Falling Flakes List Pads

Falling Flakes List Pads

I had made these up for the Parker craft fair all of them sold most going for teacher gifts.

The kit I used was from Hobby Lobby (sorry the name escapes me).

My little rant on

Staples

so close your eyes if you wish not to read it;)

They used to charge me $1.00 per cut now it is up to $2.00.

So doing the math if you purchase a pack of Jr legal pads 12 quantity it will cost you

$24.00 freaking bucks just to cut the pads in half not to mention the cost of the pads themselves.

I was not a happy camper especially since I am a rewards member.

So if anyone in my area knows of someone who will cut these at a lesser price please let me know.

Otherwise my final cost has to increase and I would love not to have to do that.

Okay open your eyes I am done now;)

Products used:

Staples Jr legal pads cut in half

RSVP pen

Wrinkled Seam Binding

Paper from Hobby Lobby unknown kit

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Christmas Past

Happy Monday and welcome to my blog.

Today I have for you a list pad created with my 

Silhouette and Graphic45 Christmas Past collection.

I made up a few of these goodies for an upcoming craft show.

So quick and easy and they make such great gifts.

Kraft card stock and ribbon are PTI.

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Besties of OZ challenge

Besties of OZ challenge

Here is my entry in the

Sherri Baldy challenge,

you have 'til August 7th 2013 to play along...

It is a double list notebook cut file from Silhouette Cameo America Store.

Digital Stamp was colored in PSE10

PTI Cardstock and ribbon

recollections flowers

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Asolutely Fabulous Post it Note Holder

I am making great use of the birthday gifts I purchased for myself.

You may have guessed that though;)

Sophia Rose Post it note holder... 

Here is my Sophia Rose colored in PSE10 using PTI color palette of

melon berry and ocean tides.

Those two colors went perfect for the paper stack I wanted to use by

My Minds Eye.

I know the photo is a funny color however, IRL they do match;)

 

 I used the Silhouette Studio America cut file:

Other products used:

PTI card stock, ribbon, Everyday Classics stamp set and ink

SU oval punch

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Prayer Journal

It has been a long time since I have altered a comp book.  For a benefit auction on Sunday I have completed a few prayer journal sets.  Here is one of them.

   Looking at the photo showed me I need to go back and add some text style to the craft edge.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Faith, Hope and Love

First off today here are two Gifts for Little J's PreK teachers. I used one of my favorite products this year October Afternoon's Thrift Shop it is a simply wonderfully designed package with the warm tones and vintage feel.
The gifts contain...
1 altered comp book
1 list pad
3 clip-its
3 Cards
1 hand lotion



Did not make it to my chapter for today was sidelined by this little gem in a nutshell it defines the last six months...

You find out who really loves you when there isn't much to love, like when you bring home bad grades or have a bad attitude. Children find out where they really stand when they embarrass their parents or rebel against their beliefs. Sometimes they seem to be asking, " Can you love me like this?" "Can you love me defiant?"..."Can you love me when I've broken your heart?" If you can find the grace to say yes, you have given the highest love there is-unconditional love...Ironically, when your children are the least loveable, they need your love the most. When you feel the least like loving them, they will be able to feel your love the most.
Ron Hutchcraft

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless.

CHRISTmas Tree, Legends and Decorations

Legend has it that about the year 1500 Martin Luther began the tradition of decorating trees to celebrate Christmas. He decorated it with candles to honor Christ's birth. It is thought that German immigrants brought with them the Christmas Tree Tradition.

Take this link to a past post on the Christmas Tree Spider

Take this link to learn about the German Christmas Tree Pickle.

Cinnamon Art
10 T cinnamon
4-6 T plain applesauce
Mix in small bowl til forms a dough. Roll out like a sugar cookie to 1/4" thick, use cookie cutters to cut designs. To hang poke hole at top with straw or toothpick.
Dry in the oven 150 degrees for three hours.

Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Product list...
My Minds Eye DP, chipboard element
Papertrey ink Card Stock and Buttons

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

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Grunge Flower Notebook

A couple weeks back I found this video over on Paper Phenomenon I have a ton of scraps I have been organizing and trying to use up, this day I was playing around with one of my all time faves Bella Rose from SU. I made up four of these using the video directions and placed one of them on a notebook. Now this one if I was selling would be a true $8.00 notebook, LOL! I love these very simple and elegant.

Prepared Grunge Flowers...


Grunge Flowers on a Bella Rose notebook...

Altered Legal Pad PTI Swap

Link to PTI card and Notebook swap hosted by Craftycrunchymama on SCS This round has just opened we would love to have you join us.

