~ Retirement Book for Our Admiral

Alas, all good things come to an end.  Our big boss will be leaving us for the leisurely life of retirement.  This is a project I made for the office to add the their well-wishes for RDML David Boone.  The pages are covered in a combination of desert and chocolate chip cookie camo, Washington D.C. and Navy-themed patterned papers.  The retirement ceremony is on April 12, so I fixed the clock hands at 4:12.  Not sure anyone will that subtle details but we’ll see. =)

 

Supplies:

• Zutter – 1″ antique brass O-wire
• 7Gypsies – book boards, metal corners
• Tim Holtz – various metal embellishments
• We R Memory Keepers – extra large eyelets
• Bazzill Basics – textured cardstock
• Wausau Paper – gold cardstock
• Art Parts – chipboard frame
• Scrapbook Customs, Paper House, Sugar Tree, Creative Imaginations – patterned paper
• Scrapbook Customs – cardstock stickers, die cuts
• Recollections – epoxy alpha stickers
• Ranger – gold acrylic paint

 

~ Greeting Card Gift Set & Minibook Teaser

This weekend I made a set of six cards for a co-worker as part of a going away present.  She expressed interest in the color orange at the last card class I taught at work so there is a bit of orange in both the cards and the envelopes.  I also made a small pockets and tags Bind-it-All minibook that I’ll show a sneak peek of below.  Please come back another day to see a full post on the minibook sometime next month or so. =)

Teaser of my latest minibook cover.

Card Supplies:

• Cardstock – Stampin’ Up!; Bazzill Basics
• Patterned Paper – DCWV
• Flowers – Creative Imaginations; Prima
• Twine – The Twinery
• Epoxy Stickers – K&Company
• Gems – Doodlebug
• buttons

~ Halloween Card Class

09/01/11 Update – Download a copy of the PDF instructions to make this project – Haunted House Halloween Card by Lea Sanders

{opened card}

Just finished making a sample card for my first class at work since moving to our newly renovated spaces.  It will be nice to teach another class as it has been months since the last one!  I got the idea for this card from a similar one I saw at Queen’s Ink at Savage Mill.  This is also my first project using Timeless Twine product.  So cute!

{closed card}

Supplies:  Bazzill Basics – cardstock; Creative Imaginations – patterned paper; K&Company – Grand Adhesions; Timeless Twine – Halloween twine; black aluminum sheet

~ OZZ March Project #3 – Joy

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please check out the following links:

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

Zutter Products

• Zutter – 1” antique silver o-wire
• My Mind’s Eye  – patterned paper
• Bazzill – cardstock, chipboard
• Little Yellow Bicycle – frames
• Creative Imaginations – felt flowers
• Foof-fa-la – buttons
• Doodlebug – jewels
• Adirondack – acrylic paint
• ribbon

~ Flipped-Out Tag Book

Enough of the snow and dreariness already!  We’re expecting our second snowstorm today, as if there wasn’t already tons of snow in the D.C. area.  I’ll be sure to take more pictures tonight/tomorrow.

So, here is my first real “Spring” project — all bright colors and flowers.  Instead of binding the chipboard tag shapes all in the same direction, I flipped every other tag.  Though this added extra design interest, it made binding a little more tricky.

 

Stuff:  Zutter – 1″ red o-wire; Basic Grey – patterned paper, adhesive chipboard shapes; Creative Imaginations – felt flowers; Doodlebug – jewels; white chipboard, satin ribbon

~ OZZ Jan Proj #2 – Disney

  

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please check out the following links:

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

  

  

 

 

Materials:

• Zutter:  1.25” black o-wire, 8” Clipboard Wood Covers
•  Creative Imaginations – patterned paper, chipboard stickers, cardstock stickers, epoxy stickers
•  AccuKut – acrylic
•  Bazzill – cardstock
•  Ranger – glossy cardstock
•  Stampin’ Up! – ribbon
•   Adirondack – acrylic paint

~ Mini Calendar Gifts & Sunday Morning in the Snow

I finally finished making the gifts for my hubby’s office last night and put the finished projects in gift packaging just in time for giving this week.

 

Stuff:  Zutter – 3/4″ antique brass and antique silver o-wire, acrylic covers, chipboard covers, clipboard wood covers; Creative Imaginations – patterned paper; Stamping Station – patterned paper; Diecuts with a View – patterned paper; K & Company – patterned paper; Crate Paper – patterned paper and cardstock stickers; Ranger – cardstock; Paper Source – cardstock; American Crafts – foam letters 

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The snow finally stopped falling late last night and what was waiting for us in the morning was a huge blanket of snow.  By our measurements, we had 23 inches yesterday.  I went out this morning and took some pictures of the neighborhood.  Even with some of the neigbhors shovelling, it was really still and quiet.  Strange how snow casts a lot of blue hue in photos.  Very hard to adjust for that much blue, even with a snow setting on the camera.

