Family

What's Brewin' Gal Pals?  Can't wait to catch up with you tonight.

This is the card I made for the family this week.  I was inspired by this post on Pinterest.  I bought the "Take A Sip" wheel stamp from Stampin' Up years ago and surprise had never used it.  So when I saw the card on Pinterest I knew the theme would be just perfect.  But I can't for the life of me get a good impression from those wheel stamps so I unmounted it and put it on a long acrylic block and just stamped the image panels that way.  

I couldn't figure out how to get the sketch in the Pinterest card to work so I used one from this post.  I just loved the idea of using the scraps from my coordinating paper packs for this.  Plus embossing the entire panel gives it a cool look.  I thought the swirls kind of matched the theme of the steam from the coffee and tea.

I loved how it turned out so much that I made a few notepads to take with me to Easter dinner for my neighbor family.

Aren't they cute?!  Wish I would have kept one for myself.

Scraps Day

Wanted to share a cute idea I stumbled on while blogging last week that uses up what I know we all have in our offices. . . .the pile ready for the shred box. . . .

Look what you can do with a little help from one of my favorite toys, the Bind-It-All. . . . .

Aren't those adorable?!  I suppose if you didn't have a Bind-It-All or didn't want to use it you could do something similar with just "O" rings.

Here's the link to the full blog post on how to make them.  I'm gonna have to try this one out for sure.