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Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge for January 2024

Hello friends!  It’s been a while since I’ve posted.  Happy New Year!  I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I must confess that I haven’t been feeling at all creative for the last several months.  I just couldn’t motivate myself to do any papercrafting projects at all.  I have an autoimmune illness that I have been battling… Read More »

Experimenting With DIY Layout Kits, Making My Own Embellishments, and Scraplifting!

Have you seen the newest edition of Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine?  The spring issue is packed full of lots of beautiful inspiration.  I couldn’t wait to scraplift Nathalie DeSousa’s double page layout!  It was covered in florals with lots of empty white space on the pages. I also recently received the Close To My Heart Cosette Scrapbooking… Read More »

There’s a New Kendra’s Card Challenge 10 Hop and Giveaway!

I am sharing cards created with SKETCH #2 today:   #KCC10GiveawayHop Details:  I used papers, a stencil, and a die set from Scrappy Tails Crafts.  I so love the scene building stamps and dies that Scrappy Tails Crafts carries.  The designs are always beautifully created and detailed. This may be my new favorite stencil.  This is the chevron… Read More »

Sports Themed Scrapbook Challenge

The theme for this months scrapbook Challenge YOUrself is to create a sports themed layout. Remember that YOU have to be in a photo on the layout! For my layout, I used the Close To My Heart Flower Shoppe scrapbook kit. This kit came with a fabulous variety of patterned papers, lots of great embellishments, and a nice… Read More »

Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge February Theme: Meditation

This month’s theme for the Challenge YOUrself February challenge is meditation.   I don’t meditate per se.  I do activities that I find meditative. I often find that as I’m riding my bike I focus on the sights and sounds around me and the feeling of freedom and relaxation that I have while riding my bike. I find… Read More »

Using A Sketch and Creating Your Own Ephemera + Free Sketch!

I have really been enjoying the scrapbook workshop kits that I have purchased from Close To My Heart.  I have been playing with the Now & Forever Scrapbook Workshop Kit.  I got the kit with the stamp and thin cuts set included and I’m so happy that I did that! I’ve made a ton of my own ephemera… Read More »

Kendra’s Card Challenge: Win a Prize!

It’s time for another Kendra’s Card Challenge! You can go to Kendra’s blog and download the cutting diagrams and layout sketches to create 15 cards from 6 pieces of patterned paper.  The cutting templates and the card layout sketches are FREE!!  That’s 15 sketches of card inspiration friends and a great way to use up that patterned paper… Read More »

December Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Layout Challenge

I hope your holiday season has been, and continues to be, joyful! It’s the start of a new Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge!  This month’s theme is black and white photos.       I used the October Hip Kit Club kit to create my layout.  I absolutely loved the color scheme of this kit!  It was less pastel… Read More »

Star Stampz November Challenge Reminder!

I am posting a reminder that the Star Stampz Challenge ends on December 8 for this month! This month’s challenge is an anything goes with a focus on nature. This month, I used the Autumn Gift digi from the Star Stampz Shop on Etsy. I love this sweet image.  When I first started coloring the digi images from… Read More »