Dad Mini Book

Father's Day 2015

As Father's Day approaches, I feel my heart hurt because my

father won't be here to share it with me.   He had a stroke 

Jan. 1, 2012 and passed away 17 days later.  It was definitely a sad 

way to begin the new year....and those 17 days were some of the

hardest days I have had to endure, but I wouldn't

trade those days for anything.  I spent almost the entire

17 days with my dad and was with him as he passed away.

I was always a daddy's girl...there are so many wonderful 

memories to treasure and hold on to. 

My daddy loved the Smoky Mountains.  

I have wonderful memories of us hiking and 

camping there throughout my entire life.

One of my favorite quotes is:

"When you are in the mountains 

you are closer to Heaven." 

 I miss him so very much every single day, but

I  believe he is in a better place, 

free of sickness and pain.

 So since he has passed away, I realize that the time

I have left on this earth is very precious and that I really need

to work harder on documenting and scrapping the family

history that I have in boxes in my basement.  I feel that 

this is my mission in life, to get the pictures, that have been

packed up for so long, in memory books, so they

can be enjoyed and treasured by my family.  In some of my 

earliest posts I posted a few of the projects I did for my 

daddy for his 80th birthday. 

 I will always be grateful that I was able to complete

those projects before he passed away.

Here is a picture of my daddy taken during Christmas of 2011:

I love you daddy, and I always will.

So treasure the family times and take pictures.

And after you take your pictures....do 

something with them. 

When I designed for EMI Scrapbooking Store

I designed mini books all the time.

This is where I learned so much about the 

scrap booking industry.  My love for scrap booking

just continues to grow and grow....I really love it....

Creating with paper and photos just makes me happy, happy, happy!!!

Here is a mini book titled "#1 Dad"

that I designed for EMI a few years back.

It was made with American Crafts Paper. It has some

cute little flips, flaps and pockets for a lot of photos.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed checking out this adorable mini book

designed, for EMI Scrapbooking Store,

 for a special "DAD!"

I supplemented red, white, blue, and 

craft cardstock in this book.

I used some star brads and brads, ribbon, twine, black ink and

stamps to embellish this book.  For the most part,

 it was made with glue, chipboard and paper. 

This paper line titled Chap by American Crafts was a 

favorite of mine to use for any project for a male in 

your life.  I still have some of it waiting for that 

"PERFECT" project!  

TIM HOLTZ JUNE TAG 2015

Tim Holtz June Tag 2015

Tim is just sooo talented....He doesn't have to TRY to hit

something spot on.....it just happens.  I'd say this tag is just

right...ya know...PERFECT!

If I had to do a project that needed this coffee cup..this is

what I would go for.  And what a great idea for a gift too....

sticking that little gift card behind it...

Tim just thinks of EVERYTHING!!!

 For me though, I am not a daily 

Starbucks visitor. I might meet a girlfriend there every now

and then, or if I'm on a road trip, I would definitely have 

a Starbucks Stop....especially for their frappuccinos.....YUM!

I would much rather have my coffee at home every morning out

on the deck and save my sheckles for more scrapbook supplies.....

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So the starbucks coffee die has not been on my long list of must 

haves...but as with anything Tim has his name on..I usually gotta

own it.

But as of right now I don't own that die and I don't have a close 

friend that has it either, so I got out my favorite coffee cup and

my graph paper and drew my little cup with it's large 

heart on it, cut it out and and decided it would be

PERFECT for me for my June tag.

So here's my take on Tim's June Tag...

Morning Love...Homemade

Do you ever have one of those days when you are trying

to complete a project and you feel as if nothing is working right???

I usually just go with those little mistakes and let them roll 

right off...must be left over from our stay in the hospital in May.

I'm thinking I wanted to redo my background, I felt my ink

was too much, but then my heat tool broke so I stuck with my first go.

Then, when I tried to sew, my little ole machine was cranky

 ...I won't tell you how many times I had to cut out my little coffee mug cause

my bobbin was being fussy. 

