Scraproom tour

I didn't post much in February but that's because I was busy cleaning and organizing my scrap room. I took an "Organizing Fundamentals" class at Big Picture Classes and I actually followed the class and completed it! Very very unusual for me. Probably because my scrap area was a huge mess and desperately needed organizing. I am going to invite you to peak in. In the future weeks I plan to share the details and show you the inside of the drawers and containers.

So here it is - my newly organized scraproom!

This place makes me happy and at least for now I am very motivated to keep it clean :)

Baby pages

Last Saturday I attended local crop (Yeah for me!). I worked on a travel album that hopefully will be finished soon but at the very last moment I took with me Lila's baby photo album and my baby themed paper. It turned out I have mostly baby boy papers and but with the help of white cardstock few paper scraps and few 3x4 cards I managed to make 3 layouts.

I used 4 cards from Sn@p Baby Girl kit by Simple Stories. The "sweet baby" arrow and "Lila" are cut with Cameo.

This adorable sipper lace is by Close To My Heart.

I wasn't sure what should I do with these pictures. Ofir looks really really tired here, I wonder why ;-)
But then I found a perfect journaling card in the MAMBI baby girl kit. The saying was longer but I cut out the relevant parts and added "So tired" arrow.

But how cute is Lila in her white outfit with matching hat??

And here is the last one. I used my last big paper scrap from Heidi Grace "A Little Bird's Tale" collection and two 4x6 MAMBI cards.

Now, when I look at this picture, I think it  was taken just when I returned back to work from my maternity leave, since my hair is done and I am wearing a jacket. The green background is actually a sheet that we used instead of curtains. We had huge glass patio doors in our leaving room and no money for curtains. I think I should write this down and tuck behind this pictures.

Now to tackle the pictures from the hospital and Lila's first week. If you thought Ofir's picture is bad wait till you see my...

LOVE LOVE LOVE - Scrap It Girl February Challenge

Today is February 1st and that means new Scrap It Girl challenge. This month's theme is HEARTS. I know, shocking ;-)

I used this as an excuse to use some very old Maya Road Irish knots chipboard. You know that feeling, when you see a product and think: "I just have to have it" and than you bring it home and think a little more "Yes, I love it, but what I am going to do with it??" My Irsih knows were that type of purchase.

I found 4 that looked like hearts and colored them with Gelatos and glitter glaze.

I used Dear Lizzy Neapolitan paper pad and matching card from Dear Lizzy Project Life kit that I cut and used as my title.

Check what other DT members did for this challenge and share your "hearts" project with us. We have new super talented Design Team. It is going to be a great year for Scrap It Girl.

Favorite Things Friday - Crafty Storage

Time for another Favorite Things Friday post! The Scrap It Girl Design Team shares favorite crafty storage items.

I decided to share how I store my ribbons. For now this is the most organized area in my scraproom.
I store my ribbons in one from the  drawers of my Michael's craft cubes. The dividers came with the drawers. I started by wrapping the ribbons around a 3x3 piece of cardboard but later I started to use  Cropper Hopper dividers cut in squares. They are supposed to be used as dividers for the paper holders in but I had a lot of extras. I cut them in squares and they work perfect. If I know the ribbon brand I put a little sticky label.

The drawer contains all ribbons that are longer than 12". The shorter lengths of ribbon are hanging on my slot wall using binder clips.

This system really works for me.  Check what other DT members shared and share your favorite crafty storage solution with us here.

Favorite Things Friday - Craft Tool

Time for another Favorite Things Friday post! The Scrap It Girl Design Team shares our favorite craft tool. I have lots of fancy tools that I love and use but I decided to pick something that I use ALL the time - scissors. Not just any scissors but my orange Fiskars scissors.  I couldn't pick only one pair so here they are, three pairs of my most favorite scissors.

The top pair is Fiskars Titanium Non-Stick Scissors. I love the soft grip and they are perfect for cutting pieces of adhesive foam tape that I use all the time now.

The second pair is classic Fiskars 8" scissors. My name is engraved on the blades and they are a gift from Fiskars. Of course I love them!

The bottom pair is Fiskars Comfort Grip Micro-Tip Scissors. The handles are super comfortable and the micro-tip blades allow for very detailed cutting.

