Many of us are spending the holiday season without our usual family gatherings. I’ve been creating special cards for all the family and friends that I will not get to see in person. I also have a video tutorial to show you how to use digital images to create your cards. This will show you how to insert… Read More »
I have a quick and easy Christmas gift idea that you can make in an afternoon from items mostly from your stash! You will find a video tutorial below!! I created 2 of these recipe albums from those dollar store 4 x 6″ photo albums, patterned papers from my craft stash, and some stickers and ephemera… Read More »
This month’s challenge for the Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is an anything goes challenge. You choose the theme and the layout! The only rule is that YOU have to be in the photo! You can create any size layout! I created a layout of a family dinner with my daughter and her beau in our new little… Read More »
I loved the digital images that I was given to create with for the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge #181! I was excited to be given a snowman image for the Christmas theme challenge. When I received the image, there was a black and white image to color, a colored version, and background paper to go with it! I… Read More »
It’s time to make the Christmas gifts! I have been pulling some goodies out of my stash to start creating little gifts for friends and family. Today I found a little mini album that I thought would be a perfect backdrop for my Santa and Fireplace Digital Stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia. I love this Santa and… Read More »
The more I use digital stamps, the more I love using them. I’m feeling even more that way as I pack up my craft supplies for our move to Florida. Digital stamps require no packing!! I was excited to get invited to participate in the Star Stampz Challenge Blog Design Team. Today is my first project share as… Read More »
Many of the stamp sets that you can purchase today are outline stamps and they require that you love to watercolor or use alcohol markers or colored pencils. We all tend to have a favorite medium of choice for these images. Sometimes, I just want to stamp the image and get my project done. I have a few… Read More »
November marks the last new stamp release of the 7 Kids Craft Store exclusive stamps. There are 3 great sets that we have to share with you on our last YouTube video hop! I’m sharing a set called Faerie Winter Dance today and I will share a combination of the other two sets tomorrow! I created a card… Read More »
There is nothing so satisfying as completing a task! I did 31 scrapbook layout challenges this month…all on time and all on prompt. This is a satisfying moment! Today’s prompt was about crowns and queens. We were given 3 sayings to inspire our layout. 1. Her courage was her crown and she wore it like a queen. 2.… Read More »
There are several things that I’m learning about traveler’s notebooks as I’m using the first ones I created. They really are fun to use. I like having a place where scrapbooking meets journaling in a pretty relaxed way. I may be the only person that looks at my traveler’s notebooks, but I enjoy going back ever few days… Read More »
Participating in a month long layout a day challenge is really quite a challenge! I’m enjoying it immensely and I am loving all the scrapbooking that I’ve been doing. I don’t think I’ll ever give up stamping and cardmaking, but I am finding that right now, I’m really loving the scrapbooking. Scrapbooking was how I got involved in… Read More »
The October Main Scrapbook kit that I purchased from the Hip Kit Club this month has been a blast to play with! I’ve already created 3 layouts and I’m going to create another one today. I’m so happy with the variety of papers, chipboards, thickers, and die cuts that I got in this kit. I love that they… Read More »
Last week I shared a card that I created with an underwater scene created by Patricia Alvarez from Kinda Cute by Patricia. I added one of her pelican digital images to the top and created a twist on her underwater scene. Today, I have a Hills and Lake background that Patricia just created and I added her Elf… Read More »
Yesterday was day 21 of the LayOut A Day (LOAD) challenge at Scrap Happy for October 2020. The story prompt was to show a best fishy catch. This is an easy one for me. I bet there are a few thousand pictures of people holding fish or fishing rods in my house. My husband’s YouTube channel and his… Read More »
I’ve done a really good job of using up my craft stash over the last 10 months. I’ve actually got some empty shelves and drawers in my craft room! I have been telling myself for years, that I just needed time. I kept saying that I wanted to keep the stuff I wasn’t using because I would enjoy… Read More »