by Debbie Hodge While journaling is an important part of many scrapbook pages, there are times when minimal journaling works just fine. Here’s a look at 6 of those instances in which titles, design, lists, and photos do the work typically expected of scrapbook page journaling. Short journaling works: 1. When a list does the job There’s nothing like the clarity of a list of things that are important to your subject to cut through the clutter and make a portrait with very few words. Terri Davenport scrapbooked highlights of her son’s life at 13 doing just this. Nate 13 by…
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Keep It Simple - 5 Tips for Simple Scrapbook Pages
About.com Scrapbooking26 Apr 2012 | 10:44 amWith the end of the school year in sight and summer vacation approaching, the amount of time that you will have for scrapbooking tends to shrink. This week's new article, Keep It Simple - 5 Tips for Simple Scrapbook Pages, is all about helping you make the most of your limited scrapbook time. These five tips will help you focus on what is important in your scrapbooking and get some pages done for your family albums. -
Punky Sprouts and Pink Paislee sneak
OHScrap!14 May 2012 | 5:54 pmHello Friends! I’m excited to share with you my first projects as an official Punky Sprouts Team Member. This month we teamed up with the ever fabulous Pink Paislee. I got a packet of Prairie Hill paper and embellishments along with some Punky Sprouts goodies. I created a card and a layout, here are some peeks: Check them out here: http://getpunkysprouts.blogspot.com/2012/05/joscie-leah-and-pink-paislee.html. My team mate Leah also has a super fab Mini book. Thanks for stopping by! Love Love and Blog you Later, Joscie, rhymes with bossy :) -
Tutorial | How to Make a Text Path in Photoshop
Scrapbooking16 May 2012 | 9:00 amDeena Boese shows you how to make a text path in Photoshop to wrap text around any shape. She also includes a template for users of Photoshop Elements version 9 or earlier. Click here to go to the tutorial over at Renee Pearson.com -
Giveaway | Suzi Blu for Stampavie
Scrapbook Update16 May 2012 | 10:20 amArtist Suzi Blu is having an exciting 2012! In January at CHA Winter 2012, she released a new line of clear stamps with Stampavie that feature her signature hand drawn female figures, uplifting sayings and quirky style. She also has a new book out... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.]
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Punky Sprouts and Pink Paislee sneak
14 May 2012 | 5:54 pmHello Friends! I’m excited to share with you my first projects as an official Punky Sprouts Team Member. This month we teamed up with the ever fabulous Pink Paislee. I got a packet of Prairie Hill paper and embellishments along with some Punky Sprouts goodies. I created a card and a layout, here are some peeks: Check them out here: http://getpunkysprouts.blogspot.com/2012/05/joscie-leah-and-pink-paislee.html. My team mate Leah also has a super fab Mini book. Thanks for stopping by! Love Love and Blog you Later, Joscie, rhymes with bossy :) -
texture and vintage and doctors
10 May 2012 | 11:59 pmHello Friends! Here are a few pictures from the past few days. May 7: texture May 8: vintage I bought this camera on ebay to use for TTV (through-the-viewfinder) shots. I stepped outside to shoot some ttv shots in the neighborhood… May 9: Peds. went in with hip/groin pain. sent home with instructions to return if it got worse. guess what? May 10: ER swelling/bruising. ultrasound. thankfully no more pain. taking it easy for 3 weeks then follow up. Thanks for stopping by! Love Love and Blog you later, Joscie, rhymes with bossy :) -
Samantha Walker Creative Crafters May Blog Hop
9 May 2012 | 1:00 amHello Friends! It’s that happy time of the month when we hop along the blogs of Samantha Walker’s Creative Crafters! If you’re coming from Eva’s blog then you are already on the right track. If you’re not, you can start at the top of the hop right here at Samantha’s Blog. This May I have a card I created using Samantha’s Papers from Creative Imaginations. The sentiment inside is: I’m lucky to have you in my life! I cut a 4.5″x 4.5″ piece from this flocked cow print paper and a 5″x 10″ piece of Kraft Cardstock. I scored… -
Monday, Monday
7 May 2012 | 6:32 pmHello friends! It’s been a few days, but I’m glad to be back. I opened up Lightroom the other day only to find that many of my May and April pictures “could not be found” sadly I figured out they were indeed on the drive but the mac just was not recognizing them. When I first made the switch to the Mac I brought my old windows formatted EHDS from the old PC to the new Mac. I bought some software that would allow me to read and write to the win formatted drives. I suspect this is the root of my problem, but I really just don’t know. I have now copied,… -
photo a day
3 May 2012 | 11:19 pmHello friends! I’ve just recently started instagramming, now that it’s available on android. I enjoy seeing my friends’ pictures, it’s really like a photo only facebook/twitter and I enjoy it. I’ve also seen people posting other photo a day projects and because of my short attention span, I always thought it said fatmuslim and thought, wow that sounds kind of rude. ha. it’s fatmumslim. what a difference one letter makes. anyway, I thought I might play along with the instagram photo a day as well as continuing on with my regular photo a day.
