Snow Much Fun Album PGS 18 19

Simple premade scrapbook pages, before

and after I added my photos, die cut letters and 

metal rims to circular snowflake elements I 

removed from one of the other pages.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 16 17

Simple premade scrapbook pages, before

After adding my photos and die cuts.

There are two extra circular snowflake elements

that were removed from one of the other pages.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 14 15

Simple premade scrapbook pages, above

The same pages, below , after I added photos 

There was a strip of silver removed from one of the other

pages that I paper punched snowflakes out of  for use on other pages.

 There was also just enough to die cut the letters for this page.

I added silver brads to the snowflakes on these pages.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 12 13

Simple premade scrapbook pages, above

The same pages, below, after adding my own touches

Glitter "glue" and rhinestones added to the die cut

snowflakes add sparkle to the pages.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 10 11

Simple premade scrapbook pages, above

The same pages after I added a couple of my own touches

Rhinestones on the centers of the die cut snowflakes add pizazz

I also added a removable tag for journaling.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 8 9

Simple premade scrapbook album pages before, above

The same pages after I added my own touches, below

I removed the original snowflake elements first.

I then made several circular elements, 

each with a different dry embossed snowflake

and die cut letter. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 6 7

Premade scrapbook album pages before, above

The same pages after I added my own touches.

Some of the elements on some of the pages

were fairly easy to remove, such as the silver

strips of card stock on this page.

I removed them then ran them through an embossing folder.

They were then glued back on along with strips of printed

twill tape ribbon.

Additional elements were made with die cuts,

embossed pieces, rubber stamping and 

two part epoxy/metal brads that I 

inserted rubber stamped pieces in.

Unfortunately the epoxy cover changed the color

of the ink so it doesn't match the other stamped pieces :(

I'm entering my pages in the current challenges at

Love To Scrap

and 

Through The Craft Room Door.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 4 5

The premade album pages before, above

The pages after I added my own touches with 

some rubber stamping and a die cut.

The snowman is made with a Lasting Impressions

brass template, dry embossed and colored in with markers

then hand cut out. Attached to page with dimensionals. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 2 3

Pre-made scrapbook pages before

and

 after I added my own touches

I used a roller stamp with white craft ink on the edges.

Die banners that I pierced and added embossed scraps

Rhinestones added to the snowflakes

(I added a couple that were removed from another page)

Photo mats and even staples for a little something extra

Thanks for looking , have a great day :) 

I'm entering my layout in the Anything Goes Challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door

Snow Much Fun Scrapbook

I mentioned last month that I made several scrapbook pages, but never shared them.

Well, they will be showing up daily on my blog for the first couple of weeks this month !

I bought an  8x8 premade scrapbook on clearance at Target quite some time ago.

I never got around to using it until this year (where does the time go? geesh), 

spending the first few days of the new year sorting through old photos. 

I knew I wanted a photo of each family member, pets included,

enjoying (or not which is the case with two of the pets!) the snow.

 I then needed to plan the layouts, knowing that I wanted to embellish the pages more. 

I easily spent the first two weeks of the new year on this project alone.

People (my husband!) always ask what do I do since I don't work from home,

assuming I sit around watching TV or playing on the computer all day.

No, not at all. In fact, I don't watch much TV nor do I spend hours

on the computer...... unless I am doing digital scrapbooking, photos or blogging ;) 

I make something every single day and those things take time.

Most people don't realize how long it can take to make a card for example,

not to mention the time to clean up afterwards.

Anyway................ enough rambling.

Here are before and after photos of two of the twenty 

snow themed scrapbook pages I made last month.

First up, the cover

This is a closeup of the insert I made for the cover.

I was originally going to make a digital project

and print it out. It would have been less time consuming. 

I ended up stamping, coloring, adding die cut letters,

layers and glittery accents to the cover piece. 

The first and last pages were identical,

with a die cut border at the top.

