100th Birthday!

It is so incredible to know someone that is 100 years old! We celebrated my husband's Grandmother's birthday on Sunday. She turned 100 on March 25th. She has been through so much! Just think of it, she was born in 1910!!! The history she has been through.........it is just amazing to me.

We had a huge party at La Reunion in Helena.....very cute coffee shop! So many friends and family members were there. We wanted to have a record of all those people. Of course, I just pulled out the handy dandy Scripts kit and went to work! I LOVE how it turned out! I used the AccuCut machine to cut out the covers and inside pages for the signature book.
We would love to cut albums for you. Just let us know what you are looking for and we can ship it straight to you!!

Thicker Storage (and all those other alphas, too)

So, I have this bad habit of collecting scrapbook supplies. I'm fairly certain that I'm not the only one. My scrap supplies are taking up residence in my guest room. My guest room is also full of laundry! All my clean laundry is sorted and stacked nice and neatly (well, mostly neatly) on the guest bed. This is just out of control. I can't find my supplies. I can't find my favorite jeans. Cole can't find his favorite pj's. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.

I think the best way to tackle this problem is first - to get rid of the laundry. Put everything away after it's folded - not just leave it there forever. And then second - I need to find a way to organize my favorite things - the things I use the most and go to over and over. I've decided these things are:

my kits
my paper
my letters
my go to embellishments
my tools

Now, I need to weed out everything else. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that - but I'm going to really really make some drastic changes in my guest room this week!!

In my attempt to organize my favorite things, I thought I would cook up some storage for my letters. This is what I came up with:



I found this fabulous cereal of Target. It's so good, I could seriously eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week. It's just that good. But what makes it better - the container is so cute. It's harder cardboard than a regular cereal box and it has a plastic top - instead of just the typical cardboard fold up top.

I used the February BlackBird kit and covered my box and added some embellishments to the front and a label with THICKERS, as well.



Now I need to make a few more with my faves. I'm not sure if I'm going to do this by brands, though - I mean I have enough Thickers to fill up more than one container but the rest of my sticker letters are cardstock stickers and much thinner so I think I'll just group them all together. I can't wait to make a few more and have my letters a little more organized.

Now, if only I could find super easy ways to organize the rest...................

Lisa

It's Hidden!

Loving this month's kit. When I picked my kit up this month, this bingo paper from Glitz was the first thing I noticed. Perfect for some great boy pages...which is exactly what I've been wanting to scrap.

I loved the grid pattern of the paper, and it gave me an idea. I pulled out my exacto knife and did some cutting. I cut a big section out of the middle of the paper (and saved the rest. I used this paper on two more layouts. I love the versatility, but I digress). Then, using the grid pattern as a guide, I cut a little flap a little right of center.

I don't know if you can tell from this photo, but I also put a coat of the Copper Glimmer Mist from this month's kit on the paper to give it a little oomph.

Then, I backed the opening left by the flap with some notebook paper (lined - easier to write my journaling on). I used one of the Jillibean soup tab stickers as a little lift for the flap.

So easy and just a little bit different from your usual journaling spots.

The Happiest Race on Earth!

What fun I had with this month's kit! Why, oh why am I just now using these Tiny Alphas from Glitz Design?! They are the cutest!

I love this photo. I could scrap it again and again! I know this layout is kind of "plain" but that is intentional! The photo says it all!!!

**My challenge to you....get your Happy Photo...and make something with it!

Color Combination Challenge!

When certain colors are mentioned together or used together, our minds usually think of a particular holiday or occasion, such as red and green for Christmas, black and orange for Halloween, or pastel pink for a baby girl. My challenge to you is to use a color combination that is usually associated with a holiday or special occasion on a layout or project for something else. In my example, I used red and green for a layout about a game the kids made up and played while we were on vacation in Florida. They didn't have a name for it, so I called it "The Random Game".
Once you have created your layout or project, let us see it by posting a link in the comments and I will send a prize to one lucky winner! Become our fan on Facebook and I will put your name in the drawing twice!! If you are already a fan, let me know, and I will put your name in twice as well. I will draw a name on April 7th-- that gives you two whole weeks to come up with an idea. Can't wait to see what you do. Try to use product from the Scripts Kits-- any month, or months! It doesn't all have to be from the kits, but try to make at least half of your layout/project from Scripts. We love to see what you create!

Cookies Jars in the Springtime!