~ OZZ Dec Proj #1 – Fall 2009

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please check out the following links:

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

 

Supplies:

• Zutter Innovative – 1” antique brass o-wire,
• Teresa Collins – bracket chipboard covers
• Recollections – patterned paper, button embellishments, dimensional stickers
• AccuKut – acrylic sheets
• K & Company – epoxy stickers, embossed stickers, cardstock leaves
• Creative Imaginations – epoxy stickers
• Lil’ Davis Designs – glitter rub-ons
• QuicKutz – fuzzy vinyl
• Doodlebug – gems
• American Crafts – ribbon

~ Twilight Minibook (and other Twi-related stuff…)

Here is my Twilight-inspired mini that I made for my daughter.   I got the good scoop via a FB post from Marah Johnson that Christine Adolph’s new line was perfect for a Twilight book.  You tell me–though it isn’t exactly pure to the black, white and red, I think the color scheme is great.  No sooner did I upload my photos to my computer, the book was gone!  Miranda ran off with it like a bandit.  Oh well!  I used the same Jolee’s beads from the Twilight bracelet I made earlier this month for embellishments on the o-wire.

 

 

On other Twilight-related news–guess who’s going to a Hot Topic Twilight Party at midnight on March 20.  Yes, that would be me!  I’ll be one of those crazy moms taking their daughters to the mall in the late hours of the night for Twilight-revelry and to pick up the Hot Topic offering of the DVD.  I also ordered the Borders version.  Looks like every “exclusive version” will have its own goodies.  I’ll bring my camera to capture all of the Hot Topic craziness.  Speaking of Hot Topic, look at what I found — bandages.  Like I’m ever going to open this tin.  NEVER!  Twilight movie count as of today — 25!  I can’t wait to get my DVD.

Stuff:  Zutter Innovative – 8” acrylic covers, 1” black o-wire; Creative Imaginations – Christine Adolph – patterned paper; Bazzill Basics – cardstock; Autumn Leaves – ribbon; Stampin’ Up! – ink, ribbon; Jolee’s – crystals; Prima – crystal flourishes; black chipboard, lace

~ The good thing about Storm Hanna…

Being that it is raining cats and dogs and the winds are whipping the trees into a frenzy, stormy Hanna allows me to stay inside and craft!  (So much for my hubby and daughter, though, I sent them out to brave the weather to buy a new printer since ours went kaput this morning!)

So, here is a minibook I’m calling Hanna for the storm today.

{Several of the inside pages}

Stuff:  black chipboard – unknown brand; patterned paper collection, cardstock and sticker embellishments – Rusty Pickle; ribbon – Rusty Pickle and Stampin’ Up!; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; wire ring – Zutter/Bind-it-All; acrylic – Accucut; felt flower – Creative Imaginations; cardstock journaling embellishments – Teresa Collins

~ Family Mini Album

I took a ton of pictures when I went to visit my parents and brothers earlier this month, so I put a small album together for my mom and dad.  I had my teenager in mind when I made this, so the style is a little messy-funky-quirky but I think it works for the theme of the photos (and my family!)

 

 

Stuff – book boards – 7 Gypsies; paper collection, cardstock buttons, epoxy stickers – Love, Elsie; alpha stickers – American Crafts; felt flowers – Creative Imaginations; rub-ons – Rusty Pickle; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; ribbon – eFavor

~ Father’s Day Accordian Album

Here is my submission for the Fiskars Crafts Father’s Day Contest.  I made this one for my dear hubby, a wonderful father to our two children. 

I purposely wanted this to look busy and messy by painting over the smooth lines of the photos and around embellishments in a hap-hazard way and randomly adding fabric stickers at angles.   Alas, the album is too “fat” to stick into the little box holder that came with the album.  Not to worry, I’ll use the box for a different project. =)

Click on each picture for a better look.

Stuff:  accordian album – Creative Imaginations; paint – Making Memories, paper collection, epoxy stickers, sticker ribbon – Little Yellow Bicycle; gems – Doodlebug; rub-ons – Daisy D’s; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; grungeboard – Tim Holtz

P.S. Happy Belated Father’s Day

~ Funky Blinged-out Purse

Funky, huh?  My explanation?  I don’t know…I made this one in the dark last night.  (hee hee)  I was surprised when I got a good look at it this morning.  It is a bit different than my usual crafts but it is good to try something different once in a while.  This is my first project using Pink Paislee. 

