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For another 18 minutes
Sorry I’m late! Life has been busy around here!

Today for “some strange reason” I was thinking of scallops….(could be because “some unnamed company” is coming out with “some sort of scallop related product” very soon!! I can’t wait!!)

But I can’t get enough of scallops. Big ones, small ones…they have overtaken the scrapbook and card making world.

I was trying to get my hands on this product - the Fiskars Threading Water Scallop Punch - but it seems near impossible unless I want to pay a fortune. I’m doubting I’ll find it at Michaels in Canada, but if any Canadians have seen it there, let me know! It’s so cute and fun looking!

In the meantime, I’ll wait until “that certain company” gets “that certain product” on the market….stay tuned - I’ll keep you updated, all you scallop lovers!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to stop in for a minute and say hi! So hi!

Haha……

Right now, everywhere I look, I see bright colors. I LOVE the bright colors. But I really really love the muted tones of earth and nature too. They are so deep.

I am working on a cool post that will be up Sunday, was going to post it today but am having issues with the pictures for it. So I will post some pictures of a project that I recently completed for my father in law for Father’s Day. It uses a lot of those warm, earthy tones I was talking about. And some of those bright colors, but muted down. Everything was made using scraps from the scrap bucket. The papers are all from Cosmo Cricket’s Wanted Collection and Bazzill Cardstock.

Ok this is one of Kim’s favorite projects that I have done. Yes everyone I drove down the shore to get the perfect shot. The paper is all rusty pickle from their pirate collection and the chest is from AC Moore. WHen I made this I first took off all the hardware, then inked/painted around all the edges and it to the creases of the lid. The lide believe it or not is one sheet of paper and when cut into the strips it fitted perfectly. After I put all the papers onto the chest, I then stamped several pirate themed stamps and rubons onto it.

Enjoy the week, see you all next week.
kelli

Wow where does the week go? I have been trying to put everything away in my classroom, another school year is coming to a close. Yeah I so need a vacation! Well my altered item this week is:

Ok you have to love the feet in the picture. I wanted you to see how large the arrows were. This one a class I was teaching at a scrapbooking retreat weekend. The arrows are from christmas tree shop for a buck that’s right I bought them all! Have class will travel.

ALrightly then, these arrows are wood and I took two pieces of paper and covered it. Then I took alpha stickers and glossy accented them, Added some embellishments (butterfly from michaels) and finished it off with some ribbon. The melanie one is just missy a skull and it will be done. So as youcan see their is more than one way to alter an arrow. Thinking outside the box ladies!

Enjoy the week,

Kelli

Good Morning Scrapping Gals! This week was a long one. My oldest was very ill all week and didn’t go to school until yesterday and that was even tough for her. I had her at the emergency room during the week and thankfully all tests came back negative except for her being dehydrated. She is still week but with the heat wave we are having here in NJ, the school closed early yesterday and again today so at least she can get alittle bit of rest in the afternoon. Unfortunately with all that was going on this week, I didn’t complete my mini but I wanted to show you what I started just to give you some ideas on how you can make pockets out of the pages right in your little book.
The cover measures 51/4 x 51/4 where the pages measure 5 x 5. I will be using this mini as a journal over the summer to tell about what we did and keep some stuff along the way. Stampin Up sells a great spiral punch so you can punch the holes for the spiral binding instead of cutting out each hole. As you can see on the cover, I also used the punch just for decoration with a pp. I actually removed the binding, punched the holes and then put the binding back on. It was so quick and easy to do. On some pages I put sticker tabs for easy flipping. I learned how to make a pocket at SU Spring Fling last year. So easy!!! All you have to do is fold one page or more depending on how many of these pockets you want, half way up or down before you put the spiral binding back on. Add alittle adhesive and decorate. It is a great way to save movie tickets, or something small that you would like to remember. The next pocket is a diagonal one. I glued down two pages together near the binding edge and bottom edge only. I took the top right corner and folded it partially down and placed a flower sticker to hold it in place. You can put a journaling card in there, a picture, tickets… wahtever you like. The next technique I did, was to punch 3 holes on the right page, then on the following right page I added 3 circle stickers so the pages both look decorated and it also adds alittle dimension. I hope you may have learned something new. I would love to finish this book sometime this week before school ends so I am ready for summer vacation. You can click on each picture to see a larger view. TFL Have a great week!

Well I missed last week, I am so sorry, you must all know when life getting in the way everything goes out the window. I’ve been in a self pity party and gave myself a week to work it out. So I am back…. To start out if you have a christmas tree shop by you it is the most wonderful store to find things to alter. They have tons of wooden letters/words to alter. I see holiday/birthday presents in my friends and families future. To alter I use mostly Zipdry glue .

So today’s thought is to just relax. Any and all problems will all work itself out, we just need to relax and let it go. Enjoy the day and stay cool. It is hot hot hot on the east coast today. I am going to stay in the cool today.

kelli