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Hi everyone! It's me,  Tonya . I don't know about you but I do love the beach and I sure do love Folly Beach which is in Charleston, South Carolina. The hubby and I love Folly Beach so much we were married there a couple of years ago. It was the most perfect sunny day in March, out of a not so warm and perfect week of cold, icky and bad weather. But hey...I got my wish of being able to stand barefoot on the beach with the man I love and say our I does. :-)    I would like to share a page of a recent trip we took. I used the  AP 211 State of South Carolina  printable and a piece of cardstock that I cut down to 5 5/8"x7 5/8" from the  Glitz Uncharted Waters Paper Pad  from  Altered Pages . The page was very easy to put together. I used ephemera I had picked up from the hotel and trips into Charleston. I have a Instax printer that I took along on the trip and was able to print photos that I took with my phone. I added a map of the area th...

Hi everyone! It's me,  Tonya .  It is hard to believe that fall and cooler weather is right around the corner but I am here to share some rolodex cards using some Halloween and Fall printables  with Marie Antoinette thrown in for fun and some leftover cardstock from previous Mailbox Muse kits. Everything that was used to create these rolodex cards are listed below in the supply list. For the first rolodex card I fussy cut one of the Marie Antoinette, jack-o-lantern and butterfly wings. I adhered the butterfly wings to the back of Marie and then glued the jack-o-lantern in Marie's hand. I added black thread to the back before I adhered to the card. For the rolodex card I used a diecut and leftover cardstock from a few of my Mailbox Muse kits.You can also use rolodex cards that you can buy at your local office supply place and alter with cardstock. I also added a little St...

Hi everyone! It's me  Tonya  and I am here to share a lamp shade I altered with MD Hobby and Craft Chicken Wire and  Maps  I turned into flowers to add a vintage charm to the shade. I started with this old and tired lamp shade that use to hang in my dining room until I replaced with another light fixture. I had held onto this thinking that I might be able to use it for something later on. I am so glad I did!!! After removing the fabric this was left with a metal frame. The chicken wire comes folded in half and rolled up. I had my husband help by holding while I cut with wire cutter in the fold and with determining how much to cut off the roll. Also it might be a good idea that if you don't have a "holder" to help  wear gloves because the wires do have sharp edges. I know...ouch! First make sure you have long enough wire that will wrap around the frame on all sides. Now begin wrapping each wire to the frame with needle nose plier...

Hi everyone! It's me,  Tonya  and I am here to share a mini journal I created for an upcoming trip to the beach. I wanted something that was small and wouldn't take up much space and that I could use my Instax printer to print off 2"x3" photos.   You will need a 6"x9" clasp envelope as the base or cover for your mini album. I removed the reinforcement around the hole and the clasp. I used a page from the  Vintage Text Pages pack ,  Before Bikinis collage sheet ,  1821D Vintage Words collage sheet,  235  Summer Words collage sheet,  Uncharted Waters 8"x8" Glitz Paper Pad  which I used thru out the mini along with  Security Paper  to create the outside cover and inside pages. I measured the spine of the mini and found the center which I then punched a tiny hole. Then I cut 10 inches of 3mm elastic trim, folded in half and run thru and tie off on the inside cover. Next I measure an inch in on one end and...

Hi everyone! It's me  Tonya  and since Easter is right around the corner I wanted to share a card I created using the past  Mailbox Muse Magical Gypsy Bazaar Kit  and  Kunze German Scraps . I have never had the opportunity to use the German foil before but let me say this I love it! I started by cutting and folding an embossed piece of green polka dot Bazzill cardstock to create a 5" x 5 1/2" cardbase.  Ink the edges of the 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" light green polka dot cardstock and adhere off center of the base along with the german foil white medallion. I cut a 1 3/4" x  5 1/2" stripe of patterned cardstock and center and adhere along with the an pink piece of cardstock cut slightly larger than the gold german foil and adhere to the top of the card base. I fussy cut the bunny from the  Fresh Springtime printable , added a little  Star Dust Stickles  to the egg and adhered to the card along with the sentiment tha...

Hi everyone! Are you ready for Christmas? Me? No! Every year I say I'm going to be ahead of the game so I can enjoy the season but you know how it goes it just gets crazy busy and before you know it Christmas is here. Sigh… Well, I want to share two quick projects I created using this month's cosponsor's  Just For Fun Rubber Stamps . Lets get started. I started with a Christmas card envelope that I messed up. Instead of throwing it away I decided I wanted to use it as a pocket for a journal…the flap is actually on the end of the envelope which will make it easy to put memorabilia in it.  I stamped  The Holiday Wish  image onto a piece of cardstock from the  Joyeux Noel Paper Collection . Also from the same collection I cut various sizes of cardstock for the front of the envelope. The piece of cardstock that has writing on it is actually from packaging that had charms on it. I thought it would add the perfect touch to the envelope. ...

Hi everyone! It's me,  Tonya  and I'm here to share a quick and simple project for this month using some of my favorite  Altered Pages  supplies and I got to try my creativity with some of the printable film from this month's sponsor Craft Attitude. I 'm going to show you how to create a gift card holder from a tag so lets get started. The base of this gift card holder is created from a  #10 tag (4 1/8"x8 1/2")  and  all you need to do is fold as shown below. Also ink all edges of the tag in red. I cut  cardstock  to fit the inside and then adhered to the tag. I didn't cover the inside of the "pocket" since it won't be seen. I did the outside of the tag the same as inside. Next I punched a tiny hole in the center of the flap and threaded the  twine  through and tied off on the backside. Then I adhered the flap down and used cloths pins to keep everything in place while it dried. Then I ra...