Progress with my First Paper Bag Album - Lots of pics

So I decided to take some pics of the progress of my very first paper bag album or even mini album. I have not done them before but I have spent so many hours over the last five days or so watching as many U Tube videos as I could about them and I have to say I think I am addicted to mini albums now. I love everything about them from the size, to their thickness, oh the thickness is to die for, the embellishments, all the techniques used. I tell totally addicted they have taken over from my cards whereby I don't care if I don't make cards on a regular basis anymore lol. All I want to do is make mini albums. I am also on the waiting list to be in a swap club with mini albums hehehe that is how addicted I am. So check out the progress on my album. . . .

The large rhinestone below was a clear one and I alcohol inked it with Lettuce alcohol ink. . .beautiful!! Nothing is too hard. I punched out the little tags with a SU Tag punch and I made the envelope that holds the tags.

Okay now this pic below is a business envelope folded in half and covered with designer paper to create two smaller pockets to be inserted in amongst the paper bag envelopes.

This last pic is my little man, Shaman who is sound asleep at my feet under the desk as I type. I could not resist taking this pic of him curled up in a ball.

Okay for me this evening that is all I've got for now.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Card Patterns - #40

Today's card is for the Card Patterns challenge. Below is the sketch for this week. . .

Here is my take on the above sketch. I really like how this turned out. The flip side of the designer paper is this purple colour and there is a lovely script over most of the 12 x12 piece but it fades out in one corner and I just had to choose that corner to cut didn't I? Serves me right for not checking lol.

I have recycled the twine from a parcel I received from an online scrapbooking store this week and I thought it was too good to waste for sure. Okay for me that is another christmas card completed to add to my stash.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Wacky Wednesday Hump Day - #6

This is the sketch over at Paper Popsicles for Wacky Wednesday Hump Day.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. . . .

I just had to use my new Basic Grey Nook and Pantry 6x6 paper pad and elements to complete this card. . .not sure if I like it or not but there you go. I will let my blogging family be the judge of this one lol. As it is now 1.16am in the morning I think that will be it for me.

In the meantime. . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

My New Passion

These little metal oval tags are compliments of my husband who has had them in his stash for over 45 years!! I asked him tonight if he had any old metal washers or nuts etc and he said he would go and have a look and these little beauties are what he came back with. I am so delighted with them but he only had seven and no more so I have to covet them lol. Are any of you surprised about me coveting things lol?

This is what one looked like after I sanded it back and then alcohol inked it and then stamped on it with Versamark and then embossed it with Copper embossing powder. Man it looks awesome!!

This is another angle of the tag. These are going to go onto mini albums which have become my new passion after seeing u tube videos on some of the swaps that this wonderful group of women are doing in the US. They are stunning!!!

This is an acetate sheet to go into a mini album that I have also alcohol inked and then using black Staz On and SU Barouque Motifs and Friends 24-7 to stamp these images on with. I tried to emboss them and heat them but my heat gun was far too hot and it just distorted them so I guess I have to put a SU heat gun on my wish list hehehe.
All in all though these pics don't do the finished article any justice as the light was getting in the way too much even with the flash off. . . .sorry about that. It is a shame that I only have seven of these little metal tags as I would love to have hundreds of them for sure. Okay that is it until another time.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

My Creative Space

I have not played with Kirsty over at Kootoyoo's blog for such a long time even though I check them out every Thursday and today I thought I have a little spare time to take some pics of my space so why not lol. So this is in my space today. Two projects I am currently trying to get finished. . . .anyone know that line??? lol

This is a closer look at the first project and I really want to have this one finished by this weekends market. All the potential buyer has to do is add their own pics and journalling and the album will be complete. When I finish it that is lol. I added some more chipboard pages to the album after cutting them out with my Spellbinders Label One dies. In the background there to the left is the new little vintage envelopes I made yesterday for journalling tickets.

