From The Heart of Tammy

Altered Clipboard

2012-01-20T16:09:00.001-08:00

I would have made LOTS of clipboards for others, but realized I had yet to make one for myself which I use at work on a daily as a Speech Language Pathologist. So, I finally made one for ME!!! It contains all my favs zebra print, glitter, bling, foil paper, hearts and lips to represent speech therapy!!! I used my Xyron machines (900, 250 & 150) and adhesives to hold it all together. They really do make altering clipboards a breeze!!!

My Scraproom!!!

2012-01-17T16:21:00.001-08:00

Here is my beloved scraproom!!! My hubby built all the shelving, table and shelf for my machines. He also installed my pegboard and slat wall. My daughter Marley left me some of her art work on my easels (also built by my hubby). She is so sweet!

Christmas Mini

2011-11-21T14:25:00.001-08:00

I created this Christmas mini album fir my Secret Santa. I hope she likes it! I used the Kaisercraft Beyond The Page Christmas Journal Album, Basic Grey Paper, Buttons and Stickers, EK Success Stocking Embellishment, Cardstock, Ranger Distress Ink Walnut, Twine From Twinery, Bling and American Crafts Ribbon. I ran all paper through my Xyron machines to get the edge to edge adhesive needed. Happy Christmas Scrappin To All!!!

Thrifty Easels

2011-10-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

As most of you know I have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. When scrapping for long periods of time constantly looking down on my desk while working on layouts was killing my neck, shoulders and back. I decided I wanted some type of easel system and looked at different ones, but they were all on the expensive side. I was telling my hubby about wanting an easel system and his handy self made me one. I must say I LOVE my thrifty easels! He created them with a white shelf, shelf brackets, sheet metal and magnets all purchased at Lowe's. He first cut the shelf in half. Each easel is roughly 15 1/2 x 14. He then attached the brackets to the back to make them stand upright or slightly elevated. I LOVE that it can be positioned two different ways! He then countersunk magnets on the face of the easels to hold the metal sheet in place. The metal sheets measure about 13 1/2 by 12. This gives me extra room on the sides to store my magnets not in use. Lastly, he bent the upper right corner of the metal sheets upward for easy removal from the easel. I must say that I now wonder how I ever scrapped without my easels!!! I am certainly putting them to good use and my RA and fibromyalgia are thanking me for it! I've added photos below. Please overlook my messy desk! My dear hubby was sweet enough to leave me a little note on one of the easels. I <3 him!!!

Zoo Fun!!!

2010-06-02T15:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few layouts I did about our visit to the Cincinnati Zoo. The materials used for these projects are from DCWV and Karen Foster. I also added some and a couple of die cuts.

Imaginisce Spooky Town

2009-10-07T19:44:00.000-07:00

Halloween is upon us! Here are a few layouts I did with the Spooky Town line from Imaginisce. I just love these cute and whimsical papers! The rub ons and chipboard pieces are just awesome. I hid my journaling under the small photos on the last two pages. I attached a flower with a brad center so I could easily spin the photos to reveal the journaling. I just love the first layout of Marley playing peek-a-boo with her Halloween bucket! These were just the perfect photos for this cute line of papers!!! I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!

More Imaginisce Teacher's Pet Projects

2009-07-29T16:22:00.000-07:00

I have been at it again with the great Teacher's Pet line from Imaginisce. My daughter starts preschool next week and her teacher will be coming for our home visit tomorrow. I wanted to have her a little something to wish her a great school year. I used a party favor bag type box and decorated the front with red cardstock and the Imaginisce Teacher's Pet paper. I used the crayons rub ons, apple rub on and "best teacher" stamp to finish the front. I tied some of the Teacher's Pet ribbon to the handle and the outside wish finished in minutes. I used a jumbo paper clip and punches to create a bookmark which also adds to the front decor. On the inside I put some candy, apple shaped post its with a pretty cover, large binder clip photo holder and a cute pen. I also made a holder for a Crystal Light powder type drink mix which I will hang on the top of a bottle of water. I topped my creation off with some white tissue paper with a little tag that reads "Have a great year!"

