It's a Scrappy Life!

This is an album I created for my younger cousin, who was born this year.  I used the Teresa Collins Chic Babe Girl Album kit.  I'm officially in love with Teresa Collins' kits, they just have everything you need and wish for to make a perfect coordinated and unboring album.   Here I made the big black flower with lace and poly satin fabric.  It's actually very easy, just sewed all the layers together.  I may be posting a tutorial, but can't promise anything... school is crazy hectic! I added scalloped lace details, and a lot of the titles are cutouts from the kit.  Some of the letters are accented with UTEE and black enamel accents from Inkessentials.    The papers are so gorgeous! This one has rulers all over, and I totally loved it, as it reflects how quickly little ones grow!!! Another cutout from the kit pps and added the crown ribbons, also in the kit.  The inking was done with Colorbox Ink in Black using a stencil fr...

I had these paper mache mini boxes sitting on my scrap room as I had originally intended to use them for storage of my scrappy goodies.  Then I was getting organized and no longer needed them, they're so small for all my stuff and I decided to alter them!!  I have them for sale on my ebay, you can click on my ebay widget on top of the blog to check them out.   Here are some pictures of the first one.  I made the rose out of wired ribbon.  I have a tutorial here too, in case you want to give it a try.  The papers are from 7 gypsies Avignon collection.   This is another box I made, the colors are so stunning... I used chiffon, beads, and a silver antiqued charm. TFL!!!!!

I am completely in love with these wired ribbon roses.  I had read about them in a scrapbooking magazine.  I can't remember the creator's name to give her credit, and cannot take sole credit for it, but I put my own spin on it and love the freestyling you can do with it.  I had made this type of flower before with regular ribbon and gotta tell you, it's much easier to make with the wired kind!!! Literally took me 5 minutes to make this one! 1.  You need wired ribbon and your preferred glue.  I ran out of my clear glue so I'm using my liquid stitch, which dries clear but looks white on the pictures, sorry. 2.  Fold across the end of the ribbon, like I show in the picture and press the wires gently. 3. Roll tightly around to get a closed rose center. 4.  Here's where it gets freestyle.  The key to getting the rose shape is twisting around the center but how you do it is completely up to you.  I twisted inward, outward, or jus...