Christmas Bauble

I've always wanted to try one of these . . . and I had some Fabscraps left overs from my Christmas zigzag book so a perfect opportunity. But having finished one (the smaller one) I decided it needed a larger one, so had to break out more paper . . . lucky I still had some one hand.

Thought beads were a sparkly alternative to bows.

Family Project.

The box was the kit from Club Scrap (Shadow-in-a-box November 2010) and I needed to assemble it - 2" deep. I am a bit of a philistine in that I mix and match anything from my stash. So I didn't use their paper supplies as they were not the colour I wanted. Just got these perfect papers and flocked lettering the day before in the post! Had fun with the embellishments . . . stamping (Hero Arts & Club Scrap), flowers, silhouette cutouts, pearls, pegs, metalica.

Angle view

The details

This will hang on the wall opposite the 3 photo portraits of the kids.

Agata's Notebook

Just love the inspiration from scrap RDV (here) for lists and notebooks. I have been wanting to make a shopping list notepad for the kitchen that could stick on the fridge. Although I had the magnets, I knew that if I just hung a notepad backed by a magnet, the weight of it would eventually just tear off the backing. And then Agata came to the rescue with her nifty little tabs! Works like a dream.

I wanted a notepad that matched my blue / maple wood / white kitchen, so dug in my stash for patterned paper. I punched the delightful Stampin' Up bird and stamped the body with Hero Arts Friendship definition and wing with Hero Arts Antique Flower Background. Used my new Stampin' Up alphabet stamps for my title LISTS. The glossy accents on the leaves added the perfect touch.

Happiness!