Mel-o-drama

Scrappy Saturday....

I've got one LO to share today.
Remember mismatch day at school?
Here is the scrapped page:) 
 
supplies used: Patterned papers- Basic Grey and Studio Calico/ Letters- Bella Blvd/ Journaling spot- Echo Park/ Flower stickers- Sassafras Lass/ Felt Stickers are older KI Memories I believe:)

and a closeup of the hidden journaling and that low braid and high ponytail....
 
the highlight of my daughter's month I tell you!
I hope you are having a Scrappy Saturday too!
Thanks for stopping by today:)

This weekend we....

♥Saw our first crocus!
♥signed a certain little Miss up for soccer!
♥Spent hours on end outside....
cleaning up the lawn from winters wrath.
♥reintroduced ourselves to the scooters and the kids definately made up for lost time.
♥took several walks to the river....
or around the block...
♥and just loved every minute of sunshine the weekend was willing to give us. 

By day we were outside and by night I also participated in the crop over at Citrus Tree Studio. SO much fun. I took pictures while we played and then scrapped them once the littles went to bed....ahhh...if only every weekend could be this perfect!
Here are a couple of pages that I finished up....sadly Evan is sorely represented in these pages because he was busy being a boy and jumping off of everything in sight. I'll get him next time though. He can't escape my camera for very long.  

This one was done for a "what do you see out your window"  challenge.....
 
Supplies used: Patterend Paper- Crate, Basic Grey, and Sassafras Lass/ Robin Sticker and letters- Sassafras Lass/ pink leather flower- American Crafts/ blue flower- Prima/ Journaling spot- Echo Park Paper
When I looked out on Saturday I saw Elliott and Marlee hard at work raking and replacing the patches of lawn that the snow plow tore up this winter. We had to go and get some of our sod from the neighbors lawn but all is well now:)

The next challenge was to use up old stash...
This LO is a good mix of very old supplies and very new supplies:)
Loving these pics of Mars that I snapped yesterday...
So of course I had to scrap them right away!
 
Supplies used: Patterned Paper- Studio Calico, Basic Grey, Sassafras Lass, Bella Blvd/ Letter Stickers- Bella Blvd/ Small purple flower- Prima/ other- buttons and bling
All in all it was a pretty fantastic weekend!
Finally seeing some signs of life and Spring here in NY!!
Hope it is warm in your little corner of the world:)
Thanks for visiting today!

My Core'dinations Creative Frenzy....

Super excited to be playing with my collection of Core'dinations Cardstock today!
I created this LO of the little Miss....
 
supplies used: cardstock-Core'dinations/ Patterned Paper- Studio Calico & Crate Paper/ Letters- Sassafras Lass/ Wooden pieces- Studio Calico/ Twine- the twinery on Etsy:)

Next I made this card for my nephew's 5th Birthday...

 
Supplies used: Carstock-Core'dinations/ Chipboard Pieces- Crate Paper Boy line/ Patterned Paper- Studio Calico/ other- buttons and ribbon- from my stash.

 I took a dry paint brush and dabbed it in a very small amount of white paint to get the background numbers on the cardstock to pop! So fun to get a little messy:)

Finally...I had so much fun creating this little altered piece.
I plan to fill it with a bunch of goodies and send these little birdies south to someone very special:)

 
supplies used: Cardstock- Core'dinations/ Patterned Paper- Sassafras Lass/ Flowers- Prima, Bella Blvd, & American Crafts/ Other- Paper mache box, Paper doily, twine, shredded paper, buttons, and metal pedastal dish.

Here's a closeup of the little birdies....
 
 

If you would like to make a 3D paper bird of your own....
here is the ultra-quick...watered-down version of how to do just  that:)

1. cut a 1" x 12" strip of paper from your desired color of cardstock...
 

2. bend the cardstock to create a beak and then bend the ends to create tail feathers...

 

3. hot-glue the beak and tail feathers together so that you have something that looks like this....notice that you do not glue the center.
 

4. Spend a few minutes shaping your bird. The great thing about using Core-dinations is that it is strong cardstock and can hold it's shape:)

5. Run  a bead of hot glue along the edge of the body and  quickly stick it down to a complimentary color of cardstock...you will end up with something that looks like this....

 

6. cut around the birds body.....

 

7. repeat steps 5 and 6 on the opposite side of the bird's body....

 
8. You should end up with this.....

9. Have fun "personalizing your bird with wings and feathers:)  

 
You can cover the beak with patterned paper like I did or simply leave it plain. It looks just as cute either way:) 
Well...that's all for  today peeps.
Thanks for visiting with me and....
Happy scrapping!!