Don't forget your backpack!

Hi, everyone! Dani Donner here today bringing you some Too Cool for School altered project and a tutorial. I found this super cute altered item at Lisa Storms' website (one talented lady) and fell madly in love with them. SO this week I decided to give one for each of my boys' teachers and here is the tutorial:

I used the Best Glue Ever to cover the small cardboard box (don't forget to lightly sand it, helps adhere the paper) with pattern paper. Added a pattern paper lid to the back of the box. You may want to put a small magnet in the lid and seal it in with some cardboard to make things sturdier. Embellish the front. Add two stripes of pattern paper to the back to complete the backpack and... Done! You have a cute little backpack that you can ill with chocolate and give as a gift for the teacher or even or other students (imagine a Halloween themed one, cute!). Here is a better look at the finished project:

Supplies List:

American Crafts - Shoreline
Basic Grey - Paper Cottage
October Afternoon - Woodland Park
My Minds Eye brad - Miss Caroline
October Afternoon - Schoolhouse

I hope you have like the project! See you soon...

Dani Donner

just sayin...

Hello friends! Becky here with you from Scrap Circus. I have a sweet little baby layout to share with you today using Crate Paper's Little Boy Blue line. I absolutley love this line! It comes with many other colors including green, yellow, brown and grey but I decided to focus on the blue and red for this layout.

 I printed my journaling out on the computer using my favorite font called Vintage Typewriter. I cut up the journaling into strips and attached them to my page.

 I love to cluster groups of different embellishments. It adds great texture and dimension to the layout.

Scrap Cafe products used:

Little Boy Blue Collection-Crate Paper

Thickers-American Crafts

other products used (ask Kristy about ordering them in for you)

wood shapes-Crate Paper (Little Bo Peep line)

fabric brads-Crate Paper (Little Boy Blue line)

red heart washi tape-Poshi Washi

paper doily-misc

buttons-misc

lace ribbon-misc

Have a great day! Please stop by everyday this week to see what my fellow Design Team members have to share with you

~Becky

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Simply The Best

Hi Scrapbooking Cafe Fans I am sharing some more October Afternoon today :) I love this collection it's called Woodland Park I know Kristy is finding it VERY hard to keep this one in stock so if you need it (which you so do) Grab it NOW... if it's gone ask to go on Kristy's wait list :)

So Woodland Park I love October Afternoon I saw this release just before the Summer CHA and knew I had to have it right away but unfortunately I had to test my patience :) But it's here now and it was well worth the wait.

I love my two girls to pieces to me they really are the best I could wish for. so thats where I come up with the title they are Simply the Best :) Of course my Son is pretty awesome too but thats another page :)

I used a black fine tip pen to outline the letters of the title.

 I also layers the paper strips with ribbon those of you who know my style now know that I LOVE texture.

Supplies used: October Afternoon Woodland Park, Websters Pages Trim, Misc Lace, Adhesive Sqaures, Glimmer Mist in Teal, Dark Blue and Sun Sisters the Blues are actually Plain Jane, Bazzill Cardstock and a Faber Castell detail pen.

First Day of School Card!

Hello there!  It's Thursday and it's Anita from http://www.craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/  today is my daughter's first day of Grade 2!  Boo!  I love having her home with me and I can't believe that she is in grade 2 already!  Previous years I cried a lot but this year I managed only to get teared up!  :>

Today I have a card to share that I made for her lunch!  I always make her a card for her first day, and in case I forgot she reminded me!  LOL  I used some Lawn Fawn Stamps My Silly Valentine, Scrapbooking Cafe Online is getting some Lawn Fawn Stamps very soon!  I also used the Hello Summer pad by Echo Park!  

I stamped the apple from the My Silly Valentine set and paper pieced him with cardstock and added some googly eyes!  I thought that this apple and the sentiment was a great one for the first day of school!  I also used the Polaroid stamp from the Say Cheese set by Lawn Fawn!  I also used the Binding Edge Punch by Ek Success. And I used some bakers twine, Scrapbooking Cafe has a lot of twine you can see some here.

Well that's it from me!  I hope this card brings a smile to my daughter's face today!  :>See you next week!

Summer papers for Christmas cards

Well it's another hump day and I thought it might be......well I hope it will be fun to see some Christmas cards.  I know it's waaaaaay to early BUT if your someone who likes to make their own cards to send to family and friends then it's never to early to start.  Unfortunately I'm not one of those people.  I tried to keep them simple (thinking I may just make them this year) and quick.

 Pointsettia Die-Spellbinders

Paper-Tea for Two-Cosmo Cricket

Elegant Reindeer Die-Cottage Cutz

Paper-Tea for Two-Cosmo Cricket

And for some reason last week Blogger would not let me upload my cards so I missed my post.  Sorry about that.  I thought I'd share my cards now since you didn't get to see them.

Did you ever buy something you just had to have and then bring it home and forget about it?  Well today's cards feature a stamp set I just couldn't wait to get my hands on it's from Dear Lizzy and it's called Mason Jar, now skip ahead about a month and I finally got around to using the "must have" stamps. :)

Full of Wonder

Hi everyone! Dani here to share with you my latest page. This time I wanted to go bold and bright, and play with some layers.

Even though I have two boys, I keep gravitating to funky pinks and oranges. The result? Lot's of Pink Boys Layouts, lol.

I am not afraid of using pink for my boys, specially if I'm going for bright and bold. You can use pink and flowers and still end up with a non girlish page.

It is just a matter of choosing what will be the spotlight on your page and work around it. A little bit of Cameo work, and you have a quick and funky page.

Supplies list:

American Crafts - Shoreline
October Afternoon - Woodland Park

thank you

Happy Labor Day Monday friends! Being that it is a long weekend I just wanted to share a quick little project today. I need to send a thank you card so I just whipped this up. I love the bright fun colours in the Happy Days Collection from Echo Park.

 I mixed up the patterns with some fun banners and added a little strip of washi tape. I love combining many different patterns and textures on my projects.

I framed the cards sentiment with the small doily from the Decorative Doily Duo and tied some bakers twine through the holes.

Scrapbooking Cafe supplies used:
Happy Days Collection:Echo Park
Decorative Doily Duo:Die-namics
Circle Dies:Spellbinders
Blue Bakers Twine: Doodlebug
Dimensional Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Cardstock: American Crafts
other supplies:
buttons
black photo corners
letter stickers:Jillibean Soup
black washi tape:Poshi Washi

I hope you are enjoyed your holiday weekend. School starts tomorrow! I am looking forward to getting back into a routine. Have a great week and I hope you'll pop by again next Monday.

~Becky

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