Old School Collage

So what do you do when you're iced in your house all day, bored to tears?
Work on scrapbooking that you're soooo far behind on? Clean house? Oh, no!

You start cutting out random things from old magazines that are lying around and decide to make a collage out of them like you did with your best friend as a pre-teen, of course. (who knew I'd become a scrapbooker?)

Well, that's what I did, anyway. And when I finished, I sealed it in an envelope & wrote my BFF's name on the front. It's going in the mail tomorrow. I'm sure it'll be good times when she opens it!

What to do with all those Christmas cards...

This is the fourth year that I've made a scrapbook page out of the Christmas cards family and friends have sent us. I cringe at trashing them and always try to recycle them when I can. This is a super fast & easy way to do that. I use a big punch (I just have a circle & a square in the huge size) and punch out a pretty part of the card. Sometimes I punch more than once out of the same card. This year we didn't get that many cards, so I did that this year. Then I arrange them in some sort of pattern and viola! You could even write beside the punch or somewhere else on the layout who gave you each card, if you wanted to. I personally don't include photo cards, but you could if you so desired. (as always, click the pic the view larger)
There's another way to recycle cards here.

2008~I cut a bow out of felt to turn the punches into a "present"


2007~I made a banner-type flag (notice the Nativity is in the center & turned slightly so it would stand out)


2006~I went circular


2005~simple & clean (I like how the title is the only circle)

You Are Outta This World!

My latest digi scrapbook layout (made on scrapblog) Click on pic to see larger

Mosaic Monday

I haven't posted a mosaic in a while... (I realize that every time I post one I say this)

A Toast to the New Year!