Happy Scrappin!
Tammy

Imaginisce Teacher's Pet School Bus Album

2009-07-28T13:38:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to work with Imaginisce's new line Teacher's Pet as a Xyron Design Team assignment. This is the cutest line ever! It is perfect for all of those back to school projects we are all currently working on as the beginning of another school year is just around the corner. I used our large Sizzix die at our school to cut the base for the album. I painted the front yellow and decorated the front with the cute Imaginisce chipboard, ribbon and brads. I traced out the inner pages from the chipboard covers and cut them out by hand. I used the Imaginisce double sided Teacher's Pet line papers, felt pieces, stamps, ribbon, brads, stickers, chipboard and flowers to embellish the pages. I now have an adorable album ready for my daughter's first year of preschool photos. I hope this project has inspired you to create some great back to school projects and don't forget to pick up some of the awesome products from Imaginisce's Teacher's Pet line to use!

Happy Scrappin!!!
Tammy

New Xyron Creatopia!!!

2009-07-17T22:00:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to finally get to tell everyone about the new Creatopia from Xyron. It will be in stores soon. Now, here is the Xyron Press Release about this awesome new machine:

Scottsdale, AZ – July 18, 2009 – Xyron® Revolutionizes the Craft Industry, Again, with Creatopia™ Announcing the Xyron Creatopia; this creative machine will apply adhesive and laminate to items up to 12 inches wide and .5 inches thick. It will also allow you to emboss and cut paper and other thin materials. The Xyron Creatopia will change the way you think about craft projects. Modular components allow this machine to expand on Xyron's core adhesive tools by adding embossing and manual cutting in one machine. Embossing will be in the form of 12 inch wide pattern rollers and 3 inch wide patterns for borders. Creatopia will cut strips of paper and finish edges using a variety of interchangeable blade cartridges, Xyron will also introduce the first 6.5 inch wide universal die press for use with the industry's leading brands of dies. Creatopia will also be the first in the Xyron line to have a Fabric Adhesive cartridge.

Creatopia Refillz™

Creatopia will offer three adhesive cartridges and one laminate cartridge at launch. The standard Permanent Adhesive and Repositionable Adhesive will be joined by a Fabric Adhesive. The Fabric Adhesive adheres textiles to the surfaces of your projects with optimal adhesion. The end user can use the Fabric adhesive to hold appliqués and batting/backing in place instead of pinning items; it will remain repositionable on fabric and is washable. Creatopia allows the end user to apply these adhesives to items up to 12 inches wide and 40 feet long with a thickness up to .5 inches. The Two-Sided Laminate cartridge will allow the end user to apply laminate to items up to 12 inches wide and 40 feet long.

Creatopia Patternz™

Creatopia introduces the industry's first 12 inch wide embossing roller. These rollers will apply a uniform pattern into paper and thin materials up to 12 inches wide with an unlimited length. There will also be 3 inch wide border patterns to emboss only the edge or strip of thin materials.

Creatopia Cutz™

Creatopia allows the end user to cut in a variety of ways with a rotary cutting component. This component has interchangeable blade cartridges with a variety of styles including: straight, perforated, scoring, pinking, scalloped, deckle and postage stamp. These cartridges can be placed anywhere along the 12 inch cutting surface to cut rectangles, squares and strips from paper up to 12 inches wide with an unlimited length. Up to 6 blades can be used at one time to increase the end user's productivity.

Creatopia Shapez™

Creatopia's 6 inch wide universal die press will allow end users to cut and emboss using dies and embossing folders from Cuttlebug, CuttleKids, Quickutz, Sizzix, Ellison, AccuCut, Spellbinders, BossKut and Fiskars.

Pricing and Availability

Xyron Creatopia will be available for purchase in September 2009 from local craft stores, mass craft chain stores and online retailers.