I needed to spruce up my cookie jar for Spring. I have this really cool jar that has black and white polka dots all over it. You may have seen them at The Spotted Zebra in Trussville! They are made by Coton Colors. This company has the cutest stuff! I wish I had every piece of pottery. It's just all so colorful!

So, I have several attachments for my cookie jar. Each season you can change out what attachment you use. My collection consists of all Fall attachments?! Odd.....I have a School Bus, a Witch, a Turkey (so cute), and a Christmas Tree. I do not know why I haven't bought something for Spring or Summer. I guess I need to head out to The Spotted Zebra to get one! OR.......make one out of the newest kit!!!!

Brittney was over this morning and I was showing her how cute it is. She made the suggestion that I make a new attachment...hello! Great idea.

I ran downstairs, cut out a scalloped circle from the AccuCut machine, a few flowers, used a butterfly from last month's kit and voila...the perfect Spring attachment!

A little Slice of heaven

You may have seen several of us mention our Slice - I'm pretty sure that we all love our Slice, most of the time!!



Picture from Making Memories

I got my Slice when they first came out and couldn't wait to play with it!! I started off with just the Slice and the Design Card that came with it. I eventually got the Basics 3 card and Fa La La. I was also lucky enough to buy my Slice at the right time and get the offer for the free Design Card - Seasons. So within just a few months, I had enough Design Cards to keep me busy!!

I made several fun things right away - like this December Daily Album and our Christmas Card for 2008! I made this Countdown to Christmas and decorations for out little Alabama tree, too!



I really loved cutting things out - since this was the first die cutting system I had, I went a little crazy, obviously!! But, it was so fun!!

I had a few issues with my Slice, mostly operating issues on my part!! I wasn't always patient and when it wouldn't do just what I wanted, I tended to just unplug it and walk away!! I did end up watching several of the videos on the Why Slice website and that helped a lot. I still tend to have a few problems with it now, but sometimes you just have to give the machine a rest and take a break!!

Now, I've added several Design Cards to my stash! I have Basics 2, Spooky Alley and Mix and Mingle. I've used my Slice for accents on layouts, cards and altered items. I've used it for Banners - for Birthdays and Baby Showers. I've used it on three diaper cakes now, too!

Here's the breakdown on my thoughts on the Slice:

Pros:

• Super portable
• with the recent upgrades to the machine, it's much faster
• design cards are affordable, especially when they are on sale
• endless options with the extra things they've added recently - shadowing, mirror imaging, etc
• cuts paper and cardstock easily
• cuts vinyl

Cons:

• battery runs out quickly to me, so even if it's portable, you still have to plug it in to get the best results
• temperamental - sometimes I really do just have to unplug it and walk away when it won't cut all the way through the paper, or cuts wonky - coming back to it later seems to make it work again though
  
• the Design Cards and accessories aren't on sale often enough for me (although I've recently discovered that the accessories aren't excluded on JoAnn's coupons - YAY)
• when cutting tons of designs, I hate that I have to hold the machine, but the good thing is they've now come out with a Hands free option and I'll be looking into adding that to my stash soon!
• adhesive is pricey and my last tube clogged up and was a pain to fix
  

What I hope they come out with in the future:

• the ability to cut your own designs (I've heard this will be available in the future though)
• the ability to use the new features (mirror image and shadowing) on the old design cards
• Disney design cards (oh my gosh - I hope this happens!!!)
  

Things the Slice does that I haven't tired:

• embossing (I really want to try that)
• drawing (I don't know if the pens are out yet, but I know they showed it at CHA)

Overall, I love my Slice!! I love that I can cut out any title for a page (that is, when I'm not using all the alphabets that come in my Scripts kit - Thickers are tough competition for the Slice). I love that I can cut multiple sizes of shapes and layer them for some fun accents. I love that I can cut vinyl now. I cut out a name and stuck it on a cute pink pail for my future niece. Her first Easter bucket is ready (she isn't arriving until after this Easter, but I just couldn't help making a cute pail for her). I've also cut my initials for my back window on my van. I feel like the options are endless - there are so many things I get excited about doing!!

Making Memories sales vinyl that's marketed as Slice Vinyl, but it's patterned and that doesn't always work for what I want to cut. They haven't come out with solid vinyl yet, that I know of. The Slice does cut the vinyl for the Cricut and Silhouette. I also picked up a scrap of vinyl from a sign shop and it cut that, too!

So, back to the OVERALL part, I love it!