Business Cards and Holder

I'm so happy! My brand new business cards arrived today from Vistaprint and they are gorgeous! I absolutely love how they turned out and they arrived faster than the estimated delivery so that makes it even sweeter.

So me being me, just minutes after opening the box and admiring my gorgeous cards, I bolted to my craft room to make a handy case to put them in so that they won't get damaged in my purse.

I used some heavy weight cardstock for the base of this adorable little flip book, so that it can hold up to the wear and tear from being batted around inside of a purse. Some beautiful pattered paper helps to customize the book. And, finally a spectacular image of a delicious looking cake finishes it off so that not only is the book functional but it is beautiful as well. Now every time I pull out one of my business cards to give to someone they can also see something that I have created.

Wedding Album Final- Just Married

Happy Friday! Today, as the title states, will be the final page in the wedding album that I am making for the family member of a friend of mine.

So, for the last time, here is the disclaimer, this album is HEAVILY inspired by a series of layouts that I saw on YouTube awhile back by an extremely talented scrapbooker named Faith Abigail. I fell in love with her work and wanted to adapt her layouts to fit with my needs and my supplies. I kept some of the same elements but changed it up where needed.

The final page is really similar to that of the first page in this album. They both feature a large die cut frame that fills the background and helps the 4 x 6 photo to stand out. Once again this page could easily be customizable by changing the color of the hearts as well as putting a custom message in the frame instead of the happily ever after sentiment.

This album is beautiful and classic and provides the perfect location for all of those treasured wedding photos. I hope that you have all enjoyed seeing it as much as I have enjoyed making it. 

Wedding Album 6- Mr. & Mrs. Celebrate

Hey peeps, it is finally Friday and the wedding album series is almost done.

First things first the disclaimer, this album is HEAVILY inspired by a series of layouts that I saw on YouTube awhile back by an extremely talented scrapbooker named Faith Abigail. I fell in love with her work and wanted to adapt her layouts to fit with my needs and my supplies. I kept some of the same elements but changed it up where needed.

Alright now that that is done, let’s get to taking about pages 10 and 11 of the album. These two pages are intended to showcase photos from the reception. Six 3 x 3 photos will line the outside edges and two 4 x 6 photos can be placed in the center of each page.

The die cuts are classic receptions icons, the Mr. & Mrs. for the first time that the new couple is announced. A beautiful three tiered wedding cake with rhinestone accents. Two matching goblets for the couple’s first toast. The word Celebrate should be self-explanatory and lastly two gifts are placed at the top as presents to the newly wedded couple.

UPDATE: Hey guys, it is a little bit later in the day but I just had to come back and tell you that I just went onto Vistaprint and ordered my very first, OFFICAL, business cards! I am so happy, I can't seem to stop smiling. Shipping will be about 10 days, which is torture, but when they do finally get here I will definitely share them with you!

Wedding Album 5- I Do

Hey Guys, I hope you had a good weekend. Today we will be continuing with the wedding album series that we started last month and be covering pages 8 and 9 of the album.

Once again for the disclaimer, this album is HEAVILY inspired by a series of layouts that I saw on YouTube awhile back by an extremely talented scrapbooker named Faith Abigail. I fell in love with her work and wanted to adapt her layouts to fit with my needs and my supplies. I kept some of the same elements but changed it up where needed.

This double paged spread is perfect for photos of the happy couple as they walk down the aisle, say their vows and for the first kiss as husband and wife. There is space for three 4 x 6 photos (two landscape and one portrait) and for a single 4 x 4 photo. The words “tying the knot” and “I Do…” help to convey the style of pictures that will be displayed.

The left side of the layout features a large “wedding” bell that can easily be customized to the couples color scheme, as well as a pair of wedding rings in which the brides ring is full of rhinestones to provide a lot of added sparkle.

The right side of this layout contains one of my personal favorite die cuts in the album. A Silhouette of the bride and groom. The brides dress is embossed to show a lace like texture and adorned with pearls down the back as buttons. A necklace of rhinestones encircle her neck as well as her hair up do.

Easter Baskets from Youtube

Happy Friday! Easter is literally just around the corner. Today I want to show you these cute baskets that I saw while browsing through YouTube several days ago. They are colorful, fun and the PERFECT size basket to give out Easter goodies.

The best part about these baskets is that I was able to get my mom into the craft room with me to make a couple. We had a blast picking out the different patterned papers that we wanted to use and then I got to teach her how to make them. By the end of the day we had made six different baskets and had a TON of fun doing it!

Here are three of the baskets that we made (the other three are loaded down with goodies to be given to family members):

Hello Kitty and Bunny Easter

Howdy folks! On Friday I shared an Easter card with you that is more classic and traditional, more “adult.” So today I thought that I would share with you some that are more fun, whimsical and juvenile in nature. The first one is a card that I made with my niece in mind. She is a big Hello Kitty fan so I know that she will love seeing one of her favorite characters on a card meant just for her. This card is FULL of colors and patterns and is perfect for children, or anyone else who likes Hello Kitty.

The Second card that I made features this adorable little hopping bunny carrying an Easter basket as she searches for her eggs. I added some cute paper flowers for dimension and texture. 

Easter Cross

Hey guys, Easter is just around the corner so I thought I would share some Easter themed cards with you this week. This first set of cards feature crosses. The first one has a classical tone on tone white frame with white cross, each embossed to add texture and dimension. It is very elegant looking and is gender neutral making it perfect for everyone. For the inside of the card, I added a scripture that I printed out on my computer and some gorgeous cross patterned washi tape.

The other card for this week is a more whimsical version of the previous card, full of a lot of color and patterns. I kept the inside the same except that instead of the cross patterned washi tape, I surrounded the entire scripture panel in square cut rhinestones. 

Wedding Album Day 4- Bridesmaids and Groomsmen

I am really excited to share today's layout with you! If you have been following along with this series this is pages 6 & 7 of the wedding album that I made for the family member of a friend of mine.

As I have stated in each blog post, this album is HEAVILY inspired by a series of layouts that I saw on YouTube awhile back by an extremely talented scrapbooker named Faith Abigail. I fell in love with her work and wanted to adapt her layouts to fit with my needs and my supplies. I kept some of the same elements but changed it up where needed.

These two pages though are entirely my own. I created this layout for the album that I made when my best friend Heather got married several years ago. I was the maid of honor in her wedding and wanted a place that photos of us could be showcased. This layout can be customized to accommodate the number of Bridesmaids and Groomsmen that are in the wedding as well as the colors featured in the wedding.

For this particular album I was told that the Bride and Groom each have 4 people standing up with them which fit perfectly across the top and bottoms of the pages.

(On the previous version of this page that I made the Bride and Groom only had 3 Bridesmaids and Groomsmen, so instead I replaced one of the bridesmaids and one of the groomsmen with die cuts of a Bride and a Groom.

This layout has a lot of room for pictures and features spots for two 4 x 6 photos and six 3 x 3 photos. Once again each photo mat has photo corners added so that the recipient doesn't need glue to add their photos onto the layout.