Smash Book-Spain edition!

Hello Everyone!! I woke up in a great mood this morning, all nice and refreshed so thought I would do a blog post this morning on the SMASH book I completed (and yes, maybe even started at 4pm yesterday). The sitter whom Lana went to for practically her entire life up to kindergarten daughter just  graduated from college and had a great opportunity for her to go to spain for a few months. Her going away party is this afternoon so I racked my brain to think of something for a gift that she could actually use. (I typed the blog this morning but wont post till after th party JIC she views my blog, LOL).

So I thought a SMASH book would be perfect! She could jot down memories as she views the city, put in trinkets and notes and pamphlets she may get and they will all be contained into one book! (or if she fills this one up I can make her another one).

This is MY FIRST SMASH BOOK that I created. Smash books are all the rage in the scrapbooking world. You can buy them already made at K & Company. Click the link to see what a smash book is all about and even watch a TOTALLY CUTE youtube video. However; I think you can make way cuter ones yourself. Although the smash order page does have oher cute item I may order to put into mine.

 I do want to buy a few of the smashbook pens though for my future smash books. They are super cool because they are marker on one end and glue pen on the other.  I didnt have time to order one for this book because I waited until the last minute to think of something to make.

I was going to put the pictures of the competed album and the supplies that I used to create it in one post but thought that would be too long, so I am going to create another blog with just  the supplies I used on this smash album.

This album turned out so CUTE and I am so addicted to SMASH books now, and about to start creating one for myself. As my JUNK drawer downstairs collects the types of items that I want to keep but normally don't get around to actually putting in my scrapbook along with the pictures. ie: life events with Lana such as movie stubs and other tidbits that I can quickly slap into my smash book randomly, add a quick note around it and then DONE a memory is remembered and fun to look at, and most IMPORTANTLY kept out off the junk drawer!

I bound the smash book with my cinch machine! but you can bind using all types of methods. I LOVE the cinch and you can get it for a great deal at hobby lobby if you use the 40% off coupon.

OKAY, without further ado here is the completed book:

SMASH BOOK-ESPANA EDITION

When I thought of spain I immediately thought black, white and red. Even though the spain colors are different I wanted to create a simple elegant smash book so her notes and momentos would clearly be the main focus of the book.

I bound it with my cinch and put a few ribbon down about 1/3 of the book.






I put some flowers on it, some I already had and some I got at hobby lobby. And if you know me you know I NEVER pay full price for embellishments or paper really unless I REALLY have to.









This was a clear acetate paper that coordinated perfectly with the colors for the book.







I added all sorts of different papers, plain cardstock, notebook paper, pattern paper,  regular white computer paper, so she can have all types of papers to journal on or stick momentos on.









I got a journal for a $1 at hobby lobby that had about 75-100 pages of this cute paper that also went along with my theme. I just unwound that journal and took the pages out. Some pages I cut off  the holes and stuck down to plain pages and then some I just put in the book as they were (see below).









I kept pages pretty simple since they will be full of FUN SPAIN things soon.







I love this page, one of my favorites in the book. Its a paperbag, and I cut it via the split paper bag blog post and only made one section and bound it into the book. Worked out perfect and created  cute pockets and little joural and picture spots. (The paperbag I got at hobby lobby--where else right?! lol, for $1.99 fr 10 of these) I got them in the card and party section, they have all sorts of fun designs.










This is the inside of  the paper bag section.






This is the tag that I fit into one of the two pockets the paper bag created.








This page I thought turned out cute as well. I used the dress form stamp I had bought to create my dress form tag  for a youtube swap. And to tell you the truth. I NEVER thought I would use that stamp again, but SURPRISE it worked perfect for this SMASH book. I stamped it with emobssing ink and put some glittery red embossing poweder I had on it.







I also had a bunch of envelopes and cards, (guess from where, LOL) that I bought when on sale and the envelopes made for cute pockets for the book.








I was pleasantly surprised to see these crocheted flowers at hobby lobby (spare parts brand) in all colors. They are new and AWESOME! $3.99 for 6 but they go on sale ALOT!


















Some pages I created pockets, this pocket I punched with my martha stewart lace border punch.







This is another favorite envelope page of mine! LOVE the little girl from the greeting farm that my sister colored with copic markers.








Another page with a side pocket this time.










I just cut this  page into a fun shape.















This pocket I put a flower brad and just inked the edges of the pocket with red and black ink pads.































 

I just wrapped it in tissue paper and included with the book a pen, glue stick and some double-sided mounting squares. (After I took the picture I added a red fine point sharpie marker I had just bought with the limited edition 80's glam set)

OOPS!! I just hit publish instead of save! I don't think she will view it before the the party! LOL
-Happy SMASHING!!

Grilled Cheese?!

I made Lana dinner tonight. A grilled cheese sandwich. True I am not the BEST grill cheese maker but it was edible. I put it down in front of Lana and she says,"thats the nastiest grilled cheese I have seen in my entire life!" now I know it wasnt that bad so I ate it and Kent the master of grilled cheeses made a new one. Keep scrolling down for a picture of my grilled cheese. Lol




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Random daily pics

There is a new yogurt place by us called tutti fruity. It's soooo good and most of their flavors are low carb. Her I have cake batter and sweet coconut. Yummy!!







