Altered Halloween Book

I found the instructions on how to make these books on Pinterest. (or you can find it directly here). I thought it would make a cute Halloween decoration, but I also wanted to make it into a scrapbook so you could actually look through the book. I divided my book into sections for how many pages I wanted in my book. I paper clipped the sections together.I kept the first and last page of each section and tore out the middle pages, then I glued the front and back page of each section together to form one page. This is my end result.

I decided I would try the spiderweb for my cover. I just made the spider web out of hot glue. I used stickers for my letters but they probably weren't thick enough. I would probably use thicker letters because when I highlighted the high spots with the metallic paint, I could not get just the letters to highlight. I had to paint over them and it was kind of hard to see their outline. Overall, I like the book.

Here's a peek at the book with the inside pages.

Here are the inside pages

8 x 8 scrapbook album

I made an 8 x 8 scrapbook album as a gift. I haven't scrapped in a long time. It was nice to get back to it again.

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Girls camp scrapbook journal

I went to Girl's camp this year and we made a scrapbook journal as one of our camp crafts. We used Readers Digest Condensed versions as our book. We took out some of the pages. When I glued my scrapbook pages in, my pages started falling out, so I took the spine off the book and used rings to hold the book and pages together. I think it made it easier to write in my journal, so Im glad that I had to find a way to hold my pages together. This is the finished project.

This is the first page in my journal

Our theme for camp was the Forget Me Nots.

This is Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

I had extra pages so I added these.

This is a picture of the new Brigham City temple that is being built close to me.

I liked this quote.

I also liked this quote.

I thought this could be extra room to write or pictures??

at the back I put an envelope to keep memorabilia from camp.

This is what the envelope looks like when its open.

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Back to School

It's back to school week at House of Paper and here is what I came up with for my assignments.
I made these "pencils" out of rolos and a hershey's kiss...cute huh?

This is my kids' first day of school last year. I used Basic Grey Oxford on this layout.

I found instructions to make this cute little backpack and had to try it. I used Echo Park For the Record papers on it.

I had fun with this weeks assignments!
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Anything Goes

The theme this week for House of Paper is anything goes. I just received this new Echo Park Country Drive paper, so I decided to use it on both of my layouts.

This first layout is about one of my son's best friends. Today would be his 17th birthday. We sure do miss you Devin and think of you often. When Devin passed away it affected a lot of people. Lots of kids were texting to do this or that in honor of Devin. Several kids wore best dress to school to honor him. His closest friends made T-Shirts and wrote their memories with Devin on them. They put his last name and his football number on the back. He was such a good kid and is greatly missed.

This next layout is my youngest son and some of his friends at the World's Fair at his school. I wish I could have made it around to get more pictures, but its so packed in the school on this night. Each 6th grader chooses a country to learn about and they work on it for over 4 months, then they put on this big World's Fair and tell everyone about what they learned. It is a big production and a lot of work.

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Party all the time

Our assignment at House of Paper this week was Party all the time/good times. This is what I came up with for the assignment.

On this first layout I used

Echo Park Little Boy papers.

Buttons (front and back), Boxer Stripe (front and back), Awesome dots (back side), Strawberry/Sky (front and back)

Bazzill cardstock

Sass-a-frass Lass alphabet stickers

Jenni Bowlin labels

Stampin Up ticket stamp

For this layout I used

Echo Park Walk in the Park papers for this. I just love this line!
Sunshine (back side), Flutter (back side), Lazy Days, playful stripes (back side), Element Card Paper, Walk in the Park alphas
Bazzill cardstock (white)

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Scrapbook Stuff

So here are a few of the things I have been working on recently

I found the pattern for these watering cans and thought they would make cute gifts.

This is my oldest son when he played on the High School baseball team

This is one of my twins. He was chosen as an All-Star for his basketball team.

I have made some other things, they are uploaded in my gallery at House of Paper if you want to see what else I have been up to.

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Valentines Day layout

I made this layout for Roomie Week on the HOP blog. I don't get to use pink very often, so Valentines is a great time. I just love everything that Echo Park puts out, and this is their valentines line called Be Mine.

Thanks for stopping by! Check out the HOP blog this week to see what I'm posting there.

New Layouts

This week our assignment at House of Paper was to scrap about Rebirth and/or Blessed

Whenever I think of rebirth, I think of Spring or Easter. I chose to scrap some old Easter pics using Echo Park Springtime.

For my blessed layout I chose a recent family pic. I used Echo Park for the record paper.

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Layout

I have neglected my blog. My kids and their sports have kept me rather busy...along with my church calling. I never seem to have any time.

This first layout is for the Roomie of the Month on the HOP BLOG.

We were assigned to scrap about things we see everyday. I dont actually see this every day, but I see it often. I thought it would be something fun to remember later on.

and this I DO see everyday...I spend a lot of time here.

I have made other things but you can check them out in my HOP GALLERY.

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