$8.00 Notebook swap, LOL! The swap girls are probably sick of me calling them the $$ notebooks but I find the exchange so ridiculous I can't get it out of my head. (A known paper crafter sells these altered notebooks on Etsy and people actually pay the $8.00 listed price...some people need a reality check don't they?) Okay, I have it for them...
Staples Receipt for 12 jr legal pads staples brand with two cuts and tax totalling


$11.65
divided by
24 (the amount of cut pads you have in the end)
equals
$.4854
or 49 cents per 1/2 legal pad (this is your main cost for this project.
You then get two covers from a 8 1/2 by 11 standard piece of card stock we will use PTI's price of per sheet of $.18 (when you buy the 50 pack) so cost per project $.09
PTI's price for DP (1 8 by 8 sheet) $.22 and you can get 3 projects from 1 sheet so a final cost of $.07 so lets do the math for the cost of paper product used in this project...

.49 (notebook)
.09 (card stock)
.07 (dp)
.65 (total cost of paper product used per project)

**Note, I have not included price for any products other then the cost of paper**

There you have it my trip back to the reality of a Midwestern small town girl who would NEVER pay $8.00 for one stack of paper, now do you see my humor in it all?


Here is my finished altered notebook for this swap round *I will be replacing the pen with an RSVP brand pen* I donated some note pads such as these in October to the Nursing Home my friend was joking that I need a ball chain to attach the pens so they would know where they are LOL. I took her seriously thinking she was onto something here and wanted to figure out a nice looking way to attach a pen to this style of altered pad. Here is what I did...
save the bottom scrap piece of card stock
punch the outer card stock on the back seam with SU's slot punch
thread the card stock through then adhere to the inside back cover
place in the cut notepad
make two score lines 1/2" apart
attach the other end to the outside front cover
adhere your decorator piece of dp
there you have it a notepad with attached pen;)


Product list...
jr. legal pad cut in half
PTI scarlet jewel card stock, ribbon and ink
PTI stamp set Sweet Love
Bo bunny dotted dp
BasicGrey Bittersweet DP
SU slot punch
SU scallop circle punch
1 1/2" circle punch
Crackle Accents by Ranger
White Gel pen

Happy Stamp Day!

Sultry a Jr notebook tutorial

UPDATE...spoooktacular crop posted on the left has been postponed 'til tonight starts at 8 central and ends at 10 central. Click on over to get signed up they will be giving yummy Cricut products away. AGAIN this is taking place tonight, you must be signed up so take the spooktacular link now;)


I was asked for some measurements after posting my Bella Rose Altered jr. legal pad you can see it here.What you need...
Jr. Legal Pad Measuring 5" by 8"
1 Piece of DSP measuring 4 3/4" by 7 3/4"
1 Piece of matching DSP measuring 5" by 1/2" (to cover the branded strip of notepad)
1 Piece of card stock measuring 10 1/2" by 8 1/8"
7" length of ribbon
matching ribbon bow
sentiment stamp
ink
tag 2 1/4" winter woodland cartridge
tag shadow 2 1/2" winter woodland cartridge
scotch brand tape
double stick tape
dimensional dots


Tutorial...
1) score your card stock at 5 1/8" and again at 5 3/8" (this makes your spine)
2) adhere ribbon to back of dp with scotch tape
3) adhere dp to front cover of card stock with double stick tape
4) adhere dp to branded strip of notebook with double stick tape
5) adhere notebook to inside back cover with double stick tape
6) stamp sentiment on smaller tag then back with shadow tag and adhere to front cover to the left side on top of your ribbon strip (I used dimensional dots here)
7) tie a bow and place opposite of sentiment tag let dry

Simple and beautiful, have fun!

Product list for this pictured project
Sultry DP by BasicGrey
SU card stock
PTI ribbon, ink and Sentiment from Everyday Blessings stamp set
jr legal pad
black pen
binder clip
large paper clip
SU scallop circle punch

Happy Stamp Day!

Bella Rose Stationary

I took my gift stationary from Jen filed under june 2 2009to Bible Study a few weeks ago and they just loved it so I have made some up to take next month they also asked for me to bring some cards so I have been working on them as well.


Product list...
Jr. legal pad
Card Stock pure poppy and sweet blush
DP SU Bella Rose (retired)
SU scallop circle punch
circle punches
Cricut Expression
Cricut Winter woodland Cartridge (sentiment tag)
PTI stamp set Everyday Blessings
PTI ink pure poppy
PTI ribbon sweet blush
Pen
Binder Clip
Jumbo Paper clip

It is so wonderful to have Bear back home tea cup won't give him a break you would think the poor guy grew an extra tail the four days he was gone;)

Happy Stamp Day!

Mini Notepad Gift Sets

These little gift sets were really fun to assemble...



Product list...
2.5 inch mini Rubi Coil notebooks made for me by Wanda
DP
SU scallop circle punch
circle punches
brads
large paper clips
golf pencils
strong adhesive (tombow, red liner and hot glue gun)
SU sab rub-ons
ribbon


Happy stamp Day!

Altered Jr Legal pads

Today I am showing you two altered Jr. legal pads I made over the past weekend again with the chipboard accents. Thank you Julie;) These are so fun to make after getting one as a gift from my friend Chris I can't stop making them. They make great stocking suffers and bday gifts these will be going to the nursing home for bingo prizes.




Project list...
Jr. legal pads (have your office store cut them in half)
card stock
chipboard
PTI stamps
micro beads
ribbon
buttons
Happy Stamp Day!

Moxie fab world challege Vintage and Shabby Chic

You can find more on this challenge and many samples here Moxie Fab World Vintage and Shabby Chic.

Product list...
All items Papertrey Ink unless noted
Jr. legal pad cut in half
Chocolate thread for stitching

Happy Stamp Day!

Moxie Fab World Challenge Fun and Cute

You can find more fun and cute challenge items here at Moxie Fab World

I altered this Jr. legal pad that was cut in half for me at our local printing store. Better then the box stores she does not charge to cut them how cool is that;) I think the box stores are up to one dollar per cut...OUCH!

Anyhow I decided to use PTI's on my couch additions stamp set to make this winter holiday altered notebook. Who does not enjoy their favorite armchair and memories in the middle of winter?

Product list...
PTI on my couch additions
PTI Bitty Dots DP
PTI ink and card stock
PTI ribbon and jute
SU scallop border punch
snowflake confetti
chocolate thread for sewing

Happy Stamp Day!

Enjoy the Ride

Yes, I have a camera and I am still trying to figure everything out my pics and posts can only get better from here;)


This little Beauty scored a first place finish at the fair last week for the stamping stationary category, under comments they enjoyed the color combination and the organization. I used my PTI SS Reveal gift as a template however, I decided to leave off the handles and make it a bit more on the masculine side. You can find the template {here} For a more finished look of the clear boxes make sure you cut card stock to cover the inside of box otherwise when the cards and pad are removed your adhesive shows through the box. I also used a Velcro circle to adhere the flap to the back side of my tote.






Product list...
PTI Everyday Button Bits stamp set
PTI DP, card stock, ink, ribbon, buttons and clearly creative card box
Marvy scallop circle punch
cricut expression
cricut george cartridge
post it note pad
RSVP pen
SU punch, Lots of Thoughts and Borderline stamp sets
Red Liner tape
Velcro Circle
Scor Pal

It is the first day of school today D is a freshman and L is a seventh grader, my how time does fly.

Happy Stamp Day!

Enjoy the Ride

Love, Love, LOVE to make these notepads. Here is what you have to do...purchase some JR legal pads and have Staples cut them in half for you it truly makes the perfect size list pad. I was the recipient of one from my friend Chris her notepad here and I have not stopped making them since. Litisha makes them also you can find her's here

Have you noticed this week I have been working on MANLY items? I so needed to up my stash for gift giving in this area. I am so proud of myself, NO FLOWERS are you happy about that or what?



Product list...
PTI Everyday Button Bits stamp Set
PTI Buttons and Jute
Basic Grey Buttons
SU DP and Card stock
cut notepad

Happy Stamp Day!

Mickey Mouse Shape notepad

Mickey shape notepad .cut file You will need Cricut DS and Mickey and Friends Cartridge to cut this file.

I REALLY love making these shaped notepads, it is going along with the t shirt I made my Nephew for his birthday. I need to make a door sign for him yet and then his gift will be complete and I will start on his brothers (I have a great idea planned for him also).

The eyes would not cut crisp, time to change my blade, I am such a MISER;) I also grabbed SU rust (trying to rid myself of SU card stock before it becomes obsolete, I just keep reaching for my PTI stash) for the next one I would stick to black for the shadow base my scan really shows the rust.



Product list...
Card Stock
printer paper
padding compound
paint brush
double stick tape
Cricut Expression
Cricut Design Studio
Cricut Mickey and Friends Cartridge
Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cartridge
.cut file (link posted at top of this post)
black pom pom

Happy Stamp Day!

Dancing in the Rain

My BFF has her birthday coming up later in July and I have been working on her gift. What you are seeing today is an altered Jr. legal pad cut in half and her birthday card.

PTI card stock, ribbon,ink,buttons, Everyday Blessings stamp set
SU riveting stamp set
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Cricut
Cricut George Cartridge
"lil bloomers"

Happy Stamp Day!

Where has it been?

I have not used my Bind it all in months, when I first purchased it I made up a ton of these little notepads using some salvaged pads from the newspaper. I had a ton of them done with just the DP on them, not anymore I have finished them off and here is one of my faves...



I am going to have to break out the BIA soon and get to using it, I have some post it note pads in mind.

Product list...
Bind it all
marvy scallop punch
SU sab rub-ons (yes, I still have some left)
"Lil Bloomer"
ribbon scraps
DP is unknown

Have a great day and a safe 4th!