Paper crafting... ocbrandy style!

This week on ebay I have two paper bag albums listed! The first is made with October Afternoon's Farmhouse line. It took me forever to get the title to sit within that woodgrain circle that came in the Flower Sack die cut pack that coordinates with the line :) I painted the Maya Road chipboard letters with acrylic paint, and then sanded them here and there...I just love that worn look. The next album is made with Basic Grey's new line called Kissing Booth. I used Cosmo Crciket Tiny Type stickers to create the title and used alcohal inks on half of a Clear Scraps acrylic frame the help finish it off. Click on the picture to see it close up :) You can check them out on ebay HERE ! I also want to tell you about the giveaway I have on my Facebook Page ! If you stop by and share my Giveaway post, you will entered to win a handmade card and handmade flowers by Me!

Well, my oldest went back to school this week, and boy did this summer fly by!  I wanted to do a quick post on my latest ebay listing. I used a October Afternoon rub-on to title it, "A perfect kind of day." I love the red and aqua colors! The papers are from the Odds and Ends line by Cosmo Cricket. In this album I also had the opportunity to use some super pretty flowers I bought from fellow PFOP's member Tammy (scrapn4mygirlz on ebay). She has tons she has made up for etsy store! They are really sturdy and not as tall as the other rolled rose paper flowers I have seen or even made myself, making them... well, pretty much PERFECT :) Check out her Etsy store here!  The rolled flowers in the picture are Tammy's !! :) Thanks for stopping by! You can see more pictures of this album on EBAY ! :)

I listed a couple albums on eBay tonight...and thought I'd share :o) The first is a paper bag album with a poem on the front by Oliver Wendell Holmes. "We don't quit playing because we grow old, we grow because we quit playing." I've always loved it :o) It's perfect for the man in life...young and old! There are lots of little places to jot down some memories. Second is another paper bag album fit for photos. I think i have had these papers forever..I don't even know where they came from ;o) I made many of the tiny roses in it, after watching a few tutorials on you-tube. The front took many tries and tons of rearranging..lol... I finally got my way with it! The last one listed tonight, is probably the last Halloween album I'll list on ebay this season. I used up the last of my Cosmo Cricket Haunted scraps from last year for it. I love love love this line :o) I am trying to get into the holiday spirit enough to start shopping for Christmas/wint...

As much as I try to be a more regular blogger, I just find it really hard to get my butt on here and get it done! That being said..lol..I have new albums listed on ebay, so what better time to post :o) Oh and you probably should get a little comfy...this ones going to be bit lengthy!  I made this first album a week or so ago, and finally got it listed!  It's a Maya Road Binder album, the first one I have ever made. My albums are usually quite fat, and to fit all that in a binder album takes a bit planning and cramming :O) I used Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection...they are still ever so intimidating to me...I just love 'em anyway! To keep it all closed up, I used a yellow hair tie around stacks of buttons that I tied though the heavy chipboard covers. Works great :o) I tried to be extra creative with the flowers on the cover. There sooooo fun to make. I think the only con with them is they are too thick to put many other places throughout albums :o(  ...

I love Halloween, it's one of my favorite holidays. Fall comes in colors of red, orange, brown...then BAM, Halloween comes and throws in purple and black and green, making for one of the most awesome color pallets! Tonight I listed my first Halloween album. I like the horizontal rectangle, it gives great little layouts just the right room. This paper line is called Haunted by Cosmo Cricket. Yeah, I LOVE me some Cosmo Cricket!! The paper pack comes with awesome stickers, so you can't help but spend the extra $$$ and get the chipboard shapes that the stickers fit perfectly over top of! After all that careful tracing, cutting, gluing, and of course finally sanding every edge, I had one pretty neat album to fill :) I have to point out one funny thing... this dang little swirl is suppose to show the bats flight pattern right? I made it from one straight row of connected pearls and it was soooo hard to get it right! LOL! I love how this page turned out, I cut that leafy-vine-flourish...