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Tutorial | How to Make a Text Path in Photoshop
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Show & Tell | 10 Tags
16 May 2012 | 8:00 amConnie Mercer from Crafty Goodies shows us 10 different tags she has made. The tags showcase a variety of techniques, including stamping and fussy cutting. Click here to see more. -
Show & Tell | Vacation Minibook (& a Giveaway!)
16 May 2012 | 7:00 amNattarida Smith from Awesomeness of Crafting shares a vacation minibook she made recently. She is also giving away some of the products that she used. Click here to go to her blog post. -
Product Review | EK Success Flower Punch
16 May 2012 | 6:00 amSarah White from Our Daily Craft shares her review of the EK Success large flower punch and shows us a couple projects she made using it. Click here to go to the review. -
Inspiration du Jour | Insta-fun
16 May 2012 | 5:00 amInsta -fun by dianaj1012 {GALLERY} {BLOG}
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Giveaway | Suzi Blu for Stampavie
16 May 2012 | 10:20 amArtist Suzi Blu is having an exciting 2012! In January at CHA Winter 2012, she released a new line of clear stamps with Stampavie that feature her signature hand drawn female figures, uplifting sayings and quirky style. She also has a new book out... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.] -
Digital Trends | Colorful Hues
15 May 2012 | 11:03 pmWe have color, color and more color today! Summer is coming and digital designers are bringing us their brightest and most vibrant products to welcome in the new season. Color is everywhere right now. Check out these new products! Sweet Shoppe... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.] -
Paperclipping Roundtable #113: It Makes You Brave
12 May 2012 | 8:10 pmAngie Lucas and Karen Grunberg joined the panel this week to talk about tackling the fear of a blank page. Click on the share button above to share this episode on your own site by embedding the audio player right on your own site! To download the... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.] -
Gallery Highlights | 5.12.2012
11 May 2012 | 11:28 pmWelcome to Gallery Highlights this week! This week’s projects are inspiring and tender, yet colorful and cheerful. I’ve found a great mix of traditional and digital layouts, as well as a beautiful set of cards. So, let’s go take a look! You can... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.] -
Noteworthy | 5.11.2012
11 May 2012 | 10:59 amWow, it’s been a big week for news this week, huh? Of course (in case you missed it), there was the announcement of the impending closure Scrapbooks Etc. magazine. But there was also a lot of good news in the industry this week – product... [Thanks for subscribing to Scrapbook Update so that you get automatic notification of our new posts! Please click on the title of the post to read the full story, or visit the site at http://www.scrapbookupdate.com.]
