Scrapbooking and the Single Girl

thirty-three.

2010-03-09T01:54:00.002-05:00

Another card!

Paper: Crate Paper, flower: from a Scarlet Lime kit, but I added additional flowers to it - one from Making Memories, two punched from the Crate Paper. Punch: EK Success (I think.)

thirty-two.

2010-02-19T01:25:00.003-05:00

Here is a card that I made:

Polka-dot paper: Basic Grey June Bug, cardstock: Bazzill, chipboard flowers: Chatterbox, (the red flower is covered with cardstock, the other is painted,) punch: Martha Stewart.

thirty-one.

2010-01-31T18:27:00.002-05:00

I've had this page done for a while, just been lazy about posting. So here is the first of (hopefully) many pages done with Pink Paislee's Amber Road line!

Everything's Amber Road except for the ribbon, which is some generic one from Michael's, and the letters, which are Making Memories Tiny Shimmer Alpha Schoolhouse font.

thirty.

2009-12-09T17:00:00.005-05:00

So earlier this year, I kind of fell in love with Studio Calico's June kit, Soda Fountain, and its add-ons - especially the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird line! But the kit was a little too pricey for me, so I ended up buying the stuff I liked the best elsewhere.

Anyway, I *finally* finished a page with the Soda Fountain-y stuff (I've got three more pages that are half done,) and here it is:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and October Afternoon Detours, flower: Pink Paislee, stamps: Studio Calico. I think the cardstock is Worldwin?

twenty-nine.

2009-11-15T04:00:00.002-05:00

Here are some birthday cards I made!

Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade (from the 6x6 pad,) stickers: K & Company, rub-on (on envelope): K & Company.

Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade (from the 6x6 pad,) flower: from a Scarlet Lime kit, sticker (on envelope): K & Company.

twenty-eight.

2009-11-11T23:01:00.004-05:00

Christmas papers! I am so excited about Christmas papers (& embellishments too, of course,) right now!

Here are some of my favorites this year:
Collage Press - Joyride
Making Memories - Mistletoe
October Afternoon - Very Merry
Pink Paislee - Mistletoe & Co.

I want them all! I'm not getting them all, but I can still dream. :)

Cosmo Cricket's Jolly By Golly is nice, but I really liked Oh Joy better. And Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses is very cute, but not quite right for me.

twenty-seven.

2009-10-22T17:49:00.007-04:00

Here's a page I made of a doll I was excited to finally get. (You're never too old for dolls, that's what I say.)

Paper: K & Company Amy Butler, letters: Basic Grey Ambrosia, ruffle trim: Flair Designs, sticker: Chatterbox Happy Day, journaling: October Afternoon Road Map, ribbon: unknown.

twenty-six.

2009-10-02T17:40:00.000-04:00

So I am totally and completely in love with Pink Paislee's Amber Road line. It is mine, all mine! There will be pages from it soon, oh yes.

(Pic from scrapbook.com.)

twenty-five.

2009-09-29T17:28:00.007-04:00

Here are the pages I made of my friend's wedding...which was in 2005. (So I'm not the fastest scrapbooker in the world. ;P)

Paper: Hot Off The Press, vellum: K & Company, sticker: Mrs. Grossman's, letters: American Crafts, font: CK Ali's Hand

Paper: Autumn Leaves, vellum: K & Company, sticker: Mrs. Grossman's, letters: American Crafts, rub-on: Cosmo Cricket.

twenty-four.

2009-08-08T23:16:00.004-04:00

Here's a page with me as a baby!

Grid/red flower paper: October Afternoon Detours, green floral/blue stripe paper: Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday, journaling stickers: October Afternoon Road Map, ribbon: Cosmo Cricket Mr. Campy, butterfly: Martha Stewart punch & DCWV cardstock, rub-on letters: American Crafts, letters: Slice Basics 3 card & Bazzill Maraschino, heart: Bazzill Maraschino. (Hand-cut by me.)

twenty-three.

