on a roll

with my creativity anyway...well, i really shouldn't say that too much....i'm more on a roll with completing projects! sometimes, as an avid scrapbooker, i have opportunities to do things that results in a collection of 'stuff' - sometimes it's projects, class kits, make and takes...other times it's just product. sometimes it's from a class i selected, other times stuff is 'gifted' to me.

in preparation for my garage sale, and really since the move and during the unpacking process, i've discovered and uncovered the multitude...the pure plethora.... of projects i have just waiting for my touch and memories to make them complete.

so that's what i've been doing lately - really doesn't take too much creativity or energy (other than searching for pictures!) and now i'm surrounded by some cute, finished projects...and those of you that are scrappers know what an accomplishment FINISHED is...

so here's rundown of some of my recent completions:

this project was 'gifted' to my by my friend, amy, after girls weekend... i think she just didn't have room in the car to bring it home, but i was happy to have it! it was a kit made by colorbok (a michigan company) that is sold in Joanns - it's now hanging on the back of my back door, just waiting for some memos!

this next project is one that i bought at joanns - same company, same concept (a kit you just put together) that i've had stashed in my room for...um....too long...let's just leave it at that. i'm in love with the 'photo decor' concept - it makes my house more personalized and homey...so glad i have this to add to a wall somewhere now!


next comes two things that i did as 'make and takes' at cha (craft and hobby association) winter tradeshow in anaheim, ca last february - which really isn't too long, given some of these other ones coming up. the first one is a little 'desk topper' display that i made in the world win papers booth (with my friend yvonne - who is AWESOME! - and world win papers, offering the first line of 'green' papers in the scrapbook industry). this was a pretty plain little guy - just the chipboard, ribbon 'binding' and the patterned and cardstock mats - i added the flowers, ribbons, ghost hearts, painted chipboard letters...etc. anyway, i think it's a cute little thing to be sitting on my desk, and it will be easy to change the pictures when the spirit moves.
the next 'make and take' i LOVE - i made this little tin in the sandylion booth with the cute mickey based stickers and papers. i used some black and white pictures of jason and i from our 2005 (adult only) trip to WDW. the little insert fits right in the tin - SO CUTE!
then comes some class projects i never finished. the first is a chunky chipboard album from a class i took with donna downey in october 2006 - wow...that was awhile ago. turned out very cute - even though i had to 'create' some of the letters (not nearly enough Ds in there for what i needed).

then comes two class projects from a trip i made to orlando for cku (creating keepsakes university, for those of you not 'in the know') i think that was the summer of 2005. hello - three years these have been sitting in my scrap room.

'vacation life' album - the concept of the class was to learn how to cut paper and use it in a way that it looks like ribbon. i used some recent vacation photos from spring break on hilton head for this album. cause family is what life is all about, and i LOVE how we look on vacation!
the next one is a pocket type album - enough pages for three pockets - and i was inspired to finish this album based on a challenge i posted on the mega meet message board awhile back from the simple scrapbooks special edition scrapbook play - i interviewed the three older kids in march as a part of that challenge, but never got around to completing it. this project was the perfect way to finish it off! i just printed a couple pictures of each kid, typed out their questions and answers (some the same, some not) and then stuck them in there, with their questions on a tag in their pocket. although there wasn't a pocket for molly (who wasn't old enough to answer my questions anyway!) there was a page for her picture, so i included my little toddler, too.
that about covers it for now...i've got one more old class project that has pictures and just needs my 'words', and i'm working on some 'page based' projects too - the girls school albums, soccer pictures, dance pictures and our hilton head vacation...all of which are 'looming' - if you know what i mean...and sometimes it's just great to have something DONE.

p.s. - i think you can click on these pictures to see them larger - if the spirit moves you.