Archiver's haul and Mad Tea Party Winner

A few days ago, I drove to my favorite scrapbook store, Archiver's. It's a good drive -- 40 miles from my house. There is a scrapbook store about 10 minutes from me, but I just don't like it.

I love Graphic 45 paper. They do a lot of vintage themes and Archiver's has the best selection of their paper. Here's some of the Graphic 45, fairy themed paper that I bought some time ago, called Once Upon a Springtime.

And on my last journey there, I picked up some papers from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe line.

On this trip, I bought several miscellaneous 12x12 sheets of paper for some current projects I'm working on. I also bought a 12x12 pad of paper, called "Ladies Diary". There are 24 double-sided sheets,{two sets of twelve sheets}.

I'm completely in love with all these sheets. Here are my favorite sheets found inside this pad.

And then, because Halloween is right around the corner {well, kind of}, I had to buy some Halloween paper. Grapic 45 strikes again with these vintage images they've re-purposed into new paper.

I'll  probably make cards out of this sheet.

I can never pass up owl-themed paper.

I picked up some new Halloween stamps, by Graphic 45. I love the witch flying across the moon.

Then I hit Hobby Lobby and Michael's craft store. Both stores had 40% off coupons last week. The coupons are available on each store's website. Last week Michael's ran 1/2 off embellishments and stickers by Recollections. Here's a small sample of what I picked up:

Now, it's time to put all these embellishments and paper to use!

~Mad Tea Party Giveaway~

                                                            
The giveaway winner is  Ms Misantropia!

Many thanks to everyone who stopped by my Mad Tea Party and commented.

Thanks for visiting!
~Michelle

One World, One Heart {& giveaway}!

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Hello fellow bloggers and bloggettes! Welcome to my blog. This year I am participating in the One World, One Heart worldwide event.

I'm not really good at introductions, so here is a quickie: I love photography, traveling, journaling, scrapbooking, collecting old china, dolls and snowmen. I like to paint and to play with mixed media. I also love to read. I love reading in bed, on the couch, in the park, in the backyard, on the beach, in the car and yeah, even on the treadmill :)

As a participant in this global event, I'm giving away a door prize. This is my first giveaway! All you have to do to be eligible is to have a blog and to leave a comment on this post. On February 17th, I'll either use a random number generator or draw names out of a hat.

My giveaway is a scrapbook journal. I decided to make this little book because I love scrapbooking. Now I haven't scrapbooked in a long, long time, but that doesn't stop me from stocking up on scrapbook supplies.



All items used are acid free and archival quality. The outside covers are 7"h by about 5"w with the pages being slightly smaller. They're from 7gypsies. Most of the papers I used for this scrapbook journal are from October Afternoon.



To view larger sized photos, just click on any of the pics. The book covers and pages are held together with ring binders. The rings pop right open, making it easy to rearrange the pages or add new ones.


If you count front and back, there are 26 pages. There are also a couple of smaller sheets tucked in. These rub-ons from Love Elsie and the 3D embellishments are included, too.



Thanks to Lisa Swifka from A Whimsical Bohemian for hostessing this global event. I cannot wait to visit all the other wonderful blogs who've signed up for this event. I am so happy I could participate in this final year of OWOH.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Alice in Wonderland Halloween Paper!

During a visit to my local scrapbook store, I discovered Alice in Wonderland Scrapbook paper all done up for Halloween!


Created by Graphic 45, each double-sided sheet is 12x12 and only 99 cents per page.


Here's a close-up of the above page:


What I love most about this paper is that the original illustrations by Sir John Tenniel were used.


My camera battery was dying when I took these photos, so please forgive any blurriness.


Tea anyone?


This sheet is full of punch outs and little tags (& a little pricier than the rest). I scanned this one, so what you see is only a partial of the page.


The backsides of two of the sheets. They all have a different design on each side.



I can't wait to use this paper. Sometimes I buy scrapbook paper and I love it so much, I can't bear to use it... So then, I go out and buy duplicates. This way I can have the paper and use it too! Crazy, right?

Thanks for dropping by :)