Have you ever spent a good portion of your day doing chores and then getting Christmas gifts ready to send out, only to realize that you need a quick card? That was my day today! I will confess that I was having a good time trying to find creating ways to create packaging for stocking stuffers for my… Read More »
TLC Designs is a sweet little online craft store that carries some very unique interactive die sets, along with cute stamp sets and some digital products as well. TLC stands for, “To Live Creatively”, and one of the goals of the store is to bring you quality products at the best prices. I was excited to get invited… Read More »
It’s so easy to get started on a card that you are coloring with your favorite alcohol markers and then just get involved in creating a scene and doing the works with the markers. I love creating scenes around the images that I color, but it can take an entire morning or afternoon to create just 1 card.… Read More »
Do you have one of those cups or bowls of extra die cuts and sentiments on your desk? I have one and it’s fairly empty right now so I can actually see exactly what goodies are in there ready to be used! I used a couple of pieces on the card that I have for you today. My… Read More »
Have you made your Christmas cards for the season yet? I have not yet had the time to actually do that task! Maybe this week! I made a fun Christmas card today! I used the Christmas Fairy from Kinda Cute by Patricia and a Christmas Frames die from Simon Says Stamps to create a quick and easy card… Read More »
Today marks the start of a new Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge. You know that I love these because they are anything goes. I don’t have to just make a card and I find it a fun challenge to see what I can create with the digi that I’m given that isn’t a card! We always have a sponsor… 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 Paper Craft Crew Sketch for this week is a nice quick and easy sketch! As soon as I saw it, I knew that I wanted to use this little Avery Elle wreath die that I have. It’s one of my favorite little dies. You can keep this clean and simple like I did, or you can create… 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 »
Challenge YOUrself is a scrapbook layout challenge site that requires that you create a scrapbook layout for the monthly challenge and you include a picture that has YOU in it! We so often take the photos for the special moments, that we often aren’t in any of them! This month’s Challenge YOUrself theme is to create a holiday… Read More »
Every now and then, I like to create a clean and simple (CAS) card just to show myself I can. I LOVE CAS cards and I aspire to create all CAS cards. It often never works that way because I like all the things!! I love techniques and embellishments and layers way too much to confine myself to… 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 »
Do you usually buy full sized stamp sets? I’ve started focusing on smaller stamp sets. There is a whole world of 3 x 4″ stamp sets out there that are perfect for creating sets of cards. It’s amazing how many different layouts you can make with just one image and one sentiment. I’ve created one quick card today… Read More »
It’s never too early to build your holiday card stash! Creating just a couple of holiday cards a week for the next 12 weeks can help to make your festivities more relaxing when November and December get here! This is holiday card #1 for me! I kept it simple and used Catherine Pooler’s new Peeking Pets stamp… Read More »
We are having a fun team challenge on the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge blog for the next couple of days! All of the designers have created a project for a color challenge given to us by Rachelle, the team coordinator. There was a twist on the challenge to use a line from a song or a poem that… Read More »