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Folded Ribbon Flowers
14 May 2012 | 11:18 amYou do not need fancy techniques or lots of supplies to make beautiful flowers for your scrapbook pages and greeting cards. These Folded Ribbon Flowers can be made in minutes with supplies you already have on hand. This new step by step article will show you what supplies you need to gather and guide you through the simple steps needed to create 3-D ribbon flowers. -
Simple Quilled Paper Flowers
11 May 2012 | 3:29 pmQuilling is a centuries old art form that uses rolled strips of paper to piece together shapes and designs. Using the basics of these techniques you can create beautiful, 3-D flowers for your scrapbook pages and greeting cards. The best part about this flower embellishment technique is that it requires very few supplies. This article, Simple Quilled Paper Flowers, will show you how you can make quilled flowers using only glue, toothpicks, and strips of cardstock or patterned paper. -
Tissue Paper Flowers
8 May 2012 | 4:48 pmApril showers bring May flowers, so this May, here on About.com we will have a series of flower technique ideas for scrapbooking. Flowers are some of the most popular embellishments used on scrapbook pages. This article, Tissue Paper Flowers for Scrapbook Pages, shows you how to take items that you most likely already have in your craft closet and turn them into beautiful, textured, delicate flowers. -
7 Tips for Using Patterned Paper for Quick Pages
30 Apr 2012 | 9:17 amPatterned paper is an great tool for dividing up the visual space on a scrapbook page. It can be used to quickly add interest to any page. This new article, 7 Tips for Using Patterned Paper to Make Quick Scrapbook Pages, shows you ways that you can use patterned paper to your advantage when it comes to getting scrapbook pages done quickly and easily. Remember that you can click on each scrapbook page in the article to see it in greater detail. Allow this article to challenge you to get scrapbooking and get more pages done this spring. -
Keep It Simple - 5 Tips for Simple Scrapbook Pages
26 Apr 2012 | 10:44 amWith the end of the school year in sight and summer vacation approaching, the amount of time that you will have for scrapbooking tends to shrink. This week's new article, Keep It Simple - 5 Tips for Simple Scrapbook Pages, is all about helping you make the most of your limited scrapbook time. These five tips will help you focus on what is important in your scrapbooking and get some pages done for your family albums.
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How to make a Custom Header for your Facebook Timeline
7 May 2012 | 1:23 amHave you made a custom header for your Facebook timeline? It’s quite easy to do and it makes your Facebook timeline look a bit more unique than just using a photo like everyone else does. Here’s how you do it. Fundamentally your header is just a specialised digital scrapbook layout. You just need to remember that your Facebook photo will overlap on the bottom left hand corner so you need to design your header allowing for that. The other thing you need to remember is that there’s not a lot of space available so I suggest you keep your design simple and relatively… -
My mojo’s gone missing
2 Apr 2012 | 7:11 amI have been having mojo issues off and on for some time now. But it’s been a particular struggle in the last few months. I don’t have any particular reason to offer… unless you count my addiction/obsession with Castleville on Facebook as a reason. But there is it is; creativity brick wall. So this post is for all of you who are having similar creativity brain blocks. Here are some articles I’ve written on ideas that might help you to get firing on all cylinders again. When Your Mojo is No-Go 10 Top Ways to Rekindle your Scrapbooking Inspiration How to beat Scrappers… -
Digital Scrapbook Tutorial – Blending photos into the background
13 Feb 2012 | 7:10 pmOne of the many things I love about digital scrapbooking is blending. You can blend several background papers together using different blending modes to give you a whole different looking paper. And another very cool blending idea is to blend your photo into the background for a really funky look. Here’s how you do it (I’ve used Photoshop Elements but this will work with any software program that lets you work with layers): 1. Open a new Scrapbook layout file and drag onto it the background paper of your choice. 2. Now drag your photo on and position/resize to suit your layout. Remember… -
