Paper crafting... ocbrandy style!

The color teal, that deep greenish one, is sooo popular now! It seems almost every brand has a this deep teal going on right now. I do so love the color, but I've been finding it a little hard to find flowers and ribbons to go with each one just right. It features the mixed shaped pages that I have been so hooked on. They are so unique, and since I cut most of my own shapes from my own patterns, they are just a little different from everyone e lse's . I do get inspiration from those awesome brand name albums, but I just love pulling it off for a lot cheaper! My mother in law found this paper in a LSS in Oklahoma, and knew that I would just love i! As usual I didn't hold back on the sanding and sewing on this baby. I mixed cricut cut flowers and primas to make up some really pretty flowers combinations. And what is a chipboard album without a little bit of acrylic somewhere?! I added a heart shape that rests over an extra special picture. Checkout the rest of the picture...

Two posts in one night??? Well I can't go away tonight without sharing the project that has had me busy most of this month! As a sort of grand finally , my Accent Scrapbooking design team owner gave us the opportunity to choose our final project. I picked an album I have had my eye on for months, knowing it may very well be the most challenging project I have done for them. I could have picked a no- brainer , but * nooo *, I had to choose the acrylic accordion fold train album! I was a blast to make, but it really brought me out of my creative box. So many times I was unsure of just where i was going with it, but I think it came out pretty darn good :) The hardest part I think, was coming up with some sort of theme and choosing the right papers. Once I got past that... I used my trusty cricut machine, and made my own little cardstock embellishments. I get easily overwhelmed with all the embellishments out there! And for the wheels and photo mats... it worked great so that the ma...

Lemonade anyone? Hey, remember me? LOL I sooo need to catch up! We are all moved, well we have been for a couple weeks--or so ;) I needed to " squeeze " a post in last week, for Making Lemonade Design Teams 2 nd anniversary challenge, but I just never did. We did a " FRESH SQUEEZED" challenge, and came up with our most summery/refreshing/lemonade paper crafts. It was fun seeing all the variety of all our work , starting with a common theme, but completely done up in our own crafty ways! Here is a sneak peek of two of the three albums I made, but I can't for the life of me figure out where I've put the pictures of the third one! AH! Anyway, both of these feature a handmade glass of lemonade! I cut some left over thin acrylic from accent scrapbooking -- of course !-- made some glass shapes, put a couple basic grey rub- ons on, cut a piece of yellow vellum just a tiny bit smaller than the glass and then glued it on where the rub- ons where. Got to be cre...