March Calendar Page

Hi from South Carolina!

My mama and daddy called me yesterday. They are a riot when they call because they are either both on an extension and talking at the same time or adding info to what the other one is telling me, or like yesterday, one's on the phone with me and the other is in the background yelling info to add. LOL They crack me up.  So Daddy asked if me, Tom, and Bonnie would come see him this weekend. I said yes. I love my parents.

This year I have been posting Calendar Pages on the first of each month. Calendar pages are something new and different I'm doing this year. I make them 12" x 12" and staple them to my craft room wall above my computer monitor for easy reference to dates. When the month is over, I put it in my scrapbook.

For March, I started the calendar page last night and finished it up this morning. I just can't seem to make myself wait and post it on March 1st. LOL I want to show it to you now. LOL


Come join us on Facebook at the PLAY ALONG Group and upload your photo of your calendar page creation!  Find us here.... http://www.facebook.com/groups/231695926966319/

• Yellow textured 12" x 12" cardstock for the base.
• Brown 11 3/4" x 11 3/4" cardstock for the first mat.
• Gray mat is 11 1/2" x 11 1/2" pattern paper from the Recollections 180 stack "Bright and Basic."
• DESIGNER'S CALENDAR:
• Grid p. 47 cut @ 7" with shadow backing (gold pattern paper from Recollections 180 stack "Mosaic Memories."
• MARCH cut @ 3" with shadow and double matted
• Day abbreviations cut @ 1"
• Day numbers cut with Shadow ONLY @ 1"
• Grid adhered using Jumbo 2-Way Glue
• Numbers and Day abbreviations adhered using Xyron label maker
• March adhered with Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive (liquid)
• Anna Griffin:
• 3D Flowers, bird, bows, and banner flags by grid at 23rd (all popped up)
• Recollections:
• Wooden geads
• K&Company:
• 3D Acetate Butterflies (popped up)
• Fiskars 3-in-1 corner punch for sentiment matting
• Stick Pins from My Mind's Eye "Miss Caroline" (flower to the left of March)
• Daylight Savings Time Begins on 10th:
• Clock was punched with Fiskars 1" circle punch with numbers and clock hands hand-drawn. Edges double inked with Peeled Paint and Tea Dye (Tim Holtz Distress inks)
• St. Patrick's Day on 17th:
• Shamrock Designer's Calendar p. 30 cut @ 1" and inked with Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz Distress ink)
• Spring Begins on 20th:
• Flowers with wire stems from Jolee
• Easter on 31st:
• Butterfly from Jolee
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "St. Patrick's Day" stamp set used for sentiment and inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Sentiment popped up with foam tape

Here is my February and March calendars on the wall above my computer monitor. I stapled 2 pieces of white cardstock to the wall, then I clothespinned the calendars to the cardstock. This way I don't have to damage the calendars with staples AND I don't damage my wall every month with new staples. :)

Thank you so much for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Rainbow Bright (ends 2nd March)  (Sun)

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything But a Card  (Sun)

Pile It On - Clips and/or Pins # (Sun)

Incy Wincy Designs - W - Pop it Up (Mon)

Forever Friends - M / 2W, E3 - Monthly Challenge (Feb)monthly challenge is animals and / or butterflies and / or birds on projects (Feb)

Anything Goes Challenge - 2W, 5E - #86 Vintage / Shabby Chic (Tues)

Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #159 Flower Power (Wed)

The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - #67 Flowers (Wed)

My Time Made Easy - 2W, SIO - #82 Saffron (yellow), Pink, Pear, Rose (Thurs)

Hotshot Crafts - M - #15 anything but a card (Fri)

Bugaboo Fairy

Hello!! Hope your week is going well. I'm so looking forward to our son getting transferred from Ft. Irwin (Army) in California to Ft. Jackson here in Columbia, South Carolina in a few weeks! Woo-Hoo! Won't be long now, and I'll get to see him often!!

Recently I won a challenge over at Love To Create Challenges. THANK YOU! 

(You can see all the challenges I win or make Top 3 on my Page Tab called AWARDS or CLICK HERE.)

I was lucky enough to win some BUGABOO images. I love me some BUGABOO! I couldn't wait to start coloring, and the card I want to show you today is the first I've been able to color so far this week.



First I colored the image with BIC markers. (I got these last year and love coloring with them!) Then I used a Stampin' Up template to mask over part of the image paper so I could chalk the background. (I got this template in the 90's. Gee whiz... that's OLD!)

Here's what I got after chalking....

