Quick and easy Christmas cards

Hello everyone.  I often hear people say what do you do with all your scraps?  Well I save them and then use them on cards!!  Here are few of the examples and a quick video.  I hope you enjoy and are inspired to use up your own scraps.  I even collect scraps from other crafters - possibly an addiction but I am okay with that lol.  Have a great day crafting everyone!!

St. Nicholas Mini Album

Here is a video of the mini album I made using Graphic 45's St. Nicholas collection.  I love this collection it has a great Santa face (most important) and just lends itself to soooo many things.  I am working on an assortment of Christmas albums that will become part of my yearly Christmas decorations.  Hope you enjoy - I loved making this.

Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue box and mini album

So since my last post I have been at a two-day crop hosted by Aall Scrapbook Essentials in Kamloops, BC.  As a result I was able to get the majority of my mini album and box completed that I had started to show you in the previous post.

Originally, I was planning to use both the Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue and Steampunk Debutante but I decided to go with only the Tropical Travelogue and hope you like the results.  The gift box is made using one of the Graphic 45 Deep Rectangle Matchbook Boxes.  I added the acetate and handle to the box.  I still have a bit more embellishing to do but so far I am very excited with the outcome - this Graphic 45 paper is absolutely stunning!!!!

Working on it

So here the start - I am going to put acetate on the box so you can see the mini album through it.  The first album  I built you can see is too tall for the box it is sitting in. You

can see it in the video below - at a two drop this weekend so hopefully I will get album finished.  Stay tuned.

Ready Set Go...

Well calendars are finished and space is finally cleaned to start the next project.  I am going to build a mini album, likely inside this Graphic 45 box and plan to use the Tropical Travelogue and Steampunk  Debutante collections from Graphic 45.  So this is pretty much how I plan a project.  I grab a few things and then let the creativity begin.  I will update as things come together.  See you soon.

Calendars and Christmas Presents

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Family has all gone home so it is quiet today.  Just working on Christmas presents - hoping to finish this today.  I have been making calendars for the family for the last 15 years - they love to receive them as much as I love to make them.  I used Graphic 45 Chidren's Hour calendar pad and collection kit as well as assorted scraps from stash. Hope you enjoy the sneak peak.

Christmas Shaker Box

Well here it is - finally!! Sorry it took so long to post but I finally have my first shaker box done.  I thoroughly enjoyed this project and look forward to making more.  I have uploaded my first  YouTube video for you of the shaker box and hope you enjoy it.  To make the shakerbox I was inspired by the tutorial by Alexandra Morein  that can be found on her website at http://clayguana.blogspot.com.

I used the Carta Bella Christmas line for this project and I love the rustic nature of this paper.  Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you enjoy the video of the shaker box.