Happy Fall Y'All!!

Saturday was not only mine and the husband's 11th wedding anniversary, but it also kicked off the first day of fall.  Today over at Practical Scrappers, we are celebrating the first day of fall with fall theme cards and layouts.  Here's is my layout I created using Little Yellow Bicycle's "Hello Fall Collection" which I absolutely adore...

 

Thanks for stopping in today!  Make sure to head over to Practical Scrappers and check out all the other fall inspriation the ladies have up!

 

Kerri

Be(SILVER)ware!!

I am CRAZY in love with our Frugal Finds Feature over at Practical Scrappers.  How Christine, Erin, and I continue to out-do ourselves and inspire the ladies to create with things you would never think possible for scrapbooking and cardmaking blows me away.  The best part is, I don't know where I come up with my own ideas-- you never know where your crafting is going to take you. 

I have two projects to share.  This was the first one I created. I was inspired for this creation when, after Christine announced what her choice was.  Now I'll admit, I was not happy with her when she told us her choice -- even promised severe payback with my choice for next month (bwaa ha ha *note* my evil laugh). I found my groove and "dug right it".

Supplies:

Broken ends of plastic spoons (flower petals)

Cardstock: The Paper Company (kraft)

Pattern Paper: Crate Paper (Emma's Shoppe, Random, Seasons, & Peppermint Collections)

Tools: Cuttlebug

Dies: Provo Craft (maple leaf cut and emboss combo), Die-namics: rolled mum die,

Spellbinders: Lacey Squares

Stamps: Studio g (thanks so much)

Ink: Tsukineko VersaMagic Chalk Ink (red magic and hint of pesto),

 Copic Markers (Y06, Y08, Y17)

Bling: pearl from a random string of pearls

Hot Glue Gun

I cut off the ends of my spoons, colored with my copics to highlight the center of the flower, then hot glued them together to form a flower.  I placed the rolled mum in the center to hide the broken bases and topped that off with a little pearl.  For my leaves, I used the maple leaf cut and emboss combo die but I cut it up to only use one of the three points.

 

The second card I have up here I got a little crazy--no surprise there!  This one might be considered dangerous because even though it's plastic, but the fun I had creating this card is PRICELESS!! So much fun, that it is my new favorite all time project EVER, and I doubt I will surpass this (though I will try).  On this one, I used some clear pastic knives--take a look:



Supplies:

Cardstock: The Paper Company (kraft and white)

Pattern Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle "Hello Fall"

Ink: Studio g (light blue chalking ink),

Copic Markers (R35, YR04, Y17, G05, B29,V09)

Dies: Spellbinders (Lacey Circles)

Punches: EK Sucess- Cupcake punch (clouds)

Cuttlebug (D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder)

Brown Letter Stickers (unknown from a swap)

Clear Plastic Knives

Wire Cutters (cut off plastic knives)

Metal File (file sharp points of knives down)

Hot Glue Gun

I stared and stared at a box of clear plastic knives for at least two hours.  I even joked with the ladies on the design team (while chatting on facebook) that the only thing I could think to do with them was throw them across my office at the sytrofoam wreaths hanging from my office doorknob.  And no joke, I did take a few stabs at that due to mental block.  But the more and more I stared at them I saw the arch shape and thought of a rainbow. 

Coloring the spoons with my Copics worked so well with the spoons, I decided to give it another go with the clear plastic to get more of a stained glass/transparent look.  I colored each one of the serated ends first on the front side. Now, here's the trick!  When coloring on plastic, you have to be careful not to do too many layers.  It becomes streaky (you can kind of see it on the green), but it did trigger me to go back and color the other side to enhance the color (doing both front and back) which worked great for the blue and violet leaving no streaks at all!  Finally, I hot glued them down to my card and staggered the embossed clouds inbetween to get that 3-D effect.

Hope you enjoyed my silverware inspiration today!  You can head over to Practical Scrappers to see the rest of the gals' inspiration!

New Fall Wreath

Just finished this one up this morning. Working on some more craft fair stuff and decided I needed a fall theme wreath. The kids want to keep this one because they think the owl is too cute to sell!

Supplies:

Pattern Paper:  Little Yellow Bicycle "Hello Fall Collection"

Creative Memories Complete Cutting System (circle and oval)

Creative Memories Letter Stickers

Stampin' Up Owl Punch

Versa Mark Jumbo Java Chalking Ink

Tuelle (brown, orange, tan, olive green)

Craft Essentials Brown Ribbon (1")

Goggle Eyes (5/8")

Hot Glue Gun

HOOT!! Owl-Shaped Baby Milestone Album

I can share this now that I am finally finished and the baby shower is over that it was the gift for.  I've become quite fond of creating baby milestone albums so this time I decided to take it one step further and make a shaped album.  Why an owl you ask?  Well, because the baby's room decor is all owl themed and what a perfect way to coordinate with it.

This album took a lot of planning an figuring out--more so than any other-- but at no fault other than my own.  I knew I what shape I wanted, I wanted the pages to be able to pull out to  make it easier to fill, and I wanted it to stand upright on it's own (not too tall of an order).

I found an owl body shaped pattern.  Then I used some poster board to design  the basic shape of the album cover.  This was a pure trial and error system and it's a good thing I had a lot of poster board.  I used an accordian system (thanks to the my dear scrappy friend and co-adminstrator Erin at Practical Scrappers when I trying to figure out how to bind it).

Here are some photos...

front cover

cover opened

On every other month there is a little envelope like this on the back.  In each envelope there are little pull out tabs that have lines to journal on one side and a space for a photo on the other with different baby milestones that happen around that time...example first smile, my announcement, my prints, rolling over, first foods, I can stand, I can walk.

On all the other month that don't have an emvelope there is a journaling area like this on the back. 

Here you can see what the pull out tabs look like in the envelope.

Supply List:

Chipboard and recycled cereal boxes

  Pattern Papers: Little Yellow Bicycle "Hello Fall" Collection

*Note:  There are some scraps from a DCWV stack as well.

Cardstock: Core'dinations

Inks: Tsukineko VersaMagic Chalk Ink, Gingerbread, Momento Rich Cocoa

Other Mediums: Copic Markers

Embriodery Floss

Twine

Ribbon

Stamps: Hampton Arts

Punches: Martha Stewart, Creative Memories, Stampin' Up, and Fiskars

Well, this isn't all of them, but you get the point! Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy my baby milestone album!!