Recycled Cereal Box Mini Album

I'm Hi Everyone,

So as things would have it, I got pulled onto a project at work which took away my free time for a lil while which explains my long absense.

Now the project I'm sharing with you today is not part of the series, it's a project that I was working on simultaneously using the same paper lines.

I am still on my "Use the Stash" mission and this is a result it.

Okay, so I think is the last project I will show using the DCWV Bella Boutique/La Creme collections for a lil while minus the Nilla Box series posts.  I need to work the other paper lines I have.  I feel like I'm getting into a rut and forgetting how to use color, lol.

Okay so here is the warning. There are A LOT of pictures!

And I even made a video about it.

Here is a video of the album:

This album will hold 34 photos (mostly 3x5) and 4 smaller ones & 8 tags to record dates, places, people, events, or whatever you can think of.

Because I have a lot of wonderful creations that I will need to sell some of my projects.  If you are interested in owning any of the projects I have/will post, please let me know, otherwise if you head over to my FB page you will see all of the items I have for sale.

So there you have it.  Until next time.  Have a great weekend!!

Kelli


What I used...

~ Cereal Boxes
~ Recollections black card stock 8.5x11 and 12x12
~ DCWV Bella Boutique 12x12 collection
~ DCWV La Creme 12x12 collection
~ Copic R59 marker
~ Flat back pearls
~ Fiskars Butterfly punch
~ Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Nilla Box Card Set & Mini album Series #6

Hi Everyone,

Ok I am having way too much fun with these cards, with this DCWV Bella Boutique/La Creme paper line, and with these Retro Sketches.  So yes I have another one to share.  Now I know I originally said there were 5 cards in this series but I had to add another one.

http://retrosketches.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

What a great layout for a card. So simple and easily interpreted.  Yeah I think this is going into my "go to" collection.  Super Duper Simple.  A ribbon, some butterflies, and a sentiment and a card is made.  This is a great quickie card sketch for those last minute occasions.  Mine just happens to be intended as a sympathy card but I will make another one and it is going in this set.

So there you have it, Card #6.  I may add another card and if I do I will share it but I think this will wrap up this series and bring us back to the CAS series. I have just a few more cards to share with that one as well.

So until next time..

Kelli


What I used...
~ DCWV Bella Boutique Collection
~ Recollections card stock
~ Sheer black ribbon
~ Satin black ribbon
~ MFT LJD Words of Inspiration stamp set
~ Retro Sketches #14
~ Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Nilla Box Card Set & Mini album Series #5

Hi Everyone,

Today we are rounding out the 5 cards in this series and getting reading for the mini album.  I noticed another Retro Sketch that I thought would work well with the DCWV Bella Boutique/La Creme paper lines I am using.  I have a 12x12 paper pad for each of these collections and I am doing my best to use it up. Any who, I came across sketch #163 and thought it would be perfect.  Here is the card..

http://retrosketches.blogspot.com

I backed all the patterned paper with black card stock, tied a ribbon and then stamped a sweet sentiment from MFT (My Favorite Things) and viola, I was done.  These sketches really make good looking cards and come together so fast.  And the flocking of the paper line really adds to the beauty of the cards; too bad the camera doesn't pick it up.

I did take a lil Wink-of-Stella and went over the sentiment just to give it a lil umpf.

And there you have it, Card #5.  Next I will be sharing with you the mini album in this Box Set and the box itself. 

So until next time..

Kelli

What I used...

~Recollections black card stock

~DCWV Bella Boutique collection

~MFT LJD Words of Inspiration stamp set

~Black satin ribbon

~Retro Sketch #163

Nilla Box Card Set & Mini album Series #4

Morning Everybody,

Okay two things, 1) I am falling in love with these Retro Sketches and 2) I ADORE how this card came out!!

I do have intentions to send this card out to someone which is why I stamped a sentiment but I will make another one of these cards to include in this Nilla box set.

http://retrosketches.blogspot.com.au

Oh my I love this card!  I backed all the paper with black card stock and tied a sheer black ribbon around the front.  I used a butterfly punch in lieu of rhinestones, which I think makes this card, and then stamped my sentiment and I was done.  So easy, so elegant, and WOW.  Now I could probably go over the butterflies with a lil' wink of stella but I think Im gonna keep it just as is.

So there you have it, card #4 in my Nilla Box series.  I will see you all on Monday for card #5; Have a great weekend everybody!!

Until next time...