The Main Unit with Permanent Refillz Cartridge MSRP is $149.99.
Additional Adhesive and Laminate Refillz MSRP are $39.99.
Border Patternz Starter Kit with Floral Pattern MSRP is $24.99
Additional Border Patternz MSRP are $8.99
12 inch Patternz MSRP are $24.99
Cutz Starter Kit with Straight Blade and Guide Wheel MSRP is $44.99
Additional 2 Packs of Cutz blades MSRP are $14.99
Xyron Shapez MSRP is $69.99

Learn More About Creatopia

For additional information on Xyron Creatopia, contact Chris Potter, or visit www.xyron.com. Xyron and Creatopia are registered trademarks of Xyron, Inc. Xyron is a subsidiary of Esselte (http://www.esselte.com/).

About Xyron

Founded in 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona, Xyron is a world-class provider of transformation tools for both creative home users and creative professionals.

For the creative home user, Xyron develops products in the craft, hobby and stationery departments of specialty and mass retailers worldwide. These products include award-winning adhesive tools, all-inclusive scrapbooking collections, unique handheld dispensers, and patented cold-lamination products that require no heat, batteries or electricity.

About Esselte

Esselte is one of the world's premier manufacturers of organizational solutions, producing a broad range of filing and organizational products.
Esselte has subsidiaries in 31 countries and distribution in more than 120 countries. Esselte products are available across several recognized brands; Pendaflex, Oxford, Esselte, Leitz and Xyron.

Contact:
Chris Potter, Web & Advertising Manager Xyron
Inc480-367-5733
http://www.xyron.com/

My Mind's Eye

2009-05-03T21:53:00.001-07:00

I was provided with this beautiful paper from My Mind's Eye called Bloom and Grow to create some Xyron Design Team projects. The first layout is of my daughter Marley and her cousin Erin. She always calls Erin her "sister". Since both of the girls are only children they are the closest thing to a sister each other will have in life. So, I used one of my favorite photos of them with Marley hugging Erin and created this page called My Sister At Heart. I hand cut the flowers from the MME paper and used Prima leaves behind them to form a heart shaped flower frame. I then hand cut the flower stem from the MME paper as well. I used my Sizzix machine to cut the chipboard hearts and paper to cover them. I used my Cricut to cut the @ symbol. I even used the paper's title Bloom and Grow from the strip of paper on the bottom of the patterned paper that you cut off and throw away as a subtitle at the bottom of the page. I must say this is one of my favorite layouts that I've created lately.

The next layout with the MME paper is of me. Isn't it so hard to scrap yourself? It is for me anyway. I just loved the birds and the Passionate printed die cut, so I decided to scrap myself and tell a few things I'm passtionate about which are my family, my career, my life and my scrapbooking!

National Scrapbooking Day!!!

2009-05-03T21:42:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone enjoyed National Scrapbooking Day and got a ton of layouts done. I spent the day surfing the AC Bailey's Design Team Blog Hop which was loads of fun. I learned a ton of cool stuff and completed the challenge which required you to use 3 techniques you learned through the Blog Hop. I chose to use the ribbon flowers, Glossy Accents patterned paper and chipboard buttons and creating a journaling tag from scraps. I used beautiful papers and die cuts from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Collection. I really like how my NSD Blog Hop Challenge LO came out.

Kaiser Craft Kick

2009-05-03T21:12:00.000-07:00

As you can see I have been on a Kaiser Craft kick lately. I just love their products. Their Beyond the Page items are my favorite. I completed the Purse, Desk Clock and Christmas Journal from this line. Their papers are great too. I used the Little Miss line to create the double page layout of my niece Erin's 4th birthday party. I also used the Kaiser Girl rub ons for the title. I used the Tudor paper line on the Desk Clock and the Winter Wonderland line on the Christmas Journal. I used My Little Yellow Bicycle Love Letters line on the Purse album.

I Remember When now closed, but I have moved to AC Bailey!

2009-03-15T11:32:00.000-07:00

I am very sad to report that I Remember When has recently closed due to the issues the poor economy has brought about. On a happier note I am pleased to share with you that I have joined AC Bailey Designs. I have several friends who were previously with IRW that are now with AC Bailey and this just seemed like the best move for me. One of the greatest savings AC Bailey offers is FREE SHIPPING the 1ST DAY of EACH MONTH with ANY $35 order!!! This saves you sooooo much money! The product selection at AC Bailey is wonderful. You can access my AC Bailey store by clicking the box on the right. I hope you guys love AC Bailey as much as I do.

