i’ve been feeling kind of blah & un-inspired….along with the joy of each holiday, comes the stress of family issues….i won’t go on & on about that stuff, i’m sure most families have problems of their own….it’s just sad when you can see how sin can destroy a family…. 

ok…enough about that! 

on to more interesting things!!!  scrapbooking!!! 

this is a quick layout that i’ve been wanting to do for a while.  it’s about the last year and my dedication to not just lose weight, but to get healthy & fit. 

the journaling reads:

“more than the numbers on a scale 

more than the number on the clothing 

more than the numbers on the calendar 

it’s more about being fit and healthy to be the woman that God made me” 

of course i used some of my favorite thicker stickers….and the jenni bowlin calendar….one of my new calendar girl pins (flair) and some free MM mailbox numbers….. 

if you need some scrappy inspiration, i suggest checking out SIStv.com  (scrapinstyle)  it’s sooooo addicting!!!!  there are sooooo many talented scrappers.  lots of ideas and inspiration! 

enjoy your spring break!  take time to relax & be crafty!! 

(and thanks, stef, for asking where i’ve been!!!!  it’s nice to be missed from my little bloggy world!  lol!) 

the first one is fabulous–BECAUSE, you can use scraps!!!!!  just bits & pieces of coordinating patterened paper!!! 

great way to use up small scraps! 

the next card i layered some flowers and finally used my skunk from my forest friends stamp set from papertreyink.  i think he’s cute!!!! 

that’s all! 

thanks for looking!!!! 

• i simply layered some of my favorite flowers, vintage button and a small bird. 

• i added a little quote at the bottom. 

this project kind of turned out different than how it started. 

i knew the basic color theme i was going for. 

but the bird-theme just kind of happened.  all of the tiny hand-cut birds are from my grandmother’s crafting stash.  i guess the project just kind of followed that direction…thinking of my grandma while i worked on it. 

• the bird transparency on the top left corner (seen below), is from my embellishments.  it serves a 2-fold purpose.  1. i like it.  2. there is a slight bit of tray that shows through where i mis-cut the paper, so, this brown bird hides it.

once an old-used Christmas cookie tray. 

now a magnet board!! 

what have you altered lately?

just using stash i already had on hand, it was rather easy. 

here are some instructions, (or at least, what worked for me):

• find a tray, either from your current collection, or i’ve heard that the local Dollar Store carries them.

• decide what color, theme, you want to go with.  with this particular tray, i decided to keep the edge color and match stuff to it, instead of covering it up. 
• i didn’t even use a pencil.  i simply layed the paper against the back of the tray and ran my fingers along the edges of the tray, tracing a ‘groove’ in the paper, and that’s what i used as my guideline to cut.
• lather on the modge podge and carefully place your cut out paper on the tray.  try not to let bubbles build below the paper.
• next, i didn’t even wait for that to dry.  i slathered on the modge podge on top of the paper, taking it a little over the edges.

• gather your embellishments or whatever you want to use on it.  i had a bunch that i thought might work, so i slowly went through them, until i thought i found what i wanted. 

• ok.  so, mid-way i decided that i wanted to create my own magnets.  using some generic magnet that was on my fridge, i picked some flowers to layer.  using my Zip-Gry glue, which is awesome, i built my layered magnet, using 2 flowers, a button, and a cut out embellishment.

• bellow is one of my finished magnets.  the bird was actually from my grandma’s craft stash.  (she was always very crafty…i think i get my passion for crafts, from her…..sadly, she passed away about 10 years ago…before i could really appreciate her).

unfortunately, i just deleted all of my pix from my camera before they were transferred to my laptop. 

argh. 

and, i need to leave shortly, for a girls’ night out…. 

so, i will have to retake the final pictures of my tray and post the 2nd half tomorrow! 

sorry!