Polk-A-Dot Scrapper

Recipe Swap

So, as you remember from a previous post (which you can find here) I was involved in a recipe swap while I was in Surry Va at the Eastover Baptist Retreat Center.  There were 17 cards total so I'm super excited to have a bunch of new recipes to try.  Of course I had to alphabatize them because I'm a little OCD, HA!!  Anywho, I used the 8x8 page protectors from We R Memory Keepers for the pages and the 9x9 chipboard from Zutter.  I have found that the 9x9 chipboard is better for the 8x8 pages.  It just seems to cover the pages better.  To cover the book board, you know the fun part, I used the new Jinger Adams Sweet Tart paper pack.  The paper pack also came with chipboard titles and cardstock tags.  The delicious title on the front is one of the chipboard titles.  The cherry pies were cut using the Silhouette and popped up using foam dots.  The design is Sweetie Pie by PPbN Designs and available in the Silhouette Store.  The cardstock title on the inside of the book is one of the cardstock tags.  For the lined card that I will write the date and the name of the retreat on, I used one of the pre-cut cardstock sheets from the Jade Project Life cardstock pack and stamped it with Cornish Heritage Farms Lined Paper stamp.  I die cut the edge with the My Favorite Things Notebook Edge Die.  I binded the book using my Cinch.  It was super easy and so much fun.  I hadn't made a book in a while, so it was nice to do something a little different.

Recipe Card

So excited to finally make something, WOOHOO!!! So I'm taking part in a recipe card swap while I'm on a retreat.  So I picked a recipe by Rachel Ray.  I have her new book 365 recipes and drinks by her and her hubby.  Yeah, I love it!!!  So, since the recipe is for crab cakes I went with an underwater theme for the recipe cards.  I used the Cricut for the seaweed.  The tall piece is from the Lifes a Beach Cartridge and the smaller one is from Create a Critter.  The sand came from the Miss Kates Cuttables file Beach Day.  The large crabs came from the Silhouette Design Studio Crabby Word Image Set.  I deleted the word crabby and just kept the crab.  The smaller crabs are a Martha Stewart Crab Punch.  The little sea shells are a punch from the dollar spot in JoAnns.  All of the cardstock is also from JoAnns with the exception of the white.  The cardstock came in a pack called Minty Fresh, I really like all the colors together.  The sand is Krafty cardstock. Oh and I couldn't resist googly eyes on the crabs.

Quick Update and Layout

It's been a while.  I've been up to a lot actually.  I'll be getting my Copic Certification in a few weeks! I can't wait for that.  I'm learning how to use photoshop.  I decided that I wanted to start posting a lot of the pages I've been working on.  They are mostly of my God-Daughter.  I decided that since she's not my baby I'd rather blur her face out of the photos, but at least share the layouts with you guys.  In the page I'm uploading here I actually blurred the entire photo.  I haven't decided if I'm going to keep doing that or put something cute like a heart over her face instead.  So for this layout I used a cut file from my new favorite place, Miss Kates Cuttables.  The name of this file is Open Wide. The border is from the Silhouette Design Studio. 

 

 

 

A little Organization

Since most of us are always looking for ways to transport our scrappy stuff to and from crops I had to tell you about my latest idea. So I own a Cricut and a Silouette. I try to always take both of them with me depending on where I'm going and how long I'll be there. I have a bag for the Silouette and I have a bag for the Cricut. I've decided I'm tired of taking two separate bags for each machine and it's corresponding stuff. I wanted a solution that I could put both machines an all of the stuff that goes with them; Mats, laptop, cords, and whatever else. Well I FOUND IT!!! Singer® Futura Quartet Rolling Sewing Machine Case. I bought mine from HSN on Flexpay. It's perfect.  Here are a few pictures for ya!

Yes there are straps to hold the machines in place.  There are also pockets on each side of the bag.  There is a pocket on the outside as well.

There is a handle that collapses and wheels just like a suitcase.