Happy Scrappin!!!

2009-02-15T13:38:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! My blog made the Craft Critique Blog Carnival!!! YEAH!!!!! So, if you are here reading my blog be sure to hop on over to http://www.craftcritique.com/ to see all the great blogs that made their latest blog carnival. You will get tons of great project ideas and inspiration from the blogs of Craft Critique readers.

Enjoy!
Tammy

Craft Critique Valentine's Day Blog Carnival!!!

2009-02-08T01:31:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to spread the word about the Valentine's Day Blog Carnival that one of my favorite websites Craft Critique is hosting. Visit http://www.craftcritique.com/ for all the details as to how to enter your blog posts to be featured in the Blog Carnival. Good Luck!!!

Blog Contest

2009-02-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

I'm in the mood to do a little blog give away. All you have to do is check out the projects on my blog and leave a comment on this post telling me which project is your favorite and why. I'll draw a winner from all of those who commented. Thanks for participating and good luck!!!

JCMS Cheerleaders

2009-01-31T21:46:00.000-08:00

This is the project I have completed for the JCMS Cheerleaders. It is a wall hanging with an autograph and/or photo book that fits in the pocket on the back. Be sure to click the photos for a larger version in order to see the details of the project. I hope the cheerleaders will like them!

Making Memories Live From CHA!!!

2009-01-26T09:08:00.000-08:00

Everyone be sure to check out the Making Memories blog today for great LIVE coverage from CHA with loads of contests and give aways. Good Luck!!!

http://makingmemories.typepad.com/makingmemories/

Men of Xyron

2009-01-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year

2009-01-24T08:41:00.000-08:00

Well guys this post is a little late as I thought I had posted it already, but then realized I hadn't, so please forgive me. I created this layout using the XPCS Basic Shapes and Tags books as part of a Design Team assignment for QVC. I created a replica of Times Square and the ball dropping on New Year's Eve. I just LOVED this layout and really had a hard time letting it go to send it in for submission!!!

Be My Valentine

2009-01-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

I received the entire new Love Letters line from Little Yellow Bicycle to create some Design Team items with and I just LOVE it. The flocked papers, die cuts, transparencies, stickers and stamps were all fabulous!!! Since my 15th wedding anniversary is coming up February 12th I decided to create a page with my own wedding photo to honor the occasion and another page using a photo of my hubby and I when we were still just dating. I created a special heart shaped card to celebrate the occasion as well.

Valentine Card

2009-01-22T09:35:00.000-08:00

I created this cute little z shaped valentine with the XPCS. I cut the hearts from the basic shapes book. I just used some small pieces of pattern paper scraps for the cover and sentiment mounting. I stamped the sentiments with one of my SU sets.

OCHS Owls Cheerleaders

2009-01-22T09:14:00.000-08:00

I knew just what I wanted to create when I received this cool line of owl paper and embellishments by Sassafras Lass for some Design Team projects. Since our Owsley County mascot is of course the owl my niece's cheerleading photos were just the perfect subject matter. I hand cut the owls and created the branches from the matching stamps. I used some of the circle embellishments for the Os in the title. Wish our cheerleaders luck as they have their competition on Saturday.

Sleeping Beauty

2009-01-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favorite layouts that I have created recently. The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny. I used AC Thickers for the title, Prima flowers, black buttons, Jenni Bowlin journaling cards and Doodlebug Dream stamp. I hadn't used the sewing machine in awhile, so I decided to pull it out for this project. I did a zig zag stitch up the side of the title strip with black thread and then hand stitched the half circle. This photo of Marley was taken Christmas morning after she was worn out from getting up early to see if Santa came.

Go Cats!!!