This is a closer look at the other project lol. I just love these old world coloured papers. I have to get some ink for my printer so I can print out a 2010 mini calendar to go in here as well before I can finish this project off. So if you want to play along with me pop on over to Kootoyoo's blog and join in the fun each Thursday.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Sketch Girl - #8

Over at the Sketch Girl blog today this was the sketch to follow. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I really like this card. I used all Stampin' Up! supplies except for the little cookie cutter die which was a gift from Sherry and this was the first time I used it and I love it, love it, love it. I will be using it heaps now. . .thanks so much Sherry. Okay that is all for now until I can get some ink into this contrary printer of mine so I can print out mini calendar for 2010 to add to my off the page project before I can post it.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

The Sweetest Thing Sketch - #42

Today over at The Sweetest Thing blog the challenge was a sketch as set out below.

I chose a Christmas theme since I had better get cracking on my Christmas cards now as the big day gets closer and closer. I might be back later with another card and another project off the page which I created on Saturday.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: All supplies used are Stampin' Up!

I got this lovely award from Rose this evening, thankyou Rose. Now I have work to do regarding this award. . . .

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let
them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word. Fun!

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Your hair? brown
3. Your mother? Bossy
4. Your father? stubborn
5. Your favorite food? Thai
6. Your dream last night? Big Shot lol
7. Your favorite drink? Pepsi Max
8. Your dream/goal? debt free
9. What room are you in? craft
10. Your hobby? crafting
11. Your fear? dying
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? debt free
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you're aren't? slim
15. Muffins? orange
16. Wish list item? Big Shot
17. Where did you grow up? Sydney
18. Last thing you did? TV
19. What are you wearing? skirt
20. Your TV? living room
21. Your Pets? cats & dog
22. Friends? wonderful :0)
23. Your life? up and down
24. Your mood? thoughtful
25. Missing Someone? sister
26. vehicle? car
27. Something your not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? Scrapbook
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? 2 hrs ago
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32. Your best friend? Sonya
33. One place that I go to over and over? daughters
34. Facebook? Yep
35. Favorite place to eat? home

I have chosen. . .

1. Sherry

2. Sue D.

3. Sue P.

4. Janice

5. Patti J.

I consider all these ladies to have absolutely beautiful hearts, I think they are amazing.

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #243 & Wacky Wednesday's Hump Day -#5

I am combining two challenges today. The layout is for Paper Popsicles Wacky Wednesday's Hump Day and the flowers are for 365 Cards. There are flowers everywhere on my card. I only slightly coloured the image with SU Pastels.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch.

Okay that is all I have today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #65

The sketch over at Clean and Simple is set out below and I really love the clean lines of this challenge blog but the finished project always looks fabulous in my opinion lol.

This is my take on the above sketch. I bought these little price tags from my local newsagent the other day thinking I would like to have a play with them. They have white cotton to tie around the item for sale so I used distress inks to colour the tag and wound the cotton around the flower from behind it so it just hangs there. I like how it looks on the card.

I used the background designer paper in really thin strips to use as "thread" in the button and I love how it turned out. Also on the scalloped edges I used a really small holed punch to punch between the scallops and if you click on the card you will be able to see it better. Ok that is all from me today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

The Sweetest Thing - #41

Today the sketch over at My Sweetest Thing was the sketch right below so I set about completing the challenge as I liked the layout.

This is my take on the above sketch. The ribbon does match but it looks like it doesn't in the pic lol but I promise it really does hehe.

The stamp set I used was from SU Sale-a-bration this year and it stamps really nicely. Okay that is it or me today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

U Stamp project - Simple Thankyou Cards & Box

This is my first finished project from U Stamp. I chose to make it in Spring colours instead of Christmas so that I can give it to someone for Christmas as a gift. All supplies used are Stampin' Up!

This is the cards from inside the box, the instructions stated to use the Note Cards from the catalogue and since I didn't have those I chose to make my own based on the size of the Note Cards.
Okay it is late and I am heading to bed as it has been a long day.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #239 - Super Sunday Sketch

It is Super Sketchy Sunday over at 365 Cards today and the sketch we were to follow was the one below.

I used all current SU Supplies for my card. I hope you enjoy checking it out.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #237 - Friday's Five

The challenge over at 365 Cards today is all about using five different stamps on your card today. Any combination of stamps - sentiments, backgrounds, other images, all count as long as there are 5 on your card. Well I got my new stamp set from 2 Peas In A Bucket this week after seeing Kristina Werner using this stamp set on one of her videos. So I christened it tonight to make my card. I put the set next to my card so you could all see that it is a seven piece stamp set and there are only two in the set that are still new after making my card lol.

