Show & Tell - Altered soup can

I made this altered soup can and it didn’t turn out very well. I think I’ll name this my spastic-mess altered soup can! It started out really cute and when I put modge podge over it everything got all messy and junked up. The base paper got all gooey and my fingers stuck to parts of it, and then there were torn paper patches from where my fingers were stuck. I was about to toss it and instead went and whined about it to my honey. I hand cut all the flowers and was feeling really bummed that I ruined it. Later this afternoon I decided to try and fix it. I made some of my sea-urchin funky flowers to hide the torn paper patches and also glued on some more stuff.

I can’t decide if it’s just ugly, strangely inspiring, or just waiting to be tossed. I’ll think I will let it hangout for a bit, see if it grows on me…or maybe grows something. I’d love to hear your thoughts. I made a poll so you can share your opinion. The poll doesn’t work in the blog readers, please click here if you want to add your vote.

Don’t worry, I have no way of knowing who votes. Be honest, I can take it. XOOXO

Show & Tell - Alki Beach layout

I just finished this page for the local scrap-a-latte club. This is my favorite layout I’ve done so far…funky flowers, bling and my two favorite people. I’m really liking the look of silhouettes right now and love how this photo looks with the filter effect. I played around with photo filters using Color Efex Pro.

I love how the funky sea urchin-like flowers {not sure what to call them} came out. I used some of my repurposed coke can and coffee sleeve die cut pieces to create them. You can see my previous posts on creating these here and here. To make these funky embellishments I used a die cut flower and curled up the edges with a bamboo skewer. Once I had the sea urchin-look, I cut up a sticker to make the circle center and adhered with a foam dot. The large black flower has a piece of used sandpaper layered in there, punched with a scallop hand punch. The smallest flower has a coffee sleeve die cut circle underneath. It was fun playing around with different things to make these little creations. I like how different they look and also the dimension they add to the page.

Products used

• Patterned Paper {Little Yellow Bicycle}
• Patterned Paper for small flower {My Minds Eye}
• Cardstock {DCWV}
• Gemstones {Paper Studio}
• Adhesive {Scrapbook Adhesive & Ultimate Glue}
• Foam Dots {3M}
• Alphabet Stickers {Basic Grey}
• Eyelets {Crop-A-Dile}
• Die Cuts {Sizzix}
• Scallop punch for large black flower {Stampin Up!}
• Photo Filter {Color Efex Pro}

Show & Tell - Matryoshka embellishment

I made this little cutie matryoshka {Russian nesting doll} embellishment today. I’m going to use it for a mini album I’m working on.

I stamped my image on the inside of a security envelope. These are just regular envelopes you get at the office supply store or Costco. The envelope has a great pattern on the inside so I just flattened out the envelope and stamped my image. I cut out the center part of the image and put a scrap piece of patterned paper behind it. Next I stamped the same image onto white cardstock and cut out the face and flowers for the center. I used colored pencils to add a little color to the face. Then I cut out the hair from brown cardstock. For detail I used a white gel pen to dot around the center of the body and outlined the necktie. Stickles were then added to the flowers in the center and also on the necktie. The flowers in the center are raised with a foam pop-up.

Products used

• Babushka stamp {SOML}
• Ink {Versa Color 158 Lapislazuli}
• Stickles
• Patterned paper {My Minds Eye}
• White gel pen {Sakura Gelly Roll Med}

Show & Tell - Keiki haku lei picture frame

Last weekend I made this frame for Nika’s Great Grandma…bad me for not having one for Nika’s other Grandma. Here’s the one I just completed for her. Grandma recently came back from Hawaii and brought home this adorable little haku lei {flower head wreath}. I thought this would be a great picture for her gift.

The frame was purchased at Costco and is a 5×7 size, the photo is a 4×6 giving me the wiggle room to be creative. I used patterned paper for the mat and embellished with flowers and gemstones. I love how the flowers came out. I cut the flowers out from patterned paper, layered them with foam dots and topped off with gemstones.

Products used

• Pattered paper {My Minds Eye}
• Flowers {Me & My Big Ideas}
• Gemstones

Show & Tell - My birthday girl picture frame

I really wanted to make something scrappy and needed a quick project for today. I had an extra photo printed from Nika’s birthday and thought I would use it to make this little gift for her Great Grandma.

I have a nice stash of picture frames as I love to give photos as gifts. The frame I used was purchased at Costco. Scraps from my stash worked perfect for this size frame too. This was a fun way to spruce up the small sized photo and personalize it for a gift. I’m keeping the glass out of the frame so it will be lighter and easier for Great Grandma to hold.

Products used

• Polka dot patterned paper {Paper Pizazz}
• Pink stripped paper {free download from Canon’s Creative Park}
• Pink tied ribbon {came from a Janie & Jack children’s clothing tag and I added the pink gemstone}
• White hearts ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}

Show & Tell - Altered bird house

I purchased a little wood bird house from Joann’s for $1. I thought it would be cute for Nika’s room. I decorated it to match the altered letter I made.

I started out by sanding the edges and any rough spots. I painted the birdhouse using the same lavender paint that was used to paint my daughters bedroom. Next I traced the roof onto the back of my patterned paper and cut out . I ran the paper through my Xyron machine for adhesive and then filed the edges with the Basic Grey Precision Filing Set. The white mesh is self adhesive and went on great. I tied raffia ribbon around the white mesh for interest. I used wet glue to apply the gemstones and a tape runner for the ribbon on the roof. For the buttons on the back of the house I used glue dots.

Products used

• Wood bird house {purchased at Joann’s}
• Patterned paper {DCWV}
• Buttons {these are extra buttons from my daughter’s clothes}
• White mesh {FibaTape}
• Gemstones
• Ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}
• Cardstock {DCWV}
• Paint {Yolo}
• Adhesive {Xyron, Scrapbook Adhesives, Ultimate Glue, Glue Dots}

Show & Tell - Easter layout

Here’s the layout I did for the Crop-A-Latte club that I attend. Both the flowers and ladybug embellishments were made with coffee sleeves. You can see my previous post on using coffee sleeves here. If you are curious about what Nika is wearing, it’s her Easter basket! She thought it was really fun to wear on her head.

Products used

• Patterned paper {3 Bugs in a Rug}
• Cardstock {DCWV}
• Wood letters {Woodsies}
• Pink paper on letters {SEI}
• Chipboard embellishments {Heidi Grace}
• Butterfly {Fiskars pop-up punch}
• Buttons {my own stash}
• Blue ribbon {Stampin Up}

Quick & easy journals

I found these cute journals at Michaels in the $1 bins. They had white monogrammed letters on them. I couldn’t find the letters I needed so used some of my stash to personalize it for my niece. This will be her party favor for coming to Nika’s birthday party this weekend. She’s a little older than the other kids coming so wanted to make something special for her.

Show & Tell - Cheryl’s mini album

I made this cute little mini album for my sister’s birthday. She loves black and white so I used this fold-over mini album from Sweetwater Scrapbooking’s October 2007 kit. It was super easy and fast. The album is all chipboard, I just had to punch it out, fold it up and embellish. I added a velcro closure and some embellishments from my own stash. I like how it came out and I think she will like it a lot.

Happy Birthday little sister!! I {heart} you. XOOXO

Show & Tell - Mini cards in a box

I love this project from stamp camp! What a great little gift this is, inside the box there are {5} 3×3 mini cards and envelopes. I was a little intimidated by this project when I first saw what we were creating but it was much easier than I thought it would be. The most difficult part for me was tying on the tiny little tags to the cards!!

Stampin Up products used

• One smart cookie stamp set
• Real red, pumpkin pie, creamy caramel, old olive, bashful blue & whisper white cardstocks
• Summer picnic paper
• Chocolate chip, real red, pumpkin pie & old olive classic ink pads
• Old olive & real red markers
• Chocolate chip poly twill
• 1/2″ & 3/4″ circle punches
• Linen thread
• 5/8″ old olive grosgrain ribbon