Give yourself a gift this Christmas
13 Dec 2011 | 11:41 pmGive yourself the fun of digital scrapbooking with the Step by Step Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Course. Who knew learning could be this much fun? Christmas is in sight. You’ve spent the last month running around like a mad thing buying gifts for your nearest and dearest. Now it’s time for you. Give yourself this fabulous opportunity to learn how to digital scrapbook with these super easy to follow video tutorials. My Step by Step Digital Scrapbook is a ‘soup to nuts’ digital scrapbooking course which will take you from complete beginner to being an advanced digital… -
Christmas Digital Scrapbooking Freebie Bonanza
30 Nov 2011 | 6:00 pmChristmas is coming. The Goose is getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you! Giving is always a good feeling and it’s an extra good feeling at Christmas Time. Once again Antoinette has rallied the Christmas spirit and organised a massive digital scrapbooking Christmas freebie site at Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies. All through December you can pick up any and all of these wonderful digital scrapbooking freebies . . . starting here! Click on the image below to…
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Scrapbooking Embellishments - Not just for Scrapbooking
16 May 2012 | 11:53 amCamden Harbour Inn Maine Boating Adventures Unity College Scuttlebutt Antiques Scrapbook Embellishments Amato's Carleton & Associates The Inn at Brunswick Station Dutch Chevy-Buick Bay Chamber Concerts Totman Enterprises, Inc. -
Turning the pages of time
15 May 2012 | 6:14 pmBut for Coralyn Comnick it has become a passion that she has done for many years. Since the mid seventies Comnick has kept volumes of scrapbooks starting with her two sons Steve and Randall. -
Digital Scrapbooking, Investing, and More: At The Library
15 May 2012 | 2:05 pmDigital Scrapbooking Your Family History On Monday, May 21 from 7:00- 8:30 pm, the Twinsburg Public Library will demonstrate ways to create an heirloom family album from old photos and documents. -
Mary Hunt- Everyday Cheapskate An hour and $10 to give your home a new look
15 May 2012 | 11:05 amBeen putting off updating a room in your home until you can figure out where to get thousands of dollars to redecorate? Look, if you've got $10 and a little time, you can get started right now. -
How to Make the Easiest Baby Book Ever
15 May 2012 | 9:00 amMaking a baby book for your family's new addition is great way to chronicle the milestones as he or she grows , but who has time for scrapbooking with a newborn in the house? In comes this best idea! A shareable, email-able baby book you can add to in seconds! This idea comes from Dina El Nabli, iVillage's director of Health & Lifestyle and mom to ... (more)
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5/16 – It’s About Time!
16 May 2012 | 7:33 amIt’s time again for It’s About Time, the challenge that makes you find those photos over a year old to finally get around to scrapping. I’m still working on my Summer 2010 Disneyland album, and I’m (thankfully) getting closer to finishing it every day. I’m down to the last few pages and I can see the end in sight. Woo hoo! Here is the page I made for the challenge about the hotel we stayed in – Disney’s Grand Californian. I used Take Me As I Am, Take Me As I Am Paint, and Take Me As I Am Word Bits. Carol (Iowan) made this darling page using… -
May 15th – Numbers Challenge
15 May 2012 | 12:41 pmHey ScrapMatters friends! Annisa (lionsimba) bringing you today’s Bingo Challenge – It’s All About Numbers! For this challenge you need to include at least THREE numbers somewhere on your layout. They can be in your title, in your journaling, on papers, or even elements. It’s up to you! Here is the layout I created using the amazing iNSD Grab Bag from Crossbone Cuts Designs. I love when I can include lots of photos from different days / events on one page and connect them all with a theme. It saves me from having to make seperate layouts, and when you have… -