This one I took sort of side on so you could see the glitter on the bat and the spider border down the bottom of my card hehe. I also used Flower Soft compliments of Sherry from Button Junkie on the spiders back. . .and now it is a red back spider which we have here in Australia lol. The designer paper was a gift from Janice and I so didn't want to use it because I just want to look at my papers that she sent me lol.

This is just a close up of my card only. I hope you like it. I adore the bat in this set. That is all from me tonight. I have a big fair this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday so I will be busy all weekend.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #236 - Pretty Paisley

Today over at 365 Cards the challenge is Pretty Paisley - Use a Paisley pattern on your card. You can use background paper or a stamp - or anything, as long as it includes paisley. I adore anything paisley so I had to do this challenge for sure. I chose SU designer paper from last year in Close To Cocoa which has a paisley print on it and the paisley stamp in from my ancient stash. Everything else on my card is SU.

It is a very short post tonight as I am tired and heading to bed.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Paper Blooms - Circle Card

The challenge today over at Paper Blooms is to make a circle card. This is my last guest designer card and I would like to thank Leah and the design team for having me this month. It has been a real pleasure to work with you all.

I was going to put the crocheted flowers on my card that Leah sent me in my design team parcel but when I cut the inner circle I wondered what it would look like with the crocheted border that I also got in my parcel. So I tried it out and when I started laying it down I realised that it was going to be a perfect fit so I quickly ran the glue around before I could change my mind and there you have it lol. It was meant to be even if I didn't plan it hehe. I hope you enjoy visiting my blog and checking out my project today. That is all I have for you today. If you would like to know the components of the card please email me.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #230 - Shape Up!

Over at 365 Cards today the challenge is to Shape Up!! Oh bugger! I just realised when I went to type the actual challenge that I misread this one and we are supposed to put one big SEMI circle or many little ones on our card or even make your actual card shape one. Well I thought I was doing so well making my clock and then adding the circle dangly sentiment and off that the jewellery bits from my stash which are circles as well as my brads lol. Oh man how much of a fool do I feel? Please don't answer that!!

Oh well I am not wasting my card since I thought I read circle not semi circle lol so here is my card for the challenge today. . . .

And here is a close up of the jewellery bits that I added that were CIRCLES (complete ones) lol.

I think I might crawl into a corner for now and think about what I have done hehehe

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

If you want to know the details just email me.

Paper Play -#39 Favourite Embellishment

Decided to play with the PaperPlay challenge this week for week #39 and the challenge was to use your fav embellishment. Well my fav is definitely flowers with ribbon running a close second. So on my card I decided to use both. I like how this card turned out.

Okay that is it for now but might be back later with another project to show you.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Stampin' Up! Christmas Promotion

This is Stampin' Ups! new Christmas promotion which commences on the 1st November, 2009 and last orders will be on the 14th December, 2009. The deal is if you spend $85 on any of the product on the flyer you will receive a free Scallop Square punch. So for every $85 you spend from the flyer only you will receive the punch or punches. Which means if you are lucky enough to earn two you keep one and you can give the second one to your bestie for Christmas. How cool is that? So if you would like to order any of the product in the flyer please email me on thegypsycart@gmail.com or phone me on 0421 344 139 after the 1st November. Don't miss out of free gifts! We all love a freebie don't we?

365 Cards - #229 - Colour Scheme

Today over at 365 Cards Pam has given us a colour scheme to follow. Well colour schemes aren't too hard to follow. The colours Pam chose are below. . . .

So off I went pulling this out and that out of my stash and lately I have used so much SU Kraft cardstock I had to virtually sit on my hands to stop myself from reaching out for it again. Today I used SU Certainly Celery and Vanilla Confetti as well as SU Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon and Chocolate Chip stamp pad. The heart brads were from my stash as well as my watercolours. I did faux stitching around the top part only this time I used SU black journalling pen instead of my white gel pen from SU.

I hope you like my creation today. That is it for me tonight. Please feel free to leave constructive comments hehehehe

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy