Messy Scrap Room

Over on Cafemom in the scrap group that I help admin. we are doing an organizing challenge for our scrap spaces. Whether it be a room, closet, corner or just totes. To start we were to take pics of our area "as is" and post them. I went one better and video taped it. I actually did it using my camera. This is my very 1st video that I have posted on YouTube and of all things it's my messy scrap room! Oh well! A Memory to Scrap is having a garage sale on May 16th and I have bought a table to sell all the stuff I'm ready to get rid of. So far, I've gone through all my 12x12 paper and this is what I weeded out to sell. Crazy isn't it! But this is several years of collecting this paper.



So during my reorganizing of the paper I came up with an idea for organizing my scrap paper that I want to use for cards. Soooooo I made another video. I used the Small Wonder RCA video camera that we have and was able to shoot this one to show my idea. You know this is kind of fun. A lot of work, but fun. I'm thinking about maybe doing tutorial or project videos. Hmmmmm..... I'll be thinking over that one. I know I love watching scrap videos and there are a TON out there so I'm not sure if I have anything new to offer so we'll see. Anywho, I hope this organizing tip helps out. If you do have any organzing questions please feel free to ask me. I really enjoy organizing and also enjoy helping others. I mean I enjoy organzing so much that I WILL go and actually help you organize if you are close enough. I've helped friends and family organize closets, pantries and rooms.

Finished - Thanks ladies!

Does anyone else want to participate on this? I thought this was a fun idea and thought others would too. Oh well. I'll give this another week and see what happens. Hey can someone please tell me how you leave a post on top, even with new posts? I'm sure it's something easy but I haven't figured it out.

Blog Candy RAK
This is a RAK that I found on kristi's blog. The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! Could be a card, an altered object or something else altogether!Now for the RULES:1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make but I hope you will!2. What I create will be made with you in mind, I will look to your blog to find out more about you! I'll take hints if you want to leave them. ; )3. I will create your item as my schedule allows...in a timely manner but not tomorrow..lol..So only sign up if you are willing to wait a bit. : o)4. There is a catch - you must offer this same blog candy on your blog! Let me know you're in, email me your address to diane.davies@yahoo.com, then re-post this on your blog (you can change the wording) and offer something you make - your choice - to the first 5 people who respond to your post. Add my name to the #1 slot on your list - I am your first participant. When you create your giveaway, you will become the first participant on the lists for the people who participate with you. Got it? :-)
1. Kristi @ Our Scrapbook Memories

2. Judith

3. Tracey

4. ERICA

5. Amanda N

Carving Pumpkins

Halloween was 6 months ago but hey that's not too bad for me. At least it didn't take me a year to scrap this. Believe me I have things from several years ago that I haven't even started on. This is sad to say but this was the first pumpkin my kids have ever carved. : O I know, bad mom! They got these pumpkins from their field trip from school so we ended up carving them the night before Halloween. They had a friend over (Isabel - the blonde girl) so she helped out with it. I just watched and took a ton of pics. It was my idea to have the pumpkin "throw up". hehe Austin loved it.

Blog Candy RAK

This is a RAK that I found on kristi's blog. The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me! Could be a card, an altered object or something else altogether!

Now for the RULES:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make but I hope you will!

2. What I create will be made with you in mind, I will look to your blog to find out more about you! I'll take hints if you want to leave them. ; )

3. I will create your item as my schedule allows...in a timely manner but not tomorrow..lol..So only sign up if you are willing to wait a bit. : o)

4. There is a catch - you must offer this same blog candy on your blog! Let me know you're in, email me your address to diane.davies@yahoo.com, then re-post this on your blog (you can change the wording) and offer something you make - your choice - to the first 5 people who respond to your post. Add my name to the #1 slot on your list - I am your first participant. When you create your giveaway, you will become the first participant on the lists for the people who participate with you. Got it? :-)

1. Kristi @ Our Scrapbook Memories
2. Judith
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Plant Kindness

I made this card for a challenge over at Simply Scrapping. I used orange, blue and green stickles on the flowers, leaves and the bird. Part of the challenge was to use a sticker. I don't use stickers much, especially on cards but I found this one and thought it went well with the image. In case you can't read it, it says "he who plants kindness gathers love". That's a pretty good motto to live by.

I want to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter.

Altered Match Boxes

How stinkin' cute are these?!! I bought these little match boxes at the CK convention last year. They were plain white. Just last week, I rec'd a swap that had a box like this, all decorated and held some brads, buttons and stuff in it for a hostess gift. I loved it. So I knew now what I was going to do with the ones I had been holding on to. Oh yeah, btw the swap had been sent to me by mistake, I wasn't the hostess for that swap but I was participating in it. So I ended up having to mail it to the host. I sooooo wanted to keep the hostess gift because it was so adorable. But I didn't. : (

Zebra Box

I made this box using only two 12x12 sheets of paper. You want to be sure to use the thick paper to help you box be sturdy. I used paper from Glitz called Sparrow Zebra and Sparrow Stain Paper which is a thick double sided paper.

This box will hold a post it note block perfectly. Great gift idea!

Here are the instructions for the box and cover.
Origami Box Diagram SCS TLC203.pdf, 45 KB
Origami Box and cover Instructions.doc, 28 KB