Clearance OneDirection Washi Tape

Hello there!

While perusing Office Depot the other day I found some washi tape that was on clearance.  At first, I didn't realize that it was OneDirection washi tape.  Haley pointed it out to me and told me not to get it because I wouldn't be able to use it.  I couldn't pass them up.  They were only $.13 after all;-)

The white word tape in the middle is full of the band members name.  What in the world would I do with that!  Here's a closer look at the tape.

So far, the only thing I could come up with for the white word tape is to use it to hold some mask on a stamping project or to decorate a composition book for someone who really loves 1D...which I will make at another time to share.  I was bound and determined to use the tape on a card and without it being 1D themed.  Here is my finished card.

First thing I did was take the solid tape and created a background.  The thicker word tape left a lot of room between the words and hearts for me to cut it out.  To be able to make the word banners, I applied the tape to plain white cardstock then created the banner.  The hearts didn't go to waste either.  Those went on white cardstock also and I punched them out using a 1" circle punch.

There was a bunch of "waste" tape since I didn't use the names on the wide word tape.  Those will not go to waste.  I will find something to use them on.  Until then they will just "hang" out.

So excited that I found a way to use the tape.  Even if I never use the white word tape I think it was still a great buy for all that tape for under $1.  Yay!  Maybe I will donate the white word tape to my daughters class for use in there craft center.  

I hope you have a great day!  Happy crafting!

Grandma inspired me to get creative with scrapbooking again

Yes.  My grandma inspired my first step back into scrapbooking.  How you may ask?  Especially since she lives in Hawaii.  Well, I've had this picture of my grandma and her sister printed and sitting in my favorite picture pile on my desk for awhile now.  She came to visit two years now and there the picture sat on my desk, sadly, with a bunch of my other favorite pictures.  Taking May Flaums class had me wanting to do something with those pictures.  Here is the layout that I made.

 

This layout started out as the opposite page of the page I posted more than a week ago.  Okay, I know in the last post I said "next Tuesday".  Well, it is Tuesday;-)  Just not the Tuesday that I meant in that post.  Oh well, life happened.  Here I am trying to stay on track.  Okay, let's get back to the scrapbook page.  The reason that the square picutre is my absolute favorite of my grandma is because I asked them to look tough!  It was so hilarious!  I know it would've been really funny if you were there in the moment with us.  You'll just have to take my word for it.  

Next page will be of my father-in-law with my littles.  I know it will be an emotional one.  He passed in October and I wanted to make a special page for him. 

I also have a few more projects in the works.  I can't wait to share them with you.  I hope you can find some inspiration for your crafting and scrapbooking.  Have a great day!

Winter Retreat 2014 with May Flaum

What is the best way to get some creative inspiration?  Take a class.  I am taking May Flaum's Winter Retreat 2014.  May has gathered amazing creative minds to contribute tutorials to this retreat.  Check out her blog while you're at it.  I have been absolutely inspired to start crafting again after a long hiatus.  I didn't even realize that I haven't posted here since November 2011.  Wow!  So, without further ado, here is my first layout.

My grandma was my inspiration.  I miss her so much!  This picture is of grandama with her sister Liz on the left and Aunty Liz's daughter in the middle.  Grandma lives in Hawaii and Aunty Liz lives in California so I'm happy that I was able to get a picture of them together.  Tuesday I will have the second layout inspired by grandma.

This weekend will be so action packed.  Saturday we will be ushering in the new lunar year with some good friends.  Sunday will be a great day spent on the couch watching the Super Bowl.  Are you a Seahawks fan?  Broncos fan?  My team didn't make it to the Super Bowl so by default I will be rooting for the Seahawks because they are my dad's team.  

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Happy crafting!

Scrapbook page inspiration

So I promised to show you the inspiration that came from the scraps of Zoeys 100 day project.  I decided that the strips from punching out the circles would make a great background.

Even the leftover punched circles will be used on the layout somehow.

