~ Baby Girl Book

March 18, 2013 by leasanders

A sweet baby girl project I made for my co-worker, Matt. He hasn’t seen it yet–it is a surprise! {{{sshhhh…}}} =)

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Supplies:

Zutter – 8″ acrylic covers, 1.25″ white o-wire
K&Company – patterned paper
DCWV – textured cardstock
Jolee’s – duck embellishment
Recollections – word embellishments

~ Retirement Book for Our Admiral

March 17, 2013 by leasanders

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

~ “Made with Scraps” BIA Minibook

August 19, 2012 by leasanders

While I was thinning out my collection of paper this weekend to give to a friend, I had amassed a pile of scraps, not worthy enough of sharing in current-state. I saw a lot of similarities in the colors and patterns. Instead of throwing the scraps away, I challenged myself to create one project using the bits of paper – married similar styles of different manufacturers – to make this little minibook.

{Close-up of the punch detail.}

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I’ll eventually make another project using other scraps in the coming weeks. Come by again to check it out.

Supplies:

Zutter Innovative – 6″ acrylic covers, 1 1/4″ antique brass o-wire
7Gypsies – round chipboard
patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye, SEI, Bella Blvd
Recollections – flowers
Doodlebug – jewels
American Crafts – fabric chipboard alpha
ribbon, buttons, other bling

~ Valentine’s Day Card Class

February 7, 2012 by leasanders

Here are the photos from my first class of the year! Valentine’s Day tends to be a big draw for my office!

I kept the design of the card simple but provided a lot of paper and embellishment options for each of the participants to design their own unique projects. To ensure that the attention would be paid to putting the projects together instead of the mechanics of prepping the different pieces, I pre-cut/creased all of the paper and pre-assembled ribbon bundles.

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Supplies:

PaperSource – cardstock
Recollections – cardstock
Wausau Paper – textured cardstock
Echo Park – patterned paper, cardstock stickers
K & Company – adhesive borders
Kaisercraft – bling borders, pearl borders
Doodlebug – gems
ColorBox – ink
Tattered Angels – Glimmermist
Epiphany Crafts – epoxy caps
ribbon, flat bottle caps

~ I love Halloween!

October 3, 2010 by leasanders

October marks the beginning of a great season in Northern VA. The leaves change color, the weather is a little cooler and there are so many autumn activities to do. Here are a couple of Bind-it-All books I made for my hubby’s cousins’ families. They were a big hit! I was so inspired by our visit with the cousins that I plan to make each family calendar gifts for the holidays.