But I stuck with it and I "LOVED" how this all came together.

I look at it and think back to my coffee -

my favorite is Keurig - K - cup Tully's Hawaiian blend, I have with my favorite

creamer -"SWEET ITALIAN"  and it makes me want to have 

another cup.  

My "Blend" of Supplies I used different from Tim

Paper Scraps:  Heidi Swapp - Vintage Chic - Just Dots,

Core'dinations - maplenut,

Red, White, Black and Butterscotch card stock

Vellum

Chipboard 

Cotton Ribbon

Wired Burlap Ribbon

Black Hemp Cord

Material:  black ric-rac

Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Barn Door, Festive Berries, 

Fired Brick and Walnut Stain 

 Dies - TH - Artful Arrows, Love Struck

Sizzix - Love Flourish

I used a Teresa Collins punch for the sun but if I had 

thought about it more, I would have used Tim's Labels Die #660060.

That has the graduated sizes and I wouldn't of hand cut 

the larger one....but no worries...it may have taken me longer, 

but I got it done and got the look I wanted.  I distressed and inked the suns.

Black Sharpie - I backed the heart with chipboard and went around 

the chipboard with the sharpie.  I then backed the heart with black 

card stock and hand cut that out so it would shadow the heart and 

help it to "Pop" off the cup.

I made my cup out of white card stock and backed it with chipboard, then 

inked it with antique linen.  

I hand cut the banner of the days of the week and
the sun (I punched the heart,
 backed it with red card stock
and glossy accented the heart and stamped  it with love).
I also distressed and inked the banners and the tag.

 Typewriter 

Fiskars - small heart hand punch

Tim's Tiny Attacher

Making Memories - mini shimmer alphas - black metro

MSE: My Sentiments Exactly Stamp - love

Making Memories Metal Charms- Amour - 32570

 Glossy Accents

Beacons
Pop dots

I am so glad I didn't have a "redo on my plaid background."

 The background colors stand out really well on the tag...
...Mmmm..I would love to have some paper like that...
Ohhhh I can do that...I know how...because Tim taught me...

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing in the 2015 

Tim Holtz Tag Fun.

Feel Free to leave some "LOVE"

BIRTHDAY TAG AND PHOTO FRAME

Birthday Tag

I have a close friend that I get together with as

often as I can and scrap.  We have sooo much fun in

the process.  She had a birthday during the month of

May while my oldest son was in the hospital.  Since I am

now able to play again, I decided to make her a tag and a little

photo frame to go along with her gift for her birthday.

I sure hope she likes it!

I love the way this tag came together.  I went through my 

scrap paper and pulled out paper that appealed to me.  I 

notice there is some Pink Paislee, an October Afternoon journal

card, some blue shimmer paper, white card stock 

and I see some Paper Studio, My Minds Eye, 

some glitter paper and even a scrap of my favorite paper

....CHART Paper!  

Then I looked through my dies and pulled out a few that I 

thought I could use on this tag.

It is for a birthday right??? You really need some

things such as balloons and candles.  

So here is a list of tools and product that helped 

me make this "BIRTHDAY TAG!"

Dies:

Sizzix Balloon Die - medium - 38-0147

Sizzix  Candles Die - 38-0151

Sizzix Multi Swirls Die - 38-0160

Sizzix Border Heart Die - 38-0159

 Punches:

Paper Studio - Heart Punch

Fiskars- Tiny Hand Heart Punch

 Other Supplies:

Chipboard

Making Memories Glitter Letters

Basic Grey Tiny Types

Colored Bling 

Black Wire Sheer Ribbon

Black Twine

Tim Holtz Stapler

Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Ink

Hero Arts Wood Stamp:  C4969 -

"you deserve the best day ever"

The tiny person came from a piece of

scrap paper from Teresa Collins Family Stories.

I just fussy cut it out and glued the glitter heart onto it.

I hand cut the banners .

