quirky scrapbook in progress...

so i have this printer's drawer that i no longer put little stuffs in because i am not a frequent duster. and if you don't dust the little stuffs, they start to get icky. which means that my drawer has been empty for some time.

i wanted to make it into a scrapbook of sorts, but some of the spaces were just so tiny. i tried a few different ways of pounding gently removing some of the dividers, and ended up having good luck with a very sharp very thin saw.

initially i planned to paint it, but what i really wanted to do was collage old catalog pages all over it, not just the background. i have some catalogs from 1915 - one Sears and one Ward's - and they have the best photos and descriptions ever.

here's what i have come up with, so far:

lots of layers and lots of mod podge. now i just need to figure out how to put photos and embellishments on it without covering up the whole background. in the meantime, it's hanging on the wall, providing me with inspiration. and amazement at the prices way back when.

thanks for stopping by!

a little note

i changed the music player so it doesn't start automatically; you have to click on the arrow. i have been wanting to do this forever, and finally figured out how...it took one click.

i have a cool new "scrapbook" to post tonight! :)

scrapbooker = card maker?

so if you are a paper scrapbooker, it should logically follow that you could easily make other paper crafts, such as cards, right? not necessarily. at least not for me. i like to make cards, i just have a hard time getting started. coming up with a design. choosing the type of card.

i've seen where some scrappers make a layout and then a card right away, before they clean up. that way all the coordinating papers and embellishments are right there. it saves them the time they would have spent picking out what products to use. this is a really great idea and i love that it sounds so efficient and effortless. i guess i have trouble switching gears?

others start from a sketch, either one of their own or one of the many that are all over the internet or in idea books. i love to look at galleries online and at idea books. sometimes i'll see a beautiful color combination or paper combination that i would never have thought to pair up, and think i will definitely try them out. but when i sit down with my supplies, the ideas don't translate well for some reason. not sure why?

which leads me to another strategy. scraplifting, or CASE-ing. Copy And Steal Everything. (both of these are fine, as long as you give credit to your source.) i get inspired by most everything i see, but i really don't like just following along and gluing paper 'a' to card stock 'b'. must be the rebel in me. ha!

cards are so much smaller than my favorite 12 x 12 pages, maybe that is one reason why i feel constrained before i even get started? maybe i'm over-thinking it. shocker, that. i guess i'll just keep at it and see what happens.

thank you cards are always handy to have on hand:

 

 and general 'happy' cards are fun to send:

 

do you recognize the bird? :)

if you have a strategy you want to share, let me know!