Trendy Alternatives - Smash Books

If your on a budget and you want to get in on the Smash Book trend. I haves some Trendy Alternatives to making your own.

You can use memo books or journaling books. The pages are thinner but you can glue 2 pages together to make your pages stronger. It  is a good idea if your going to put brads on your pages to skip  pages so when you glue the two pages together the back of your brads don't show onto the next page.

Another Alternative is to make your own using your binding system or book rings.
Here's one book that I made myself to personalize the event I am documenting.
I prefer making my own with my binding system using cardstock. This makes makes your pages strong so they won't easily bend or fold.

Trendy Alternatives

If you don't have the means to invest in the lastest trends here are some Trendy Alternatives.
I have a new category on my menu bar called Trendy Alternatives. I will be putting ideas in this section to give you some alternatives if you are budgeting your crafting.

I hope you find it helpful and encourage you to use things you already have or less expensive ways to do the same thing.

Smash Book Review

I'm giving the Smash Book Line a 2 Thumbs up!

I received my Smash Books awhile ago and they are awesome. I just love the books and all the things that go with the package. I wanted to do a review on them and give you some ideas on what you can do with them. I like them so much better then the journal book I tried when these first were released. The paper is a heavy cardstock and your pages are strong. The pages are not flimsy like journaling books.

I think they are a great way to put those pieces of memorabilia into and document the event.That is how I intend to use them. Then when your ready to scrapbook the event all the informations is right there in your smash books.

They are a great size that you can bring along on your vacations and write down what you did each day. The places you went and things you did.

Updated My Blog

I have been working on my blog this morning. I have added some links to the menu items.
Under "Cards" I now have a gallary link, where you can view all the cards I made.
Under "Layouts' I now have a gallary link, where you can view all the layouts I made.

Under "Projects" I now have a gallary link where you can view all the Projects I made.
Under "News" I have added some Product Reviews that I did.

I'm trying to get all my post links in the Menu Items categories so I can eliminate some clutter with having the labels list at the side of the blog.
I'm trying to remove some clutter on my blog so everything is easy to find and pleasant to look at.

Ghost Card - Divine Twine

In my post earlier today I said I was expecting some twine in the mail and it arrived!!   I am so happy with the  colors.  Well if your like me when I get something new. I have to play with it. So I did.

Left to Right: Black Licorice, Cotton Candy, Orange, Lemon, Blueberry, Plum.

 I purchased it at  RibbonCarousel.com

 

Card size 4-1/4 X 5-1/2

Ghost Stamp is from Peachy Keen called Trick-Or-Treat Ghost.

I used Divine Twine to stictch a border around the frame.

I poked the stitching holes with the Stampin Up Mat pack

This is what it looks like. I much prefer making my holes by hand.

The clear plastic template works great for making your stitch holes.

Spooky Halloween Card

Spooky Halloween Card

Card Size - 4-1/4 X 5-1/2

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge - Chic & Scary - Spooky Tag cut

Martha Stewart punch around the page spider set.

We R Memory Keepers Floss.

Quick And Easy Cards - Thank You Card

I want to share an easy to make Thank You Card.

I just want to thank all of my followers and visitors for your interest in my blogs.

Card Size - 4-1/4 X 5-1/2

Flower was cut out of fabric using the Art Philosphy Cartridge at 4-1/2"

Thank You tag was made using Photoshop.

Autumn Greetings Card

I made an Autumn card using my digital software My Memories Suite.
I added brads and glitter to bling it up.
Sorry about the glare from the glitter in the picture. It really is hard to take pictures of projects that have glitter on them. I love doing digital projects.

Happy Autumn Card

Well, I've been working for a few days on this next project. I was relearning how to crochet. I haven't crocheted in 15 years. I have been seeing some pretty crochet flowers on projects so I wanted to give it a try. Rather then buy the flowers. I decided to learn it and make my own custom flowers for projects.
I forgot how much I love to Crochet! I've made some pretty roses too. There are some wonderful Youtube videos on how to crochet. One of my favorite people to watch on crocheting is Crochet Geek !!
Here's a link to her blog http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/ 

Card Size - 5-1/2 X 8-1/2

Cartridges used are: Sophie - 5" doily 

 Enjoy The Seasons - pumpkins and oak leaves cut at 2.5" relative size

Happy Autumn was made with photoshop.

Fall leaves are from the Martha Stewart leaf border and corner punches.

I'm Hosting A Giveaway!!

I'm giving this a 2 thumbs up!



I'm excited to tell you about My Memories Suite. It is a digital Scrabooking Software and more.
I was given the opportunity to try My Memories Suite. I was given one to try and one to giveaway.
I just fell in love with this program. I love how modern the images are with this Digital Software .

I'm not giving up scrapbooking with paper the traditional way. I will let you in on my secret that I also do digital scrapbooking. I love it when I need to put together an album quickly that I have Digital Software that I can use.

Here's a couple layouts I made using this software.

To enter the giveaway I need you to :

1. Visit http://www.mymemories.com/ and chose your favorite digital paper packs.

Then leave a comment on this blog post which digital paper packs are your favorite.

2. Sign Up to follow my blog

3. When you comment make sure you leave a way I can get in contact with you if you win.

I will use Random.org to chose a winner.

 I will chose a winner on Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011

To purchase this software go to http://www.mymemories.com/software