Kelli

What I used...
~ DCWV Bella Boutique Collection
~ Recollections card stock
~ Sheer black ribbon
~ MFT LJD Words of Inspiration stamp set
~ Retro Sketches #10
~ Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Nilla Box Card Set & Mini album Series #2

Hi Everybody,

So today I am sharing card #2 in my Nilla Box Set.  While looking on Pinterest I came across this layout by Yana Smakula and loved it!!!  Now my fishtails are a bit wider and more spread out but I was using my scraps and trying not to cut anything, lol.  I really do like how it turned out.

http://www.zrobysama.com.ua/?p=32104

Now keeping on my mission of using up all my paper stash and not buying anything new, I am using a combination of DCWV Bella Boutique and La Creme stacks and the sticker/punch outs that accompany the collections. These collections are so similar with just a few sheets that differ between them.

I left an area for the sentiment again on this card.  If I decide to give this set away I will put a sentiment on it, which means I might have to go shopping for new sentiments or just search through my stash . 

So there you have it.  Two cards shared, three more cards to go plus a mini album. I am really having a lot of fun with my "No Buy-Use Stash" challenge.

Until next time...

Kelli

What I used...

~DCWV Bella Boutique Collection & La Creme Collection

~Recollections Cream and Black card stock

~Black gem rhinestones

~Yana Smakula sketch

Nilla Box Card Set & Mini album Series #1

Hi Everybody,

So I am going to take a step back from my CAS series (don't worry I will return) and I am going to share a new series for a Card/Mini album box I am working on. This box set will contain 5 cards and a mini album.  So this series will show the cards and the mini.

This series is entitled the Nilla Box Card Set & Mini Album because I altered a Nilla cookie box to create the project. If you are not sure what Nilla cookies are here is a pic of the box.

They are hubby's favorite cookie and I have a few boxes that I didn't part with once the cookies were gone.

First up in the series is card #1.  I haven't added the sentiment yet as Im not sure what to use.  This layout can lend itself to so many possibilities - Thank you, Thinking of You, Sympathy...

I followed a sketch by Studio Calico and used papers from the Bella Boutique/La Creme stack by DCWV (keeping inline with using my stash and not purchasing anything new - which keeps getting harder btw). I matted each banner with black card stock, added some sheer black ribbon, black rhinestones and that was it.  A super cute card that would look great with any paper line!!

http://studiocalico.typepad.com/studio_calico/2013/05/nsd-at-sc-2013-layout-card-sketches.html

Question for you all:  What type of sentiment do you think I should use?

So there you have it.  Card #1 in this Nilla Box Card & Mini Album Series.  I will see you all next time with Card #2 in this new series. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Kelli

What I used...

~DCWV Bella Boutique stack

~Recollections black card stock

~Black sheer ribbon

~Black gems

~Studio Calico sketch

CAS Card Series #2

Hi Everybody,

So since Bekah has been born (the last 9mo - crazy right) my crafting life has basically consisted of everything cards, specifically thank you cards.  I have sent out Thank you cards, Christmas cards, Dedication cards, and now I preparing to send out Thank you dedication cards.  I wish someone would have told me how many cards I would be making before I gave birth so I could have gotten a jump start on things instead of feeling like I am playing catch up.

I have gone through 3 different card designs and that is where my project today comes in.  To me, this may be the simplest of the three designs I have created and my fav.  I love that I have only used my scraps from the DCWV Preppy Princess stack and did not have to buy anything.

I saw a card, on Pinterest no less, that I really liked the layout and scrap lifted it a bit. The original card I saw was from Vicky at Crafting Clares Paper Moments http://craftingclare.blogspot.jp/2013/01/a-bloomin-marvellous-christmas.html.  This became the inspiration for my cards.

First I cut my card bases, A2 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 out of white card stock.  Then I cut a smaller piece of card stock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8" that I glued the design to.  Cut some strips of the DCWV paper and cut the ends like a banner/fishtail.  I added a ribbon and my sentiment.  And finally I outlined the outside of the card and the sentiment with my Copic Rll Pale Cherry Pink marker.

I cut another smaller piece of card stock and went around the edges with the R11 marker and them stamped a heart on some of the cards and a baby hand in the bottom right corner of the others.

What's great about these cards is you can use your scrap pieces from those paper collections you have sitting around.  Well maybe not you, but I know I have those pieces.

So there you have it everyone, I am prayerfully just about through with these thank yous and I should probably start working on the next set of thank yous that will be coming up,  "birthday thanks".  Maybe I will just work on thank you cards now, that will take her through her teen years. ;)

Until next time...

Kelli

What I used...
~DCWV Preppy Princess 12x12 stack
~Michael's $1.50 heart stamp
~R11 Pale Cherry Pink Copic Marker
~Amy R "Many Thanks Sentiments" Stamp set
~Offray Ribbon

Hello Card

Hi everybody,

So do you remember when I did the Prima Lyric Mini Album for a swap with a talented young lady in Sweden, well I made a card to accompany the package and i forgot to post it.  So when she shared the card on the FB group I grabbed up the photo and cropped it so that I could share it with you all. Then I asked the recipient if she could take a photo for me and she did and sent it and here is her photo. This one is better because you can click on the image and it expands.

