Need a REALLY Quick Gift???

Do you have hard to buy for people on your list? Do you break out into hives when their birthday rolls around? Well, here is a fasssssssssst, cute and thoughtful gift you can make and give.

This project was for my Fast and Furious challenge at the recent Scrap Shotz online crop. It was Photo Tile Coasters. The finished project looks like this...

And this is how you make the photo tile coasters.

First select the photos you would like on your tiles. This is the most time consuming part (I swear!) Resize your photos to fit on the files and do a test print on some paper.

Then print the pictures onto tissue paper. Trim the tissue paper image to the size of the tile.

Apply some Mod Podge to the tile. Layer the tissue paper image on top of the Mod Podge. Apply another coat of Mod Podge to the tissue paper image. The Mod Podge will dry clear.

Let dry. Spray with acrylic sealer to water proof the coaster. I also added some cork to the bottom of my tile. Furniture felt pads work equally well.

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A Gift of Cards

I personally love handmade gifts! One of my challenges at the recent Scrap Shotz online crop was to make a card purse. I chose to make mine using the luscious Graphic45 papers. Here is my project -

Supplies:  Graphic45 (pattern papers, alphas, flowers, tickets, labels); ribbon - source unknown; Close to my Heart (cardstock)

There was alot of scraps leftover so I decided to make some extra cards - now who could not use a few extra cards????

*Yeah, there were alot of scraps left!!!***

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Are You Scrapping???

So are you scrapping this weekend??? Why don't you join me at Scrap Shotz? They are having an online crop with a theme titled "A Night at the Oscars!" So put on your ball gown and stilettos and take a walk down the red carpet!

Here is one of the projects I created for my Littlest Mermaid challenge.

Supplies:  Sassafras (pattern papers); American Crafts (chipboard label, flowers); Heidi Swapp (large alphas); Urban Lily (chipboard circle sentiment); BoBunny (gems); Tattered Angels (glimmer mist); Maya Road (chipboard #2); Ek Success border punch; stitching

I have lots of Sassafras papers and I love them! They are all so darn beautiful...and it is often hard for me to make the first cut; hence the reason why I have 4 IRIS containers filled with pattern papers too beautiful to cut! LOl But I am committed to making a change in 2011...yup, I'm cutting into those papers! Enough is enough!

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Want to Join Me???

This weekend Scrap Shotz is hosting one of their amazing online crops. The theme is Heros & Villians. Intriguing, yes? As well, Scrap Shotz uses one of its challenges to support a charity; this time the charity is Terry Fox. I hope you will join me Friday November 5 at 800 pm EST online for a weekend of scrapping and inspiring challenges!

Here are a few sneak peeks-

I hope to see you tomorrow night!

Scrap Shotz Online Crop - May 14, 15, 16

Do you have any weekend plans??? Because Scrap Shotz is having another one of their AMAZING crops!!!! The theme is "Let's Play Games!" You have to see the challenges the Design Team has come up with...and goodness, the prizes...oooh la la!!!

There will be an Early Bird make n take challenge up on the Scrap Shotz blog at 630 am MST...so check it out tomorrow. All weekend long, I'l be posting my interpretations of the challenges...I sure hope I can scrap fast this weekend!

This Face Is Cute

One of my challenges at the recent Scrap Shotz Passion for Fashion crop was the 80's Bigger is Better challenge. Here I challenged crop participants to create a layout or card adding dimension to at least one element on their project. Personally I love pop dots and I love love love the texture it gives to my layout or card. (Yes I do use alot of pop dots! LOL)

Here is my layout:

I love these photos of Danielle - she is such a happy kid and loves to ham it up for the cameras as you can see here.

A close-up of the Heidi Swapp flowers, double pop dots here and topped with an October Afternoon cardstock stickers.

And popped up American Crafts

And a raised set of borders with the EK Success scallop and embossed punch

Supplies: October Afternoon (pattern papers, cardstock stickers); Prima (gems and pearls); Heidi Swapp (chipboard alphas, flowers); Close to my Heart (cardstock); Fiskars border punch; EK Success (scallop and embossed punch)

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Scrap Shotz Gives Back

One of the things I love most about Scrap Shotz's online crops is that there is a challenge where $5 of each participant is donated to a charity of choice. The charity for the Passion for Fashion crop was The Red Cross for Haiti Relief. An extremely wonderful charity I would say!

