A Little Wood Here and There

One of the hot trends in scrapbooking is wood … I recently wrote an article for Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine and wanted to share some of the pages and additional techniques that I did.

To read about the wood techniques, and get the supply lists, click here and then visit page 7 of the magazine.

To read about a few other ideas for scrapbooking, read on!

I LOVE how this page turned out … I photographed the menu and used it as the title. I created a table setting for my journaling block.

This was just an iPhone snap shot of my cousin, but I loved the emotion in her face, so I had to scrap it. I used a few strips of coordinating paper and a strip of ribbon to accent the photo and title.

This one is completed on Mosaic Moments Grid Paper. I love how the grid keeps everything straight and organized, even though I did not cut any photos into 1″ pieces.

Be sure to visit Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine’s fall issue for more inspiration!

 

Beautiful Burlap

I apologize for the lack of blog posts lately … I have been working, but it seems everything I make is either a secret (new products coming soon), for later publication or page kits I am designing and selling at crops. Needless to say, I have not had a lot I can share.

So, I decided to share some projects I did for the Fall issue of Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine.

These are all cards featuring burlap …

To find out how I did it, and discover some tips and tricks for working with burlap, check out the fall edition of Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine. Or, click here to see the digital issue …

 

Star-struck weekend

It has been quite a week. In fact, I have been working so hard, I forgot to post!

Of course, my blog isn’t the only thing that has been neglected. I think every surface of my home is piled with clutter and the laundry hamper is overflowing. I am sure I will get to all of that in time …

I have several projects to share with you over the coming days, but first I wanted to share my weekend fun. I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Great Lakes Mega Meet (and spent Sunday recovering from the lack of sleep, 10 hours of standing on concrete each day, caffeine and the stress of driving, or sitting, in rush-hour traffic each day). It was wonderful to see people I hadn’t seen in a while, get tons of ideas and meet some paper-crafting celebrities. While most of my time was spent working in the Globecraft & Piccolo booth, I did escape for a few minutes to see Melissa Frances.

She has launched a new line of rubber stamps (I bought one, of course).

Melissa showed me how to make these amazing flowers (although I neglected to get a photo of her)
And I bought some of these beautiful embellishments to experiment with (I have an idea)

 

Then I found time to visit with Wendy Vecchi …

I learn so many new ideas and great tips every time I watch her … These are a few of her samples … I can’t wait to order a few more of her stamps and stencils (they sold out at the show)Tim Holtz was there, too …

Here are a few samples from him …

And, I got to meet Mario! He was so nice and made me feel like it was an honor for him to meet me!

I also spent some time in the Michigan Scrapbooker Magazine booth. One of my friends insisted on getting my autograph, which cracked me up so much I had to take a photo … here is Carol with the autographed copy of my article in this month’s magazine.

 

This year’s Mega Meet was one of the best ever. Thanks for letting me share some of my excitement! (if you have e-mailed me a question, I am getting to it. I had 295 e-mails when I got back and I am still working my way through them all!)