Scrap Paper Clean Up, Copic Marker Storage Solution & A Card :)

It is a crappy day here....raining like CRAZY and flood watches all around.

What to do on a Sunday like this....play with paper of course :)

I thought my boys would be beating eachother up by now but they are playing sooo good with Legos. I really love days like this! Everyone is happy and I am getting tons done! (I still have a long list  but slowly things are getting done)

I wanted to share a tip that I saw over at DoubleClick Connections-AKA ABusyBee. Carrie had a GREAT tip on using all that scrap designer paper which I am sure we all have a ton of!
Cut it all down to the size you use the most for your cards. I make alot of A2 cards so I cut my scrap down to 4 x 5 1/4. (Alittle smaller that the standard A2 size which is  4 1/4 x 5 1/2)

ended up with this :)

started with this

Now I only went through 1/4 of my paper but already I feel like I can create so much with what I already have cut down.

This is the card I created from my scrap find! I really love this paper and you sometimes tend to forget what you have laying around when the scrap piles get really big...like mine.
The paper is K & Company Faded China Paper Pad and the card is an A2 base with the pattern paper cut at 4 x 5 1/4. I added a simple black ribbon and made my own stick pins (again another tip from Carrie)
I made a rosette with the coordinating paper and stamped the sentiment with My Pink Stamper's Pinka-licious set.
I am going to enter this card over at Birthday Sundaes-use at least 3 circles

Lastly I was searching for a better way to store my growing collection of copics without spending the big bucks and being able to see all the colors in their grouping better. I think I found the perfect solution.

I found these pencil boxes at Target today. They came in 3 different colors and I bought one of each color. They have 4 divided sections and I used a small binder clip to hold them all together. Then I was able to separate by color and see what I have. I will go back and get at least another one...there are a few colors together because I ran out of room. I really love the find and the solution!!
Thanks for stopping by and see you all tomorrow :)

MPS-Challenge #5- 3D item

Here is the card I made for Challenge #5 over at MPS. The challenge is to make a 3D item or add a 3D element to your project.
I made a Father's Day card with a 3D rosette. I stamped the image and glued it to the center of my rosette.
The saw and hammer were a free SVG file and I added screw brads to the corners for added "man-ly-ness" LOL

Hi Buddy :)

Hi blogging buddies :)

It's Friday and you know what that means? The weekend. Yahoo!!

This weekend was supposed to be opening weekend for baseball..opening ceremonies tomorrow and a game tomorrow afternoon. It has rained so much this past few weeks that Clarence had to cancel tomorrow and reschedule for next weekend. :( My son was so looking forward to playing.

Anyways over at Bugaboo Stamps it is their Freebie Friday.Click the link  for Catch the Bug Challenge and pick up this super cute digi. It just so happened that I was thinking baseball too so this is the perfect digi :)

I colored them in with my copics in my son's team colors. They are the Nationals so their shirts and hats are red with navy, gold and white lettering.

I added my very first ever rosette...oh my how much fun are these to make :) and I stamped the sentiment with Notes For a Friend stamps by Stampendous.

I am going to enter them into the following Challenge:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday-Sketch Challenge #99
Paper Cutz Challenge #89- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and "catch" you all tomorrow