valentine mini magazine box

Valentine is fast approaching so for our club meeting this month our focus was on Valentines. We made this mini magazine file type of box. We made it with Pretty in Pink paper.
It wasn't my idea, but I can't remember where I first saw it. I had written down some notes about it last year and now I can't remember where I saw it or who originally created it or if it even said who created it. If I find out or remember I will update my post.

It is a fairly simple design. Its made out of one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper cut down and scored and folded. We decorated these boxes fairly simple, but you can make them as elaborate as you want.
It can also be used for other holidays too. I can see Birthdays, thank you notes, Christmas, etc. Just change out colors and stamp set. This little box holds several 3x3 cards with envelopes.
I used the stamps from the Filled with Love stamp set to decorate this box. The heart matched the heart punch and the backing is the Scalloped heart of hearts embosslit. I then added some Real Red grosgrain ribbon and some Dimensionals and was done. I also added a gem to the front of the circle. Sorry I didn't get a picture of that part. You can sort of see by this picture that I stamped the circle with red, then I matted it with a pink circle and then a red one. Using our great punches of course.

So I hope you enjoy my share and are gearing up your holiday treats for the people you what to share with this holiday season. I'll post the cards next. Have a great (and warm) day.

birthday cakes card

This is a card I made using the hostess set Birthday Bakery.
It was a fun card to make. I had to decide what colors to color the various cakes. It's kind of fun deciding do I want a chocolate cake with strawberry icing or vanilla, etc. :) It can make you hungry for sure and it definitely wasn't a "day for just a sliver". :)
I used the cherry cobbler seam binding as the ribbon. I think Cherry is probably my favorite new color and I used it for a lot of items around the holidays.
Also SU doesn't have a light gray marker anymore, so I used Sahara Sand to color the platters. So I hope you enjoy my creation. Hostess sets aren't hard to get and with Sale-a-bration around the corner, it's a great time to plan a workshop or become a demonstrator. Let me know if you are interested.
Hope you have a great day.

scrapbooking your faith - July

These were July's pages. This set and roller was in the mini at the time. I really liked this Fourth of July set and hope it returns. We just stamped and punched out the stars. Some are raised up on dimensionals. The saying is one from the matching roller that I cut apart to use for various sayings. It's also up on dimensionals.

The fireworks are stamped in red and navy too. The ribbon is navy grosgrain with a small piece of real red for the knot. Just a little variance that I thought went with the pages. It's also hard to see, but there are little firecrackers stamped in Versa Mark on the bottom of the right side red. If you look really hard you can see it in the picture.

I like the saying too - God bless the USA. We are really truly blessed in this country with all the freedoms and all that we have. Sometimes we have to take time out and remember how blessed we are.

I hope you like the pages and it helps you, even at this time of year, to remember the blessings you in particular have. Everything from food, to shelter, to freedom of religion and just freedoms in general. Even freedom to speak your mind for the most part. Something not found in all areas of the world.

Hope you have a warm and safe day today.

Scrapbooking your faith - June

This month we picked some fun, Summery pages using items from the mini. I thought it would be fun to showcase some vacation, traveling or summer fun type pictures. The main colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, So Saffron and Rose Red.
I really liked this set and coordinating paper and was a lot of fun to use. I hope it ends up in the main catalog as this was a great summer set. It had flowers and greenery and even a palm tree.


We also discussed rest and reiterated how rest is important to our lives. Resting helps our bodies and our spirits and can help us focus on God more. Sometimes its in the quiet times that we can really hear his voice.
So I hope you enjoy the page ideas. Don't forget to take time out from time to time to rest too. It really does your body good. :)

scrapbooking your faith - may - church family

These were our May Scrapbooking Your Faith pages. We focused on what a difference church makes in our lives and also what a difference our church families make in our lives.
The church I just hand drew and cut out the various pieces. Then used those to create more. The clouds are punched scallop ovals. The door is just smaller then a circle punch and slide through to round the top. It's also stamped with the woodgrain background stamp and then I added a gold brad to make a doorknob. The grass is just the pinking hearts border punch.
I stamped a couple of sayings - one is the definition of inspire. The other one says, "The greatest gift is a portion of thyself - Ralph Waldo Emerson". I thought that fit- one because Christ died and gave his all to us. Also as we serve in our church environments we also give of our time and talents and in doing so get a great blessing in return - like a gift. It makes for a great reminder I think and we can also share how much our church and our church family means to us, which is a cool memory to scrap too.



The main colors used are Bashful Blue, Always Artichoke, Night of Navy, whisper White, Basic Black, oh and Chocolate chip for the door. Inks were Bashful, Navy and Chocolate (for the door) and Sahara Sand (to ink the edges of the church with a dauber). I also used an Artichoke marker to add little grass pieces to the green grass, which are hard to see in the photo. So I hope you enjoy the share today and gives you another great idea of a memory to scrap about.

scrapbooking your faith - easter

I just realized how far behind I am in my postings for my syf class. I didn't realize that I hadn't posted these. I apologize that I didn't post them sooner. The good thing is that these months aren't that far off and many of the materials are still available.

This one was the Easter pages that we had done back in April. There are some things in this picture that are hard to see. First the sun has shading on it and then each little ray has a bit of glitter added to it for extra sparkle. The crosses have the wood grain background stamp stamped on them and then we colored in nail holes with a marker. The concord mats and the sand are spritzed with shimmer paint mixed with alcohol so they both sparkle. The ribbon was a ribbon from the last catalog and a bulk buy for demonstrators, but could be substituted for a different kind. The shadows were just created with a dauber. These are 2 - 12x12 pages pushed together. There is one cross on one side and two on the other. I thought these were a neat change of type of page. Everyone is wanting the mats for the 4x6 pictures so that is what we are incorporating for now. Limits the creativity a little, but really helps in the completion process which many of us need right now.
I hope the pages inspire you some and help you share some of your faith and traditions with your family. So many times we scrapbook events or trips and very little about what we believe, our traditions and what is important in our lives today. That's why this class was formed to help us at least take a few pages to share those types of things.
I hope you enjoy the pages as it won't be long before that season arrives again and our focus shifts from Christ's birth to his death and resurrection.
Hope you have a great day today.

step-mother's journal

One thing I did this year was purchase journals for a few of my family members. It is one of the newer items that Stampin' Up! creates for you with it's MDS print service. This was one of them. Each one I made had a different look and color scheme to it. My other one I made was more relaxed and traditional and my daughter's was more funky like. This one is busier, but I still like it. I'm showing you the front and back. The spine had printing on it too (had the name on it, which I think is cool). You just create it in the digital program and then upload it to the printers and you get back a journal. Fairly easy to do.

We had a get together a few months ago and we got her family and our family together and we took pictures of each family and all the grandkids. I thought what a fun way to showcase some pictures for her. Now every time she writes in her journal, she can see pictures of her grandkids and her family. What fun!