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Stampin' Up cardbase (Kraft)
• BUGABOO image
• Colored with BIC markers
• Background chalked
• White gel pen used for hair accents
• Ribbon from Joann's
• Button from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe on Facebook (Shop TSQ here)
• Pattern paper from Recollections 180 stack "Bright and Basic"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Simply Said" stamp set inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• If you can only buy 1 stamp set, this is a good one! There's about 22 different sentiments on there ranging from encouragement, just because, etc.
• Shop CTVS here
• Image, sentiment, and pattern paper all inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

Allsorts - 1E - #194  Things with Wings (Sat)

One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Make it Girly  (Sun)

No Matter Which Challenges - M, F, must use stamp (rubber or digi) - (Feb) Ribbons and Bows (Sun)

Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - #29 Buttons and Bows (Mon)

Created With Love - 3E, C10 - #29 Things that fly (Mon)

Make My Monday - C6 - Ribbons and Buttons (Mon)

Pretty Little Ribbon - M, 3E, C10 - (Feb) Anything Goes (Mon)

Make it Monday - W - #128 Digis must comment on at least one entry (Mon)

Oldie But Goodie Challenge - 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what it is- Bright colors (Tues) (My template I used was bought in the 90s. OLD!)

Paper Bag Mini in Progress!

Hello all my bloggy, crafty friends! I have been working on a vertical paper bag mini album with the Facebook Group PLAY ALONG via Ginger's Videos with step by step instructions. (She's such a good teacher!) You can find Ginger at My Sister's Scrapper or look in the FILES section of the PLAY ALONG group on Facebook for links to all the videos in the Paper Bag Mini series. 

Facebook PLAY ALONG group... HERE
Ginger @ My Sister's Scrapper... HERE

I thought I'd show you some progress photos of my paper bag mini.  I'm using the DCWV 12x12 stack Today.Tomorrow. Forever. (Some of the pages are glittered.)

Here are some of my pages and things I've been working on. I still have a lot to do before it's put together and finished.

Here is the inside and outside with the covered chipboard, but no decorations, papers, etc.

Here is the inside front and back cover finished with papers.

The inside cover has 2 coin size envelopes (made with my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board - shop TSQ on FB... HERE). I then used Close to My Heart's Art Philosophy cartridge for the pull tabs on the pull out photo mats. It's on page 48 cut @ 1 1/2" using the CARD FEATURE. I adhered 2 pieces of cardstock back to back and inserted the pull tab between them before adhering them together. (shop CTMH with Lucy... HERE)

Here are the photo mats pulled out of the coin envelopes. 

On the inside back cover is the photo mat "waterfall." This was so easy to make. I can see me doing this technique again and again on different things.

Here are some of my pages front and back with photo mat tags inserted into pockets. These pages also have a flap that folds open.

So... here is one page front and back and with the flap open. Each page has a pocket on the back and an insert in the top (the opening of the paper bag). You can get the idea that there is tons of room for all kinds of photos and memorabilia with this mini album! 

Front of page - flap closed...

Flap opened and tag sticking partially out...

Same page but with tag all the way out. All of my tags have pattern paper at the top for a 4" x 6" photo (or whatever else I want to put there) and then a journaling area at the bottom.

 This is the back with the back of the photo pull out tag and the pocket tag inserted.

Pocket tag taken out.

Back of pocket tag.

A few of my other pages and their photo pull out mats with journaling at the bottom.

That's what I've gotten done so far. I need to get all the pages decorated, the front and back covers and the spine decorated, and then I can add all my pages to the inside of my mini book! There is no time limit on this project if any of you guys want to pop over to our PLAY ALONG Facebook group and play along. We are all adding our progress photos to the album in the group. It's fun to see what every one is up to, and plus it helps spur ideas too.

Have a great day! :) Janis

P.S.  I wish I could enter this into some challenges today, but it's not finished yet.

Pause Dream Enjoy & Paper Playtime's Ch#4

Today is the start of a brand new challenge at 

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges and at Paper Playtime!

Here both of the challenge links, their prize, and the challenge info.....

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges (PDE) 
Ch#4 Use a HAT

Begins: Monday, Feb 18

Ends: Sunday, Mar 3
Prize: 1 set of CARDZ TV STAMPS

(must have a USA address)

Paper Playtime (PPT) 
Ch#4 Use a Sentiment Stamp

Begins: Monday, Feb 18

Ends: Sunday, Mar 3

Stamp Set called, "Crafted with Love"
($9.95 value)
Prize sponsored by Lucy of CTMH

(must have a USA address)

Here is my project for both of these challenges:

• This is an S-Fold card:
• Cut cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• Score @ 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"
• Fold in half @ 4 1/4"
• Fold back onto itself @ 2 1/8"
• All pattern papers for this card are from the My Mind's Eye "Notable" collection (TSQ Facebook store)
• Mats:
• Front panel:
• Blue mat cut @ 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"
• Green mat cut @ 1 3/4" x 1/2"
• Middle panel:
• Pattern mat cut @ 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"
• Green mat cut @ 1 3/4" x 1/2"
• Inside panel:
• Blue mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Green mat cut @ 4" x 1/2"
• Ivory cardstock (for writing message) cut @ 1 1/2" x 4"
• COUNTY FAIR:
• Sheriff is "Cowboy 3" p. 63 cut @ 4 1/4"
• Inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Adhered with foam tape
• Cactus p. 70 cut @ 3"
• Adhered with ATG
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Simply Said"
• Stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you guys will come play in our challenges! :) Janis

