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It is always lovely to receive a note in the mail and I made the below card with this thought in mind.

(Supplies:  Floral Paper by Amy Butler/K & Co, Grid Paper by Jillibean Soup, Border Die by Sizzix, Stamp by Hero Arts, Archival Ink by Ranger, Black Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L)

I used some left over scraps to create this card in minutes but I know when I send it off in the mail it will make some one’s day.

I lifted the border with black 3D foam squares to give the card some dimension but I wanted the card to have clean and simple lines so I only added a simple stamp to finish it off.

It is so easy to brighten up some one’s day.

My daughter, Harper, is staying at a friend’s cottage this weekend so we sent along a little thank-you gift and included this card with it.

(Supplies:  Papers by Jillibean Soup / Flair by American Crafts / Textured Impressions, Frame and Border Frame by Sizzix) 

I made sure to die cut the cream cardstock first and then run it through my Big Shot with the embossing folder  so that the embossing wouldn’t flatten out.

When you have a ‘tween it is hard sometimes to capture them accurately on your scrapbook pages.  I mean who want to capture the mood swings and the sass talk?  LOL

I created this fun page to capture my daughter accurately but in a fun way (so she will not roll her eyes when she sees it).

(Supplies:  Patterned Paper, Letters, Felt Flower, Journaling Tag  by American Crafts / Chipboard Hearts, Journaling Tag  by Heidi Grace)

She smiled when she saw it – with no eye rolling what-so-ever.

Lately whenever I am finished a layout I try to create a card with the leftovers on my desk before I clean it up.  It has been great way to use up my scraps and to build up a nice little pile of cards ready for ever occasion.  Here is what I made after I created the above page.

(Additional Supplies: Paper Butterflies by American Crafts / Border Punch, Circle Punch by Fiskars

Love the simplicity of this one and love how my Fiskars punch, well, punched it up a notch.

(sorry for the bad joke but I couldn’t resist!)

As mentioned yesterday I have been creating again. To clear off my desk I decided to finish up some pages that I have had “almost” done for awhile (they just needed journaling).

I love the way this one turned out.

It is kind of hard to see the details so here are some up close photos.

The stars were created by die cutting the shape with this star and then running it through my Big Shot with this Texturz plate (some are lifted off the page with black 3D foam squares).

(The title letters are by Cosmo Cricket and the journaling tag is by Cherry Arte.)

Do you like how the photos look?  It was pretty easy to get this look using these Photoshop Actions.  I love using PS Actions to improve less than stellar photos.  This is what the photo looked like before I ran the PS Action.

The colors were all over the place and it lacked focus.  By running the PS Actions I love how instantly you focus on the kidlets and how it adds a dreamy quality to it.

Today I am working on Magnus’ album again. 

I printed off all the photos I need and I started arranging things on the album pages.

The row of photos that you see above the album are for the back sides of the pages.  I spent a few minutes moving around embellishments so that I could be sure that the items were evenly spread through the album.  Next I started adhering things down (some of the embellishment placement changes as I was adhering).

Today I will finish up the journaling on it and figure out how I want to bind it all together and then it will be finished!

After I am done scrapping I often like to take the leftovers and make a quick card.  This helps me build my cards stash plus I have left to put away after!

Here is one that I made recently with the leftovers from my Inspiration Translation class.

I used some leftover cardstock for the base and then used the scraps of my patterned paper with a border and a squeeze punch to decorate it.   I then finished it off with a piece of chipboard and some Flair.  

Should be good for just about any occasion and took me less then 10 minutes to make!

I have some friends coming to stay with me until early next weeek so if I am MIA just imagine me having a good time with them.  I am hoping to do some scrapping while they are here (she is a scrapper too) so it that happens I will be sure to post.