Using up Frames

With the downsizing I've been doing I

ended up with stacks of frames from family pictures 

 which I no longer have wall space to display.

So I have been trying to come up with creative uses.

I have made the larger ones into 

chalkboards but the small ones

were a little harder to think up ideas.

Finally I got busy with some paper and 

embellishments and here are some

that I came up with.

So far they have been selling well 

at Rusty G and I'm planning to have

some for the Artisan Fair later this year also.

Color Room Scrapping

I've really enjoyed using The Color Room

for Scrapbook inspiration.

Each palette comes with a scrap layout and

card idea if you have extra papers.

Of course if you want to join in and do the 

challenges you need to stay in the palette exactly

which I have not done yet...just

kept it close.

Crafters Weekly #1

I'm joining in at AJ Crazies

with her new link party

The challenge was to create a scrapbook page

using leftover fabric scraps.

Here is my take on that, using strips of fabric

under the pic and sewing a zig zag stitch around the 

edges and through the middle to hold

them in place.

Anyone can join in so I hope you will...
she's got lots of different crafts coming up
so you may find one that inspires you.

November Sketch

I'm linking up with the November sketch

@ 123 Challenges

Scrapbooking with Laryngitis

One good thing about not being able to speak 

is that I do get a few things done!

Used Sketch 135 from The Scrappiest

for the one above

Just glad to be feeling back to myself again:)

Sketch 180 & Challenge #31

I'm linking up at Creative Scrappers

with Sketch 180

and also using another challenge

from the "52 more" book,  # 31

"Incorporate book pages or sheet music on a layout"

"Get Picky" Inspiration Challenge

I'm linking up over at Get Picky

for the Inspiration Challenge.

This is the inspiration photo -and you also had

to use some fabric in your layout.

The fabric I used is in the flowers, I used 2

layers of fabric and then paper and a button.

I also sewed the black border.

Scrapbooking Challenge # 24

"Use products from a blind grab

into your stash"

 This was an unusual challenge for me!

I tend to spend the most time trying to 

match everything carefully and planning

out my layout with all my embellishments and

paper in an arranged pile...

This you just grab and go! 

But it was actually a lot of fun to try to make it

 look like something I would want in my 

scrapbook:)

Scrapbooking Challenge #10

"Finish a Page in 30 minutes"

I had no idea how long it took me to do a page, but

I had no problem finishing in 30 minutes...

sometimes it pays to just lay it out and get it done!

I like it just as much as some I spend an hour on...

Scrapbooking Challenge #32

This page is challenge #32 from

"52 more scrapbooking Challenges"

by E. Kartchner

"Design a layout using children's artwork" 

I used a painting that Brielle did and cut out a tree 

from the paper. 

A great way to use one of her many 

pictures and keep a memory from it too.

Wedding Guest Book

Shana wanted a scrapbook style

guest book for her wedding.

I have made some similar to this

for regular scrapbooks so it

was fairly easy to do.

It will be a keepsake that she can

keep out on display as she can add in 

wedding photos later.

One project crossed off the list:)

Revamped Album

 My sister had picked up this album at the

Goodwill Bin store for a few cents

and passed it on to me to see if I could come

up with an idea to reuse it. 

So in return for her Birthday (shhhh...)

I made it into an album for her.

She can put in her own photos

and favorite recipes. 

The papers are all Graphics 45.

A Few Pages

I had a few hours to scrapbook with

my sis-in-law this week.

Both ideas are from Creating Keepsakes

magazine. 

Photos by Sharla Stenersen Photography

Sketch #114

Here's my layout for Sketch #114 from Liz

over at http://thescrappiest.blogspot.com

Scrap Retreat Spring 2011

Blessed Memories Scrapbook Retreat

1. Getting started

2. vintage typewriter for journaling

3. Tessa (see baby bump?)

4. Sugar to keep us going all day!

5. Phyllis and Alison

6. Karen M

7. Goodies from the Embellishment Bar

8. Shana

 9. voting on the page contest

10. Page contest

11. Janine

12. Grace

13. What the room looks like when we get going!

TONS OF FUN!

Mini Album

Finished the album of my

Fall Beach Trip.

I used the Graphics 45 papers

in the "on the Boardwalk" line.

Scrappiest Sketch #108

Here's the newest sketch over at The Scrappiest

with a chance to win a kit from Birds of a Feather.

And here's my version!

(photos by Sharla Stenersen Photography)

Gorgeous Scrappin Kit!

My kit that I won from Memorable Seasons

arrived today! The combo of colors

and accessories, embellishments and

papers is wonderful! Hmmm...

I wonder if they might be a good inspiration

for an upcoming wedding:)

The Sweet Peach Crop Shop Feb Sketch

 Here's a new sketch from Sweet Peach Crop Shop
and my version!

Yippee! I Won!

Over at The Scrappiest

I won for this interpretation of one

of their sketches! (see post Sketch 101)

The prize is a kit from Memorable Seasons!

Thank you to both sponsors,

I'm honored to have been chosen!