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges 

Paper Playtime

Entered:

A Gem of a Challenge - W - #67 Dies and Punches 

My Time to Craft - W - #209 Men Only

Pumpkin spice - W - #7 Love, use your imagination

Totally Gorjuss -  #171 For the men

Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - Always Anything Goes 

Bloggers - JFF – use die cuts (Fri)

Inspire Me Fridays – Anything Goes (Fri)

Raise The Bar - W #131 Anything Goes (Fri)

Play Along: We R Memory Keepers Envie Punch Board

Check out the PLAY ALONG Facebook group... HERE

Shop TSQ's Facebook Royal Castle Shoppe... HERE

This post will finish up my PLAY ALONG series for the CARDS WITH ENVELOPES AND BOX set.

In Review... Here are the cards I made this week for this Play Along, their envelopes, and the box for them. I'll give you details on the envelopes and box after these photos.

MY MIND'S EYE "NOTABLE" COLLECTION:

OWL CARD USING HOOT N HOLLER:

PAPER PUPS, DOODLECHARMS, EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS, AND PAPER DOLL DRESS UP: 

 PRESERVES:

 CLOSE TO MY HEART - ARTISTE & PEACHY KEEN STAMPS:

So that was the review. Now on to the new stuff!

Here are the cards with the envelopes I made using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. I just love this thing! 

IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE CRAFTING TOOL!

And here is the box to hold everything. I made the box with the Martha Stewart Scoring Board, following the directions and dimensions included with this board.

The papers for the box are from Echo Park's A Boy's Life Collection kit. Gotta LOVE double sided cardstock!

Thanks for stopping back by again today! Enjoy the rest of your day. See you tomorrow!
:) Janis

Entered Envelopes into ... because my new FAV is the Envelope Punch Board (shop TSQ here)
Craft Us Crazy - 2W - #37 Use your favorites and be sure to say what they are (Thurs)

Play Along: Artiste & Peachy Keen Stamps

Good morning! Lots of good things going on this week in my world.... Let's see... It's Valentine's Day, so Happy Valentine's Day to you!..... My daddy is getting to go home from the hospital today after having emergency gallbladder surgery..... We are getting close to the weekend and my husband's running event. It's the Make My Day 12K Trail Run. And then later that day we are going to the annual RV Show at the Fairgrounds. That's always a tonage of funnage. Oh, and I finished Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4) by Charlaine Harris this week and started on Dead as a Door Nail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) yesterday.

I love these books! I'm reading them on my NOOK. :)

Today I'm going to show you the last card for my PLAY ALONG Card Set with Gift Box. Tomorrow I'll be showing you the envelopes I made with the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board and a box to put them all in.

You can pre-order the Envie Punch Board from Theresa, The Scrapbooking Queen at her Facebook store... HERE.

You can join the open PLAY ALONG Facebook group .... HERE.

DETAILS:

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Background wave paper from Kaiser Craft 6 1/2" paper pad called "Tiny Woods"
• Front mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Inside strip cut @ 4" x 1 1/4"
• Inside writing mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4" (MME "Notable Collection") (shop TSQ HERE)
• Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge ARTISTE: (shop with Lucy)
• Sun p. 70 cut @ 3" twice so I could combine the 2 different pattern papers for the outside rays and the inside face
• Papers from My Mind's Eye "Notable" Collection (shop TSQ HERE)
• inked around the edges of the sun rays with Tim Holtz Fire Brick distress ink
• inked around the edges of the face with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Peachy Keen Stamps PK-451 Wide eyed Kids 1 1/8" for sun face
• stamped using Memento Tuxedo black ink
• cheeks and eye shadow chalked
• white gel pen for freckles and whites of eyes
• Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge ARTISTE:
• Cloud p. 70 cut @ 1 1/2" and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Tiny clear flower rhinestones (shop TSQ HERE)
• Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge ARTISTE:
• Hot Air Balloon p. 70 cut @ 4"
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Peeled Pain distress ink
• White gel pen used for accents (shop TSQ HERE)
• Adhered with foam tape (shop TSQ HERE)
• Twine (shop TSQ HERE)
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Simply Said" set used for sentiment and stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your day. :) Janis

Entered:

Word Play Saturday - M, (2nd Sat) E4 (1 per wk) Balloons (Sat)

Charisma Cardz - 3E, C10 - #6 Anything Goes (Thurs)

Cute Card Thursday - C5 - #256 An eye for detail (Thurs)