Simply Adorned Necklace

I just decided to take the plunge into the Simply Adorned line of custom jewelry that Stampin' Up! has.  I've been playing around with stamping on tiny pieces of paper to put inside the charm.  I still need some more practice, but here's what I have so far.

Cute Mini Photo Album

As some of you may know, I am a volleyball coach in addition to all the other roles that I play in my life. It's so funny because my volleyball world and papercrafting world rarely collide, only when I make gifts for some of the girls that I coach. I made a few of these mini-photo albums as prizes for a fun tournament that I coordinated as a change of pace to our regular practice schedule. I showed them the prizes and they were so surprised..."Coach, you made these?"...they really don't know too much about my papercrafting addictions. It was fun to see them get excited about winning these.

Stamps: Best Friends Alphabet Upper
Inks: Pacific Point
Papers: Pacific Point, White, Bashfule Blue
Accessories: Cricut Cartridges (Sports Mania and Making the Grade), Bashful Blue and White Grosgrain ribbon, silver cord, Mini Photo album with removable cover inserts

Altered Frames

A Big Thank You to my friend MaryMargaret Corcoran for this fantastic idea! I saw some of these frames that she made and just had to make some myself.

I made this sample in preparation for my Father's Day Frame Class coming up later this month. I decorated an unfinished wood frame with some double sided patterened paper (Four Seasons from Stampin' Up!) using Modge Podge. I then added some blue grosgrain ribbon and a piece of Hodge Podge Hardware. I sanded all the edges with my sanding block and finally stamped the "best DAD" on some remaining patterned paper using Typeset Alphabet Upper and Rough Edges Alphabet. This was then framed with Bravo Burgundy and then decorated with brass brads and adhered with Sticky Strip.