~Butterflies & Crafting~

Good morning my friends, 

I had to share a couple photos of my very gentle giant of a son

Justice, who found a "butterfly" I suspect it might be a moth. 

With a broken wing, he was screaming for me to get my camera. 

It was simply adorable. 

He was just enamored and so gentle, it was sweet.

I was thankful for my new camera. 

Fun stuff!

Anyways on to crafts... :) 

I made this tri-fold frame using my Bind-It-All and the beautiful

"Noted" kit from the Scraptastic Club, you can find a tutorial for it on the 

Bind-It-All blog. HERE

I just used Chipboard and my Bind-It-All to create the pages. 

Fun little project! :) 

I had so much fun making it and this is the kit I used. 

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It was a fun kit! You can find the kit here. 

http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available

That's all for me today, I had such a busy day, I need a nap! LOL

~Oh Happy Day- Mini Album~

 Good morning my friends, 

I have a fun project to share today, a little bamboo spine book 

I made using my Bind-It-All. I had alot of fun making this one. 

You can see I used the new metal butterflies from Momenta on it. 

 And of course I stitched the cover pages. The paper is all Crate Paper. 

 This is how it looks on the inside with the Cover-All book from 

Zutter, I really like the Cover-alls, they are very cool. 

You can actually find step by step instructions for this on the

Bind-It-All blog, I posted last week. :)

http://binditall.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-do-you-dobamboo.html

I sure would like to see if you have made one. 

This is my first and I really enjoyed it. 

Ok Happy Monday my friends, I am off to work today! :) 

~Sweet Little Angels Mini Album~

Good morning my crafty friends,

today I wanted to share a little MINI mini album I created. 

Over the summer we have become fast friends with 3 very special little girls. 

I thought this would be a fun way for them to see all the photos I took 

of them together.  So I grabbed my Scraptastic Club Nostalgic Summer Kit

and my Bind-It-All and went to town! :) 

 If you head to the Bind-It-All blog you can find step by step instructions.

 I just LOVE the little clipboard covers Zutter makes! :)

This was a fun little kit and a fun project. 

I love my Scraptastic Kit Club, Jessica is amazing at piecing together great kits. 

I am off to create some more today! :) Happy Friday my friends. 

~Vintage Layout & Video Tutorial~

Good morning and here's to hoping you have a beautiful Sunday!~

Today I have a very vintage "distressed" layout to share. 

This is a layout I created using the "Nostalgic Summer" 

Scraptastic Kit Club July 2012 Kit and my amazing Distrezz-It-All.

I love these photos of Gage's team winning the Gold Championship

and really wanted to scrapbook it as a vintage style page.

This might be his last year playing and I wanted to remember every moment.

So I really took some extra time, I stitched each page around the edges. 

Then before I layered them I used my Distrezz-It-All to "rough" them up. 

It's a fun little machine, I LOVE it! :) 

I cannot wait to use it on chipboard. 

This kit was more than amazing! :) It was like making a little quilt. 

I love the colors and it's perfect for that vintage vibe. 

I also made a quick video on using the Distrezz-It-All, pretty handy dandy.

Anyways, it was a great memory and I canmot wait to get the rest

of these photos scrapbooked...you know after I get done sewing, being a baseball

mom, getting the kids back in school, school shopping, cooking, baking...etc...LOL

I imagine it will take me a year easy~

Have a beautiful day my friends,

I am off for a special evening, will tell you all about it tomorrow~

~Bella's Banner, DOUBLE Banner~

Good morning crafty friends, 

I wanted to share a special project with you today....

This is a banner design I created using my Zutter Bind-It-All

and beautiful Momenta papers. But this is not your average banner!

The banner has layers, so it's a beautiful PARTY banner or

if you flip it to the next page it is the perfect bedroom banner! 

I thought it would be so cool to create layered banners-

very multi purpose. Not just a party banner I would use once

but one I could use for many season/reasons. 

Just think you could create a winter/summer banner. 

