Going to the chappel....

Hey everyone! I am entering a challenge at http://www.sugarsweetpapertreats.blogspot.com/ and thought I'd share these altered Wedding albums with you! These are simple and fun to do and they make wonderful Wedding gifts or albums for your own wedding photos!

As you all know, I got married this past September, so I'm still loving to create wedding themed albums!

The first album is an acrylic album. It's my personal fave because it's very elegant and you can see straight through it and view several layers at once. I purchased an acrylic sheet at Lowe's and had it cut into 6x6 squares. I used staz-on ink on the acrylic sheets (other inks will rub right off), and filled the album with stitched photo spots and other embellishments.









I gave my husband another sheet of acrylic to take to work and cut for me, so look out for more of these album from me soon! :-)

The second Wedding album I want to share is a word book album. You can easily cut these on your Cricut with Chipboard, but this particular one I purchased online and altered it myself. I used Basic Grey's Lilly Kate papers to make this album.

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Treats for your sweet!

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've blogged, I've gotten so busy with life that I neglected my little blog!!! I've got a few new things listed on Etsy and Ebay for Valentine's Day.





My paper bag album can be found in both shops, and the mini album and paper bag album kit can be found in my Etsy shop. Check them out! :-)

CLICK HERE to visit my Etsy shop!

CLICK HERE to see my Ebay listings!

Stay tuned, I also have a new blog design coming soon! :-)

Where Has The Time Gone?

Wow! I have been super busy this past month! So sorry for the lack of blogging! Did everyone have a good Christmas? I always love this time of year, it's always good to just spend quality time with friends and family! Did everyone get cool gifts this year? I know we did! The kids got lots of cool toys! Reagan got a Princess kitchen so she can cook me some yummy food, and she loves her little "Critter Clinic" vet shop thing... Target was on it with the toys this year! They have some really cool "B" toys which go along with the green movement I do believe, very cool! I got a Cricut Gypsy... but Santa still hasn't made it to my house with it... I guess he shouldn't trust fedex to do his job! lol We got lots of fun games for the Wii, our fave so far is the Michael Jackson Experience, loads of fun! It's a definite must have for any MJ fan!!! My hubby got some Reebok Zig shoes, he says they are extra comfy. We got Wii fit also... someone must be trying to tell us something! :-)

Anyways, speaking of having a fun time, I have been busy having a fun time making custom orders! I thought I would share with you all of the orders I have made this month. You can see full albums on my facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/CreateSerendipity07


















I did 6 altered clipboards (not all are shown, obviously)


11 mini albums (not all are shown)

And I also did 4 altered photo frames, and not to mention some of the 12 days of Christmas projects for JAFDT. I was sure busy and now it's time for a much needed break!

Lastly, I wanted to share a pic, we took Reagan and her cousin to see Tangled, it was Reagan's first time at a movie theater! She did pretty good!


Wishing everyone a Happy & Safe New Year! I will be back to creating next week, but as for now, I'm going to RELAX!!! :-)

12 Days of Christmas!

Eek! I've been so busy working on stuff for JAFDT's 12 days of Christmas that I have neglected my blog! So sorry blog buddies! Christmas is a very busy time of year for me!

Let me start off by announcing Just A Few Design Team's 12 Days of Christmas challenge that started TODAY on ebay! Each day our team members will be listing a new item with a different Christmas theme every day! So it's something completely different every day for 12 days!



Day 1 is Angels. This one was really hard for me! I have NOTHING Angels in my stash of goodies, so I came up with this album. It has a quote on the front about Angels and also has some angel wings and other festive holiday embellishments throughout the album. To see the whole album on ebay, CLICK HERE.

While working on items for the 12 days of Christmas, I really got into the holiday spirit and started making other Christmas items! You can find the following itesm in my ETSY SHOPPE for sale now!







Make sure you search JAFDT on ebay throughout the month of December for wonderful holiday gifts!


Happy Holidays! Check back daily to see more holiday themed handmade items from yours truly!

Cyber Monday sale!

This past week has been VERY hectic around here and I haven't got to post any blogs! I just wanted to pass along a coupon code for TODAY ONLY in my Etsy shop! Use code CYBERMONDAY when checking out to receive 25% off your entire purchase! http://www.etsy.com/shop/CreateSerendipity07



Also, make sure you become a fan of my facebook page, I post all of the sales, updates, and giveaways there! http://www.facebook.com/CreateSerendipity07

Feature Friday!

For this weeks feature, I wanted to share the beautiful listings of one of JAFDT's newest members, Lisa! She is a very talented paper artist and I am happy that she decided to join the JAFDT family! Make sure you check out all of Lisa's beautiful ebay listings HERE!


Lisa has this beautiful fall album auction on eBay ending in just a few hours, to bid on this album CLICK HERE!

JAFDT Card Challenge & Sale!

This week Just A Few Design Team had a card challenge, I'm not much of a cardmaker, but it was fun to try something different! I decided to do a Tropical themed Christmas card using my Close To My Heart Tropical Christmas stamps. The front features a Surfing Santa and says "Mele Kalikimaka" which means Merry Christmas.







Check this card out on eBay HERE, bids start at just 99 cents!!!



Also make sure you check out all of Just a few design team's items on ebay by searching JAFDT, this week there are several listings starting at just 99 cents!

Technique Tuesday

I have been making these handmade gift bows for a while and just recently started making some to stock my Etsy store with. These are so simple to make and they are a beautiful finishing touch to any gift!

I ordered a tripod on ebay, so I should be youtubing tutorials myself soon, until then, enjoy the videos that I have found from other talented scrappers! I found this video on making handmade bows, I do mine a little differently, but this is a wonderful tutorial!


Thanks to Tina Mansfield from Cardiology Creations for this tutorial!