I flipped them sideways and added 

a few extras.

 die cut numbers

metallic silver mat with a punched border

hand punched and pierced tag

silver snowflake with brad

 I used embossing folders and some ink

plus a scrap of ribbon to make an element for this page.

Thanks for looking, have a great day ! 

It's Cold Outside Digi Kit

December 2018 template challenge at PDW

July 2018 template challenge at PDW

Yes, things have been quiet here on my blog

so far this year. 

Although I have less design team duties,

 I am still working on crafty things almost daily.

I've been busy working on digital (4 completed)

and paper scrapbook pages (20 completed) plus choosing

digital photos to print for albums.

Some will be shared eventually.

Still chipping away at that massive project

I started last new year!

These are the first projects to share this year 

as a design team member for JMC Designs.

They were created for the fun new winter 

set of digi packs, It's Cold Outside.

JMC Designs

at

Plain Digital Wrapper (PDW)

http://www.plaindigitalwrapper.com/shoppe/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=198

Each pack is on sale for just $1.00 for a limited time! 

It's Cold Outside digi pack contents:

58 Elements - arrow, 4 buttons, chair, 2 cups cocoa, fireplace, 8 flowers, frame, 7 glitter hearts, hat, 2 hearts, kettle, 3 leaves, mittens, cocoa packet, 4 ribbons, scarf, scatter, 5 snowflakes, 5 glittered snowflakes, staples, 2 stitching, 3 strings, whipped cream 

18 FREE wordart

24 Patterned Papers 

12X12 
300ppi 
Plus 7 FREE cardstock

14 Glittered Papers - 2 designs 

12X12 
300ppi

8 Journal Cards 

3X4 
300ppi

Dimensional Snowman Frame

Welcome to the first challenge of 2019

at 

Love To Craft ! 

We are a month long anything crafty goes challenge

(so long as it is family friendly). 

My design team project this month is a photo frame.

It's an old odd sized paper mache frame.

The opening is long and very narrow (4"W x 2"T,

but actually smaller due to the overhanging snowflakes),

so I haven't been able to find a photo to fit it properly - yet.

There is a piece of rubber stamped card stock in it for now.

(Snow Stampin' Around wheel by Stampin' Up!)

The basic idea is to glue snowflake shapes onto

a frame base then add a snowman shape.

You can add glitter, paint, other embellishments

as desired to make it your own. 

It can be a simple enough project for a child 

or slightly more advanced

depending on the supplies and techniques you wish to use. 

Close up of some of the details:

~snowman made from die cut circles covered with

snow texture medium

~a nose made from Sculpey clay

~eyes and buttons are tiny paper punched circles

of textured black card stock, attached with tacky glue

~tiny twigs found in my yard that I added snow texture

medium to and hot glued into place for arms

~gingham ribbon for a scarf

I happened to have three die cut fun foam circles

leftover from my snowman shaker card

that I used to make the snowman on this project.

It was more work trimming them down

then gluing them to card stock to create the snowman

shape versus making one solid image from scratch.

I wanted to use the scraps which is why I did it this way. 

Once I had them all trimmed the way I wanted and 

glued into place, I applied a thick layer of snow texture medium.

This took an entire day to dry.

Use a rubber stamped or printed snowman image

cut out with scissors for a quicker, easier project. 

The fun foam die cut snowflakes were painted with

glitter nail polish.

I added large rhinestones to the centers of some of them.

Cut snowflakes from glitter paper to save some time.

I was using what I already had on hand;

these snowflakes were bought years ago for my kids to

make crafts with. The glitter nail polish is leftover from 

a one time event and will never be worn again.

It is handy for craft purposes- but is really smelly ! 

I painted a paper mache frame with acrylic craft paints

and let it dry well before hot gluing on the snowflakes.

A photo of some of the supplies I used

Thanks for looking !

Wishing you a happy, crafty new year !

I'm entering my project in the  current challenges at
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Let It Snow
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes

Winter Trees Birthday Card

A quick card I made for an uncle.

Nothing special or unique. 

Stamp images, card stocks, inks,embossing folder

and glitter from Stampin' Up!