Valentine's Day Tri Fold Shutter cards

I made 2 of these last night.  One for my brother and his family and one for my sister and her family.  The inside has little hearts showing everyone's names.  I am really happy with how they turned out. 

Products used

Pink cardstock
We R Memory Keepers Vintage Brass
Nestabilities for the hearts
Misc. buttons
Pop Dots
Cat's Eye chalk in Chestnut
Sharpie fine point pens
ATG
Craft glue
Exacto knife
Scor Pal
ruler

Here is a link for directions http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/

Thanks for looking!

Coupon Organizer

 Cut 2 pieces of chipboard (or cereal box) to 8 x 3 1/2.

Cut 2 pieces of cardstock to 12 x 3

 Accordian fold both pieces

Cut 2 pieces of cardstock to cover the chipboard and cut 2 pieces cardstock at 8 x 2 1/2 to make the bottom and the top.  Score the bottom and top pieces 1/4 inch in on the long sides.  Use adhesive to connect all pieces.

 Cut white cardstock at 8 x 3 1/2 (cut as many pieces as you desire pockets)

 Use adhesive to connect the white cardstock to your accordian folds.  Press the adhesive down well.

 This is what the inside looks like

 Connect the accordian folds to the front and back cover with really tacky tape.

 Make sure you firmly press down all of the adhesive. 

 Add some type of fastener to hold your organizer closed.

 The finished product

A completely customizable coupon organizer.  Add tabs, embellisment or whatever you like to make the organizer completly unique!  Have fun creating this and then have fun saving money!

My Ultimate Shopping Organizer

I have this dream where I am completely organized.  It hasn't happened yet but I am going to keep trying.  I created this organizer with inspiration from http://analteredlife.com/hybrid-tutorials/control-center-tutorial-3/

Here are a couple more pics

And finally here is a picture with my coupon organizer.  I love coupons.  Tomorrow I will share how I made the coupon holder. 

Thanks for looking!

True Love mini album

This album was so much fun and it was really easy to do.  I plan to use it for pictures of Curt and I throughout the year.  Here is what you will need:

5 pieces double sided cardstock (I used We R Memory Keepers comstock collection)
embellishments ( I used buttons, rhinestones, rubons and flowers)
Mini heart album (M's find $1 or you could make your own)
Ring or BIA
adhesive
craft knife
sanding block
quick tacky glue

To start I covered both sides of the hearts with cardstock and then heavily sanded the edges.  Don't forget to cut where the holes are to allow the ring if using.

For the first time since I discovered chalk I left the edges alone... it was craziness but I really liked the effect.  After your pages are covered it is time to embellish and have fun!  Use whatever you want to create the album.  The more personalized the better!   Since this album is for pictures of Curt and I, I wanted something not overly girly but kinda romantic all the same.  I really had fun with this and can't wait to fill it with pictures of us.

Holiday Recipes

Are you like me?  Do you collect tons of new recipes each Christmas?  I always end up with a dozen or so new ones by the first of the year.  I decided I couldn't be alone in this dilema so I created these.

Of course these are not for me since I decided the sister and sister in law needed them too.  They are super easy to make and shhh... they are very inexpensive to make.  I will share directions later.