Mothers' Day Toilet Paper Roll Ablum

Welcome!

Recently, I was trying to find something for Mothers' Day that my buddy teacher and I could teach our students to make for this upcoming holiday. Aymee suggested that we look at the adorable toilet paper roll albums posted on the Cricut Messageboard. Well, we did, and loved them. So, we began collecting empty toilet paper rolls from our students as well as other faculty and staff members at our school. In order for me to be able to teach my students, I had to make one myself. Since I only had short periods of time to spend on these, it took me several days to construct. They are SO MUCH FUN to make. I know our students will enjoy this project too.

The tag in the first pocket is a quote, the tag in the second pocket has a pic of Carter mounted on one side and "Happy Mothers' Day on the other side (he wrote it himself), and the third pocket has a note that I wrote to my beautiful daughter-in-law. She is a great mother. I really appreciate her sharing Carter with us. I plan to give it to her for Mothers' Day.







I hope this little project will inspire to give it a try as well. Be warned, you may be hooked!

See ya later,

Carol :)

Shelby's Book

Here is another boardbook for a cheerleader. Shelby is best friends with Caitlan, so she wanted a cheerleader book too. I used the following Cricut Carts in construction of this book: Everyday PaperDolls, Lyrical Letters, Mickey Mouse. I also used my new SCAL Program.














As you probably remember, the tiger paw is a replica of one that is on our tiger walk. I also want to point out the little iPhone on the paperdoll that has on a dress.

Thanks for stopping by, and do come back soon.

Carol:)

A Book for Cody

I finally had a chance to scrap!!!! Last week was our Spring Break, so I had fun scrapping! Yah!!!

I made this book for a student in my homeroom. His mom and I were Buddy-Teachers for several years. I have worked on it for quite some time (between orders), and I decided last week that I was going to finish it before any other projects. I was going to wait until the end of this school year to give it to him, but I can't. I am too excited about it to keep it to myself! Cody is a fine young man. He is an excellent student and an awesome baseball player! I am so proud of him.

I used Everyday Paperdolls, Lyrical Letters, and Sports Mania Cricut carts along with my new SCAL! That's right! I took the plunge and got the SCAL program. I am still learning how to use it, but with Aymee's help and some playing around I will get much better.

Just click on each pic to get a better view.












Thanks for taking the time to visit,and please come back soon.

Carol :)

Awesome Weather

Hello,

We have been blessed to experience the most awesome weather lately. The trees have tiny leaves on them, and the grass is beginning to be green. Spring is my favorite time of year!

Well, I haven't scrapped lately due Ron's doctor appts. He will begin radiation treatments as soon as he heals a little more. Hopefully, I will have a chance to get back at it really soon. I miss making books and cards!

Have a great week,

Carol

Brrrrr!

Hello Everyone,

It is beginning to turn cooler here in NA. We are so ready for true "spring" weather. It has been cold, rainy, snowy, etc.. for quite some time. We are not accustomed to that in our neck of the woods.

Aymee has gone back to PA, and I really miss her. We had a great time working on cards and books. I learned how to use her SCAL program "somewhat" while she was here. I want to download that program to my "puter" soon. I did cut out 3 more books before she left. One is another DANCELINE book, one is another cheerleader book, and the other is a surprise for someone very special. I can barely wait to get them covered and personalized. I didn't work on them this weekend. I have, of all things, shingles. They are very painful and are interferring with my time to "play" with my scrappy stuff. I hope to be able to work on them some this week after school (on the days that I don't have homework - checking student's work/preparing for state testing).

I hope you have a great week. Please come back and visit with me soon.

Carol :)

Custom Boardbooks for Melissa and Kelly

Hello everyone! My daughter and I have been working on fulfilling a boardbook order. We have created 7 boardbooks for some of the fellow teachers that I work with. Here are the two books that I created.

I hope you will be able to see these pictures ok. My daughter, Aymee, did her best at taking photos. It has been raining here and she had to take them indoors. The pictures do not do them justice. They are very colorful, but maybe you can tell about them.

Note: I made this slideshow as big as possible, but it is still a bit tiny. If you will, visit this link where you can see the pictures bigger. I would recommend that you do follow the link because not only can you see the pictures bigger, but it will start at the beginning for you.

Be sure to hop on over to Aymee's blog to see the other boardbooks that we have done. There are 2 links:
http://southernbellescrapper.blogspot.com/2010/03/boardbooks-for-kelly-and-melissa-part.html

http://southernbellescrapper.blogspot.com/2010/03/boardbooks-for-kelly-and-melissapart.html
Thanks for visiting my blog today! I hope you will enjoy these books! We had so much fun making them!

Have a wonderful day!

New Look!!!

I hope you like this new look!!! Aymee and I will be scrapping tomorrow and this coming week, so I hope to have new creations to share with you soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Under Construction....

Sorry for any inconvenience, but we are currently updating my blog to a classy, new, exciting look. Please be sure to check back very soon to see the changes we've made.

Have a great afternoon!

New Cards

Hey guys! Carol's daughter, Aymee, here. Mom has a conference today and asked me to post some cards for her. We scrapped some this weekend and yesterday. We had so much fun making cards!!!

Here are the cards Mom finished up. She did a great job!!!

'Thx' (Thanks)
I love her flower on this one! The sentiment is from 'Printing Press.'

"For You"
The turtle is from "Life's A Beach" and the embossing is "Spots-n-Dots."

"Dad"

I used a pattern from My Scrap Chick for the Big Al (who is the mascot for Alabama).

"Thank Ewe"

This is my fave that Mom did! Isn't it cute?! I designed the sheep in SCAL. She made this for her fellow teachers at school to thank them for their thoughts/prayers/etc. during my Dad's surgery.

I hope you have enjoyed these! Yall have a great day and see ya later!

The Man Who "Melts My Heart"

I saw a version of this card on another site and fell in love with it immediately. I knew it was the perfect card for my DH.

The paper is from a DCWV stack, the lace is from my stash, and the ribbon was recently purchased at Wal-Mart.
The popsicle was cut using Doodlecharms, and I used real popsicle sticks.
Stickles were applied to the edge of the popsicle and over the letters which were cut from Lyrical Letters. I also decided to distress the edge of the shadow.
I used a regular size straight pin to adhere that tiny pink heart. Then, I added a brown button for the middle of the knotted bow.

For the inside of the card, I cut the heart and letters from Plantin Schoolbook. Then, I used glossy accents on the letters to give them that shiny/melted look. Gold stickles were applied to the heart shadow.

Well, I am preparing the house for Aymee's visit this week. So, I won't be scrapping for several days.

Have a great week,

Carol:)