Here is my layout for the charity/challenge:

It's a fun layout for me as I love these pictures of Danielle. Give the girl a pair of goggles, a set of rockets and she is happy for hours on end in the pool. And come on, she is one darn cutie patootie!

Supplies: Sassafrass (pattern papers, pinked border); Close to my Heart (red and white cardstock, Cranberry ink); American Crafts (brown alphas, acrylic dog, acrylic dragonfly); epoxy heart (source unknown)

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I Am SO Proud!!!

I am SO darn proud of my little Danielle! She was selected as Perroquet this month, meaning, Danielle was chosen as the student in her class who worked the hardest and spoke the most French. She was invited to a special lunch with the Principal. Today was the lunch!

Lunch with the Principal, Mme. Celia Barrington, was a pizza lunch. For most kids, that would be a dream lunch but not so for Danielle who doesnt particularly like pizza. Luckily, Ì packed a ham ghost-shaped sandwich, cantelope, strawberries and some graham teddy bear crackers. Danielle was so happy to have an alternative and this is just one thing that makes her so special:-)

Just look at this sweet face...

Is it any wonder why I am sooooo proud???

Danielle has had a pretty special day...and she is one special girl who happens to sing Emilie elephant va ala ecole pretty darn good!

Thanks for dropping by! Check back this weekend to see some scrappy goodness from this weekend's Must See TV online crop at Scrap Shotz!

World Cardmaking Day

If you want a head start on your Christmas cards or just any cards, join me at Scrap Shotz for some awesome prizes and card challenges.

Here is my gift card challenge. It is posted on the Scrap Shotz blog and in the forum. I might add to that Scrap Shotz always has some amazing prizes...so if you have a bit of time....I would be feverishly making some cards!

OK...my challenge...is to make a gift card holder. For Christmas gifts and hostess gifts, I love to give gift cards but they don't always look attractive coming from the store. So here are two gift card holders to use as inspiration.

Here is the front. It is a regular card at 4.25"x5.5" with a landscape orientation. Papers and rubs are by Black River Designs. Flowers are Prima. Gems are from Kaiser. And those awesome punches are Fiskars.

The inside is a 3"x11" piece of pattern paper scored at 5.5" to create a pocket for the gift card. This is super duper duper easy - if I can do it, anyone can! LOL

Another gift card holder is what I have been calling a tag pocket. The tag holds the gift card and the pocket is made with pattern paper scraps. Again, the papers and rubs are from Black River Designs. The ribbon source is unknown and the fancy edge border is created by Fiskars.

Here is another look of the tag pocket-gift card combo.

Thanks for letting me share and dropping by! And yes, I am feeling much better these days!
-vw

Just Sharing a Quick Make n Take

At Scrap Shotz's recent online Industry Insider crop, I was responsible for a quick make n take. Here is what I came up with! Isn't this just so cute?

The template for the popcorn box can be found here. (Thank you to K. Rebecca Oehlers!) And I just had to add the fun pinwheels - don't they put a smile on your face?

Supplies: American Crafts (pattern paper for popcorn box and pinwheels); ribbon (source unknown); Spellbinders (butterflies and bird die cuts); Heidi Swapp (orange brad in pinwheel); Bazzill (white brads in pinwheel).

Thanks for dropping by!
-vw

A Couple of Crop Hints for You!!

I am so darn excited about Scrap Shotz's Retail Recovery online crop, starting tonight at 800 pm EST! It's so so so hard to keep a secret! The next best thing is to give some hints of my challenges! *wink* *wink*

Here they are! Can you guess?

Keep checking back all weekend for lots of scrappy sharing!

-vw

Better Late Than Never!!!

My advent calendar and progressive card challenge is arriving late - so sorry! I have been spending way way too much time at the HPTP clinic. (No definitive diagnosis yet - and hope to be feeling much better soon!) And a word about the fairies...no the remaining 4 boxes of the Advent Calendar never showed up...sigh... (Papers are Anna Griffin...yes, from back in the day! Aren't they perfect for a vintage Christmas?)