May 14th Recipe Challenge
14 May 2012 | 6:06 pmHi everyone! I am so excited to be back at ScrapMatters, this time as a designer, and hosting my first challenge! My recipe challenge today is based off of two of my templates from Gimme Layers Vol. 25 (the two on the left): Here are the steps for the challenge: 1.Chose at least two photos. Make one stand out by making it larger, editing the color, etc. 2.Stack at least 3 papers in the background. You can use any additional papers you wish. 3. Use a scallop somewhere on your page. 4. Frame something. A photo, your title, a cluster, anything! 5. Add at least two clusters, containing 3 or more… -
Manic Monday 5/14/12
14 May 2012 | 11:12 amIt’s “just another Manic Monday” at ScrapMatters.com!!! Monday ONLY!! Select items for $2 or 50% off!! Visit theScrapMatters Shop for more details!! *Manic Monday sales go into the shop early Monday morning and will “disappear” around midnight! HURRY! What are you waiting for!?! * 50% off: $2 Simple Metal Alpha $2.00 Lemonade On sale for $2 http://shop.scrapmatters.com/feeling-magical.html -
Sunday Spotlight – May 13th
13 May 2012 | 5:05 amWe’re catching up this week with a couple of ladies who work hard at ScrapMatters. The first is Jacqueline (Jacqueline1976) who is on our CT and the second is Trisha (tishyrae) who is on our ScrapMatters Girls team! Read on to get to know these two ladies better . . . . Jacqueline: 1. Your screen name? Your real name? *Jacqueline1976 or Jacqueline, my real name is Jacqueline* 2. What is your main job/career? *I’m in surveying, but in the office.* 3. Are you married/children/pets? *This year I married 10 years. We have two children, a son and a daughter.We have no pets.* 4.
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Gone Fishin'
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Play School
16 Apr 2012 | 7:30 amInspired by the Stencil Lettering Guide, I wanted to scrap a school-themed layout. I balanced three rectangles against a large pie-chart and some small -
Free Font for Scrapbooking - Awesome Collection
16 Apr 2012 | 7:04 amFree font for scrapbooking adds personality. Here's a very useful list of free font for scrapbooking resources that speeds up your search for the perfect font. -
Favorite Scrapbook Tips by Site Visitors
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Scrapbooking Website - Visitors' Testimonials
9 Feb 2012 | 10:49 pmFind out what visitors have to say about this scrapbooking website! Feel free to submit your comments if you feel that this website has helped you in anyway to start scrapbooking or give you ideas on how to scrapbook better.
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Stay In The Conversation
15 May 2012 | 6:01 pmIt’s now much easier for you and your commenters to keep track of the conversations you’re involved in across WordPress.com. Some recent tests have shown that by subscribing commenters to new comments by default, they are more likely to stay engaged and come back and comment more on your blog. With that knowledge, we’ve changed the default comment following behavior to help you get more conversations going on your blog. We made the initial changes last week and after great feedback from you we just launched an update. Here’s how it works: By default, posting a comment… -
Look at These Gorgeous Blogs
15 May 2012 | 1:05 pmWe’ve added a user showcase where you can view stunning customizations made by people just like you. From complete redesigns with CSS to adding pizzazz with Custom Fonts to clever use of options like background and header, this showcase will spark your imagination and inspire creativity. Discover details about what each showcase blog is doing with WordPress.com themes and customizations by clicking a thumbnail to see a colophon-style list of credits on the left. We’ve also updated footer links so blog owners can show off the types of customizations they’ve made and visitors can… -
Photo Blogging 101, Part 1