Here is the beginning the stages of the layout.

I needed to add a resting place for those little pics, so I created a horizontal band with the inks. 

Luckily, the inkpads are round, so it lended itself perfectly to put directly on the page to create that soft texture.  I'll be printing out a portrait orientated 4x6 of Zoey and her finished project to add on the right.

Here I added a journal card and a blank piece of white cardstock.  I also took one inch strips of white cardstock, tore them, and colorized them with the colors Zoey used in her project.  I stapled a few of the punched circles to the main photo using my tiny attacher.

Here is the finished page.  I stamped a few sayings from a couple of Stampin' Up! stamp sets, journaled on the big lined journal card, and used glittery foam Thickers for my title.  Overall,  I am very pleased with how this layout turned out.  I am most excited about the fact I was able to use the leftover pieces of Zoey's project, which would have been recycled, to make a layout to remember her eagerness to craft and fashion her own project.  Oops, I just realized that I forgot to stamp the date on the layout.  Oh well, I'll have to go back and do that.  Until we meet again, happy crafting!

100 Day Inspiration

Hi there, 

Long time no see huh?  Well, I'm getting back in the groove and hopefully I don't lose it.  If I do, oh well because that means life is happening.  My littles and not so littles love making life happen.  Just like my disbelief that 100 days of the schoolyear has already came and went.  Whew!  Little Zoey had an assignment to collect 100 things and find a clever way to display it.  As in true Tara fashion, I waited until the last minute to help her complete her task.  Tsk, tsk.  Anyways, if it wasn't for procrastination, inspiration for this project would have fell by the wayside and in enter Pinterest to the rescue.  Friday night Zoey decided to have her way with a few inkpads and my circle punch.  She had tons of fun colorizing the paper, getting inky, and punching out the circles.  The idea was born.  She was gonna ink up a couple pieces of white cardsotck and punch out 100 circles.  The inking stage was a blast.

The punching out the circles was but her teeny hands got tired after about 20 circles.  I forgot to take pictures of that process but here is one of the result of inking and punching.

Then she separated her circles into groups of ten.

She then threaded the set of ten circles onto lengths of yarn.

This was when I helped her out and tied all strips of circles onto chenille stems to fashion a mobile.

She was so very proud of her project.  She didn't fall far from the crafting tree gene pool!

Here she is on her way to school with her project.

Tomorrow I will post my scrapbook page I created to document Zoeys project.  I used the leftovers from Zoeys project to create my background.  Until tomorrow.  Happy crafting!

Getting inky with it!!!

Haha...I thought that title was funny;). Anywho.....yes, I am "getting inky with it"! I'm sitting here at my dining table inking up some leaves I cut out on my Cricut.



The Recollections Value Paper pack from Michaels called Spice Market is so pretty. I'm using Gathered Twigs and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks. I'm also using some of the colors from the Stampin' Up's 2009 In Colors.



Who knew those .49 sponge brushes from the craft store would make great distressing tools. Guess I'm watching for when they go on sale 20 for $1. Heehee!!!!! Okay, so this is the second post for today. I'm on a roll. "See" you all soon!

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Thanksgiving Crafting

I am totally in love with my Martha Stewart Crafts party crafting template! I used it to make this wonderful mobile for the corner of my dining room. So easy, yet, so beautiful!

I wanted something more than just the white of the back of the cardstock so I had to improvise. I used the Tim Holtz Distress Inks to ink up the backsides which gave me a very pretty "double-sided" cardstock. I also tried to use the Tsukineko stain in Eucalyptus. It turned out very nice and muted but it took a bit to dry. Not a good solution if you're inpatient like me. I used fishing line to tie them together with a bead between each of them. I got a grapevine wreath to hang each strand from. Paper raffia was used to hang the whole mobile. I hope you like it as much as I do. Look for my Christmas soon after Thanksgiving. Happy Crafting!!!