I stopped by Scrap Happens on Wed or Thurs last week and picked up my newest "design team" project. It was some select sheets and stickers from the "Freedom 2009" collection by Reminisce. I wasn't quite sure what to think of them. I'm not one for making many Patriotic pages. Cathy (the owner) told me to look at this as a challenge. She asked for a 2 page layout. Hmmm (shaking my head) What to do, what to do...

I went home, feeling uninspired, and spread out the pages to at least take pictures of them. I figured if I took a picture and started trying to sketch in my head then maybe something would come to me. I flipped through a few of my newest Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbooks Etc. magazines and found a layout. The only problem with the sketches in the magazines, is that they don't always have an example to go with them. That was the problem in this case. I made the page but it was so busy that I couldn't bear to make the 2nd page of the layout. Tossed it in the trash. Back to square one.

Earlier in the day I'd run across this wonderful idea on the "oneheart-onemind" blog and thought it was pretty cool. I had printed it out in hopes of using my scraps from some other papers. As this printout sat in front of me an idea came to mind... what if I use these patriotic papers and see what happens.

Now yes I do remember that Cathy asked for a 2 page layout and no, I haven't finished it. It's pretty close to done, but I took a whole new approach. Once I put the finishing touches on it, I'll post it here for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy your week!

Today I decided that I was making this page. Too bad I didn't have everything I needed. Plus, I'm all about improvising a little now and again, and sometimes it just takes an image to jump start your own creativity. I started moving some papers around after work today and tried to sketch this out again. It ended up taking on a life of it's own and I had no control. Here's what I created AND I EVEN PUT PICTURES ON IT!!!

It is actually 2- 8x8 acrylic sheets held together with baby blue O-Wires and the holes from my trusty Bind It All. The striped and dotted papers are on the back of the acrylic and the pictures are matted on top of the acrylic. That way I could hide the adhesive used for taking the under side pages down.

Well- off to clean my scrap table. Tomorrow's another day and I have a new project to get down to work on! Need to think patriotic with stars and stripes....

Well we've lived in our house for about 5 years now. Surprising how it doesn't feel like it. Well, once I start getting the "itch" to move, it pretty much means that no, we aren't moving, but that I need to freshen things up a bit. I've been thinking about this for a little bit now, and I decided that I need to paint my craft room, and I need to paint it blue. Blue is just so calming, and refreshing, and well- I think, no, I know, blue IS my favorite color! The only problem is that I have no idea what shade of blue I want! As with most rooms, the colors depend on the lighting and this room sure gets a lot of light. It's amazing how differently the color chips look at the store, compared to when you actually get them home!


I'm well on my way now to picking a shade for my hopefully sudo- new craft room! Hopefully it'll make me straighten up a bit so I can actually craft IN my craft room! Any shade suggestions? I think I'm leaning towards the 2nd horozontal one from the top, but then again, the very bottom left one is nice too... The paint chips have only been on the wall for about 5 minutes, while I'm typing so it'll be interesting to see what I finally decide on. I'll keep you posted! LMK if you think one looks better than another!