Almost over...

Well, it seems we have 2 more weeks and the semester is over. It seems like just yesterday we were setting up our blogs and getting to know each other. I want to say I had a great time with the blog. It's fun to showcase my work and have a place to put my thoughts...even if it's just to write them down for myself. I'm looking forward to the break so I can do some scrapbooking and get started on really planning for my wedding! I haven't done any scrapbooking since the semester started and I really miss it. I hope everyone had a great semester and that you all do great things in your future endeavors! It was great having class with all of you! I'm probably going to keep this blog going so if you ever want to drop by and say hi or just check out what I'm working on...please do! I may even post some wedding photos if anyone is interested...I know a lot of you were curious about the candy buffet I'm having ;)

Longwood Gardens

Hello! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I had a very small Thanksgiving this year...which meant lots of extra stuffing! Yummy! So, I figured I'd put up a few pictures of an acrylic album I did over the summer. Right after I got engaged I went to a place in PA called Longwood Gardens to get pictures with a bunch of my friends. I hope you enjoy!

 This is the whole album. When it's together it forms a flower.

 This is the front cover. The bottom is a rub on. The edges are edged with a gold leafing pen.

 This is all of us. A very nice stranger took this picture for us. It's the only one of all of us together.

 This is me and my best friends. The little dots are made with a pen that forms dots that when dry are 3-D

 This is my honey and me and the "engagement ring" shot.

 This is me and my best friends again. I love this picture of us...all serious.

This is the end of the album! I really like how it came out. I hope you all enjoyed it, too!

Bit of a break from scrapbooking...

This week's post will be a break from scrapbooking. I've been so busy with work, school, and planning my wedding that I haven't had time to think about scrapbooking. I really miss it though. I love being creative and it's sad when I walk past my crafting area and realize I haven't created anything in months! I have loads of ideas and I can't wait for winter break to try some of them out.

On the bright side I have picked a venue for my wedding, the bridesmaid dresses, and my wedding dress!! Now I have to figure out what photographer I want to hire. And this is going to be the hardest thing I am probably going to do for the wedding. I know what kind of shots I want and know I have to figure out if the photographer I choose will be able to produce what I want. I keep asking everyone if they are sure I can't take the pictures myself...and yes, I'm just kidding, I know I can't!

Altered Mother's Day Box

This is a trinket box I made for my soon to be Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day this year. I painted the box, added trim, and trinkets I knew she would like. She loves the show "I Dream of Jeannie" so I added the genie bottle to the glass area of the box. She loves high heels and glittery things so I added a lot of bling to the box as well. She loved the box.

Handmade cards

Today I'm going to showcase some of the handmade cards I have created in the past 2 years. Once I discovered that I could use a lot of scrapbooking techniques in card-making I found that I hardly purchased cards from the store anymore. Take a look at some of the cards I've made. (Remember you can click on any image to make it larger).

This was a birthday card for a friend. I made in 2010.

This is another birthday card I made for the same friend this year (2011)

A bridal shower card for my future sister-in-law. Their wedding colors were purple and orange.

Valentine's Day card for my fiance 2010

Baby shower card for my cousin. It matched the gift I bought for her baby.

Another card for the same cousin's baby shower. This is the one I made for my mom to give her.

A card for a co-worker. Mrs. Potts is her favorite Disney character.

I hope you enjoyed looking at all the cards I've made. I think next week I may upload a video of a box I made for my fiance's mother and grandmother for Mother's Day this year (2011).

Missing my scrapbook weekend...

This weekend I had planned to go to an all inclusive scrapbooking weekend. Unfortunately, since I was downsized I don't have the extra money that I used to have. I like going to these weekend getaways because I get to spend three whole days with friends I met through scrapbooking! Usually these weekends are themed and the organizers have a lot of cool things planned. The last one I went to was in August and it was a 50's theme. The one this weekend is Hollywood Themed. There is one coming up that is Candyland Themed and hopefully I'll be able to afford that one. If you are interested in scrapbooking and want to check out the weekends click here

One of My Favorite Layouts

I would like to share one of my favorite layouts with you. (If you click on each picture it will open up larger so you can see the detail) It has a lot of glitter, a peacock feather, and my favorite people. The pictures were taken at a free concert in Central Park the summer of 2010. My fiance and I are in the bottom picture and my fiance's best friend and his wife are in the top picture.

In this corner I used a technique using a glue pen and glitter. I traced the lines and swirls in the paper with glue pen and then poured the corresponding colored glitter on the paper. I let it sit for a few seconds and then tapped it off onto wax paper that I placed underneath my paper. It was a very slow process because you can only trace a small part of the design at a time. The glue dries very quickly and it becomes difficult to get the glitter to stick if you do too large of an area. If you look closely at this corner you can see the paper is raised slightly. What I did to achieve this is to use two of the same background paper. I cut a piece of one paper and used three dimensional glue dots to raise the piece up.

In this corner I used the same techniques as I did in the lower corner but this time I placed a peacock feather on the page before I put the cut piece on. This way I was able to hide the bottom of the feather and give it a clean look. I also added a nylon butterfly on top of the picture of myself and my fiance.

In this corner I used the glue glitter technique again...and I must confess I popped this piece up and over the picture of myself because while I liked the picture I wasn't too happy with the way my arm looked.

This is the last corner and I added another butterfly here in the same color as my friend's shirt to tie the layout together. I really like the way this layout came together and I think it was worth the time and effort the glitter/glue technique took.

I hope everyone enjoyed looking at my layout. I'll be posting more layouts and projects in the coming weeks. Leave a comment and tell me what you think!