Sunday morning when Lana woke up she found me upstairs organizing my craft room. She always likes to sit in my lap while she wakes up. Today Sofie wanted in my lap too!







Lana and I like to play with the camera on my phone.






Finally it was cool enough to eat outside on the patio.






Lana and I LOVE to read. This is Lanas pile by her bed.







Lanas friend cassel posing with her sleepover album she just got in the mail.






Lana and her scanty lamb. It smells AWESOME!







Lana holding Sofie. Sofie doesn't look too sure about that.



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Updated Scrapbook room tour

Yesterday morning I woke up, sat outside in the nice weather drinking my coffee and then since everyone else in the house was asleep deciding to creep up to my scrapbook room and do some MUCH NEEDED ORGANIZING.

How this room ALWAYS manages to get into 1 giant mess is beyond me but it is a process that I should complete every month but I normally let it go and do 1 big organization every 3 to 4 months. In the months in between I normally just clean up the project I just finished with before starting a new one.

Since Kent is going out of town next weekend hog hunting I decided it was time to organize and get my room clean again in order to ready it to start some new projects next weekend. After all, I work MUCH better in an organized room and clean room I actually want to sit and be in.

Normally when we go out of town 4 wheeling or other activities and don't take Lana. Mom will come down and clean my room for me. Won't she be surprised in a few weeks when she comes that it is actually cleaned out and organized. (If the whirlwind I call myself and my scrappinn dont destroy it in the mean time) But this time I MEAN IT when I SAY IT'S GOING TO STAY CLEAN AND ORGANIZED.

Now on to the pictures!!

BEFORE!

As you can see there is STUFF everywhere! One giant unorganized mess. See my cricut imagine sitting on the floor. I got the imagine back in March and used it once! Then when it was time for the scrapbook retreat I took it and USED it 90% of the time and LOVE IT! Now I used it ALMOST as much as my cricut expression, but the expression I still find I use the most because i have over 50 cartridges for it and not so many for my imagine (only 6 so far) Im waiting for cricut to relase more must have cricut imagine cartridges. You can use regular cricut cartridges for it too but the ones deigned for it I find more simpler to use.

Here is Lana's desk. Looks like mine. PILED WITH STUFF!

AFTER

I had a small wall between the door to the room and the door to the closet which made for the perfect spot for my paper rack. to the right you can see piled up are my imagine cartridges. Since I have my regular cricut cartridges on my gypsy I dont keep those boxes in my scrapbook room they have been relinqueshed to the closet or my sister borrows them.





I cleaned up this area, and since my cricut mats were laying everyone with no home of their own, I hung them in some empty space  in my room. One for my regular cricut mats and the other for  my cricut imagine mats. And there on a fold up chair  sits my clip it up filled with GOODIES. Most stuff on there I collect when they are half price at hobby lobby, on clearance, or from my favorite discount scrapbook site: Peachycheap.com. I set it  on a fold out chair since i had extra space on that side of the room which saves my desk top for more stuff.


Over my desktops I have 2 pegboards that I got from home depot and spray painted chocolate brown to match my room. In my old scrapbook room blog I had my cricut cartridges on this pegboard, but now since I have the gypsy I dont need them out all the time so I have room for more STUFF. I keep my expression on top since I do use it more and put my imagine on the shelf below. There is room for the paper to come out the back on that shelf so when I use it I normally just sit on the floor and use it. I need to get more desktop space to keep it out on top somewhere.




In between the two pegboards I have my rack of thread for my monograming machine. I also hung up my 2 diplomas (BA and MBA). I like to veiw them when working in my scrapbook room. Then the other pegboard full of embellishments and my adhesives. I normally stock up on my favorite adhesives  when they go on sale for half price.










My shelves full of stuff.




I made my own ribbon racks that costs all of $5 if that. I had room under my shelves so i bought 2 dowel rods at home depots and two brackets. I have 2 rows of  ribbon and they are FULL. I even have my ribbon bag full and another bag full of spool ribbon. I LOVE RIBBON and use it on most projects. I love to stock up when it goes on sale at hobby lobby.Most of it ends up being $1 a roll. YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.



On the end of this shelve I put my wet embelishments: stickles, glimmer mist, all my glossy accents (glossy, sepia and crackle) and distress paints







On the bottom row on the other end of the shelf I put all my PROJECTS I have completed or most of them. The smaller ones anyway so I can look up and be "inspired"







These hanging racks I got at ikea for $2.99 and they are great and i can put more stuff in them. I have these in white in my laundry room.








Lana's desk is all clean and waiting for her next craft project. (which is completing as I type this blog, she is painting)






I was sneaky and got Lana's happy meal toys when she was done playing with them and put them on my second shelf. I thought they looked cute.




I love the strawberry shortcake McDonalds toys. I have this years set and last years. They remind me of when I was little.




I cleaned out my shoe rack organizer on the back of my closet door and still have room left!









 While it isnt QUITE organized how I really want it. It is much better than it was and I can't wait to get back up here and craft away! More projects are in the works!