Jan. 2012 layouts

Hi, to any scrapbook friends that might stop by. I actually made a goal in Jan. to complete min. of 10 layouts.  Really need to get my mojo back. I have lot's of photos to catch up on. I also need to use my stash. I keep buying new fun products but continue hoarding my faves. By the time I break it out it's old to everyone else. I know crazy right.  Anyhoo, here are my Jan. layouts.
Love any thoughts , comments, or help with ideas always.

New Year 2012

Happy New Year!!!
Wow! So here we are in a new year, ten days in and I already failed at making resolutions, procrastinating, not working out daily blah blah blah. So guess what. NOT DOING IT!!!
 I decided I need re"soul"lutions instead. I'm digging deep this year to make some new habits, changes, and soul stirring achievements in 2012. Sure I'm on the band wagon like most of us with projects slotted for the new year to help us do better in certain areas especially documenting our lives and self growth. I won't bore you with all that, but I will say I'm up for it and will share with the blog world when appropriate.
Soooo I'll be back to share my creative experiences in 2012....

Backpack/laptop/purse min album

Soooo I did some scrapbooking  this week. One of the projects was a cute backpack mini album. I used this tutorial here. My album is bigger than the tutorials.I wanted to use 4x6 photos instead of wallet size photos.I think it looks more like a purse but, I was going for a laptop bag. I will be probably give as a gift so there are no photos in it yet. I used some older My Minds Eye papers from my stash. I like how it turned out. Here are a few pics of  my lil backpack/laptop/purse mini. 

side view

inside pages

inside pages

front pocket

new layouts

Okay it only took me 3 months but, I actually finished a few scrapbook pages. Woohoo!
Inspired by Colorful Creations  School Daze Blog Hop.I made 5 layouts a card and a mini book.
 Check it out! I used some very old paper mixed with new too.

Crazy Summer!

Wow!  We have had such a busy summer,I haven't scrapped anything in almost two months! That's just crazy! I love paper crafting too!I sooooo need to dig out my mojo and revisit my crafty side. I'm feenin for some time to be creative!!!

             Winner for Colorful Member's Blog Hop!
Thank you for visiting my Blog and participating in
                               Colorful Creations Member's Blog Hop.

  If you've just happened across my blog and missed all the fun, you can go to Colorful Creations Blog to catch up or see all the beautiful entries in the Colorful Creations Gallery. There were some AWESOME ideas and great projects submitted!

A special thank you to the entries submitted for my mini book challenge. The randomly chosen winner is #5 Mo( Maureen)'s!

 Please PM me your info and I will mail your prize right away.
                                   
                                    Thanks again! Have a Scrappy day!

If you are here for Colorful Creations Blog hop please scroll down to previous post. These layouts are my submissions for Blog Hop and Challenges this week.

Colorful Creations Member'sBlog Hop!

                Welcome to Colorful Creations
                       Member's Blog Hop!
If you've come from Janessa's blog you’re in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Colorful Creations and start at the beginning. We would love to share a few of our favorite things with you today! All you have to do is follow the link at the bottom of each blog post to visit all my friends and see their adorable projects.

Each Participating Hop member will be featuring a project made especially for this hop using their favorite crafting tools, techniques, and/or embellishments. Make sure to check out each member's blog. There will be some fun prizes along the way, AND there will be some AWESOME ideas!

Here is a list of the blog order if you happen onto my blog first...
Nicolle

Kathleen

Khristen

Jenessa

Tam  You are here!

Colorful Creations Blog

Today I'm sharing some my favorite things. One of my most favorite things about paper crafting is that you can take a few products and create so many different projects. Another favorite thing about paper crafting is crafting green. I like to include recycled items as part of my project whenever possible.


So I have created this Mini book to share  with you today. Using many of my favorite scrapbooking supplies.

                                                          
 My challenge for you is to create a project, card, layout, or mini book etc using the supplies I used to create my mini book.
My supply list:

• recycled card board
• patterned paper
• letter stickers
• tag
• flowers
• bling
• ribbon
• paint
• ink                                                                                                                                                                                           here are few pics of how i created my mini book. I started by recycling a shipping box for my covers

                       I selected a group of supplies and let the creativity flow. I created this mini book with a friend theme to give as a gift.

                                                            

Here’s the blog candy I am offering up for entering my challenge. Winner will be chosen randomly.

                                                                                            
My clue for you is:Summertime

Remember to upload  your completed project using tag MBH5 to colorful creations gallery and then  link it up here using Mr. Linky

to upload your entries!

Thumbnails:  0 entries so far... you're next!

Last stop here

Colorful Creations is celebrating all month. Each week they have awesome challenges and prizes. Here is one of the make n' takes I submitted for week #2.

explosion box- This was fun to make. I added a few pocket with mini cards for journaling, trimmed edges with a few different border punches. made flowers with big border punch and used circles from punches as polka dots on box top. I will definitely be making more of theses. You can check out the super tutorial here at Colorful Creations. I'll be sharing more projects all week.
Thanks for stopping by.

Colorful Creations is celebrating all month. Each week they have awesome challenges and prizes. Here are my submissions for week #1.