Glue:

Beacons, Glossy Accents, and Pop Dots

One project done...and one to go....

Now for the Photo Frame:

SCRAPPY GIRLS ARE HAPPY GIRLS

LOL...just looking at this photo brings back the fun time we

had scrappin' at a Teresa Collins event.  Oh Scrappin' makes

me sooo HAPPY!  

For this project I used scrap paper too!  I really like to save my

paper collections for mini books. That way when I work on a 

large book project, I know I don't have to search for paper that

matches....it's all there in the collection.

 

Scrap paper used in this project:

Black, light blue and medium blue, and pale lemon card stock,

Kelly Panacci Atomic Turquoise

Kelly Panacci Turquoise Mini Squares

Paper Studio Texture Turquoise

My Minds Eye So Sophie "Brothers and Sisters" Petite Blue Floral Paper

BEA104 Sea Foam

Chipboard

Dies:

TH Alterations - Styled Lables, Vintage Cabinet Card,

Mini Lovestruck, Typeset, and Wanted Alphabet

Studio Calico Wood Veneer

38 # 331180 and 63 # 331002

Brads - MME - 1 pearl brad from Lost & Found 2

Dots - Doodlebug Sprinkles -4010 Swimming Pool

TH - Tiny Types

Black Marker

Distress Ink - Antique Linen and Tea Dye

Punches:  Teresa Collins - 5254

Paper Studio 

We R Memory Keepers Chomper - Stub

 Glossy Accents

Glue-  Beacons, Teresa Collins  Xyron Mega Runner

Tombo Mono liquid glue 

I love how these two projects came out!  I sure hope my friend

likes them too!  Now the only thing left to do is to locate

the little black stand I bought to put the frame on!

 

TIM HOLTZ May 2015 Tag

TIM'S May TAG

I can't believe I am able to make this post today.

My oldest son Will was in the hospital for over

3 weeks in this month...

(this is another story for another day).

I can't tell you how good it feels to be HOME!

So whenever I can, I sneak down to my happy place...

My special place where I lose ALL TRACK OF TIME!

AND PROBLEMS....

I feel so BLESSED to be able to create..I know I

have told you how happy it makes me...

So on to the topic of my post:

TIM's May Tag

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE creating vintage projects.

I have tons of family history projects just waiting for

me to work on!  This is my second love after working

on my own immediate family projects.

There were quite a few products missing from

my stash in order to create this tag. I didn't worry 

about it because I knew I wanted this project to have

special meaning for me!  I didn't want it to be a

"technique" tag.

I had this photo of my mom that has always been a favorite of

mine.  She had it made for my dad early in their relationship.

I already had it in my computer..so I just reduced the size and

printed it out for this project.  So now that I had my photo

ready, I just had to gather my embellies.

The only product that I used that was the same as Tim was 

the train and dance ticket, The TYPO Stencil and the base tag.  Everything else

is different.

You can check out the products Tim used on his tag and 

TIM'S May Tag on his blog from this link:

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-may/

Here is my version of TIM'S May Tag:

Different Products I used:

Burlap Fabric for base

Art Extravagance Metallic Gold Crackle Paste

Crown Diamonds card - TH Ephemera Pack

Tattered Flower Garland Die - 667824

Bead Treasures Jewelry - Fairy Tale
art-i-cake: Charm (pink ball)

American Crafts DIY Shop -twine

DCWV Vintage Collector Epoxy Labels

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Label Letters

Ranger - Glossy Accents, Archival Ink - Jet Black

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap

Stitching - Black Thread

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Scrap Paper - Pale Pink

Beacons - 3-in-1 glue

 Stash:

Breast Cancer Pin

Clip Earring -this was my mom's

Ribbon - Shimmer Pale Pink

Bling

Brads

I am really excited with the way this tag

came together. 

I think my mom does "SPARKLE" in her photo...

She definitely looks  "HAPPY" here...

I don't think I will ever get tired of looking

at this tag..and I think she is going to love it....

