Accordion Flip 3-D cards

I am enjoying my new purchase from Scrapfest this year.  It is the Sizzix Bigz Die named Album, Accordion Flip 3-D.   The first example I made was a "make n take" from Scrappin Savvy of Spring, Texas.

I knew I just had to own this die.   It looks complicated but it's not (my kind of card).  Thought I'd show you a few of the cards I made lately.

I made a bunch like this as thank yous for my birthday flowers:

Soon I want to try a "double decker" like this one.

Scrapbooking Rehab

I went to a local scrapbooking event near my home over the past 3 days and the theme was Scrapbooking Rehab.

It really tickled me because my dear sister, after listening to me excessively talk about products and tools for scrapbooking, will tell me, "The doctor will see you now."   So freaking funny.

Anyhow I've been enjoying scrapbooking for about 17 years with no chance of rehabilitating in the future.  It is therapy.   The best part of scrapbooking is the comradeship I share with a great group of girl friends that spans multiple ages and backgrounds.  At events like this we get a t-shirt, a new scrapbooking tool, chances to win door prizes a few times a day, participate in contests and workshops, do make-and-takes, exchange gifts and give each other little happies.  Oh yeah, and we usually scrapbook too!

Happy Scrapfest Birthday To Me

This year, 2012, I was able to celebrate my birthday with my scrapbooking friends at our local semi-annual Scrapfest.   The ladies at my table spoiled me rotten with balloons, party hats, cake, cards and gifts.   I just had a blast celebrating my 59th birthday.  Thanks girls.

We had two big winners at our table....Rachel won $30 in Scrappy Cash and Lori won a stamp making machine.

Some of us even managed to do some scrapbooking.  

Scrapfest! Fall 2011

Scrapfest! is over and I've fully recuperated.   I worked on scrapbooking the pictures from earlier this year when my aunt and her daughter came to visit my Mama.   I bought 3 kits from one of my favorite vendors, Treasured Memories, which made the fun go quicker because the design elements were already done.

Using left overs from one of the kits, I was able to scrapbook a day trip this summer to the Saints Training Camp and a trip to the snowball stand.

Our group of "apron ladies" did a make-and-take together which was captured on camera, of course.

Here are a few of the make-and-takes we made during Scrapfest!

Getting Ready

September has 2 big paper craft events to get ready for. First is Scrapfest! where I like to work on scrapbooking all the pictures I've taken the last year. I've ordered about 200 pictures from Shutterfly so before Scrapfest I need to organize them and round up the paper and cardstock I want to use. That event is Sept. 15, 16 and 17. Second is an annual craft fair at my old high school, Archbishop Chapelle, where I sell my handmade greeting cards. I share a booth with my sister who sells her crocheted baby blankets. I need to take inventory of my cards and if I need to make more then now is the time to do it. That event is Sept. 24. Here are a few cards I've made that will be sold for $2.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day 2011

I completed these scrapbook pages over a month ago at Scrapfest but waited to post them for today's National Scrapbooking Day. I used pictures from my Gulf Shores family vacations in 2008 and 2009.





Now just recently I made this fleur de lis page using a new "metal" technique I learned from Lori, a scrapbooking buddy of mine. She learned the technique in a class at Scrapfest given by an employee of Treasured Memories, a scrapbook store in Lafayette, Louisiana.

It is hard to tell but the photo shows my funny Illinois relatives, Pat and Judy, holding crystal Fleur de Lis ornaments up to their ears like earrings. The ornaments were a souvenir from their trip to New Orleans in 2009.

Here is a scrapbook page I made at Treasured Memories. They taught me how to make 3-D flowers using paper, ribbon and fabric. Very cool.