2009-01-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

We discussed on an IRW conference call about getting back to basics and scrapping with just cardstock as a way for many to continue to scrap during this economic crunch. We don't always need the latest and greatest in scrapbooking supplies to make awesome layouts! So, here is a layout as a sample of just that. I used Bazzill Blue Jean and Black cardstock, my Wishblade to creat the title, a few flowers and brads, a Maya Road calendar turn and chipboard scallop piece inked with black and a UK Wildcate I printed off the web. I created the scallop edge with the Fiskars Threading Water punch and added glitter to my title to give it a little bling.

2009-01-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple more layouts I created with MME papers, frames and embellishments. The flowers are from Prima and the brads are from Doodlebug's Boutique line. Can you tell Marley loves her Aunt Micki, Aunt Lynn, cousin Charis and of course her Mommy!

2009-01-10T14:18:00.000-08:00

Here are just some quick and simple layouts I did of Marley doing two of her favorite things at Nannie's house which are making dumplings and playing in boxes. The patterned paper is by MME.

Fairest Of Them All

2009-01-06T21:42:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to receive the entire Fairest Of Them All Collection by Imaginisce to work with for some Xyron Design Team projects. I created these two layouts and castle album with this awesome line. My own princess Marley made for the perfect subject matter for this scrap job.

Winter Fun

2008-12-07T23:09:00.000-08:00

Since we have had so much snow flying around so early this year in Kentucky it inspired me to created these winter pages of the first time Marley went sledding. The snowman emellishment on the page at the top was created using the base of the flip flop from the XPCS Vacation book. I thought he turned out rather cute. I used some snowflake buttons with the backs cut off so they would rest flat on the page to give it the "snowing" effect on the layout above. The other embellishments and papers are from My Mind's Eye. Love their products!

Here is another project with my XPCS Vacation book flip flop base snowman. I used him this time to create this cute card. I added a few of my left over snowflake buttons, hand cut him a hat, nose and arms, added a scrap piece of winter wonderland ribbon as a scarf and brads for his eyes, mouth and buttons. I used a piece of blue glitter paper from my DCWV Glitter Mat Stack and rub on letters from MM for the title. This is one of the projects I created to be used as a sample for Xyron when they present the XPCS on QVC New Year's Eve. So, if you are bored on New Year's Eve and have nothing else to do turn on your tv and watch QVC. I have created 3 other cards (baby, halloween, valentine) and a cool New Year's Eve layout that is a replica of Times Square. I hope they all make it on the show!

Here are a copy of other items I created with the My Mind's Eye products. One is the simple 2-4-6-8 bag. If you would like directions on how to create this just shoot me an email. The other is a Christmas card I created with some of my scraps. I always try to create a few cards from scraps when I have finished using patterned papers. It cuts down on my scrap stash and I always have cards on hand when I need to grab one quickly.

My Girl Layout

2008-11-26T11:13:00.000-08:00

I created this layout using the Daisy D's Build A Page Baby Girl. I simply used the border stripes to cover the area of the paper that said "Baby Girl" I then cut up the word strips to use only the ones I wanted on the tag. This is a quick and easy page to create by using paper and embellishments for something other than the subject for which they were intended. This created a darling girly layout of my daughter Marley on her first trip to the fair.

Valentine's Day Cards

2008-11-22T05:41:00.000-08:00

I have completed my first Design Team assignments which were Valentine's Day cards. You guys know how much I LOVE hearts, so this was a very fun assignment for me. I had to complete 4 cards for this assignment and this one ended up being my favorite. I used my Wishblade to cut the black wings. I then used some bare chipboard wings from Maya Road and added white paint and glitter. These turned out to be beautiful! The black glitter chipboard U is from Scrapworks and the pink chipboard tag is from DCWV Glitter Box.

This gate fold card was created using the Wishblade and XPCS. I loved how the heart acts as handles to open the card. The cardstock is from Bazzill and the ribbon is from Daisy D's. I free hand wrote the message "Look Inside My Heart" and added red heart gems and read stickles for some extra bling. I used the negative space from the pink heart die cut to free hand cut a thin heart for the inside of the card. I used a Bazzill Chip Topper for the inside message.

These last two cards were created using the XPCS, Design Runner and the Wishblade. It isn't too early to start making those Valentine's for your sweetheart!