But I am not going to give it to her...

 for now it is going on my board for 

my 2015 TIM HOLTZ Tags....

(I still have to do January's Tag....(LOL)

Thanks for visiting my Blog!

Mother's Day Layout

BUTTERFLY KISSES

I knew Mother's Day was just around the corner and I knew I wanted

to make a couple of projects for my mom.  I ran across a couple of 

pictures of my mom blowing some kisses at me and I knew these 

would be perfect for a  layout to make for her!  

I had a friend share this layout of butterflies with me and

we planned on making it.... however...this layout ended

up inspiring me to make the layout of my mom.

Here is the inspirational layout:

 http://stacycohen.blogspot.com/2014/07/scrapbook-cards-today.html?m=1

Isn't this layout adorable?????

I thought so too!

A huge "Thank You" to Stacy Cohen for such a cute layout!

It is sooo creative.

Here is the Layout I made for my mother:

Here is a list of supplies I used for creating this Layout:

SUPPLIES USED:

Chipboard

Paper:

Paper Studio – Woven Natural Fibers

and Rose Petals

Pebbles – Country Picnic\Back Porch

Elle’s Studio – Saltwater\Memo

Echo Park – Creative Agenda\Checklists

Fancy Pants – Off to School\Measure Up

Heidi Swapp – Vintage Chic\Just Dots

Bo Bunny – Vintage & Double Dot\Passion Fruit

Cardstock – Variety of Pinks

Dies:

Spellbinders – Grand Nestabilities\Decorative Circles One

Tim Holtz – Flourish, labels, Inside Out, Typeset,

and Arrows

Sizzix – Framelit DieSet w\Stamp – Simply Lovely(#659527)

Punches:

Teresa Collins: Ampersand, Heart

Fiskars:  Scallop Boarder

We R Memory Keepers – Stub & ½ corner 

 Ink: Frayed Burlap,

Destress Stain: Burlap

Washi Tape - Teresa Collins

Stamps: Speckles, Textures

Other:

Glossy Accents

Noted Sticker: MME Collectable

Tiny Types

Pink Bling - Recollections

 Journal Card – from stash

 Tim Holtz - Paper Destresser Tool

I still need to purchase the stand that I am going to set 

the layout on.  I am not going to put in in a book.

I made sure to double up on the chipboard to

support the paper so it would be sure to stand

upright on a photo stand.

I sure hope my mom loves this layout.  She always wants

to hug and give you kisses.  I think the pictures show her

fun and loving personality.

It is a very natural picture of her, we took it while having our

morning coffee, so even though she doesn't have

any makeup on I treasure the "LOVE" I see in her.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog. 

 I love sharing 

EVERYTHING about scrapbooking.

Tim Holtz April Tags of 2015

Above are my April 2015 Tim Holtz tags.

You can check out Tim's April 2015 tags on his blog at:

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-april/

When I first glimpsed Tim's tags for April, I was again blown 

away by the creativity, you know, his ability to come up with the ideas,

execute the techniques, and then to explain it so simply that I 

can actually try to recreate it.  I could actually see these flowers 

made larger, put in a frame, and placed on a wall in a room in my 

house.

I fell in love with his "NEW" dies....I gotta have them..

don't you....

O K back to the tags.....

I changed a few things on my tags....I am after all a girl, and well

I like some shimmer and bling every now and them.

When using the watercolors on the flowers, I just had to add some 

Glam shimmer paint.  When the light hits the flower, you can see

it shimmer.  My photos didn't do a good job picking that up.  

But I know it's there..."GIRLY" stuff!

I also added a bling to the dot of the i and added Glam 

paint to make it and the star pink. For the tag I added gold alcohol ink to the

dot of the i and the star.....YES....creating every day makes me 

so happy....I am so GRATEFUL for Tim Holtz...such an

inspiring teacher....I never get tired of learning from him.

Oh this year is going by way too fast......

Thank you for visiting!!!

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