Fast Card Friday

I was doing more digging into the pile of bits and pieces on my work desk and decided to throw together this neat little birthday card.  I purged a bunch of these card things that I had not too long ago, but I kept this kite one with a few others because I thought they were cute and actually useful.

I spiced it up a little with some washi tape and dimensional flowers, but I think the washi tape could be on its last leg.  It didn't really want to stay down, as evidenced by this photo.  I'm probably going to tack it down with some clear glue before I send it off to anyone.

Identifiable Elements:

• Flowers - Little Birdie
• Washi tape - Bella's BLVD

Wrap It Up #6

Yet another high school page that I never got around to finishing.  This was the first page I've tried to fix that I actually didn't like what I tried to do originally.  I mostly didn't like how the color scheme seemingly had nothing to do with the subject of the photos or the photos themselves.

I ended up adding in some blue striped paper mostly to make it feel more like EIU and to match the colors in the photos better.  I and removed the flower buttons because they felt so out of place no matter how I much I tried to spruce up the page.  I covered up the marks they left with the bling that I thought was more appropriate for the page.

I'm surprised I was able to salvage this page as much as I was.  I usually have pretty good instincts in designing pages but clearly not always.

Identifiable Elements:

• White bling - Jolee's Boutique
• Letters - Sticko
• Blue stripe paper - SEI

28 Days...

The countdown to my favorite Holiday continues with this cute little card.  It's not as spooky as some of my other efforts, but it's perfect for some of my more wholesome friends.

You may notice the large amount of buttons and that is because, as is becoming a theme on this blog, I am STILL getting through the button stash.  At least this card really put a bit more of a dent in the situation than others.  I also used a bunch of scrap paper and helped clear up a bit of that bin as well.

Identifiable Elements:

• Greeting - "Wacky Wishes" by Stampin' Up!

Wrap It Up #5

I lucked out again and found a page I never finished that also was mostly complete.  I only had a few more finishing touches and I was done!

I really like how the page came together, though I am perplexed as to how I ever made the scalloped edges of the patterned pink paper back in the day.  I know I'm the one who did it, I just have no recollection of the actual process.  Maybe one day I'll remember and get to use the technique again.

Identifiable Elements:

• Thickers - American Crafts
• Feather stickers - Architextures

Wrap It Up #4

 Lately I've been trying to reorganize some of my scrapbooks by year.  I don't tend to like working on scrapbooks in order or as a whole so much as just making pages when I find photos I want to scrapbook, but the problem with that method has been me not knowing what I have and haven't scrapped yet.  I found this page in dire need of an update while I was scrambling through an old book trying to find out if I'd made a page with a DIFFERENT set of photos.  I figured finishing this page would be a fairly simple task and I was right.

Luckily for me, once again, my base page was pretty good.  I had also just picked up these flowers and thickers from Tuesday Morning so I was able to pretty quickly pull everything together.  I love the way it turned out and can now proudly put it in the album I've dedicated to my senior year of high school.

Identifiable Elements:

• Flowers - The Paper Studio
• Thickers - American Crafts

Wrap It Up #3

For today's Wrap It Up Page I think I genuinely thought I was done with it when I originally made it, but I decided to spruce it up just a little bit more.  It's shocking how much just a few embellishments can add to a page.

I almost didn't post this page because I altered it so little but I think that is the beauty of it and why I should post it.

I don't have elements to tell because they're all so old, so forgive me for the abrupt end to the post.

Fast Card Friday

I decided to take a pile of scraps I had on my crafting table and make something useful out of them.  This is what I cam up with.  It was a nice quick card to crank out and it helps replenish the birthday stash that I am running low on.

Unfortunately there aren't any identifiable elements to identify on this card as the pieces I used have been sitting for a VERY long time.

Wrap It Up #2

 Today's page is one that I'm surprised I never finished.  It had pretty good bones and had I added ANY text I might've considered it done.  I really like the color combo past me chose.

It's really shocking to me just how close I got to finishing some of these pages before walking away.

The crazy part about finishing this page was that I only added 3 elements; some washi tape, felt buttons, and letters.  I had to add extra glue to the letters to get them to stick down, but that's probably because I've had them for quite awhile and original purchased them from a clearance pile.

Identifiable Elements:

• Thickers – Gold Foil Chipboard Letter Stickers by American Crafts
• Felt buttons – BlumenthalLansing Company
• Washitape – Create 365

Wrap It Up #1

 Last year's Wrap It Up challenge that I set for myself didn't go so well so I'm hoping that this year will be better.  I have a lot of scrapbook pages only half finished and I want to make this year feel more worthwhile.  I spent a lot of months aimless and unmotivated so I'd like to end on a positive note.

This first page is one that I had a lot of fun amping up.

When I first started the page I must've used some funky versamark/shimmer combo that I really like.  I went looking through my stash of stickers and embellishments and was very lucky to find that I had a set that matched the color scheme almost perfectly.  I used them, a random board sticker I had and cut up, along with some stickers to indicate the year and other details, to make the page something I consider to be complete.

I'm looking forward to working with more of these types of pages this month and finally getting some of them done.  It'll feel good to go into the new year with a little less baggage.

Identifiable Elements:

• Raised stickers - Yellow Bicycle
• Green letters - Create 365