A Few to Share

Here's a few pages I made for the Positively Paper Class going on this month at Feeling Scrappy. These are from the assignments from the beginning of the month. I can't believe it is almost August!! I'm super duper excited about the class coming up in September - Sew Scrappy! The class is all about fabric, ribbons, buttons, and stitching! We've already started preparing and there are so many wonderful techniques!! Too many to squeeze into just one month...but we are going to do our best! If you haven't taken a class with Feeling Scrappy and have been a little apprehensive about taking an online class, I'm telling you, this is the one to try. You will not be disappointed!
Anyway, back to this month, lol.





Thanks for taking time to peek at my work!

Arte y Pico Award!

Thanks so much Jodie, from Sketch It Out, and Amy, from All the Trimmings for giving me the Arte y Pico Award!

This award recognizes a blog's creativity and overall contribution to the blogger community.

I have the honor of selecting 5 recipients for the next award!

1. Paper Posies

2. Scrap Faith

3. Valita's Designs & Fresh Folds

4. Hello My Name is Heather

5. Bitten By The Bug

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1) Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design,
Interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.

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3) Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given him or her the award.

4) The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the "Arte y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of the award.

Cuttin' Up

After my last post I decided to take some time to cut up!
I cut various sizes of stars, flowers, hearts, butterflies, birds, and artisan shaped journal blocks from some scraps I've been storing forever. I was pleasantly surprised that my old "ugly" paper looked really cute cut into different shapes.






I was so pleased with myself. My husband probably thinks I'm crazyy but he's happy I plan to use my Cricut more and spend less money.
I'm so excited to have these precut and ready to use when I want them.
I tried to think of most common used things on a page. If you can think of more to suggest I cut to have at the ready, let me know in my comments!
I plan to spend a day cutting letters soon! Woo Hoo!!

Epiphany

So after shopping Saturday, I was looking through all the letter stickers and paper flowers and other goodies I bought and it hit me... I have a Cricut...I can cut practically anything I want...especially letters or flowers...wasn't that the reason I invested so much money in the Cricut Expression and the Sure Cuts Alot program...why am I still spending money on these things?...because I'm lazy...yep, l.a.z.y! I would rather pull out a sheet of stickers and just slap them down, even if it's not exactly the right color or size. The time I get to scrap is limited, so time is of the essence, and speedy is the way to go. Plus, by the time I decide what I want to cut my table is covered in supplies and my Cricut is burried...taking the time to uncover it, find the color paper, and decide which font, etc... I could already be done when using store bought goodies...be it letters, flowers, etc. So here is my epiphany...have a cutting day! Instead of taking my time to scrapbook, I'll cut all sizes, colors, and fonts of letters and different flowers and other shapes, then I'll have them as easily accesible as my store bought supplies. I can't wait to try this out and see how much money I save by really using the tools I have at home!

Busy, Busy

I've been busy, busy with summer here. I have been working on scrappy things for the Feeling Scrappy paper class going on right now but I can't share until after the class, or at least until it is posted for the class.
I went scrapbook shopping Saturday with a friend and we had fun. We went down each aisle slowy, enjoying being without children, with no place to be. I found American Craft Thickers at Hobby Lobby and got them for half off! Gotta love that! I'm set with supplies so I'm now on a buying ban. I have way more goodies than I'll ever use. Plus, I have a Cricut Expression and Sure Cuts Alot so I need to take advantage of that, save money, and use what I have!