Grunge Rock Birthday

This is a card for a child's birthday.  I used red cardstock as a base, stamping Extreme Elements stamps in Blazing Red Staz-On and Platnum Planet Brilliance Pigment inks.  Next is layers of scrap black and white cardstocks.  I stamped the sentiment from Grunge Rock in Jet Black Staz-On, then the guitar on scrap paper before cutting it out.  The guitar is mounted on dimensionals with a bit of scrap red baker's twine bow for decoration.  Last, is a gold wax seal to finish the look.  Thanks for looking!  April

Read 2013 SMASH

Here is my new list of read books this year.  I decided to use mini post-it notes to write the names on.  I also have a place to slide the library slips I get from checking out books.  (Most are ebooks now!)  I added a pocket I found in my stash, some alpha stickers for the title, a chipboard number, a SMASH tab and extra post-its in the corner.  I am looking for some cool book covers to add during the year as well.  Thanks for looking!  April

Orange SMASH book cover

This is my orange SMASH folio cover.  I used some black paper with Whisper White craft and white embossing powder to stamp the sentiment I found on clearance at Michael's.  I used a rag to smear some ink on the black paper to look more like a chalkboard.  I used the ticket corner punch from SU to clip the corners.  The bingo card is from Rebecca at Uprintables.  The flag stickers are from Recollections.  I used a SMASH tab for the "I want" and SMASH tape.  The polariod photo frame is from Recollections.  Thanks for looking!  April

Pressed Penny coin holder

Happy Easter!

So I found this idea on Pinterest for a way to have money ready for those pressed penny machines that you find in tourist traps.  Since we are getting ready for vacation and my kids love to collect pressed pennies all over Disney, keeping them in books.  So, these are made with m&m's mini tube and I used the label as a template for the wrap.  Dimensions are 4.25x5inches for the large tube.  I searched Mickey icons online and repeated it all over the page.  You can fit four wraps to a sheet.  I used Waltograph in yellow and the embossed font feature.  I also added their initial on the top of each tube.  Now, stack the coins two quarters and one shiny penny, alternating all the way up the tube.  The little m&m's tubes can work as well.  Thanks for looking!  April
Update: I have been asked by a couple of people to share a template.  I really didn't make one.  I unwound the label off the tube and measured to figure out the size of paper I would need, then set my margins on the computer to match that.  You can fit up to two on a standard 8.5x11 sheet.  The images were found on Yahoo! images and the font is from dafont.com, set to embossed on the font characteristics.  Hope that helps you!

Me in a Moment SMASH

So this is one of the pages with prompts in the black SMASHfolio.  I put some of my favorite things, ramblings, momentos, chocolate wrapper, and pics of my favorite toys.  I have my newest TGF stamp, Latte Anya, colored with copics.  I also have a SMASH pad page, a SMASH tab, and post-it notes.  The Bugs Bunny stamp is a leftover that has set in my desk drawer for more than 10 years.  I know there is a big gap on the right page, but I am still picking a font I like for a title that will run up the side.  Thanks for looking!  April