Autumn Wishes Altered Cigar Box

Hello friends,

I found an old cigar box at a flea market the other day and took it home to alter. I needed to make a display piece for the store using this new Pink Paislee Amber Road paper.

I enjoyed cutting out the cherry blossom tree which was a lot easier then it looks! Really! I then inked it in my favorite color of Distress Ink by Tim Holtz, Vintage Photo.

I added a flower with a little key charm in the center that we sell at the store. I happened upon a cute keyhole by Melissa Frances to add to the front of my box.

Products: Pink Paislee's Amber Road, Melissa Frances' Keyhole, Prima flower, Making Memories Bling and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink.

Are You Ready?

Are you ready for Fall yet? Well whether you are or not it is coming very fast! Last week we started decorating the Scrapbook store where I work with leaves and orange flowers!

I created this Autumn banner to hang in the store. It was made using Maya Road's chipboard banner and Bo Bunny's "Delilah" paper.

The ruffled circles were created using crepe paper streamers which I sewed along one side and then scrunched together.

While I was taking pictures of the banner I also took pictures of the store. Here is our new display of paper by My Mind's Eye called "Abbey Road".

Here is a selection of paper by Nikki Sivils. She has a new scrapbook company called "Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker" that also happens to be local!!!

Here is a Halloween layout I made to show an example of our glitter paper.

Here are the shirts we sell. This is the back and it has our logo on the front. It's also my work shirt!

I hope you enjoyed seeing a glimpse of where I work!

Lindsey

Wizard Of OZ Gala!

Welcome! To see the Main Wizard of Oz blog party visit my other blog, Two Crazy Crafters!!

On my paper crafts blog I wanted the share a Wizard of Oz paper bag album I created for the party!

The ticket inside the pocket page is a replica of a ticket for the original movie!

This album features really cool Wizard of OZ paper! If you like then make sure you enter the Wizard of Oz giveaway on Two Crazy Crafters for a chance to win some of the paper featured in this album along with some other goodies!!!

I really have a lot of fun making these little albums! It's so cool that you can make something cute out of 3 paper bags!

It was a lot of fun to work with such cute paper! I found all the paper used in this album on ebay. Stickers are available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

Thank you for visiting! Now go see the other Gala participants!

Lindsey

A bright and shiny day!

Hello dear friends! I hope you are having a great week and thinking about the upcoming weekend! It's almost here!!!!

This is a layout I created last week. I have used a photo of our Bolognese, Muffin. I thought about adding journaling about what a little angel he is but I think his little face says it all!

The paper is used is by Basic Grey. The collection is called June Bug. I love the flowers across the page, but wow was it ever difficult! They were hand cut out of paper from the line.



Happy Thursday, Lindsey

Halloween mini album by Nikki Sivils and I've been tagged

I was lucky enough to be introduced to Nikki Sivils recently. She is a sweet person who is premiering her Scrapbook company at CHA this year. She lives in the same city as I do so I was lucky enough to meet her in person. She asked Katrina and I to make mini albums for her to take to CHA with her! I was so excited and I thrilled to make a Halloween mini album for her!
Her paper line is called Boo-tiful. The album I made is using her ghost shaped chipboard! So cute!

See the flag? Nikki has packages of plain craft flags to alter! Aren't they cute?!!

These are photos from our Halloween party from 2007.

I think this is a great idea! See the silver tag? Do you recognize it? It's bread tabs! Nikki has sets of bread tabs that you can alter! They make great tags!!




















I've been tagged by my friend Katrina to share! So here it goes!

Me in ABC's:
A – Age: 20 soon to be 21
B – Bed size: twin
C – Chore you hate: cleaning the bathroom
D – Dog’s name: Spencer and Muffin
E – Essential start your day item: Greet my doggies as soon a I get up!
F – Favorite color: Light Aqua and pink
G – Gold or Silver: Silver
H – Height: 5"4
I – Instruments you play(ed): Recorder in Elementary
J – Job title: Cashier at Scrapbook store
K – Kid(s): no, but 2 dogs are close enough!
L – Living arrangements: home
M – Mom’s name: Twyla
N – Nicknames: Linds
O – Overnight hospital stay other than your birth: I never have. Thank goodness!
P – Pet Peeve: people who act like they are the only ones who exist and don't care about others.
Q – Quote from a movie: "No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade, the rum! Why is the rum gone? But why is the rum gone?" - Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean
R – Right or left handed: Left
S – Siblings: one Brother
T – Time you wake up: It's different every day
U- Underwear: Uhh, yeah!
V-Vegetable you dislike: most all, really!
W – Ways you drink your coffee: coffee - chocolate milk - a few swirls of chocolate syrup
X-rays you’ve had: none
Y – Yummy food you make: I make the best chocolate chip cookies ever! I have my own secret recipe!
Z – Zoo favorite : Giraffe

If you would like to do this too, let me know. I would love to see how you answer these questions!

Katrina's doing a giveaway on her blog for a 6x6 mini paddie and set of clear stamps from the Boo-tiful collection!

Thanks for stopping by, Lindsey

My Girl Vintage Paper Bag Album

I loved working with this paper!!! It's called "Vintage Yummy" by Sassafras Lass. This paper describes my style perfectly! Vintage!!!!! Here is a link to Sassafras Lass website if you wish to see the entire collection.

My local Scrapbook store, where I work, carried this line. As soon as I finished this album I took it to the store and it has been displayed there ever since.
The fabric binding is strips of fabric which has been ripped and tied to book rings to give the album a playful look.




My favorite sheet of paper is filled with small frames with beautiful vintage images. White lace border around the photo mat to match the framed pictures in the background.

This album is supposed to be about the life of your daughter so these first two pages are for baby photos.

I enjoyed using bright colors for this album! Orange is not a color I use on anything but Halloween so it was great to be able to use it here.

Tulle is great for scrapbooking. It can be knotted like on this page or gathered and made into a ruffle border.

I used images of little girls from old sewing patterns to match the albums style.

These girls are from a vintage children's book.

I have used foam dots which are available at any craft store to give the small frames dimension.

An added tag gave more detail to my album.

Another lovely girl from a sewing pattern. The polka dot paper is called "Dotted Swiss" by Bazzill.

Stapling fabric to your pages is a great way to avoid the mess of regular glue.

A vintage gold buckle gives a great touch to finish off the album.

On the back cover I have used Prima's Pearl swirls for an added whimsy!

A close up of the fabric strips.

Thank you for looking at my album!

Lindsey