And here is my take on the progressive card challenge...each card was made using only scraps from my offcut bin! (And finding the papers was a challenge itself!)

(Supplies: Scrap Shotz January 2008 and September 2008 kits; Martha Stewart decorative punch; Bazzill cardstock.)

(Supplies: Tinkering Ink papers; Queen & Company chipboard letters; ribbon and chipboard sentiment - Scrap Shotz monthly kit club.)

(Supplies: Papers: Tinkering Ink (red/pink squares); KI Memories; Chipboard - Chatterbox; Fiskars Threading Water Punch; EK Success letter stickers - aren't they just a blast from the past??? LOL)

(Supplies: Scrap Shotz January 2008 and September 2008 monthly kits; Ranger ink)

Thanks for dropping by! I will be posting the Scrap Shotz November kit reveal this coming week! Check out the Prudence line by Crate Paper - if you can believe it, it is even more beautiful in real life!
-Virginia

A Colourful Life

As promised, here is my last challenge for Scrap Shotz's Colour Your World crop: I did a Stained Glass Challenge. My layout is below.

And it isn't too late to join! You have until tomorrow (Tues Oct 21) to upload your challenges to be eligible for the fabulous Scrap Shotz prizes.

Yes, I will upload my progressive card challenge and the Advent Calendar (or what is left of it!) in the next couple of days...apparently a fairy took the decorated boxes!...sigh...

So wish me luck everyone! I am going back to the clinic tomorrow morning for some follow-up. As you know I have been battling a super mega nasty strepp infection and have been on an IV pump for 31 days...sigh...and it is getting kinda old. I just really need to know that I am getting better...and right now, I am not feeling the best so I haven't created too much. So please wish me luck and maybe say a wee bit of a prayer for me, ok?

Thanks for dropping by!
-vw

So What Are You Doing Tonight?

Come join us at Scrap Shotz! We are having one fabulous and colourful online crop! The challenges are fantastic as are the prizes. I am doing a progressive card challenge, an advent calendar and a black and white layout challenge...and tomorrow, there will be a fourth challenge. So what are you waiting for? Come check us out here.

Here is my layout for the black and white challenge...

I have saved this paper for awhile because I had to find the perfect picture for it! (This photo was taken by Lisa McDonald Photography.)

And here is my layout for the very talented Amber Tosh's challenge, Pumpkin Spice...

And lastly, this is my layout for the Scrap Shotz Gives Back Challenge. For every person that completes the challenge, Scrap Shotz is donating $5 to the Alzheimer's Society.

And tomorrow, you will see the Advent Calendar, progressive card challenge and my fourth challenge!

Thanks for dropping by tonight!
-Virginia

Colour Your World

Tomorrow at Scrap Shotz is our Colour Your World crop! That's right 3 solid days of scrapping, amazing challenges and tonnes of inspiration from the Design Team. I hope to see you there! Here is a little sneak peek for you!

And Sandy will be officially unveiling the new store! As if that isn't enough, your crop shopping discount will be determined by the number of people who are logged on when the crop starts! So what are you wating for! Come check us out and of course, check out that store! Yum!

I'll link you to my challenges tomorrow night!

See you tomorrow night!
-Virginia

It's World Cardmaking Day Today!

Join me at Scrap Shotz for a mini card crop! The challenges are unbelievable! Check them out here! Cards are a challenge to me as there is so much I want to add but I have such a tiny canvas! And I love cards that have an interesting technique or twist to it! Check out my challenges - they are the Double Flap Card and the Origami Christmas Tree. I've added lots of pictures for illustration purposes so I hope you give it a whirl!

Here is my Double Flap Card -

And here is my Origami Christmas Tree Card - this is one of my all time favorite cards because I love how the Christmas tree begs you to touch it!

I am a bit late posting for World Cardmaking Day because I spent the day at the hospital...again! Grrr! My strepp infection just won't go away and now I am being treated for MSRA...sigh...and yes, you guessed it, I am back on the IV pump...guess I was feeling a bit naked without it! LOL Things will get better and this will just be a funny story later on but right now, it is rather inconvenient! LOL

Thanks for dropping by! I really really appreciate it!
-Virginia