GS Adult Weekend

Well here was the project I was going to teach this weekend. Now those of you who maybe viewing this site, don't tell anyone what they are going to make! I was going to be at Camp Hoover outside of Newton this weekend, but because of all the snow, they closed camp! It's only Friday and we have 2 feet of snow and it's not suppose to stop until tomorrow. It snows off and on this afternoon so I'm hoping there won't be much more accumulation. Years ago my mother had run an older girl program in February, usually a little earlier in the month to teach girls how to handle different emergency situations, along with building a shelter, finding food & water, and compase reading. So back to my little album. This is a paperbag album. I use 3 bags to make this project. I also used paper from K&Company. Loved the way this turned out. My sideline and friend Debbie Giannos also made one using the same papers, but hers turned out very different. She isn't a Girl Scout! Shame on her! So she wanted to be able to work it in with pictures she would have. I didn't get any pictures of her album, so when I do, I'll post hers as well. I also used a retired stamp set from SU that looks a lot like girl scouts. I hope this set lasts forever! I know many who would anything to get it!

This is the first inside page of my book. It's taken from 2003. My daughter Jess was in 4th grade I think. This was the first time the troop was going camping in tents! I couldn't believe it. We were staying at Valhalla, Camp Hoover's "primitive site". Not really, there is running water and flush toilets. The building you see is a leanto. It's open on 3 sides, but very large. It's big enough to put a good size pop up tent in there! Well I tried to teach them how to make a fire. I had 2 dad's there (I did get one mom to join us)and one was a volunteer fireman, so it wasn't easy. Do you have any idea how much firemen like to make fires?!

We also did the ropes course, they had a blast! The Saturday was a beautiful day and things dried nicely after the heavy rains we had the day before. There are more pages but didn't want to get them all up. You'll have to come to the rescheduled event to see for yourself and make one of your own! Cyndy

John's Birthday

Last weekend was my hubby's birthday and didn't get a chance to make his card until his birthday! Soooo I had to keep it simple and really wanted to use my metal and of course have it look masculine, so I used one of my textured plates from SU. The metal is chocolate. After running the metal through the Sizzix I sanded it so you could see the texture better. It coordinated real well with SU Chocolate chip cs and ribbon. It's accented with tempting turquiose. I amazed myself how quickly I was able to whip this one together. Hope you enjoy it. Cyndy

Technique Night - Belated Happy Valentine's Day!

Well here were my Valentine's! A little late, but here they are. I had fun making them. This is what we are doing this Friday at my monthly technique class instead of last Friday. On the Valentine to the left I used the new heart shape treat cup and the tab on it is to pull and release the M&M's. Unfortunately my daughter wasn't thinking about that when she pulled hers and the M&M's went everywhere! Wish I was there for that one!

This next one was really pretty easy. I used a couple of heart punches and an embossing folder. Got this idea from the Technique Junkie newsletter I subscribe to. So many cool techniques in this past issue.

This last technique I also got from Technique Junkie.
I used the shimmer paint, which is still available, and re-inkers. This was also very easy to do and a lot of fun. Hope you stop by next month to see what exciting technique we do. Or better yet, come to class and enjoy in person! I will be posting other new and exciting things before the next class, so see you soon!

Happy Valentine's Day

Well I know this project has nothing to do with Valentine's Day exactly, but this was a big project I just finished up. Another niece of mine (much older)is having a baby and she just had her shower yesterday. I had made her a baby blanket and a photo album. Really liked the way the album turned out. I stamped the front cover with craft ink and made chipboard letters covered with the crystal effects. I also made the frame from a piece of chipboard and covered it with some DSP. The first page in the album a lifted from the Simply Scrappin Kit that's in the current SU catalog. Just loved that page.

The next page I got from MDS (My Digital Studio) Figured it would be easiest to use the templates from that and just make them for real. I also got some ideas from pagemaps.com They have a monthly newsletter that's free and members are also uploading samples of their layouts. These are just some samples from the album. I did take pictures of all the pages and loved the way it turned out. She loved the book too and fortunately noone else got her anything like it, how could they! Now she'll be all ready for when the baby comes to document her progress!

My technique class was postponed to this coming Friday, so I'll post the pictures from that in the next few days. In case you wanted to come and couldn't make it last week, call me and reserve your spot. For the others that are coming, I'll see you then! Have a great V day! Cyndy

Happy Birthday!

Well it's been a couple of busy weeks! I've been working on several projects and finally finished a few! First card was for my nephew. I missed his birthday and wanted to make him a special card. I think he turned 10 or 11. How bad is that, I don't even know! Well I really liked the way his card turned out. I took regular brads and used heat n' stick powder and red glitter on the icing of the cupcake and the candle on it too. Just love that glitter! I also used one of the texture plates in the Sizzix for the cover of the card. Need to make another one of these to keep on hand, nice look for a boy of any age I think. The second card was for my niece (my nephew's sister) she just turned 5. Had to make something pretty for her and had to use that glitter! Also used some of my new stuff from the Occasions Mini. Now onto the next project!