Fun Little Projects for Mother’s Day

So I have to post things when crafty things happen at our house. First of all, I have to say

Mod Podge is my new favorite friend. I used this on all these projects after hearing the raves from Jamie and Brooke. It gives a nice, smooth finish that protects the papers from all fingerprints. It also is the glue that holds the pictures
on…amazing.

For Mother’s Day I thought I would make a Fun Little Projects for Mother’s Day by using some of the projects we started at our scrappin’ weekend for gifts, and I was really excited about the results. I love the versatility of digital scrapbooking. Sometimes I get so excited about it that I almost can’t stand it and I jump up and down and make excited, high-pitched girl noises (Jamie, Brooke, and Celeste you know what I am talking about). So here are the projects. I am horrible at naming the kits I got everything from so if you have any questions about the whereabouts of any of the elements, just leave a comment and ask.
Cousin Brooke started me on the “skinny chipboard album” and also created the template for which to scrap by. Hers was so cute, she did her family story in a nut shell. Since it was Mother’s Day, by each of our pictures I listed all the things we love about our mothers (one for my mom and one for Dave’s mom). Here it is…
this is the box I decorated with just regular scrapbooking paper. Oh and by the way, this album (the chipboard without anything on it and box) can be purchased at www.mayaroad.com for $3 or maybe a little more.

and made the top 2 tags on photoshop and bought the bottom tag, and I love ribbon more than words…


This crown paper was perfect for this mother’s day delight

Now for the guts…

each board has a picture of each of of our family members on it, as you will see, even the bun in the oven…

this is the back

These are the pages…



And there you have it. Project #1

Project #2 Block Puzzle I also got this idea from my scrappin’ weekend. I changed their smaller blocks to using 1 1/2″ blocks that I purchased from Hobby Lobby (Layton) for 2.99 for 6. My favorite and most proud innovation was the 5×5 picture frame to hold the whole thing, purchased from Ben Franklin Crafts (Kaysville) for 3.50, I was pretty excited about that, a little too excited. This project takes 6 pictures at 4 1/2″ and some perfect cutting (mine was NOT perfect in the least). Then I printed a 5×5 background picture for the frame to show all the pictures featured in the puzzle.


All the parts were MOD PODGED on of course and with a little “a mother’s love” ribbon and a whole lot of love and concentration, this was finished. Our mothers were very happy and lets just say that I was taking pictures of these crafty creations, seconds before leaving to deliver them on Sunday. I’ve never seen Dave laugh and roll his eyes more (oh and be a little anxious) as I snapped these photos. Just a little sacrifice for all my lovely bloggin’ babes out there.

That’s all for now.