Some Recent Creations...

Diary of a Mad Short Woman

2008-06-27T09:12:00.000-07:00

This mini book was WAY too much fun to create!!! I used Hambly to create the mini album, and a piece of an old cardboard box as the back cover to kinda stabalize it. The overall theme is about witty remarks. I made a page about this awhile back, and I always wanted to create a mini album out of it. Please forgive my crooked photos; my screen is out on my camera and this is the best I could do!

"Wit is a form of intellectual humor. Forms of wit include: The Quip, Repartee, and sarcasm":

"Practice makes perfect, but if no one is perfect, then why practice?"

Page four: "The wise never marry; when they do they become otherwise."
Page five: "Since light travels faster than the speed of sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Page six: "How come abbreviated is such a long word?"
Page seven: "Hard work never killed anyone....but why take the risk?"

Page eight: "If we are here to help others, exactly what are the others here for?"

Page nine: "God made relatives....thank God we can choose our friends."

Page ten: "'Your future depends on your dreams'....so go to sleep."
Insert: "The more you learn, the more you know, the more you know, the more you forget, the more you forget, the less you know...so why learn."

Insert: "Wit is a perplexing sense of humor. I have been told that I can turn phrases into "cleverness." Ideally, wit should be as quick as a streak of light and as sharp as a razor".

Page eleven: " A bus stops at a bus station; A train stops at a train station. I have a work station...what more can I say?"

Page 12 and back cover: " Always delve into the ridiculous".

Cosmo Cricket DT Submissions:

2008-06-18T07:19:00.001-07:00

"All About Me": I used Cosmo Cricket rub on's here. I painted the teal background paper, and made the envelope out of a sheet of Bazzil and used watercolors to paint it.

"Fun": All Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo here!

"Programmed to Play": All Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo here. I love this patterned paper, and it was perfect for this playful photo of Bryce.

"Smile Awhile": All Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo again!

Thanks for looking,

XoXoXo, Kristie

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Why I Scrapbook...

2008-05-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

This is an 8x8 album made out of unfinished wood...

Shhhh.....Mini Album

2008-04-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

Well, since I have had strep throat and "walking pnemonia," I have been bored out of my head and quarentined LOL. So, I used my time to make this lil mini album. It's an 8x8 album that I made of myself for Bryce...it has little tidbits of things I have learned at my age. TFL!

I don't know what I will stick in this little envelope yet, but I love it!!!

What I Love Mini Album

2008-04-01T09:07:00.000-07:00

I created this envelope album using smaller button-string envelopes. I absolutely loved the effect, and I made it HUGE! It's soooo thick and heavy!

Here's a few shots of the cover:

See....told ya it was thick:

Here are the "pages".....some aren't pages at all, but inserts. I will try to post them in order.

My scrap pals:

I ((love)) this quote:

This is a bitty little card insert:

and once opened, it reveals my disasterous new bangs:

Thanks for taking the time to look at my massive new mini!

((HUGS))
Kristie

Bryce's Clear Album

2008-03-28T09:25:00.002-07:00

Okay, I need some help on this one...I can't think of a journaling theme for it!!! Please help ladies!

Envelope Album

2008-03-28T09:25:00.001-07:00

This envelope album was created with a button-string envelope. It's journaling is based on "The Incomplete Manifesto".

Zsiage Tabbed Album

2008-03-05T10:27:00.001-08:00

This is my newest mini album....it is the Zsiage tabbed chipboard album. I love it! Anyway, my mom bought me this book at a Walgreen's and I immediately ripped it to shreds to get the photos out of it.

This one CRACKS ME UP!!!

Caption on the left says, "It's important to notice the little things in life:" And Suzane's prize-winning melons? Turns out they're fake". The caption on the right says, " True friends won't let you settle:" "Remember the rules; If it's smaller than six inches throw it back".

Left: "Hell hath no fury like a woman that doesn't like your tone of voice:" "Please hold while I ignore you"
Right: "He asked for a warm-up, so I said, Sure, and then would you like some more coffee?"

Left: Sometimes the line between high fashion and "what the hell happened can get a little blurry"
Right: In every group, there's always a fun one...."So, I said, Stitch and bitch, my ass. We're going clubbing."

Left: God gave it, but you gotta shake it. ((LMAO))
Right: Barb and Mildred just remembered that they left their husbands at the concession stand.

Left: Gossip at the Garden Club...."We've got your two pairs right here boys"
Right: (on transparency) Humor and friendship- the keys to a working woman's survival.

Picture of LL...."Friends don't let you sweat the small stuff"

Right: And that was the last time the hospital served cafeteria served tofu "meatballs"

Side view:

Gatefold Album

2008-03-05T10:25:00.001-08:00

This is a gatefold album I am working on....kinda like an art notebook. Instead of scrapping inside it, I am going to add photographs of my paintings and scans of my sketches, drawings, etc.

The class and how-to's to make this album will be taught in an online class at Just Let Me Scrapbook....we are working out the details now.

NEW MINI ALBUM

2008-03-03T07:58:00.001-08:00

This is the cover of my new album....I made it out of an old cardboard box that Mark brought me from work. This is what I will be teaching at Just Let Me Scrapbook in GA, along with a gate fold mini album class. This album was inspired by the AMAZING genius, Kristina Contes....I love her work and she has turned me into a mini album ADDICT:

This is the detail of the front of the album. The orange squares of the transparency don't show up that well.

This is page one and two....the transparency in between looks so much better IRL:

Here is page 2:

Page 3 and 4:

Page 5 and 6:

Page 6 and 7. I seperated the pages with a little button string envelope:

This is page 7:

Page 8 and 9:

Page 9 and 10:

This is a detail shot of the transparency:

Page 11 and 12:

Page 13 and 14:

Page 15 and 16:

Page 17 and 18:

A few shots of the side:

And the back cover: