Kaley's Adventure Journal & Video

Hey everyone...sorry for the long gap in posts. It has been crazy busy in my world. We have school starting today and I've been busy with the family for the past week getting ready for that and trying to cram in some last minute summer fun : )

Today I have a special project to share that I made for my daughter, Kaley. Her birthday is coming up in a few weeks and she'll officially become a teenager...yikes...how did that happen??? She starts 7th grade today and I wanted to make something that she could use to write down memories, have friends sign & to hold photos...sort of give her something to look back on.

Before I post the photos I wanted to also let you know that I have a short video that gives you more detail of the actual project. I recorded this late last night while the kids/hubby were sleeping so no laughing ; )

This is kind of my version of a Smash Journal. I mostly used office supply items along with some bling & other scrappy items. She loves black & pink...there's also a little bit of green in there too as it's also one of her faves. I won't go into too much detail of each page since I have the video below.

I used some of the ring binders you would find at an office supply store to hold the journal together. The base of the journal is made from recycled manilla file folders.

Wood letters...cool huh?

Love the chunkiness of this journal!!

 

Here's my video..........

I cannot wait to see her face when she opens this on her birthday...she does check my blog but I'm hoping she won't see this post since she'll be busy with school & volleyball. So for all my real life friends who read my blog...don't say anything to Kaley about this until after her birthday : )

I will have a supply list below but since I used a ton & I mean a ton of office & scrappy items I can't remember each one so it will mostly be the stuff I remember.

I'm also entering this in the current Office Supply challenge at Frosted Designs.

Thanks for stopping by & for letting me share one of Kaley's birthday gifts I'm making for her.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another scrappy post...I'll be showing you an altered clipboard project.

Happy Scrappin!!

Products used:
Manilla file folder
Binder clip
Ribbons/Trims/Twine
Distress Inks
Wood Letters
Bling
Stickers
Cardstock-various brands/colors
Staples
Stickles
Embossing
Kraft Tags
Avery Shipping tags
Flowers
Scor-Tape
EK Success-Binding Edge Punch*Correction-I said Fiskars in my video...oops!

Baby Leopard Letters

Hey everyone...boy do I have a fun project to share with you today : )

A friend of mine & her daughter asked if I would make some letters for her baby's nursery. I've made these in the past for my own daughter & they are a super cute way to personalize & dress up any room.

The theme for the nursery is pink/brown with a leopard print.....take a look & tell me what you think....

Pretty cute huh? Now keep in mind I took these photos in my craft room close to midnight as I had to get these to her the next day : )

This is how they looked right before I started the project...

Added some paint to the back of the letters & the sides..yes the backs. Even though no one will see the backside I just like to cover it anyway. The project doesn't seem complete to me if I had left them "naked". I wanted to do the sides as well so when they are hung on the wall you don't see the MDF showing through : )

The next few photos are of the letters after I added the sparkly leopard CS....

Let me tell ya...I have created a TON of projects where I fussy cut around letters etc after adhering CS to the top but man this particular CS really gave me fits since it wsa so thick & I was cutting through clumps of glitter...but the end result was worth it to me : )

This is my favorite part...adding all the flowers..ribbons..twine & other sparlky embellis : )

I can't wait to see the photos of these letters hung on the nursery wall : )

If you haven't tried creating your own letters...I encourage you to get out there and do it!! You can see from my photos above that this is a pretty easy project to do and a fun & creative way to decorate any room in your house or even your office/work space if you work outside the home.

I have some really exciting news to share with you BUT I have to wait one more day so be sure to come back tomorrow to find out what I'm talkin about & to see another scrappy post of course : )

Happy Scrappin!!

Product used:
MDF letters
Recolletions-CS-flowers-bling-butterfly
Ribbon-scrappy stash
RRR-sparkly pink ribbon (on the letter A)
Brown Acrylic craft paint
Brown tulle
Button-scrappy stash
The Twinery-Blossom

The Play Date Cafe PDCC141:Live Laugh Love

Hey everyone...I'm super excited to share another creation I've come up with for the weekly challenge at The Play Date Cafe. It's always exciting to see what color story the PDC DT comes up with.

First my card...then I'll share the color story with you...........

And now for the color story that inspired this project.........

For me it wasn't only the colors that inspired this card but the books pictured as well. I wanted to create something that played off that stack of vintage books. So I took an old office file folder & cut it down to the card size you see here...

I creased where the bottom portion of the folder was already scored & sealed it with some adhesive. This formed a "book" sort of opening to the front of the card.

Love this crocheted soft pink flower & the soft turqouise resin flower just fits perfectly!

I love using vintage items in my projects so I used an old library checkout card & plastic sleeve on the front to hold my sentiment. You can easily pull the library card tag out & slip in a gift card or a personalized note on the backside if you wanted.

Here's a closer view of the plastic checkout sleeve I used to hold the library checkout card. I like how this can not only be used as a sleeve but that it's clear so you can see the yummy twine from The Twinery!

Here you can see the "book" opening I mentioned above. I didn't want to just use the folder as it was....it's more interesting this way I think : )

Doesn't everything look better with twine???


Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to come back for another scrappy post. I'll be showing you a LO my daughter Kaley designed & created all on her own..proud momma moment..haha.

Happy Scrappin!!

Products used:
DCWV Coral Couture Stack & Card Stock Collection
Vintage photo album paper
Vintage library checkout card & sleeve
Fabric trim-craft store
Crocheted flower-scrappy stash
Discount Charms (Esty)-resin flower
Really Reasonable Ribbon-March Ribbon club assortment
The Twinery-Caribbean
Pink jute-scrappy stash
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Antique Linen
Eyelets-scrappy stash
Fiskars Border Punch-Notebook