14 May 2012 | 10:00 amSpring is in the air. With the weather warming up, now is a great time to get started on a photo blog. Creating a photo blog is a wonderful introduction to blogging on WordPress.com or an opportunity to refresh your current site. Ready to get started? You can sign up for a new blog right over here. Getting started Photo blogs, sometimes called phlogs, use pictures instead of words. While many photo bloggers choose a type of photo that they want to focus on, such as portraits, others use their photo blog to document their life’s events. Photo blogs come in a variety of styles, including… -
New Themes: Just Desserts and Oxygen
10 May 2012 | 8:11 amHappy Thursday! We’ve added some exciting new themes to our ever-growing collection, and we’re happy to tell you all about them. First out of the oven is…Just Desserts. Yep, that’s a theme! Designed by Andy Rutledge, Just Desserts is a deliciously stylish premium theme that’s perfect for blogs centered on food. With its responsive, single-column layout and unique presentation of images and posts on the front page, Just Desserts gives you a delectable canvas on which your mouthwatering photos and text can really shine — even when viewed on smaller mobile devices… -
Find Friends Who Use WordPress
1 May 2012 | 2:32 pmAre you curious to see how your friends are using WordPress? Give the new and improved Friend Finder a try to connect with your Twitter, Facebook, and Google contacts who have WordPress sites! After authorizing WordPress.com to use your Twitter, Facebook, or Google account to find your friends (don’t worry — none of this account information is saved!) you’ll see a list of people you know who have WordPress sites. Click Follow and each time your friend publishes a new post it will show up in your Reader under Blogs I Follow. If you have multiple blogs, make sure to set the…
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Girl Land Blog Hop
14 May 2012 | 1:00 amToday is an exciting day for Webster's Pages! The new collection, Girl Land, is shipping today. I've been playing with it over the last few days and am really excited to be part of our blog hop today. There are lots of prizes and beautiful projects, so sit back and have fun.Be sure to visit every blog and leave a comment. 'Hidden' at seven of the blogs are prize packages. You have until Thursday to win! Then, on Friday, the winners will be posted at the Webster's blog. Up for grabs are a collection kit, embellishement package, journaling goodies, a stamp kit, trims and flowers and MORE! -
Girl Land
10 May 2012 | 6:27 amHave you seen Webster's newest collection? It's sweet, it's filled with lovely images and it's all about girls.Do you see those stamps at the top of this image? That's another thing I'm so excited about! Backgrounds, tags....drool.......!Webster's is celebrating Girl Land all week on the WP Blog. And they are having a big giveaway! Just share the info. about the new line on FB, your blog, etc. and link it back into the comments on the post I've linked for a chance to win the new collection. But do it by the end of today, Thursday.And just before you go, I have a card to share… -
Happy Monday!
7 May 2012 | 6:39 amWhy is it that the weekends have to go so quickly? I didn't get a whole lot accomplished, but at least it was a nice one. I can't believe it's already May! Summer will be here before we know it. Yay! I'm so excited that flip flops and sundresses will be the outfit of the day soon. :)Just a quick post this morning to share a fun page I did recently. I used lots of goodies from the Teresa Collins Fabrication line. I started off making some tags. But, then I decided to add them to a layout and I really like how it turned out. One of my favorite things about TC lines are the… -
At Nine...
4 May 2012 | 6:07 amWell, this week certainly flew by. Can't say I got much accomplished, aside from work, but at least the weekend will be upon us soon. Tomorrow is my niece's first communion. Ryan made his a year ago this month, and I still hadn't taken his portrait. My mother in law is ready to disown me. She has the wall of Communtion photos on her living room wall and has been asking me for a year to bring her one of Ryan. So, this past Sunday, I finally obliged. Now, my son is not the easiest person to get up and out the door in the morning. (THAT is an understatement!) This is especially true on Sundays… -
It's Monday...Again!
