Craft Project - Vinyl Record Bowls

While I was "surfing" the web last week I found a FABULOUS craft blog called Greenbean's Crafterole. Stop by and visit a while, you won't be disappointed! :)

Anyhow, she blogged about making vinyl records into bowls. For what, you ask - just about anything.


I did a little more research and found one site that recommends using coffee filters to line the bowl if you are putting unwrapped food into it. I plan to use it mainly for wrapped candy and craft stuff. :)

My oldest daughter and I decided to give it a try. We got 2 records from our local Goodwill store and set off to "burn them up" as my husband so kindly put it! LOL It turned out that this is one of the EASIEST craft projects I have EVER done.

These are the steps I followed..

1) You need a cookie sheet, oven safe bowl and oven mitts. Put your bowl upside down on the cookie sheet put them in the oven and pre-heat to 200 degrees.

2) Place record on top of bowl with whichever side you want to be the bottom facing up. Let "cook" for 5 minutes. The record should be drooping down over the bowl, if not give it a couple more minutes.

3) Take the cookies sheet/bowl/record out of the oven. This is the trickiest part - lift the record off the bowl and flip the bowl over. Now put the record inside of the bowl and start shaping it to your desired form. The record will stay soft for about a minute but if you need to you can always put it back in the oven to soften again.

4) Once it cools your record bowl is ready to use!! :)

Now, Greenbean recommends using stacking bowls and making a "record sandwich" with the large bowl, then record, then small bowl when shaping your creation. I didn't have two oven safe stacking bowls so I just used one and it worked fine. Either way - what a cute bowl, right?

Let me know if you give it a try - oh, I used two movie soundtracks - A Love Story and West Side Story. My husband wasn't to happy that I "destroyed a bit of history" with the West Side Story record so choose your records carfully to avoid lash-back! LOL

Sneak Peek!! New Scrappy Moms Stamps set...

Happy Saturday, everyone! Today I have a sneak peek card made with our soon-to-be-released Scrappy Moms Stamps Christmas set!! The design team members will be doing sneak peeks this week to - be sure to check the out! We aren't going to show you the whole set right now (aren't we stinkers!) but... it's name is "Winter Wishes" - can you guess what kind of set it is? LOL

Now onto my card...


I used my brand new Winter Frolic cart - Yay!!! I had a very hard time deciding which card to make! Hopefully you all like this one - it's simple but quirky.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to keep an eye on the design team blogs for more sneak peeks!

Made By Momo's Tuesday Challenge #12 :)

I was so excited to see Momo's Tuesday Challenge for this week. I had just the right card in mind - right to me at least, LOL!


It is a simple card but I think it turned out cute! The typewritter is cut from the DCWV "Hittin' the Books" stack - it was on clearance for $6.99 at my Michaels so Tammy and split it. :) I used the Round Binding edge punch by EK Success on the notebook paper and the sentiment is from our Scrappy Moms The Charmed Life stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed my little card - thanks for stopping by today!

Blog Hop Winner and Some Answers.... :)

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us on this weekend's hop! I hope you had fun and got some great new crafting ideas! :)

I used Random.org to pick a winner and here she is....

Jennie - from (EarthyScrap)!!

"This is such a super idea!!! Love is so cute! Can't wait to see how you made it!! TFS"

Jennie - Please e-mail me your mailing address at scrappymoms.stamps@gmail.com and I will send your stamps on their way. :)

I had a few questions in the comments that I wanted to answer.

1 - Where did I get my perforating tool? I have a CutterBee Scoring blade. I went out to see who sells it and it looks like it has been discontinued. I did find an art supply store that sells a three pack of CutterBees - it has a straight cutter, scoring blade and perforation blade. If your interested here's the LINK.


2 - Can I do a video on how to use the perforating tool? I don't have a video camera right now so, unfortunately, no. But it's really easy - just put a ruler where you want the line to go and run the tool up against the edge. The tool I have is a rotary so it just roll on the paper -use firm pressure to get a good perforation.

Several of you requested directions on how to make the book so - here goes....

- The covers are cut from George and Basic Shapes at 5 1/2" x 2 5/8" (you could easily cut this with a paper trimmer.) The inside pages are cut at 5 1/2"2 1/2" - from GBS. The perforation is at 3/4" from the left.

- From Locker Talk - Book stack at 1.75", Camera at 1.25", Scissors at 1"

- From Just Because Cards - Car at 1", Lemonade - 1.75 (cut off lemon), "Float Boat" at 1.75 (hide Bloat) - this is for the Pepsi Float page.

- From Every Day Paper Dolls - Bed at 1.75", Van at 1.25"

- From From My Kitchen - Float at 1.75"

-From Graphically Speaking - People reading at 1.75"

- From A Childs Year - Children playing at 1.75"

- From Create A Critter - House (pig) at 1.5"

- From Plantin Schoolbook - Dollar Sign at .75"

- From Sesame St Font - "Bingo" welded at .67"

- From Indie Art - Dice at .5"

From - George and Basic Shapes - Popcorn Box, Game Board and Red Box - made with shapes

From - Slumber Party - Popcorn cut at .75"

I made the white part of the coupon on Photoshop. The font is called CK Handprint - it was a free front from Creating Keepsakes magazine. The box is drawn with the Select and Stroke (outline) Selection features at 5 pt.

Then I used the Bind-It-All with 5 rings. The cover title is from Sesame Street Font at 1" and welded on the design studio.

Please let me know if you have any other questions on the coupon book and anything else that I can help you with.

Thanks for visiting today!

Kids Just Want to Have Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to the Kinderstampo Kids Just Want to Have Fun Blog Hop!!! You should have joined me from visiting Meighen at Scrappin_3rdeeschik - wasn't her coloring book adorable?!

The project I have for you today is a family coupon book. I have divided it into three sections - a section of coupons for the kids to redeem with mom or dad, a section for the kids to redeem with each other, and a section for mom or dad to redeem for a little help. :) I used the Bind-it-all and SEVERAL Cricut cartridges to made this book - if any one wants more details let me know and I will post it later. I perforated each page with my CutterBee perforating tool.










For blog candy I am giving away an Everyday Greetings stamp set by Scrappy Moms Stamps.


Just leave me a comment in order to enter the giveaway - if you don't already follow and enjoyed what you see here I would love for you to join in and follow me. :)

I hope you like my Fun Time Coupon Book - thank you for visiting me today. Your next stop on the hop is Nicole at Canandian Nickel Scrap'n - just click HERE.

Have a great day!

Yay! A Blog Hop this Weekend!! :)

Hello, everyone! Join us for a "Kids just want to have fun" blog hop this Saturday, Sept 11th! We will be showcasing projects to do with your kids or that you can use with your kiddos. :)


The hop will start at Kinderstampo and move on from there. :) There will be 15 blogs to visit - hopefully you will get some great ideas!

Hope to see you Saturday! :)

I'm a GUEST DESIGNER! :)

Kassidy from Inking It Up Crazy asked me to be her Friday Guest Designer for today. Here is my project...


You can check out all the details HERE!

Hope you like my little card! Thanks for visiting!