2009-07-23T23:08:00.001-04:00

I've been trying to do more personal scrapbooking, even sometimes making pages without pictures. (Crazy! I know!) So, here:

Paper is Basic Grey Porcelain Windermere, the bird stamp, flower, & lace are all from Scarlet Lime kits, the journaling stamp is Making Memories, and the butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I don't know what paper they're punched from, though - it was a small scrap I found in my mom's stash.

twenty-two.

2009-06-24T03:14:00.000-04:00

Here's another birthday card I made for another friend:
I can't remember who made the black & white paper, but it was from a Scarlet Lime kit awhile back. The green butterflies are DCWV cardstock and made with a Martha Stewart punch. The title is cut with my Slice and handwritten by me.

twenty-one.

2009-05-21T03:07:00.003-04:00

Here's a card I made for my friend's birthday (please excuse the crappy picture!):

It's all from K & Company's Amy Butler line, except for the ribbon, which was some I had in my stash.

twenty.

2009-05-16T02:37:00.005-04:00

I got a Slice!

Or, rather, *we* got a Slice, as my mom and I are sharing it. (But I paid for it, as her Mother's Day present.)

We've already gotten a few design cards for it, too (it comes with Basic 1): Basic 3, Noteworthy, and Wedding. I want to get the Spring one, too. My mom wants to get the embossing tips.

I love it! :)

nineteen.

2009-04-25T02:21:00.003-04:00

I am really proud of this page, I worked hard on it and it took a loooooong while to come together. (Seriously, I've been working on it since July.) It was originally inspired by the colors of the March 2008 Scarlet Lime kit.
Cardstock: Bazzill Ocean, papers: American Crafts A La Carte Pesto (I think,) and Chatterbox Eclectique Scroll, journaling: the back of a Making Memories 5th Avenue spiral journaling book, (the front was not quite the right color,) chipboard: Scrapworks Magpie and Cosmo Cricket Fleuriste, chipboard letters: Scenic Route Redmond.

Oh, and I used my new Xyron (the 2.5" one) to stick the letters to the page. I think I love that machine already.

eighteen.

2009-04-24T02:07:00.001-04:00

I got a *lot* of pages done at the crop I went to! (Okay, and by "a lot" I mean "seven," but that actually is a lot for me. I work slowly.) Here are a few:
Paper & journaling: Cosmo Cricket, (Jack's World for the paper, I think,) scallop trim: Sassafras Lass, tab: Making Memories, letters: Basic Grey.

Paper: Glitz Gigi Zebra and Basic Grey Urban Prairie, letters: American Crafts Tiara.

Cardstock: Bazzill Dusk, trim: unknown but came in a Scarlet Lime kit, everything else: Basic Grey Ambrosia. I'm really proud of this page especially, it turned out lovely.

seventeen.

2009-03-12T02:02:00.003-04:00

I've been seriously thinking lately about getting a Slice. Any thoughts? I like the size and the price especially.

Also, next month I'm going to my very first crop! It's an all day one, 9am-9pm. I'm very excited.

sixteen.

2009-02-23T00:55:00.003-05:00

I'm very proud of this page.
Cardstock & ribbon: American Crafts, Patterned paper, letter stickers, rub-on, & brads: Basic Grey Urban Prairie, stamp: Scarlet Lime, yellow flower: Prima (I think.) Fiskars paper edgers and EK Success punch.

fifteen.

2009-01-15T01:50:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year! Have some cards.
The top card is made with paper from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie line, and the polka-dotted sticker strip is by a company I can't remember right now. ;) The font is...one of the Pea fonts, I think.

The bottom card is Scarlet Lime exclusive stuff.

fourteen.

2008-12-29T02:43:00.000-05:00

New page!
This page is done with almost all Scarlet Lime exclusive stuff, except for the letter stickers - those are American Crafts.

thirteen.

2008-11-25T01:39:00.000-05:00

This paper from Glitz is *perfect* for scrapping my Cobra Starship concert photos. I need it!

twelve.

2008-10-21T00:55:00.004-04:00

New page!

Simple page of some concert pictures I took. I can't remember who made the paper, but it's from a Scarlet Lime kit. The chipboard button is American Crafts, and the rub-on on the tag is Cosmo Cricket.

eleven.