30 Apr 2012 | 5:33 amThe weekends just seem to go too quickly. How is it that it's Monday, again??? I saw a sign on Pinterest the other day that said 'Monday has been cancelled.' Wouldn't that be nice??I have a couple of things to share today. This first page was done for Emma's a couple of weeks ago. We had to create something inspired by a song. I chose the song 'Beauty in the World' by Macy Gray. I love it. (Find it on Youtube if you don't know it!) I had this photo of the Weeping Willow trees in our neighborhood in blossom and decided to scrap that. For about two weeks every spring our neighborhood is…
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From the vault: Fly Girl
15 May 2012 | 8:05 amI'm getting on a plane tonight for the first time since the fall of 2008. I don't really go anywhere very often via large metal flying machine. I used to, back in the glory days of Simple Scrapbooks magazine, when I'd fly to beautiful Salt Lake City (read: Draper) for editorial meetings every 8 weeks. Even though I got good at packing light, carrying my bag on, keeping my liquids in their tiny plastic 3-oz containers, I never really loved the traveling. I remember thinking back then, "How did this get to be part of my job as a graphic designer?" Graphic designers sit… -
A lovely day
14 May 2012 | 5:00 amYesterday was one of the nicest days I can recall in the annals of Mother's Day history. To all of you mothers out there, or those who are mother figures in anyone's lives, I hope you all feel loved and appreciated as often as humanly possible. -
Project Life, Week Eighteen
10 May 2012 | 5:00 amOBSERVATIONS: This week was all about two things: Dan and changing up the color scheme. Lucky for me, Dan's best friend is a serious photog who sent me 650 photos from Dan's 11 days in Slovenia. I would download them from Facebook as I eagerly followed along with their daily adventures. One of the photos, the image of grafitti that says "I love her," informed the color direction for this week. I decided to go with a drabish mustard. There's no law in Project Life that says you can't change up a week, right? I also went with more black and white photos than in… -
Fonder
8 May 2012 | 5:00 amI posted last week that Dan, also known as My Better Half or My Partner in Crime and Therapy, spent 11 days visiting his best friend, Christopher, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It's been a coon's age since we've had this much time apart. Once in the 1990s he flew out to Santa Cruz for work for three weeks (I know, rough place to be), but that's the only other time we've been apart for any real length of time. I've written here a few times, admitedly not much, that Dan and I have been working on our, for lack of a better word, shit, for the past few years. We've… -
Layout Share: Spanish Rose
7 May 2012 | 5:00 amYou remember last week when I posted about Aidan's most recent role in The Theater, yes? Well, I realized that it's all well and good how often I blog about my life, but I do need to make a page or two every now and then. So much of my documenting is being done via Project Life—and don't get me wrong, I'm loving this year long experiement—but I still want pages for the kids' albums too. I grabbed a handful of photos from the show and designed a very simple, old school Cathy kind of layout. No bells and whistles, folks. Just words and photos. Here's my simple…
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Trail Snail
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2 at 22
11 May 2012 | 7:50 pmPoor JK spent last weekend on the couch, surrounded by a mountain of Kleenex and cold medication, instead of playing outside on actual mountains in the sunshine. Our friend Amy was sick as well, so her husband Tom and I did what any supportive spouses would do – we went hiking without them. Tough noogies, germos!! Lake Twentytwo was beautiful as always (well, the snow on top of the lake was beautiful at least, I’ve never actually seen it in a melted state), and the trail was full of smiling humans and happy dogs…including one depraved Jack Russell Terrier that humped Wellie… -
Sweet on Sauer
10 May 2012 | 11:29 amThe Sunday after our arrival back in Seattle looked damp, gloomy, and generally just too Pacific Northwest for our South Pacific mindset, so we joined our friends on a hike east of the crest, where the sunshine lives. This was my second hike on Sauer’s Mountain outside of Leavenworth, and it has become one of my favorite spring trails. It’s perfect this time of year if you’re like me and the mere sight of snow makes you stabby (or you’ve just returned from ten days in paradise and you’re not emotionally ready for your tan to fade just yet). The trail starts on… -
Little Si(gh)
2 May 2012 | 5:30 pmI hate shopping. I like to say that I was born without the shopping gene, but anyone who knew me in high school would tell you that this isn’t true. My shopping gene is merely switched off, and it has been for years (coincidentally I think this happened around the time I gained several metric tons of weight and couldn’t find a single article of clothing I felt comfortable in). Now I abhor any sort of shopping – clothes, groceries, souvenirs, even hiking gear(!). Anyhoo, my point is that when JK and our house guests decided to hit up the outlet mall in North Bend for a… -
Life is pretty amazing
27 Apr 2012 | 3:49 pmWe landed at Sea-Tac last night, but I’m still riding that Hawai’i high. Megadoses of vitamin D and oodles of honus work wonders on my brain chemistry. I’ll post more later once I’ve managed to get all the Maui sand out of my hair and, as always, processed photos. Aloha! -
Easter Dome
11 Apr 2012 | 1:46 pmAfter the wettest March in decades, Washington made up for the misery by serving up record-breaking heat and sunshine for Easter weekend. JK, Wellie and I celebrated by basking in the sun on Oyster Dome. Luckily we got an early start for once and were able to enjoy some almost-alone time on the Dome before the hordes arrived. I loved seeing lots of happy, smiling people enjoying themselves outdoors, but once we all congregated on the edge of a cliff, the acrophobic introvert in me decided it was time to hike on. When we hiked Oyster Dome last year, we started at the regular trailhead along…
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3*2*5 - Jaime Warren
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As promised...
