Two projects

First, I wanted to share a few pictures of the little make-and-take mini album Angelina and I made at Archiver's on Saturday. It was using papers from the new Heidi Swapp line... it was free, so there wasn't much to it, but when we got back from our day out we prettied them up as we added photos.

We used 2 different sheets of paper cut to different widths, then scored them so that they staggered on the inside. We punched holes and added the ribbon and flags. The twine, stamps, flowers and title are all things I added at home. I was trying to do it quickly so it's not super fancy, but it's a fun little memento of the day. Angelina loved hers! I printed photos for both of us and she took hers home with her.

We started our day at Archivers at the mall in Orem... did the make-and take and then some shopping. I got a few goodies and Angelina got a mini Smash book and some awesome owl stickers. I printed each of us a coupon and she was thrilled to use her very first coupon. lol.

After Archivers we stopped at Sees to get a free sample (it's right next door, after all!) and some butterscotch suckers for later. We made a brief pitstop at Staples to find Martha Stewart labels - I took a picture in the aisle but decided not to print it. Then we headed to Kneaders for lunch and shamrock sugar cookies.

Finally, we came back to my house and made mint oreo truffles, sampled our work, and then came up to my attic to print our pictures and make our albums. I put the pictures in mine to decorate later and helped Angelina finish hers. It was a fun day - I think she had a great time :)

Next up... I did a quick layout tonight. This one did like quadruple duty on the class / workshop front...

I used my Studio Calico Story Hour kit and add-ons and then added other stuff to it - scraps of paper, stamps, flowers, embroidery floss and jewels.

First up, this fulfills the first challenge I'm doing in Shimelle's The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scrapbooking workshop at Two Peas. I'm still in lesson one, which is about choosing patterned papers. I started with a kit (not quite a product line but still coordinated for me) and then added my own papers to it.

Second, I used a sketch from Kelly Purkey's Sketchpad class as the basis for the layout. I tweaked it a bit, but it was a strong starting point.

Third, I used stitching on the inside border of the sunflower stamps for assignment #5 in my Scrapbook Stamper's workshop.

Finally, I did assignment #6 in the stamping workshop, using a flower to cover the flower portion of a stamp. The stamp on the right side actually has a bigger version of the small flowers you see in the center, and that big Prima flower is covering it.

I had lots of fun with this one... and how could I not with those little cuties looking up at me the whole time?

Comments

[francesca]

love these!!! so you have archivers close to home? interesting..interesting!

[Gwen Lafleur]

yes... yes I do! And twice a year we have a big scrapbook expo nearby as well. I got tickets to go this weekend - lots of companies come and set up booths and there are good deals to be had!