Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Everything ABC's Blog Hop Letter D



Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter D. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their D element will be featured in their post.


 This is the BEGINNING of the hop so you are in the right place!

My project featuring the letter D is for Dave Ramsey!


By now many of you have heard of Dave Ramsey and the Total Money Makeover, if you haven't check it out HERE Well, I have not taken the class but I have decided to try the envelope system that he talks about.  Of course I can not have plain ol' fuddy duddy envelopes so I created some fancy schmancy ones of my own using a template found HERE and printing it on Close to my Heart paper. 

I chose to use an older paper pack that I have been wanting to use up called Emporium.  The great thing about our paper packs is that they coordinate so well together that it was a cinch to whip these up.  Here are the steps that I did:

  1. Choose paper pack and cut down to 8 1/2 x 11.
  2. Using template print out onto paper.
  3. Cut out template and using Tombow adhesive adhere bottom and side flaps.
  4. Print out labels from same site and punch out with 1 1/4" punch. (I printed mine out on Avery sticky label paper to save time)
  5. Adhere to 1 3/8" punched scallop circle (or use Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out scallops).
That's it!  Super easy, super fun and super fancy.  The labels I chose are groceries, gas, fun, haircuts & personal care, and eating out.  You can make as many envelopes as you would like to fit your needs.


Here is a peek into my grocery envelope. 

 I did not want to create an envelope for each week so  I used 3 x 5 index cards folded at different points to put four weeks into one envelope.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and let me know if you have used/plan to use the envelope system.
Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Lucy of Love 2 Create.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:


1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy (YOU ARE HERE)
2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
3. Theodora~ Celebrate Crafts
4. Linda ~ Scrappy Therapy 
5. Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
6. Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece 
7. Alicia Petitt ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia 
8. Kathy Johnson ~ Kathy's Creative Corner 

5 comments:

  1. Nice way to dress up your envelopes. Much more fun than plain white!

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  2. OH NO ... what are you going to make when you come to "E" ... hahahaha! I love functional things that are pretty too.

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  3. Cute! :) So much better than boring envelopes...maybe this is what I need to do in order to stick to the system.

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  4. Great idea! I am going to have to check out Dave Ramsey.. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. I never heard of Dave Ramsey so I am interested to learn more. You envelopes are look great and I like the paper.

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