack on my blog just by clicking the image of the catalog. It is on page 28.

Floral Tapestry

I love this paper pack! Too bad it is retired. The layouts I used are from the Cherish Book.

Delight In Everything

These 3 pages I random stamped using the Delight In Everything Stamp set. I just love this set!

Sonata Paper Pack - 1

These next 5 pages are made from the Retired Sonata Paper Pack. I finally got it used up. I like having pages to plug pictures into.

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Recipe Book

I got the idea for this recipe book through another ctmh consultant about a year ago. I used a 3 ring binder and used the Let's Get Together Paper Pack (retired) and Delight in Everything stamp set (current) and the LGT Recipe Cards (current). I used the stamp set to random stamp on the pages, as you will see as you scroll down. The colors in the paper pack are: Cranberry, Buttercup, Garden Green and Breeze (retired). I used Sunny Yellow in place of Buttercup and Crystal Blue in place of Breeze. I used my Cricut to make the letters in the word Recipes. It is called Ashlyn's Alphabet.

Here I used a Flip Flap. These are great for longer recipes or in this case it has the original underneath and the changed version on top.