Click on each of the pictures for a closer look.

 

Stuff:  purse – Creative Imaginations; paper collection – Pink Paislee; fabric flowers, hat pin and ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; bling – Heidi Swapp and Doodlebug; paint – Making Memories; rain dots – Cloud 9

~ Garden-themed Hanging Album

Using the pictures I took from our Botanic Garden trip, I made a hanging album using a Kaiser Craft wood product and K & Company paper collection.

Though the paper collection is a bit Christmas-y with red and green, I think it worked well overall with the theme of plants and flowers from the gardens.

I really like how this turned out!  It’ll probably end up another gift for one of the grandparents. =)

Click on each of the thumbnails below for a closer look at seach section.

Stuff:  wood hanging frame – Kaiser Craft; paper collection – K & Company; ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; felt flowers – Creative Imaginations; paint – Making Memories 

 

~ I’m back…sick, but back…

It was nice to have family over but not so nice that they were sick while they were here.  So, guess what–they left me with a parting gift of a horrible hacking cough and dizziness.  Oh well, those are the breaks!  The Cloud 9 Sunrise Smoothie paper collection used in these crafts are from a birthday gift given to me by my brother and sis-in-law. =) 

Here are two projects in one – a decorated wood cigar box and a minibook.  The paper on the box is mod podged on.  The minibook is 7″ x 7″.

Close up of the top of the cigar box.

Close up of the open cigar box with the minibook inside.

Close up of the minibook cover.

Stuff:  patterned paper, chipboard stickers, journaling tag – Cloud 9; felt flowers – Creative Imaginations; rings and book boards – 7 Gypsies; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; paint – Making Memories, wooden box – Darice

~ Live Laugh Love Minibook

Wow!  Has it really been a week since I last posted?  Bad Lea, bad!  So here is my latest, a 5×7 inch minibook which smacks of Tim Holtz (in a good way, of course!)  I was inspired by Irene’s alcohol-inked leaves.  I alcohol-inked a full 8×10 transparency and used pieces of it throughout the pages.  It has very little in the way of embellishments as the Cosmo Cricket paper, tags and sayings are perfect.  About the only additions are the stamping and Fiskars border punches.

 Click on each picture for a better look!

 

Close-up of the alcohol-inked transparency.

Stuff:  book board – 7 Gypsies; textured cardstock – Bazzill; patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket; alcohol ink, distressing ink and grungeboard – Tim Holtz/Ranger; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Crops; ink and ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; felt flower – Creative Imaginations; transparency

~ Felt Challenge

I decorated an otherwise ho-hum paper mache box and album last night with a bit of felt flair, Cloud 9 Chocolate Chalet page kit, Threading Water border punch and some felt flowers that were dying to be scrapped!  Just in time, too–There is a felt challenge on another blog.  See link here:  Felt Challenge.

    

Stuff:  paper mache – generic from Frugalities; plain chipboard – Grafix;  patterned paper, chipboard embellishments, rain dots, ribbon –  Cloud 9; twill ribbon and smaller felt flowers – Stampin’ Up!; large puffy felt flowers – Creative Imaginations; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; rings – 7 Gypsies; paint and button brads – Making Memories

~ Grunged-up Board Book

I made this book over the course of three nights — I adhered patterned paper, inked, stamped, inked some more, painted, stamped some more and added Perfect Pearls to both the pages you see and ones that you don’t see.  

Every page has pull out tabs for extra pictures or journaling.  Ribbons and eyelets are added to those pieces that pull out.  The last bit was adding the ribbon and grungeboard to the cover.  The eyelets in the grungeboard were filled in with a clear glaze.

Feeling very inspired from Tim Holtz’ glimmer mist concoction, I might try it this weekend on some white book board and see what results I get.  Yes!  Another board book. =)  We’ll see…I might end up making something else.

Stuff:  board book – Creative Imaginations; patterned paper – Basic Grey; ink and ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; paint – Making Memories; eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; Perfect Pearls; Grungeboard 

~ “Extreme Makeover” for Outback Coasters – Part 2

Well, all is not wasted with me being home from work with a bad tummy bug.  Not only did the friendly UPS guy deliver a large Stampin’ Up! order that I’ve been waiting for, I was also able to make another coaster minibook from restaurant coasters I mentioned in the previous post  (see the “Before” in the post below).  My hubby tells me that the Outback police are going to come and get me!

Stuff:  paint – Making Memories; ink and stamps – Stampin’ Up!; patterned paper – Basic Grey; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; rings – 7 Gypsies; felt flower – Creative Cafe/Imaginations

AFTER – Part 2