My All-Day Crop Creations

Last Saturday, I attended my first all-day crop, which my neighbour, a Creative Memories consultant, hosted.  It was awesome!  I had never done so much scrapbooking in one day!  I will definitely be attending more!  I completed 18 layouts plus an altered composition book.  The only problem was that I didn't bring enough photos to scrap!  I never though I would get so much done, so I just wasn't prepared enough and I ended up making a lot of pages that I will have to add the photos to later.  

I must say, I really like Creative Memories products a lot more than I did in the past.  The patterned papers they have no are so nice!  I picked up a couple paper packs, the curvy paper cutter, some cute paper flowers, and I pre-ordered a really nice flower punch.  

Here are some of the layouts I created at the crop.

Ready to Scrap!!

My new scrap room is finally ready!!  Well... there are still a few finishing touches that need to be done like the trim around the window, baseboards, and some paint touch ups, but it is finally ready to use!  I am going to be scrapping in my new room for the first time this morning!  I don't have all of my supplies moved in yet, but of course my Cricut is in there already.  I will post more pics once I have everything organized, but here are a few for now...

Lots of storage!

The upper cabinets are now installed!  There is going to be a ton of storage in this room!  I don't think I have enough scrapbooking products to fill up all the cabinets, so I may just have to go shopping for more!!  Ha ha!  

I also put a second coat of paint on most of the walls, but I ran out!  I can't believe I used a gallon of paint and still need more!  I plan on getting the rest of the painting done this weekend.  

Yesterday, we ordered the counter top for the island (see picture of sample) but it will take 2-3 weeks to come in.  I guess we should have put the order in a little earlier.  I will have the same countertop throughout the scrap room.  I also picked the hardware for the cabinets and drawers.  

So, things are coming a long but it will still be 2-3 weeks I guess until the room is complete.

Working on my Scrap Room

This has been a busy weekend.  Jeff finished laying the floor in my scrap room and put together the bottom cabinets.  Last night I stayed up late priming the peg board walls and tonight I put on the first coat of paint.  The green is a little different than I expected.  It always looks different on the wall than it does on the paint chip!  I think I will just have to get used to it.  Here are a couple pics of what the room looks like now and also a pic of the plans to show what the room should look like by the time we are done.  

I wish the weekend was longer!  It just flew by and I'm not looking forward to going to work in the morning, especially on such little sleep!  

My Scrap Room In Progress

I am very excited to finally be getting my own scrapbooking space!  For years, I have been scrapbooking on our kitchen island and it is always a pain to bring out all the scrapbooking supplies and put them all back again after.  I will be so happy once my space is finished!  Here is a pic of the scrap room in progress!  It looks messy, but it was a lot worse just a few days ago!  This was my dh Jeff's woodworking shop (in our basement) but he is building a new workshop this summer, so I get to take over the old one!  Jeff started laying the floor today and I really like it!  I told him he should just leave the peg board that he had all over the walls when it was his shop because I'm sure it will come in handy to hang up tools, embellishments, etc.  He just finished insulating the room too.  Jeff is installing maple cabinets all along the back wall and the left side of the room so there will be tons of storage.  There will be an island in the middle of the room which will be my main scrapping space.  I have the paint picked out for the walls (green) and the countertop will probably be a blackish granite look, but it will be a laminate countertop.  I still haven't picked out the countertop yet, only samples!  

I will be posting pictures of my room's progress, and hopefully the whole room will be finished soon!

Today's Craft Projects

I don't normally have a lot of time to work on projects during the day, but today Paige was out with her Nana and Opa, Ben was having a nap and Jeff was at work, so I got a lot of stuff done!  I used my Hello Kitty cart today (I just picked it up on sale at Michael's yesterday).  I love this cartridge!  There are so many cute extras on it!  I made a cupcake card with Hello Kitty and also the rainbow and sun on the paint can.  The paint can is for the Cute Kiddie Can swap.  I finally got a chance to get this finished!  The castle is from the Paper Dolls cart.  The can is full of educational and fun kid's goodies and a magnetic princess dress-up doll and a magnetic alphabet to be used on the can.  I hope my swap partner likes it!  It was a lot of fun to make!

April NSSS Package

I just received this awesome NSSS package from Chantal (aka Ryansmom on the Cricut mb)!  Chantal even sent a birthday present for my dd, Paige who just turned 3.  Paige loves anything princess-related so she was so thrilled with the special birthday package!  

Chantal is a very talented scrapbooker and card maker.  I always enjoy receiving her card creations each month.  Thanks for everything Chantal!