Vintage Print Tray Heirloom

Here is my feature over at Practical Scrappers today!

About a year ago, I was lucky enough to stumble across an old print tray at a yard sale.  I had a vision for my creation and started to collect little items to fill those tiny little shelves. After much time collecting and finding the perfect pieces for my project, I finally felt ready to CREATE!  I wanted to create a tribute to my family that could be passed along and added to and changed as we grew and changed.  I chose paper, ribbon, fabric, flowers and little items that really spoke to me about our family.  I considered using paint, but decided that was a little too permanent for my vision.

 

 

 You may notice the repetition of the numbers 2, 4 and 6.  My husband and I are the  2.  Our girls are the 4 and the 6 is all of us together.

 There are 6 keys displayed, one for each member of our family.

 There is metal and burlap.

 

 

 A heart for each family member, and a jar full of love too!

 

 

 

 

 The name of each member of our family is also displayed.

 

 

The clocks represent each of our birthdays.

There are a few empty spots to add things later and things can be added and changed as our family changes.

 I love having an artistic representation of what our family means.  Why not find a way to create an heirloom for your family to cherish for generations to come!

Card Contest 2013

Hi Everyone! Happy weekend!! I wanted to invite all of you to join in the Card Making fun over at Practical Scrappers!  We have our Card Contest going on right now and would love to see what you can come up with!  The Sponsors of the contest are: SRM Stickers, Robins Nest, Precious Remembrance Stamps,Gina's Designs, Scrapmag and Scrappin' Sports so that's going to mean some great prizes!  Come on over the Practical Scrappers to get the rest of the details!  Feel Free to use one of these card sketches to get those creative juices flowing!

Round 1 closes February 1st! So get Crafting!

A New Card Sketch

I was very excited when the ladies at Practical Scrappers asked me to create a card sketch for our design team for our January sketch post! This is what I created:   

And this is my creation from the sketch:

Some detail shots:

I love how the final product came out!  I have fallen in love with burlap and have started to include it in a wide variety of projects!  

Like the sketch?  Create a card based on it and share it on our facebook page!  Don't forget to like us and follow us here to be inspired by our newest creations!

Don't forget to stop by Practical Scrappers to see our other designer's takes on this sketch for even more inspiration!

Mini Album idea!

Today over at Practical Scrappers we are having some serious fun with mini albums! I took this opportunity to make a mini album of my sweet baby girl! She is not so little anymore, but she is still such a little sweetie!

I had a little tin that had sprinkles for Christmas cookies in it at one point.  It had been laying around for a while begging for me to find something to do with it to give it a new lease on life!  

I used some flowers, a vellum leaf, and an eyelet to beautify the tin's lid.  

I layered some cardstock and created a pretty simple title.

I wrapped some ribbon and created a bow around the base of the tin.  So pretty!

Next, Inside the tin!

I used my Slice machine to cut all of the circles.  It does such a nice job and If I had hand cut them, it would not be pretty!!

Some itty bitty pictures of my itty bitty little pretty one!

Add some simple embellies and voila an adorable and simple mini album to cherish forever!  

Come on over to Practical Scrappers to see what the other lovely ladies have up their sleeve today!

Floral Shadowbox Inspiration

It is amazing what a little piece of beautiful ribbon and a few paper flowers and buttons can do to create a gorgeous compliment to great picture!  

 My daughters participated in a back to school fashion show last year and they had an amazing photographer on hand who took this great picture. Check out his work when you have a chance!  Before this event he photographed my sister's wedding and has since done our private family shoot too!  

After I ordered the pictures I knew I needed to get them up on the wall but I wanted them to stand out!  

 I picked up a shadowbox frame and matted the photo.  Them I took some pretty embellishments and my trusty glue dots and went to work!  

I pulled my colors from the picture and did not want to overdo it!

I threaded a few buttons and added them with glue dots.

 The photo is now proudly hanging on my kitchen wall where I can see my girls all the time even when they are off at school!

Give it a try!  You too can create beauty in your world!

Coral, Navy, Kraft and White Color Combo

Happy New Year!!  With a new year comes new challenges!  We have started a new color scheme entry at Practical Scrappers and I challenge you to join in and create a project using these colors too!  Today we are using a really neat color combo:

Coral

Navy

Kraft

and

White!

Come on by and check out what the other designers came up with and check out my contribution below!

This layout is perfect for the Child's Play Challenge for paper snowflakes going on now! Come join the fun there too!

Whenever I am in a scrappin rut, I find searching out a color palette that I love at first glance, really helps to get those creative juices flowing!  Give it a try! We would love to see what you create!