So much for my New Year's Resolution...

Unbelievable!!  I cannot believe that my last post was in March!  I really wanted to post at least once a month this year.  What happened?  Who knows...another mystery question that will linger on into the universe to probably never be solved.

OK, so now that that is out of the way, I'd like to share an idea that I had.  All of us have leftover scraps, right?  What do you do with yours?  I decided to go through all my scraps and figure out what to do with what I have.  I really had good intentions on using my scraps...at one point...but now...  I took all my scraps and cut them down to either 4x6 or 4x3 pieces and filed them with my Project Life cards. 

All my scraps that are smaller than 3" wide and are 12" long, I create rosettes for future projects or give-a-ways.  

I scored a few at a time instead of 1 at a time to make the process go by faster.  I also used a border punch on some of the wider pieces.

I folded several pieces at a time.  Kind of like an assembly line.

I used the smaller scraps to make circles for the rosettes to be glued to.

I overlap my rosettes instead of butting to ends up to each other.  Overlapping seems to hold better and have a more finished look to it.

Here are a few rosettes that I made.  I doubled some up for a different look.  I didn't add any centers to them because I don't know where they will be used just yet.  Plus if I give them away I don't want the receiver to have to settle for what I chose to be in the center.

I don't have all the strips turned into rosettes yet.  But every time I get a creative block, I pull some strips out to make.  By the time I'm done making a few, I'm ready to get crafty.

Anything smaller than my smallest punch was tossed in the trash.  All other scraps were sorted by color and put in a baggie and stored for future possible use.

Thanks for stopping by!

Buzz & Bumble Projects

Good almost-afternoon!

Today I thought I'd share the projects that I put together for one of my workshops made with CTMH's Buzz & Bumble paper pack, Brown Glitter Cardstock and coordinating embellies.  Most of the projects are inspired by photos I found on Pinterest.  I LOVE Pinterest!!

I absolutely loved working with this paper pack.  To be honest, I was shocked that it didn't carry over into the new Idea Book.

Another layout design by the WONDERFUL sketch team Scrapbook Generation.  I tweaked it a bit by making all my photos 4x6.

The title is from the Just Because Cards cart (real dial size on).  The bee is cut from the Art Nouveau cart. 

The hexagons were stamped using the Honeycomb stamp set and then cut out.  Some were attached using 3-D foam.

These were the cards that I came up with with the help of my Pinterest finds.  If you click on the link, see if you can find which cards I used as my inspiration. 

This little box was a very happy mistake.  I created the box to originally be a gift box.  Except that I had cut the lid a little too small.  I didn't want to waste any paper, so I decided to turn my "gift box" into a mini scrapbook that would expand once opened.

I just cut the bottom of the box 2 more times each 1/4" smaller than the original cut.  This adorable cut can be found on the CTMH Artiste cart.  For the base cut I just used my fit to page button on my Cricut Expression.  Then I cut the lid at the same size (I think it was 5.5) which, if making a true gift box I know now it has to be cut a hair larger.

Thank you for stopping by and checking today's post out. I'd love to read what you think.  I'd love to read where you get your inspiration.

For Always Projects

Good Morning!

I'd thought I'd share some projects that I made for the For Always Workshop.  The first project I had found on You Tube by Lisa Stenz.  She made a wonderful 3-D cake using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  So I thought I'd give it a try.

The 3 tiers are made using the pillow box shape in 3 different sizes.  I used glitter cardstock by DCWV and the strips from the tops of the For Always papers.

                                                

I inked the chevron patterned paper with Honey before I cut out the flowers.

With the flowers all assembled, I started placing them on the "cake".

I added some swirls in Pear cardstock from the Art Philosophy Cartridge, a banner and coordinating stamp saying and some buttons as "feet" for the finishing touches.

All the dimensions for the beautiful cake are on Lisa's video.  I had so much fun making this, now I have to decide what to do with it....

My next project, of course, is a 2-page layout.  I decided since the For Always paper pack comes with three different colors to work with; Lagoon, Honey & Ruby, that I would make each project using a different color.  As always, the sketch I used for this layout came from my favorite sketch design team Scrapbook Generation.

To finish these pages off, I added CTMH glitter ribbon (LOVE that stuff), coordinating For Always My Stickease, Title and flowers cut from the Artiste cartridge and some sparkles in grey and black.

And last, but not least, I create some cards using the Ruby cardstock, both CTMH cartridges and some random stamps.

This card was made from the You Tube tutorial by Lisa Stenz.  I added some bitty sparkles to give it some dimension.

This card was made using the Artiste cartridge, some sparkles in grey and a few stamp sets.

This card was made using some leftover papers, the Art Philosophy cartridge and coordinating stamps.

That's all the monochromatic projects I have for today.  I am really in the mood to make a project or even a layout using all the colors combined....
Hope you liked the projects and thank you all so much for stopping by!