Any theme and put them all together using the Bind-It-All! :)

You can check out the step by step instructions including

step out photos on the Bind-It-All Blog! :) 

http://binditall.blogspot.com/2012/06/switch-it-up-multi-purpose-banners.html

The Momenta paper and embellishments were perfect for this fun
girly banner, I love all the colors! :)

Happy Thursday my friends,
I know I am behind, this week just blew me out of the water.
I will be back in full swing next week I promise.
I also have some prizes to announce, so stay tuned!
MUAH, thanks for your friendship.

~Welcome Dottie- Interactive Layout W/ Multiple Photos!~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

What a weekend!! One last baseball game for 3 weeks then

I threw hubby a small birthday BBQ dinner with just 

a couple friends last night, and Saturday he went into get a new tattoo for his birthday.

Our first Squash popped it head in the garden, BOTH boys were sick.

I went in on Thursday to get this new tattoo on my thigh,

I have affectionately named her Dottie, I love her! LOL 

Non-stop it seems like! :) 

 Anyways on to crafty goodness. 

A couple weeks ago I created this fun and very interactive layout.

I have OODLES of beach photos and I am tired of scrapbooking them

one by one so I decided to make a mini album on a scrapbook page! :) 

 What better way then to use my Bind-It-All to do this?!

 I used the 1/2 O'Wires and just glued it right onto my layout.

I used all Momenta paper products. The Vacation line.

 I always say there are no rules in scrapbooking for me and this just 

shows you, NO RULES! do it how you do it! :) 

I have embellished pages that are 1/2" high so why not use the

Bind-It-All and make my own??

You can find full directions on the Zutter Bind-It-All blog here

http://binditall.blogspot.com/2012/06/beach-twine-your-are-so-fine.html

I loved adding the twine to the binding, it was a fun project to create. 

Oh heads up to! CLEAR SCRAPS is partnering with Stampendous and

running a week long blog hop, so hop over and check out the prizes!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

Let's see I don't think anything else is going on just right now....

It's so hot, I might as well stay inside and scrap today!

Happy Monday my friends~

**Big Prizes!!** Samantha Walker Blog Hop- Mini Album + Digital Layout!

Good morning my friends, it is the second Wednesday of the month and

time for another Samantha Walker Creative Team Blog Hop!

Today the prizes are CRAZY AWESOME! :) 

So hop and comment all the way!! 

Samantha is giving away a Free Cut File & a set of Spellbinder dies...WOOT!

For my projects I made this Vacation Mini Album using the

paper and dies from Samantha Walker's new line for Creative Imaginations

 called Nautical and my Zutter Bind-It-All for the binding. 

I love the feel of the line and the stickers. 

I kept trimming out little pennants and stapled them to the pages like bookmarks.

I added a bunch of Liquid Pearls. 

The colors were such fun, made me feel so nostalgic. 

I also used the Spellbinders SW Dies for the stars & anchors on the cover. 

In the Bind-It-All O'Wire binding I used some Twinery Twine.

I love that I can bind my own books now!! 

For my second project all you digital fanatics! :) 

I made a digital layout using the new Samantha Walker Digital Kit 

called Retro Road Trip, such a fun kit!

Now that's it for me today! :) 

Off to the next blog....

the next blog is the amazing AJ Otto, you will love her...

http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/

~Just Because "INK" Mini Album~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

I have a fun project to share today, this is a mini album I created

for one of my girlfriends. I used all those little camera phone photos

I got from her trip to the tattoo shop. 

We had so much fun I just wanted a way for her to remember it and

thought it would be fun to make a little album with my Zutter Bind It All.

 I used my Momenta papers and embellishments from the Chloe's Garden line. 

 And wrapped the O-Wire binding with vintage lace. 

 This was my favorite photo LOL It did not hurt but she 

was making funny faces just  because, I felt like Lucille Ball

was in the room with us! haha

I know it is quite taboo to scrapbook tattoos, and all the "rebel" moments in life, 

but this is my life, plain and simple so I decided to scrapbook it anyways! :) 

I love my new Bind-It-All I love how easy it makes binding and creating. 

Have a beautiful day~