Selecting who my hero would be for this month’s Challenge Yourself Inspiration Challenge was easy. Finding a picture of the two of us together in the midst of moving was a whole other story! Thank goodness for technology! This month’s Challenge YOUrself challenge is an inspiration challenge. The inspiration is Mariah Carey’s song, “Hero”. This is a scrapbooking… Read More »
We all end up with those little strips of that pretty patterned paper we so carefully pick out and agonize over cutting. Those little strips really can add a pop of color to your card with a great layout. This week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch is just such a layout! Isn’t that sentiment fantastic? That is from Catherine… Read More »
This card is almost monochromatic! This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch felt like a great chance to do something very clean and simple with a couple of new things that I allowed myself to purchase on my little crafting budget. I’m still setting up my new little crafting space so it feels less relaxing than it usually… Read More »
Theme challenges pose more of a challenge for me than a sketch challenge. I decided to combine this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge, which is a theme challenge, with this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. The theme is “Romance”. What stamps do you have that you might use for a romance theme? I was thinking champagne glasses, hearts,… Read More »
Altenew released 12 new ink colors in December and of course I had to add them to my collection! It was such a crazy month first with finishing up at work and retiring, then having a house full of wonderful company for two weeks for the holidays that I never had time to play with them until today!… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a clean and simple sketch and for a change, I decided to stick with that plan! I confess that I got a bit overly zealous with my splatters on this card, but alas…they are always unpredictable! I used Altenew’s Sunlit Butterflies die with two of their new ink colors swooshed onto… Read More »
I’m very excited to participate in my first challenge with the Design Team for the scrapbook Challenge Yourself blog. A big thank you to Sharon Fritchman for selecting me to join the team. I’m so humbled to be a part of this talented group. Make sure you check out the other designers pages and leave some comment love.… 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 »
How many times have you started a new year with a new journal or calendar only to abandon it before the end of the first month? Too many times to count for me. This year I committed by signing up for a class with Ali Edwards and her One Little Word® class. Each month I will get a… Read More »
When I joined the Design Team for the Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge blog, I was excited and inspired to see the sketches and the challenges that Sharon Fritchman had created for us for the coming year. I was so inspired by a link she shared to Ali Edwards One Little Word® blog that I have actually spent the… Read More »
Merry Christmas my friends! I truly hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. Peaceful, restful and relaxed. (Are those things possible during the holiday season?!) A clean and simple holiday card to wish you all the best! This was inspired by this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: I tried to keep this quick, clean and simple by… Read More »
I’m all about making quick cards these days. Thankfully, these days are soon going to be those days when I had no time. Retirement is only 3 more work days away! How sweet it is! For my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team card this week, I chose to keep my color palette to just white. The sketch… Read More »
Is it really December already? Where has time gone this year? It’s been a year of big changes for us with more to come in the next few weeks. We are embracing them all! I finally sat down and made a Christmas card! It’s time!! This image is a small portion of the actual stamp I used for… Read More »
Here is a quick card share for you today using Catherine Pooler Happy Buddies stamp set and the Feeling Chilly 6 x 6″ patterned paper set. I also added some Peppermint Scrub embossing glitter on the snowflakes from the Baby It’s Cold Outside die set and the WISH die that I got for free from Taylored Expressions. Just… Read More »
I’m really excited to share that I have been selected for the Challenge YOUrself Scrapbooking Design Team for 2020. I’m retiring from my teaching career after 31 years of teaching science on December 20 and I plan to blog full time. I’m so looking forward to having time to create videos and to really share my papercrafting ideas… Read More »