Panning for gold

I used lots of stickers from the Simply Scrappin' Kit here to add some interest to the pages. These small albums are tricky to me because I can only get one photo on each page, but I think the stickers really add a lot!
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Still scrappin'

I love these two photos and the way they pop off the chocolate chip background. The sticker border is pretty without detracting from the photos. I think I took about 40 pictures in the Badlands. Daniel was 14 at the time, and he got so tired of me taking pictures! I tried explaining that the light and shadow kept changing, but he didn't care! Even though he's 20 now, he still wouldn't care, LOL!
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LeeAnn Greff's tri-fold flip flap card

This week's workshop wow challenge was to make LeeAnn Greff's tri-fold flip flap card. Genius, LeeAnn!
I started with wanting to use Elegant Eggplant because I just got Eggplant rickrack that I wanted to use on the card. I went to my SU Color Combo sheet and found Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry and Old Olive. I have to say that Crushed Curry is quickly replacing Rich Razzleberry as my favorite In Color. Shocking, isn't it?
After I stamped the flower image from Inspired by Nature, I thought the color on the petals was a bit uneven, so I used my aquapainter to smooth it out a bit. I like the way it turned out!

Here is the inside of the card. A demo who made one of these on SCS noted that the fold-down flap gives lots of room for signing the card when it's from a group. Great idea!
Supplies: Stamps: Inspired by Nature; Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry; Ink: Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry; Accessories: Clips assortment, Orchard ribbon originals, Old Olive narrow grosgrain ribbon
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Card box

This project is a box to hold cards or other goodies. The pattern was created by my fellow SU demo, Susie Nelson. She got the dimensions and pattern from a box of cards from a certain humongous card retailer that shall remain nameless. :) Here's the inside of the box. For the front, I used my last little scrap of retired skull and crossbones DSP. I knew it would be perfect with the Beware Pirates stamp set. Of course, using the DSP meant I had to use my last piece of Kiwi Kiss textured cardstock. I miss that DSP and Kiwi Kiss too!

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Reusable Sweet Centers card

This card uses the new Sweet Centers stamp set and Sweet Treats cups from the Holiday Mini. I found the most awesome idea here for making a card where you can refill the cup later. I took his idea and changed the card a bit. I don't really care much about Halloween but still wanted a card with a bit of a masculine look. I took my color combo from the candy. I was thinking you could also use the pull-out piece as a bookmark when you are done with the card.
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More Simply Scrappin'

We had craft night last Friday, and I worked on my South Dakota scrapbook again. It's 6X6. I got 4 more 2-page layouts done! Whoohoo! It seems to take me forever to get started. First, I had to sort through the pictures again to see where I left off. Then I had to figure out whcih pictures I wanted to use and then narrow them down to fit the pages.
I'm really happy with the layouts I got done. I tried to make each set of 2 pages go together without being identical. The Tailor Made Simply Scrappin' Kit really helped with that. I'm not much of a sticker gal, but I'm trying to use the ones included to make my pages more interesting.
On this layout, look at the circle in the lower left corner of the first page. It's actually a circle sticker used as a mat for a little photo of a prairie dog. The sticker is 1 3/8", so I used the 1 1/4" circle punch to punch out the photo. Then I used a sticker with a similar look on the other page.
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A gift from Karen

Look what I found on my desk Monday morning! My friend and co-worker, Karen, left me these wonderful Frango chocolates to thank me for helping her with her stamping. The boxes are empty now, of course, but being the dedicated blogger that I am, I put the package back together so you could see what it looks like. The scallop circle says Thanks on the other side. Great job, Karen!