There is also a bag to hold all of the mats as well and it fits inside the large bag.

Now for a little room organization.  As you can see from the background of my pictures, which I took with my Ipad by the way. I'm in the middle of some reorganization. I finally found the perfect paper solution for myself and I had to share it with everyone.  The Thirty-One Your Way Cubes!!! I had each of them embroidered with what type of paper is in them.  I added tabs between the brands and cardstock colors and labled them.  The Cropper Hopper dividers fit perfectly in the cubes and the cubes themselves fit perfectly in my Ikea Expedit. 

 

My next new organizational thing is the Large Organizer from Close To My Heart.  They will be available for purchase on the 1st of February, yes I'm a consultant so I bought mine already.  I actually bought a second one but it's not here yet.  They hold 40 stamps or so.  I have 44 in mine.  Since I was able to move paper out of my cubes from Michals and into my Expedit I decided I would take the shelves out of the other cubes and put my new stamp holders in them.  I did leave one shelf in a the top for small things.

I hope this post helps someone get ore organized.  I know I'm getting there however very slowly.  Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Ready for some Football!!!

So I've been home with the flu for the past week.  Thankfully I can work from home at my full time job so I've been able to work get paid and rest.  I'm thankful for that.  In the mean time I came up with this great idea for a Super Bowl party page.  I'm rooting for the 49ers this year since that was my Dad's team, but I'm a Skins fan all the way! 

For the party invitation I used The Greeting Farm Sitting Casual Stamp set and the Authentique 6x6 Paper Pad Free Bird Poised and Warmth.  I colored Ian with copics.  His clothes and the sofa are paper peiced using the Echo Park A Boy's Life paper pack.  The Sentiment is stamped on the Stampin Up key tag punch which has been discontinued.

I also made little flags for cupcakes using a stamp from The Greeting Farm Sitting Casual Stamp set.

Finally I created a scrapbook page because of course as a scrapbooker you take pictures of Everything!!!  All of the stamps are from The Greeting Farm Sitting Casual Stamp Set.  I used the Teddy Bears On Parade Cricut cartridge for the Teddy Bears. I cut everything else with the Silhouette.  The footballs, grass, and goal post are from Miss Kates Cuttables Football MVP.  Miss Kate has the best SVG files and great prices!!  I'm in love with her website.  For the title I used the Porky's Font from Fontspace. For the banner I learned a great trick over the weekend.  I used a paper plate and wax paper.  I poured Modge Podge on the wax paper and dipped twine it it.  I let the twine dry to it would start to harden.  Before it was completely dry I stuck it to the scrapbook page so it looked like the string holding up the banner.  It was so easy and turned out so cute!!! I'm super thankful for that great tip from Michelle and Scrapdoodles in Fredericksburg.

Scrapbooking & Science

Who would've thought scrapbooking and science could be related, well....THEY CAN!!!! How you ask, well I've had so much fun over the past few weeks working with my cousin on her science fair project.  She came to me asking for help decorating her board.  She picked the font, border, and the other little things on it.  I'm super proud of her and her project.  I'm waiting for final pictures of her project board, but for now I have what we started with and I'm so excited I had to post all about it.  I know she's getting an A on this one and even if she doesn't her board looks super cute!!! 

The Silhouette got a workout with this project.  Each one of those popcorn peices was printed and then cut.  I also inked the edges with Close To My Heart Sunny Yellow ink.  Unfortunately it's been discontinued.  The font is called Porky's and can be downloaded from FontSpace for free.  I think I'll be using this one all the time, I love it!!! I also liked the look since it's not straight it reminded me of how popcorn looks in a bucket.  The popcorn buckets were also cut with the Silhouette. It's an image from the Silhouette store.  There is a print and cut one as well, but I didn't care for it as much as the regular cut one.  It was so much fun helping her with her project.  I even helped test the popcorn, that might have the second best part.  I can't wait to help her with her next assignment.  It's always nice to do something else with all the scrapbooking goodies that I buy.