2008-09-10T00:49:00.001-04:00

New Amy Butler line from K & Company! It's called Lotus, and it's gorgeous. I WANT it! I haven't seen it in stores yet, though.

ten.

2008-08-24T22:34:00.004-04:00

Brand new page!

Just did this today. Most of the stuff I used is from the latest Scarlet Lime kit. I wasn't that excited about some of the papers, so I made an extra effort to use them. The idea for the layout came from one I saw in the latest issue of Simple Scrapbooks.

Paper by American Crafts and Tinkering Ink, stickers by Making Memories and American Crafts. The font is Pea Tisha.

nine.

2008-07-16T04:21:00.006-04:00

This is a page I just finished - well, almost finished. I still don't have a good photo of my friend, yet.

Everything is from K & Company's Amy Butler line. I trimmed the title off the journaling block because it didn't go with the page. (I also got the package of journaling stickets on clearance at Jo-Ann's for $0.97!)

eight.

2008-06-20T23:45:00.003-04:00

Today, I am going to talk about fonts.

Never, ever, EVER pay for a font. Don't. I'll disown you if you do.

Why? Because there are SO MANY free fonts on the internet. If you can't find the perfect font for your project, you're just not trying hard enough.

Here are some of my favorite font sites:
DaFont
misprinted type
eknp
Simply The Best Fonts
Abstract Fonts
Font Bros
Fonts For Peas

There are many more font sites, too. Have fun downloading, and remember: don't pay for fonts!

seven.

2008-05-14T20:33:00.006-04:00

Another page! The thing I like about this one is it looks like it took way more effort than it did.

The paper is by DCWV, from the Rockstar line. The cardstock I used for mats is some random cardstock I had lying around. :) I think the font is Times New Roman? Or it could be Tribune. Whichever.

six.

2008-05-13T02:59:00.004-04:00

I am finally posting another of my finished pages!

Everything is from K & Company's Amy Butler line, except for the black rub-on, which is Basic Grey. Oh, and the clear photo corners are some random ones I've had for years. I think the font is Sylfaen.
(I redacted my friend's real name because I felt weird about publically posting it in a blog - especially without her permission.)

five.

2008-05-11T23:17:00.005-04:00

Woo! So I got my first kit from Scarlet Lime, and I love it! I've already made a page from it, take a look:

Everything is from the kit except for the orange&yellow flower that's on the tag - it's from the Marcella line by K & Company.

I'm pretty excited to use the rest of the stuff in the kit. Not all of it is necessarily my usual style, so I feel like it'll challenge me.

four.

2008-05-03T18:34:00.002-04:00

Just got some new clear stamps - these swirls by Autumn Leaves, and these flippin' adorable birds by Inkadinkado.

I'm not sure how much use I'll get out of the bird ones, but they were so cute I couldn't resist. Maybe I'll make some notecards using them.

three.

2008-04-30T23:54:00.002-04:00

I am really digging these chipboard birds by Scenic Route. Birds seem to be a really big trend right now, and while I don't think I'll make a ton of bird-accented pages, a few would be quite cute.

Hopefully I'll get some pictures of my pages up in my next post.

two.

2008-03-26T02:17:00.005-04:00

Lately I've been really into the Amy Butler line by K & Company. It's waaaaay more girly than I usually am, but so cute! I've been using the papers & embellishments to make pages celebrating each of my friends.
(My only complaint - and I've noticed this on lots of K & Co's stuff - too much glitter! I know how to put glitter on things if I want to, but it's pretty impossible to remove once it's there.)

I also really like this paper (Hey Sugar: Honey Honey) by Cosmo Cricket, even though I haven't seen it in person yet. Hopefully one of my local stores will have it. I don't know what I'll use it for once I get it, but I WANT it.

one.

2008-02-15T02:08:00.002-05:00

I've decided to start a blog to ramble about scrapbooking. Well, scrapbooking and my approach to it - that of a single twentysomething with no kids who mainly scraps her friends, cats, and concert pictures.

More posts soon. For now, it is after 2am, and time for bed.