It's a simple A2 (4.25x5.5) size card and I used the Mariposa Paper collection from DCWV and created this card. I used a variety of embellies on this card and i do love the way it came out.

I layered some lace, that I purchased at a local store here in OR on top of each other and I added some Recollections pink paper roses, silk white rolled roses from Trico, and flowers from my stash along with Studio 112 flat back pearls, Bridal pearl brad, and a crocheted Recollections flower.  Some stamens finish off the cluster and all this sits on a few Recollections leaves.  I added two wooden butterflies that I sprayed with homemade glitter mist (Pink Chiffon-Folk Art paint) and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.  I also used DecoArt gold Twinkles as the body of the big butterfly and some tiny pearls for the body of the little butterfly.  And lastly, using the Vintage Photo, I stamped Hello from  Stamp cluster from Michael's $1.50 bin.

And there you have a simple card to accompany the mini.

Just wanted to share this will you all, and I will see you all next time.

Kelli


If you missed the mini album you can click here to see it.  :D

Tea & Tags Swap 2013 at My Scrap Room

Hi Everybody!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Boy has it been a super long time since I have blogged about anything.  I have been creating though and I have some projects to share with you, but I am sorry for my absence.

Well I have been participating in some swaps lately over at My Scrap Room.  I have been having such a ball making the projects for these swaps but I have also been completely exhausted these weeks and then I one of those weeks I got ill with the flu and another week I went home from work with fevers everyday.  It was horrible.  I am finally on the mend and ready to share with you what I have been up to.

 

To see the video of this album click here...

So there you have it. Thank you all so much for stopping by and sharing your time!  I will see you all in the next one.

Kelli

What I used...
~K&Company, Tim Coffey Fall Mat Pad
~Recollections Card stock
~Recollections Crochet flowers
~Recollections Metal Brads
~Recollections Flowers
~Studio G Metal Brads
~Studio G Glitter glue
~Dollar General Silk flowers, Leaves, and Raffia
~Dollar General doily
~Trico Flowers and leaves
~DCWV Burlap Paper
~Offray ribbon
~Fiskars Kaleidoscope border punch
~WOC Skeleton leaves
~MFT Mini tabs foursome die

Beautiful Awakening Project

Hi Everyone,

Todays project is an extension of "The Greatest of These is Love" mini album based 1 Corinthians 13:13.  This scripture says, "Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love." So I created a card that reminds us of the gift of hope that we have in the Lord. It reminds me of the promises that await us in His word. 

Hope is defined as  

1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation

2. Archaic: To have confidence; trust.

I love these definitions!  All the promises of God are yes and amen and these definitions just reinforce that what He has for us is for us! That we can remain confident in the gift of hope that we have; for a future, the hope of His peace, joy, and comfort, the hope of eternal life with Him. And this is just the start of greater things.  AMEN!!!  Whoo, I'm getting myself stirred up and excited and it's time for me to go and have myself a praise party!!

I used Sketch 117 from the "The Deconstructed Sketch" for the layout of the card.

Well there you have it. I want to thank you all so much for stopping by and I will catch you all next time.

Kelli

What I used...

~Recollections Union Square paper collection

~Studio G pigment ink
~Recollections card stock
~Metal Brad
~DCWV Vellum quotes, Growing in Faith
~Spellbinders border dies

Practical Scrapper Ten Things DT Project - Eyelets

Hi Everyone,

The project I am sharing with you today is a Practical Scrapper DT project.  The challenge was ten different ways to use eyelets.  I love to use eyelets to help with my closures.  It keeps my ties/ribbons in place and reenforces the holes that I make in my projects.  I made a 3x3 card holder that is perfect to hold cards when you need to something to accompany a gift.I find 3x3 are big enough to write something to the recipient with out taking away from the gift.

I made 5 cards and 5 envelopes to fit the cards and created the holder that the cards are place in.  These cards holder (can also substitute cards for tags) are great thank you gift ideas, nice stocking stuffer ideas (Christmas is coming), perfect for co-workers, teachers, guests, you name.  Everyone has a use for these cards.

A really quick project that can be mass produced.  So there you have it.  Thank you stopping by to see what new project I was working on and i pray you stop by again soon.  So until next time...

Kelli

What I used...

~DCWV La Creme 12x12 stack

~Recollections black card stock

~Offray Ribbon

~Recollections adhesive swirl rhinestones

~We R Memory Keepers black eyelets

~Sandy Lion dimensional flowers