I was very excited when I was contacted by Photoplay. I won an Instagram contest and I got to select a free Photoplay collection. Of course I picked the fall collection! It’s so pretty this year. Lucky me! It arrived in time for my to create a fall layout for this month’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge. This month’s… Read More »
The new Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme challenge this month! You need to make a layout about YOU! I decided that any layout that I create about myself needs to include a mixed media background. I consider myself a mixed media artist even though I don’t share all those projects here or on YouTube. I’ve… Read More »
I’m still managing to keep up with the load layouts!! I waited to post this so I could add the process video for the layout that I have to share with you today. I attended a virtual Scrap Smarter experience a few weeks ago and there were 11 presentations from women who are leaders in the scrapbooking and… Read More »
Have you ever participated in a LOAD challenge? What’s a LOAD challenge, you ask? It’s a LayOut A Day challenge. Every day for the month of October, I will be sent a story prompt and a technique prompt that I will use to create a scrapbook layout. The theme of this LOAD challenge is: The Royals I was… Read More »
National Scrapbook Day Mother’s Day Layout! Happy National Scrapbook Day! In honor of National Scrapbook Day, I decided to create a Mother’s Day Layout. I fell in love with the elegance of the Something Borrowed Designer Paper and Embellishments. Combined with gold ribbon and gold embossing, I really love the effect. Isn’t the Sahara Sand Lace Trim a… Read More »
Stamping And Scrapbooking Sunday Series: Winter Layout! It’s cold, rainy and blustery here today. It only seemed right to do a little shopping with my daughter, light a fire in the fireplace and create a scrapbook page to match my mood! Winter is coming and we might as well be prepared! Stampin’ Up!’s All Is Calm Designer Series… Read More »
Create the perfect beach scrapbook layout with the High Tide Designer Series Paper! In fact, create an entire beach themed album! I’ve actually created two different layouts to share with you today. One is a 12 x 12″ page and the other an 8 x8″ page. Both pages can be adapted to create the size that you need.… Read More »
It’s time for a Stamping and Scrapbooking Sunday scrapbook layout! Today I have the Thankful For A Fall Layout for you! I love the colors of fall. I could make all of my scrapbooks with this color scheme if I could figure out a way to make it work with all of my photos! My entire house is… Read More »
We spent our weekend visiting our daughter who is doing a research fellowship in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I like to create my scrapbooks as soon as I can after a family vacation, or what usually is just a long weekend some place within driving distance. It was a quick two days and we crammed a lot in! I… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: Flower Fair Simply Scrappin’ Kit and 8 x 8″ Album I created an entire scrapbook today! How crazy is that? It didn’t take me long because I started with the Flower Fair Simply Scrappin’ Kit from the Spring Catalog. I loved this kit so much, I actually purchased two of them! You can purchase… Read More »
In the midst of playing with all of Stampin’ Up!s retiring stuff one last time, it’s easy to forget that many things in the Spring Catalog will be leaving us on May 31! One of the stamp sets that is not returning is the Oh, Whale stamp set. The Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series Paper and the Sizzix… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products: Afternoon Daydream Simply Scrappin’ Kit, Lovely Letters Alphabet Stamp Set, Scallop Square Punch I am loving this new Scrapping and Stamping Sunday Series! I made 11 scrapbook pages in just a couple of hours today. It’s so relaxing to sit and create. I used to scrapbook all the time when the kids were younger and… Read More »
I started out my adult crafting life as a scrapbooker. I have made no less than 40 scrapbooks in the last 20 years! I don’t ordinarily like scrapbook kits and I usually don’t buy them. I like to cut, punch and create paper art. I decided to try the two scrapbooking kits in the Spring Mini Catalog just… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s Flower Fair Simply Scrappin’ kit is making my life easier! I feel like I’m creating scrapbook layouts in just minutes with everything I need in this one convenient kit. I made a two page layout by starting with a great scrapbook layout sketch. You may recognize this layout! I used it in 4 other scrapbook pages… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! is offering an amazing product bundle in the Spring mini catalog. They have an 8×8″ Designer Printed Ring Album and the Flower Fair Simply Scrappin’ Kit which you can purchase separately or as a bundle. The papers and the album are so pretty! I love this bundle! The colors are bright and happy. You actually get… Read More »