I finally finished my Box!!!

 Here is my Kaiser Box that I started some time ago.

I actually had all of the drawer fronts done except for two and all I had left was the actual box. I do LOVE how these turned out in the end. My biggest reason for the procrastination was trying to decide on the last drawer pulls. In the end I chose the faucet knob and the zipper pull.

I was going to paint the box but I was inspired by the Kaiser Baseboard papers and I'm so glad that I chose this different wood grain for the back portion. I'm so happy that the back is completely finished.

I took 3 sheets of the main paper and there are no folded edges here as all the pieces were cut to fit and glued on individually. The top piece actually has 3 pieces that are joined and the joints are not at all visible.

Here it is all finished and put together. LOVE IT!!! I can't wait to start the next Kaiser box.

hope you enjoyed it!

This and That!

Here is how the metal embossed tile is really supposed to look when you use the right chipboard. I used a thinner chipboard on my Blog tutorial for Scrapbooker's and the difference is quite significant.

One of my favorite storage finds is this old metal toolbox. This is how I store all of my rubons and stickers. This may look like a lot but most of these came from goodie bags. I tend to make my own embellishments so I rarely use stickers but I do use rubons. My favorites are the ones that I can just cut chunks out of and all of the definition words from Kaiser.

STAMPS are my real weakness! I would need at least a dozen of these boxes to fit my stamp collection. I couldn't help myself this week when the NEW Red Rubber stamps, Riley and Company and the Pan Pastels came into the store and I've had to add a few to the collection. I used one of my favorite Red Rubber stamps to create my background project below.

 Here's my latest project on Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog. The tutorial is for the background paper which I created from a plain white piece of paper. I'm always up for getting messy!

I can't wait to show you what I'm finally finishing up for next week!!!

Hope you have an awesome week,

My Muse(ings) is 1!!!!!

I can't believe how fast a year has gone by......

I haven't been too disciplined but I haven't been bad either! 

I'm excited to get this New Year under way and it actually started last Sunday with the plate bake. I hope that some of you tried this. I've been using my baked plates all week and I swear they also puffed a bit. This is good as some of them started needing shimming.

This week I am showing the finished layout using the technique that I did on Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog. I love how this turned out and I will use this technique again to create a background. I also used some of the leftover petals from a previous 'Paradise' post.

This weekend I get to judge at the Alberta Winter Games and I get to celebrate my Birthday with some great gals. The games are being hosted by the beautiful town of Canmore. The people will be awesome, the venue will be awesome so now it's all up to the WEATHER! I sure hope it warms up.

My favourite thing in the last week is the billboard on the outside of the church down the street.

"WHOEVER'S PRAYING

FOR SNOW

PLEASE STOP!"

I concur,

Have a Great Week,

Cutting Plates are FLAT again!

My plates were so bowed that I had to give this a try. Here is a picture of my cutting plate before I did my little experiment.

I did two plates at a time. I wrapped them in tin foil individually and preheated my oven to 325 deg.

I laid them side by side on a flat cookie sheet and covered them with a heavy glass (oven proof) dish.

I baked them for 30 minutes.

When you remove the plate from the tin foil, you will be able to wipe off old bits of dark cardstock.

Here is my flattened acrylic sheet. It's not 100% flat but it's pretty close and it still won't replace a brand new plate but it will give it more life and will save you when you can't get to a store when you need a fix at the most inopportune time.

The plate will still have all the cut marks, but it will be more translucent.

Here is a different view to so that you can get a better idea of how well this works.

Go ahead and give it a try!