Do I sound like Fiskars commercial? ;-) Sorry, I love my scissors.
Link up your favorite tool here and if you do, please let me know!

Hello, smile!

 

Love this picture, love the simple sketch from My Scraps and More, love how the papers compliment the colors in the picture and create the playful mood.

Usually I am not into cutesy papers and I bought few sheets of My Mind's Eye "My Girl" paper and some embellishments only because they feature a roller skate. But when used in moderation, the bright and bold designs can make a really fun page.

The wood grain background is from Simple Stories "Take a hike" collection. The washi tapes are by Freckled Fawn. Everything else is My Mind's Eye "My Girl".

I cut out the speech bubble with a craft knife and raised it with adhesive foam.I added few brads and two butterflies cut out from the patterned paper. Cute and simple, just like I like it.

Top ten projects 2013

2013 was my least productive year in terms of creating. We moved from Wisconsin to New Jersey in July and my creative life came to a complete stop for few months. I wrote only 48 blog posts in 2013 compared to 111 in 2012. Still, I managed to make quite a few projects so here they are - my top 10 favorite projects from 2013 with the links to their blog posts.

OH how lovely

Fairy Garden

Happy Birthday card

My sister

Always together

First ripped jeans

Turning Fifteen card

Fruit cups wrappers

Yum Yum

Project Life

Few words about the last one. I managed to do only 9 weeks. I absolutely love them. Unfortunately it took me much more time that I hoped and when the life became too busy I wasn't able to keep up. I am still on the fence about doing Project Life in 2014. If I do I will have to find a simpler approach. I would love to hear your thought and ideas!

Here it is. If you posted your top 10 on your blog, leave me a comment, I would love to see them!

Favorite Things Friday

Hello Friday! Today and every other Friday, together with the Scrap It Girl Design Team, I will be sharing one of my favorite things.  Today we are sharing our favorite handmade project.

Choosing only one project from thousands I made is so hard. They are my babies and they all are my favorites :) I was scrolling through the pictures of my layouts and that one struck a chord with me.

I actually remember when Ofir took this pictures and I think  can still feel Eli's tiny breath on my skin.

Here are three reasons why I chose this layout.
1. The picture, no need to explain this one.
2. Simple layout with fun techniques - machine stitching, painting and fussy cutting
3. The layout was made as a response to a challenge to use words from a song. I would never make this layout without this challenge. I love doing challenges because they make me step out of my comfort zone and stretch my creative muscles.

Stop by Scrap It Girl blog and share your favortie project. I would love to see it!

Tomorrow I am going to share 10 of my favorite projects from 2013.

Another trip to the past

Supplies: patterned paper, stickers (Recollections), letter stickers (Sassafras Lass), frame, safety pin (Making Memories), fabric star and star stickers (Freckled  Fawn), twine

Another layout with old pictures that I am happy to add to my albums. My dear friend Angela with her newborn baby. My own first baby was just few months old at that time.  I am feeling nostalgic just from looking at these pictures.

I added a big metal frame prompted by the challenge on "Yotzot mehakavim" blog. I have this frame (and few others) in my metal drawer forever. I almost never use metal embellishments on my layouts but I love how this turned out. I also added a small white safety pin to the twine knot.

I am slowly going through my photo albums and scrapping the printed pictures. Eventually I want all of them in my scrapbooks.

Pictures from the past

It's not very often that I make layouts with pictures of myself but today I am sharing not one but two with some oldies.

The first is a simple layout with a picture from 8 years ago.It was taken on January 1st, 2006 at Milwaukee's breezy lakefront. On that day we braved the cold and went to see the annual kite festival.

I had few big snowflakes cut with Fiskars Fuse that I spread over the page and misted with light blue glimmer mist. I used one big snowflake to embellish the picture.

I embroidered few small snowflakes and triangles through the punchanella holes.

The next two pictures are from November 1998, 5 days before Lila was born. The pictures are the original prints from 15 years ago.

Supplies: patterned paper, vellum, thickers, chipboard (American Crafts), glitter glaze (Li'l Davis Designs), tags (Simple Stories), metal clip (Freckled Fawn)

I don't think I even owned maternity clothes back than, I was so small.

I covered chipboard clouds with a thick layer of glitter glaze.  It is very old product that was made by Li'L Davis Designs. I love this stuff! Do you have a favorite old product? I would love to hear!