Week 13: Made it Myself Mondays

Morning Bloggers,

It's time again for Alex's weekly linking party. It's quite simple, there are only a couple of rules:
- Link up any project, new or old
- Link up to 3 projects
- Place the above button on your blog post

Over the weekend, I accomplished a lot of crafting and it feels so good to be able to say that. Here's a card that I made using the following sketch

Here's my card (sorry about the darkness)

I'm in the process of making a baby boy album and figured I could use this card to go with it.

Details:
5 x 7 Card (from a set of Martha Stewart card bases) in blue
Pattern Paper mat is 4 7/8 by 6 7/8
Brown mat is 3 x 4 7/8, punched with Fiskar's Treading Water punch
Off-white mat is 2 1/2 x 4 7/8
Baby feet cut from New Arrivals at 2 1/4
Scalloped circle and circle cut at 2 from Mini Monograms

Amber's Crafts and Stuff Challenge #18 - Embossing

Goooood Morning Bloggers (in my Ty Pennington voice),

This week over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff the challenge is to use some type of embossing. You can do either wet or dry embossing. You can emboss by hand or use a machine like the Cuttlebug or Sizzix. My project this week is a previous project that I completed. I'm in the middle of a flare-up and am pretty darn miserable right now. Thus I haven't been spending any time down in the scrap cave. Here's a look at the invitations that I made:

Details:
All paper is from my stash, can't remember what brand
4.25 x 5 Base
4 x 4.75 Mat embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder
Foot is cut from New Arrivals Cricut Cartridge
Circle and Scallop are cut from Mini Monograms

Thanks for stopping by. Head on over to Amber's blog to check out the other DT entries and to enter your own project.

Stay Crafty

Finished Wedding Guest Book & Banner

Hello my long lost friends (LOL),

I was able to spend a few hours on Saturday down in the scrap cave and I'm proud to say that it's done!! I did have an unfortunate incident with the hot glue gun and my thumb still hurts!! Here are some photos

I added the ribbon and some roped ribbon along the edges to tie in with that "beachy" feel. I really, really LOVE how this turned out. Once that was finished, I moved on to the banner that the bride requested. It didn't turn out quite the way I wanted, because for 3 weeks Michael's hasn't had the paper I needed. I improvised, but I'm not quite satisfied. (I did however sign up for the new Rewards program when I was there on Saturday!!) Please excuse my messy basement!

That's all for now. Check back soon for some more projects.

Stay Crafty

Stationery Box Set

Good Evening Bloggers,

Checking in from the scrap cave. It's another Friday night where the bf is sleep on the couch and Miss A is doing who knows what up in her room. I started the evening working on the guest book for a friend's wedding, but while the paint was drying I got sidetracked by another project. A while ago, I came across this tutorial on Split Coast Stampers. I decided to give it a try. I'm not completely finished, but I wanted to share it with you since I will be out all day tomorrow.

Closed Box

Opened Up

Close-up of Notepad & Pen

A2 Cards in back, 3x3 Notecards in front

Notepad, Pen, and Postage holder

I used the Mediterranean Cafe DCWV stack for all the papers. The key is to use a really heavy two-sided cardstock for the main box. I wanted to use the striped paper, but it wasn't two-sided. I am really surprised how quickly this came together. I am going to make the following to put inside (and I'll post them when I get them done): 6 A2-sized cards, 6 3x3 notecards, and 6 gift tags.

I'll be showcasing this over at Alex's Blog: You Had Me at Craft: I Made it Myself Moday

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay Crafty