China Album Finished

Well I finally finished my China album a couple of weeks ago. I used a Creative Memories album but all Far East papers. I also used my alphabet diecuts instead of stickers and I have to say I love how every thing goes together now. On our trip we went to Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai. We spent most of our time in Beijing and its surrounding area. I hope you enjoy my slide show.

Pam's Creative Memories Cards and Tags

A couple of years ago my friend Pam asked me to make her some cards and tags to use in her business, Creative Memories. I said sure and I have been making them every since. This is the first batch where I used the new, current SU set Taking Care of Business. My wonderful demo, Melissa, let me borrow her set. All of Pam's cards and tags are made with Creative Memories papers. (By the way I am out of solid colored paper, still have lots of patterned paper). Pam provides the paper, I provide the stamps, ink, and work, and I get CM products in return. All in all a great deal.

I hope you like them this time Pam.

Pammy, here is a sneak pick at the cards and tags that are going in the mail tomorrow. I hope you like them all.

Finally Scrapped

I finally found time to craft. The church that we go to has a scrapbooking fellowship that meets the 2nd Saturday of every month. One of my friends runs it and has been trying to get me to go for a year, but I have always had a reason not to go. And it's free. I had a blast. I got 13 sides (pages) completed while I was there. I finally learned how to use my Cricut that I have had for almost a year. I used it on the Jade Factory lay out. I had started this album almost 3 years ago. As soon as we got home I had the pictures developed and I power layed out all the pictures. I then bought my consultant Pam out of all her Asian Myabi/Mysabi CM paper and stickers. I did about 5 pages and hated every single one. While I liked the paper and the stickers, none of it was my style. Last fall while on a trip to AC Moore I found a slab of paper called Far East. It was on sale for $9.99 and I loved all the papers in it. I bought 2 and then get some metallic mat stacks that matched almost perfectly. I love how the pages turned out. Now I just have to find the time to finish the album. LOL. And Pammy check out all the journaling. There is a ton on the shen lu page but it just blended in. The whole time I was there you were in my head saying, "Crop those photos! Write, write, write!"

CM Christmas Card Workshop

Wow! Time has flown by. I can't believe that I haven't posted anything in 3 months. Well I went to a Creative Memories christmas card workshop at TJ's today. I got to make a card and catch up with old friends I haven't seen in awhile. Here is the card that I made. I love how it turned out. Now TJ takes it to the printer and they shrink it to size, add Merry Christmas, and put our names on to. Woo Hoo!!!!!!!





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Check out Alek's Baby Book!

This is all the layouts that I have in Alek's Baby Book so far. I am about half way through his first year. The 23 pages that I did at Pam's house start with First Bath and 1 Month Portrait. After the first couple pages I started to use pretty much all CM stuff, especially the new Once Upon a Baby Boy Album Kit, Soft Baby Boy Perfect Fit Paper Pack, and the Baby Borders Workshop. Using all of Creative Memories Soft Baby Boy line made it much easy to do so many pages. In addition to the baby papers I used the Great Escapes Perfect Fit Paper to do the beach pages. On the Aquarium page I used CM's Circle Makers to make the fish. Each one is made out of one circle. Thanks Pammy for that workshop too. Check out Pam's website to order any of this or to see what workshops she is holding.

Creative Memories Everyday Display

This past weekend I went to visit an old friend who moved last summer to Eastern PA. She is a CM consultant so of course we spent the weekend scrapbooking while her husband watched her kids. THANK YOU JOHN!!!!!!!! Before we got down to scrapbooking she pulled out CM's new Everyday Display frames, she got one in white and one in black. I am in love. Some how I am going to have to convince hubby that they are must haves. I want two in white to go in my craft area, one for Alek and one for Regan. Wait okay maybe three I think I have the space. I digress, back to last weekend. Pam asked me to help her with what to put on them. On the black one we put stuff for her business. I didn't take a picture because it isn't finished, I have to send her a picture of her at a CM event that I have to finish it off. Then hopefully she will take a picture and sent it to me. The other one, the white one, she wanted to do of her two girls, Elsa and Zara. I love how it turned out. The picture on the left is the blank frame and the picture on the right is our finished project. Check out Pam's CM website if you want to get one for yourself.