September, 2012 Scrappin Kidz Class Project is Done!

I'm so EXCITED  That I finally got my September Scrappin' Kidz Project all pulled together!  The idea started from a really cute pencil can holder I saw on Pinterest--just one of those simple ones we've all made in girl scouts or school art class--only way cuter.  You Take the green bean can and cover it--you know the ones.  Anyway, I thought that would be cute, but I have a lot of very crafty kids in my classes and I'm sure that would not take an hour.  So I tried to think of something to go with it.  One day, I noticed my small magnetic Adorn It Board that I had put together from a kit years ago and thought that would be a great project!   It had to be something fairly simple-but I always try to have most things precut and prepped for the kids since time is so short.  After some (quite a bit, actually)  investigating the possibilities and supplies needed, I finally found some very cost effective aluminum sheeting that was easily cut by a friend (he had the right tools) into 12 x 12" squares.   I backed these onto a chipboard piece with duct tape (gotta love duct tape) around all the edges, so nothing sharp was showing, decorated a piece of 12 x 12 pretty paper, added a "pocket" strip along the bottom  --yes, that's a pocket!---added glue dots to the back and stuck it on the metal side and waaalaaa---a cute magnetic board for all those reminders.  And a pocket for those party invites, and important notes!  I still have to put a ribbon through the top for hanging, but haven't picked that out yet.  The can is in the same papers and flowers--ready for pencils and scissors and rulers and such.  And I found out my Crop-a-dile is just the tool to put the ribbon holes through the metal and chip board all at once! Works like a charm.

The Board

The  Pencil holder.

The Set  together!

The Pocket runs across the bottom!

,  It's all about the details--the kids Love die cuts on their projects!  Thank heavens for the Cricut!  It made making these little bees so easy!  and the flowers, too!

It's 4-H Crunch Time!

Hannah, "Framing" sister Paige!  Just part of the days fun!

The start of one of Hannah's projects--"sign" words

It's all about the concentration!

This will be the way we live for the next 2 weeks!

This is the time of year  when our lives are turned upside down with everything 4-H.  After all the county fair is only 2 weeks away and  hardly a project is complete---AGAIN!!!  No matter how much we preach to work on things all year, it just NEVER happens!   So, we have pictures to take and print and mount, there are projects to be painted, glued and put together, there are calves to be walked and walked and bathed and combed.  But somehow, this is also one of the most fun times of the year for this Grandma and the kids and the parents.  The feel of the Fair is in the air and Oh, how this family loves the fair.  Full of dirt, scorching heat, laughter, bonding, snacks, water fights, --everyone pulling together, helping out at whatever it is that needs to be done.  Personally, I can't wait to watch all the Grandkids together.  They are such a great bunch!  Here's just a few pics of the happenings this week.  There will be lots more to come.  And, Oh, Did I mention, I have to get my stuff done for open class also--I guess if Grandma hasn't learned to get stuff done early, how do we expect the kids to get their's done!

Scrapbooking Kids are the Best!

I have been teaching kids classes at Memory Bound for well over a year now and have a great group of regulars.  I usually have a class every month, but occasionally I do special Birthday or small group classes.  This Saturday, I have a small group of Girl Scouts coming in.  Usually for these groups we make a little "friends" album--just a little 6 x 6" booklet where the kids can put in a vast array of embellishments I have available for them.  They each get a little baggie of embellishments and then I have a divided container that I put an assortment of punched embellishments, brads, etc. in for them to use.   They have a great time embellishing each page and a fun little book to add pictures of their friends to.  For information on our monthly kids classes, look in Memory Bound's Newsletter.   Here's a few pics of the little picture album that takes approx.1-2 hours to complete.

Cropping is really a lot more than Cropping!

Spent today with three of my BFsF  --in what started out to be a day of cropping, but turned into so much more!   Jill was working on her little books for her upcoming classes (the one has a "secret" ingredient in it).   Janis was working on cards all day and managed to whip out quite a few before our very eyes, and RaNae was putting pictures in and finishing up a vacation mini book and then started a smash book of all her little treasures from her trip to Hawai.  Me-- I just picked up where I left off Thursday and Scrapped several more pages of various odd and ends.  Janis scrapped with a telephone hooked to her ear, as she was on call this weekend, so the rest of us were the ones to keep the conversation flowing.  What fun it is to spend a day with some of your favorite people, doing what you love most in the whole world.  This isn't cropping---this is the best therapy in the world!

