Finally...

I've been trying to post these photos for a couple of days now!

Here's my layout for this halloween.

"my little bumble bee"

I love it... halloweenish & yet oh so sweet!

I really enjoyed playing with all of the rub-ons in my stash. I should bring those out more often.  :)

If you haven't tried it yet,  come and share your layout with the Linky tool. All you have to do is post your layout on facebbok, or blog and then copy & post your address to my blog and it's all done.
It's always fun to share!

Happy Scrappin'
Cindy

a little something...

Hi everyone!

So here's a little card I made today, using the scraps from my addy book; which by the way, is coming along nicely.  While making this card, I rediscovered my love for my little Xyron machine ~ looks like a little X; so cute, so handy & so portable. I ran my little arrow through it so that adhesive (any other) wouldn't show through the somewhat transparent embellishment. Love it!

I hope to show more of my addy book to you very soon. I have been using some paint, ink & UTEE on my chipboard pieces, which takes more time now for me as I have to stop & go, while I watch my daughter & teach her how to use it too! {Gotta start them early!} 

 A couple of side notes for you...

1. The survey will be shut down on Aug. 30, so if you'd like a chance to win the fabulous little chipboard letters please fill it out before the end of the month. Please pass it on to others as well, the more info I have the better I can make my classes, crops & possibly club!  {SEE PIC & LINK ON THE RIGHT}

2.  Fall Classes at the Wildwood Community Centre will be finalized, posted here & sent via e-mail by the end of the week. Please let me know if you want to be a part of my e-mail list!

happy scrappin' & talk to you soon,
Cindy

p.s. the walls are giong up on my addition as I type! so exciting!

~ a little happy craft ~

It's a little something for me in the days of something for everyone else.

{front}

I created a little business card to help remember my gst number when I go shopping for supplies. I used scrap of patterned cardstock, stickers, overlay & brads to help me embellish one side. I then typed out the info I needed on paper, for the other side.

I had bought these self-laminating sheets at dollarama a few years back {I think they still have them} & I used them to help me make this card a keeper!



Pretty simple, but a little fun & creative project that made me so very happy to be a scrapbooker! Hopefully it'll make a great little make n'take for you this monday morning!

Happy Scrappin',
Cindy

P.S. Watch out for the 5th Annual - Scrappin' for MS!

~ make-n-take monday ~

Seeing as yesterday was such a blah day I opted for a pretty make-n-take today!

Happy Hello - Note Card

1. Gather your materials: scraps of paper, scissors / paper cutter, flower stamps, inks in various shades of one colour & edging scissors.

2. Double stamp your flower image, using your 2 chosen colours & cut around it with your edging scissors.
3. Ink your flower edge with a bright colour {I used yellow}. Add any embellishment you'd like for your flower centre {I used a large button that matched my background}.

4. Ink the edges of your background / note card, on both sides.

5. Use fibre or ribbon or ric rac to make your flower stem. Add more dimension to your note card by using 3d squares to adhere your flower.

6. Stamp your greeting and voila! You have yourself a pretty little note card!

Happy Scrappin'

Cindy

~ make-n-take monday ~

I know I'm always in need of thank you cards, are you?

Here's a quick recipie for making a couple of thank you notes using only some scraps. Best part of these cards... they use the photo paper scraps I always feel guilty throwing away. {as I use various sizes of photos on my layouts, I print my photos at home}

1. Gather your materials: cardstock scrap, photo paper scrap, sticy notes, inks, brayer, thank you stamps & marker.

2. Cover you photo scrap in sticky notes. Create 3 layers of sticky notes, you'll see why shortly.

3. Cover your brayer in ink. Use the darkest ink first; this will be your dominant colour {see the examples above} .

4. Now take the 1st layer of sticky notes off & clean your brayer by rolling it on some other scrap piece of paper. Use the next colour, which should be lighter than the 1st, but darker than the last, to over the now white surface.

5. Remove the last layer of sticky notes & use the last colour to cover the remaining white surfaces.

6. Now, cut this inked piece as you see inspiration & how it will fit the cardstock pieces you have.

7. Once cut, ink the edges in acoordinationg colour & stamp your thank you on it. Embellish your card as you want & voila!

Enjoy!

Cindy

~ make-n-take monday ~

Here's a great make-n-take for you. . .



A Large Tag Album



A. It's free {I'm not selling anything}

B. It's an great gift album that you can make within an hour &

C. You can claim to be more green as you can use {as I did} paper only from your scrap stash.

Here's how you can create it...

1. Gather Your Materials: A large tag [tracer], bigger pieces of cardstock [in the photo it's green], matching pieces of patterned paper from your scrap stash, a hole punch, paper cutter & any embellishment that you favour.

2. Trace your large tag onto your cardstock. These will be your album pages so you want them to be thicker paper, ie: cardstock. Make as many as you'd like {it is YOUR album} . Make sure to mark the hole(s). Be creative, you don't have to stick to the middle {like I did}.

3. Use your paper cutter to cut out your album pages. This will give you straighter lines and {for those of us who like to measure everything} will give us numbers to work with.

4. Once you pages are trimmed, punch the holes & embellish the edges any way you'd like. I just rounded the corners, but you can use edging scissors to create a variety of edges!

5. Now you can go ahead & create your little album any way you'd like. I used edging scissors to embellish my scrap edges & doodled around that. I also used flowers & felt embellishments that coordinated with my papers. I left room for journalling & make particular places for photos.

Let me know what your little album looks like! Send your photos or link to your photos to cindy@auniqueflair.com. Enjoy!

Cindy