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Hi everyone!! I have been off work this week and taking a break from everything including blogging! I have been spending some time in my craft room but not as much as I thought I might. It has been nice spending my days with my boyfriend who is on break from school.

But I do have a small project to share with you that I made for my mom for Christmas. She has so much crafty stuff it has become hard to remember what she does and doesn't have! But even if your supply list is small this is a great idea for anyone to have. I made her a new craft index!

I used Bo Bunny's Gabrielle line. I knew I wanted to do something for my mom with this line. She loves butterflies. I purchased large index cards on a spiral. I got the large ones so you have more room to write. I covered the front with one of the papers and cut out the large butterfly from a different one. I used some crepe paper in the upper right corner and cut out another edge swirl to layer over top. I used a Stampin Up set with a white acrylic paint dauber to get the white swirly circles on the left and right sides. I added some dot paper on the bottom and a Bo Bunny sticker layered with more paper. I love the saying since scrapbooking is all about color and friends! Used some small Bo Bunny alpha stickers and you are done! My mom can add tabs at the bottom once she decides how many sections she wants and how big they need to be.

Every crafter should have this with you when you go to the store or to a big convention. Don't buy what you already have! You can list inks (even stamp a little image in the ink so you know what color it is), die cuts, paper packs, punches, markers or anything else you need to keep track of! I have a big one for at home but I {try to remember to} take this with me when I go shopping or to conventions.

And I have to share my Christmas tree this year. It is a small one that was my grandmothers. Every year my mom and I get each other at least 1 ornament so it is really full! And now my boyfriend gets me an ornament each year as well.



He was doing his best impression of the reindeer on my ornament :)

Hopefully I will get some projects actually DONE today and be able to post more this weekend before its back to work Tuesday.

~Liz

Hi again.
Everytime I think I am going to be able to post something within a day or 2 something comes up and I either forget or just don't have time. Don't you hate that? We had a new person start at work so I have been spending most of my days in training and don't get my usual breaks to post wonderful things for you!

So I said I would give you more details on how to create the tool belt from last month's page you can see in this post. Here we go!
• You need 4 pieces of paper needed to create the tool belt: 6x2, 4x3 and two ¾ in strips
o The 6x2 piece is scored at ½, ¾, 2¼, 2½, 3½, 3¾, 5¼, 5½  Fold along the scores as shown in the picture.
o There are 4 overlapping folds in the tool belt. At the bottom of each of the folds, punch a hold and set an eyelet
o Once all 4 eyelets are set, glue the edges and the middle (we want to leave the pocket un-glued) flush to the bottom of the 4x3 rectangle. One side may be a little long, just trim the extra
o On one of your ¾ strips, at the end, punch 2 holes next to each other and set 2 eyelets
o Glue your 2 ¾ strips to the top of the tool belt and fold over as shown in the picture
o Round the two bottom corners of the tool belt and the ends of the strip by the eyelets
o Using a black marker, hand draw stitching all around the tool belt

Hope that all makes sense!

When I saw Bo Bunny's new patriotic line I knew I had to do a 4th of July page. And of course, July was the perfect month to do it!

The cuts were all from either the Stand and Salute cart or Graphically Speaking. I just love the fireworks on page 2!

Next month's page is going to have robots on it with the title "Programmed to" and you can fill in the blank. Programmed to Love, or play, or sleep or whatever goes with the pictures you want to use. I am also working on a card for our upcoming card swap in September and my October weekend crop project, an advent calendar! Lots of exciting projects to work on :)

~Liz