Rock On

Need a quick 12x12 layout that is colorful and has a saying printed on it?  Well, overlays are the best to use when wanting to quickly scrapbook photos. This is a picture of my son at the Hard Rock Cafe (Chicago, IL) enjoying all the guitars.  I took the two pictures I took from the restaurant, matted one of them in a coordinating color cardstock, used rub on letters to rub on the restaurant and city name, then placed the overlay on top of the photos!  SCRAPBOOK PAGE DONE!!  GROOVY baby!

Supplies used:
12x12 printed scrapbook page overlay
Printed cardstock
Zots (to adhere clear overlay onto printed cardstock)
Karen Foster Rub On letters/numbers

Sun Kissed

My son and his cat Henry getting ready to take a dip in the pool on hot summer sunny day!  This picture is one of my favorites because my son has all his swim gear on for a pool that is only 2ft deep carrying a cat who hates water :)  I also love the fact that the colors in this photo are so bright.  So when choosing paper for this picture, I chose BoBunny of course!  I cut the coordinating sheet of paper which is what you see that has printed "backyard adventure" and glued it to the yellow sun printed coordinating paper.  BECAUSE I love embellishments, I used "skittles" to bring out the rays of the sun and glittered brads for the center of the printed flowers.  In the center of the sun, I used stickles glitter glue to make the sun sparkle a bit more.

Supplies used:
BoBunny Press paper (coordinating cardstock)
Scotch 3M liquid glue
12x12 Trimmer
Scissors
Brads (various glittered/sizes)
"Skittles" aka Plastic dew drops color yellow
Stickles Glue
5x7 photo

Mints (Altered)

YES!  IT IS WHAT IT SEEMS!  These are Certs mint roll/candy!!!!!  These rolled up candies/mints come in various flavors.  I purchased several packages and altered the cover of the wrappers by glueing scrap paper and ribbon.  On some of the rolls, I used rub-on sayings and embellishments glued to ends of the roll.  May sound like a strange altered project but they were a huge hit! 

Notepads (Altered)

Believe it or not, but these are drink coasters!!!  To start, I covered the coaster with scrapbooking paper, inked the sides, and glued an embellishment to the corner.  For the clip, I cut a piece of coordinating paper and adhered it to the front of the large binder clip.  I tied some coordinating scrap ribbon to one side of the clip.  Add the post - it - note to the clip and WHHAAALAAA...PROJECT FINISHED!

Supplies used:
Drink Coaster.....Chipboard will also work
Scrapbook Paper (various)
Post-It-Notes
Embellishments/Stickers
Ribbon (various)
Large Binder Clip (various colors)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink

The "Band-Aid" Box (Altered)

Front of tin box

Back of tin box

Tins that you can "alter" have been the craze for quite some time and they can be purchased in all shapes and sizes at your local scrapbooking/craft store.  This particular project is in the "Ban-Aid" theme. For this project, I used some scrap paper and ribbon to adhere around the tin box using photo splits and liquid glue.  I also used various ribbons to tie/knot around the handle.  I cut a band-aid on my Cricut machine and adhered it to the front of the box as an embellishment.  Project finished! 

This is definitely a CUTE little gift idea to give to your doctor, school nurse, or use it in your home when your little one(s) get an "ouchie"!

Supplies used:
Tin
Ribbons (various color/printed)
Scrapbook Paper
Creative Memories Photo Splits
Aleene's Tacky Glue
Cricut Expression Machine
Cricut Cartridge: Indie Art

"Pink Flair" Photo Album (Altered)



This is one of my very favorite "altered" projects.  I just took a standard photo album where the cover was plain and one that had the ring binder on the edge.  Why?  BECAUSE I LOVE RIBBON AND FEEL THE NEED TO ADD IT TO ALL OF MY PROJECTS ;)  Since the surface of the album was a bit shiny, I sanded it lightly with a paper/hand sander (Sold at most craft stores).  I just measured the front and back of the album and adhered printed paper to the album.  To embellish, I tied coordinating colored/printed ribbon the the binder.  For the front cover I used my Cricut to cut matching finials/flourishes and added a pearl embellishment. Done!

Supplies used:

Photo Album

Printed scrapbook paper

Ribbons (various sizes and colors)

Pearl Embellishment

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Tim Holtz's sander

Cricut Expression machine

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook

Cricut Cartridge: Home Decor

Nico's Smile

This project was actually a photo tray contest I entered at Archivers.  Even though I did'nt place at all in the store contest, I  had a GREAT time making this project!  I chose these photos of my son because they capture his baby teeth smile and his chubby little hands :)  As for the other 4x6 squares, they were easy to fill in because I just treated them like they were little scrapbook layouts. 

Supplies used:
7-Gypsies Photo Tray
K & Company Paper Pad
Ribbons (assorted)
Aleene's Tack-it Glue
Assorted Brads
Cricut Cartridge: Storybook
"NICHOLAS" assorted letters/embellisments

"La Mariposa" Birthday Sash

My dear friend Pat aka "La Mariposa" (spanish word for butterfly) was celebrating her weight loss achievement and most importantly her BIRTHDAY!  Although she is not wearing it in this photo, this birthday queen had a blinged-out TIARA.  And as we all know, all birthday queens who wear tiaras need a sash too!!!!!   Sooooo....this is what I created!  Let my friend Pat (and this project) be an inspiration! 

Supplies used:

3-inch wide ribbon

Cardstock-color purple
Cricut Expression Machine
Cricut Cartridge: Storybook
Aleene's Tack-it Glue
Craft rhinestones shaped liked "tiaras"

The Alphabet Cards

When my son was in pre-school, his teacher asked me to make alphabet cards with the corresponding animal for each letter.  Before she had the cards laminated and binder rings added to the top of each letter card w/animal (used as a flip chart), she took this picture.  This cute project now serves as a learning tool in her classroom. 

Supplies used:
Cricut Expression Machine
Cricut Cartridge-Zoobaloo
Cricut Cartridge-Plantin Schoolbook
Cardstock
Scrapbooking paper scraps
Adhesive
Brads
Stickles