We all just brought  a few of scrapping supplies, knowing we wanted to sit together and scrap--As you can see, minimum to a scrapbooker doesn't really mean much. (and we put our "extra stuff" on a table behind us until we needed it).

A Very Productive and Fun Day!

Enjoyed a whole day of scrapbooking with others on the MB staff--we have these Crops every couple of months--but not often enough as far as I am concerned.  It proved to be a very productive day as I got 16 pages done!  It was a catch up day of Scrapbooking odds and ends--Nicholas's 7th BD (he's almost 8, but just found his picture from last year neatly tucked in a folder), Aiden's recent 5th Birthday, Paige's actual Graduation and Party, and several other pictures I had ready to go that I can't mention here as they are being put together for a surprise later down the road.  I have another shorter crop on Saturday with a few dear friends and I hope to get Hannah and Paige's 4-H books caught up to the present.  Then it's on to 4-H fair projects, and more card making.  I LOVE having the time to accomplish some of this long overdue stuff.   Awwwww retirement--you are the best!  PS  here's a couple of the pages I did today.  Don't have the one of Nicholas and the Frog done yet, just wanted to show you my handmade Chevon!  They are so easy and are slightly 3-D on the page--really a cool effect!)

Cards are just Happening!

Today has been a VERY Productive day!  8 more cards done for the Boutique, supper in the works (that's just plain a Miracle!), and even just a smidge of laundry and housework done (more to come, tho).  Thought I'd post some of today's cards.  I really try to add that little something more to the inside.  It sort of  "finishes" the total look. 

The Colors of Scrapbooking!

Anyone that knows my Scrapbooking style  knows I love color and BLING--the shinier, the better!  Some of my favorite products that I use, especially on my cards is a paint like medium known as liquid pearls, stickles which is pretty much a glitter glue, and paint dabbers--they make the greatest tree leaves and clouds in the sky.  Tonight I decided it was time to write down all the colors of each that I have, so I don't buy any more of the same colors  and decided just to take a quick pic of all the beautiful colors together.  I didn't get my stickles out--I already know I have way tooooo many colors and so I really don't buy them any more.  Besides I really have fallen head over heels in love with the shiney, pearly, liquid pearls.  They are great in the centers of flowers and anywhere else I decide to put them!   and I included another card I finished today.  Really can't wait for MB's Card Boutique to be up and running!  I could really get hooked on this card making thing!

Happy Father's Day to all our Boys! (and a few more card boutque cards)

It's off to workI go in a little while, but wanted to post a few more card pictures that I made for the card boutique at MB ( to be up and running soon!)   and Happy Father's Day to all the Fantastic Father's out there!   In my life, I have known many super good one's and a few that should not even be allowed to called a father.  Today, my best wishes go out to all my boys, everyone of them are awesome Dads--Todd, Troy, Trent,  Pat, John, and Jeff!  Happy Dad's day, Guys!  Love you all!

A Scrapendous Day--But Grandma Forgot the Camera!

This has been, if I must say so,  an absolutely amazingly fun day!  It has been filled with so many people in my life that I Love--Kristi and John and Paige, Hannah, Tressa and Noah, a surprise visitor to town, Emily Z. (who I wish I could see a lot more often) and her sister Kim and her friend Robin.  Was so Great to see Kim and meet Robin--it's been Years!  and saw many other family members this morning at the Rose Festival Parade in State Center.   After spending some time up and down the streets, we headed for Todd and Aly's for Aiden's 5th BD!  And there we spent an afternoon enjoying Aly's mom, Beth and her fiance, Gary and Gary's kids.  Complete with good conversation and delicious cake and ice cream--it turned into a fun Birthday party.  After that, Danny and I headed for Ames  for supper, but decided instead to go to Boone and eat!  Yummy!  Then back to Sam's Club--we love Sam's Club  -- for one of their wonderful watermelons (They are the BEST!)  and now home.  and in the middle of it all, we got more rain wooohooo!  So thanks to all of you for making this such a great day!  Forgot to mention---all day long,  I did not take one picture!  So I have stolen a few of Aly's from the party and will add a picture that Troy put on FB of our cute little Grand daughter, Callie Jane who turned 8 today.  They are in St. Louis this weekend for  her and her sister Cloey's BD (in another week or so).    I left my camera in the car in my purse all day--I hate when I do that!  It did not, however, cloud one minute of this magnificent Day!