16 May 2012 | 8:00 amTwo posts this week - sweet! I'm on a roll, a roll I tell you! So, first let me say....15 more days until we leave for vacation!!!!!!!!! Ok, that's out of my system (I know you all are sick and... -
Playing a bit of catch up....
15 May 2012 | 8:00 amWhew! I know it's been a while since I've truly shared anything other than a blog hop or two. I took a step back from anything outside of what was necessary for a while. In that time I have been... -
Webster's Pages Girl Land Blog Hop!
14 May 2012 | 8:04 amHey everyone and welcome to the hop! I am so excited to be sharing Girl Land with you all - it's another gorgeous collection full of pink, flowers and tons of sparkle! Today is the day it's officially for sale... -
I didn't forget, I promise!!
26 Apr 2012 | 1:16 pmI bet you all thought I forgot to post the winner of the contest, huh? I didn't forget, I promise. I was just busy - we are off for our spring break this week and the girls have kept me... -
Welcome to April's Garden Girls Gardeners' Digest!!
22 Apr 2012 | 8:00 amHey everyone!!! Welcome to April's Two Peas Garden Girl Gardeners' Digest!! So happy to have you join me today!! Let me start out with saying how happy I am that it is finally spring! We have been thoroughly enjoying the...
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Help [ME] Ronda
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Q&A: Products, part 1
16 May 2012 | 7:00 amOn a previous blog post you graciously asked questions about me & my art. I am still going through them and putting posts together. I lumped them into categories that made sense to me so i could answer them easier. Today's post is about products. Since there were lots of questions, i decided to break it up into two parts. Keep in mind these are my personal taste in products. What is your favorite ink to use? Stamp inks: The majority of my inks are from Ranger Ink. I love the distress inks with Walnut Stain as my all time favorite. It reminds me of Walnut Ink (which i… -
No More Excuses Mini Album
15 May 2012 | 7:00 amSo very blessed to have a couple articles in Somerset Memories Spring 2012 edition. I highly recommend this magazine. It's just so inspiring. There are some fabulous articles and lots of friends in this edition. So very excited for Louise Nelson making the cover. She is amazing so make sure you check out her blog! One of the articles features this mini album titled No More Excuses. It is still one of my favorite mini albums to date. I created it long ago for One Little Word Challenge Blog. In the magazine i detail how to create the pages. I thought today i would we would… -
Imagination Canvas
14 May 2012 | 7:00 amGuess what is up over at the Sizzix blog today? My Imagination canvas using texture fades and Umbrella Man. He really sparked my creativity so if you want to see how i created this piece, go check out my step by step blog post at Sizzix. and now for the Art of layers giveaway! First off thank you for answering my questions. Here are your random numbers: 8 Miriam Prantner said... I've taken a couple online classes. I would probably prefer to do them in person, but at this stage in life, with two little kids and multiple evening activities, it's just not feasible. I prefer… -
don't Forget....
12 May 2012 | 11:35 amabout the Art of Layers Autographed copy giveaway. See this post: Art of Layers Book Details & Giveaway for the way to be entered. You have until 6 pm Mountain Time Sunday, May 13th to be entered. -
Tag Trio How To
11 May 2012 | 7:00 amJust yesterday i showed you my trio of tags. People often ask what to do with all the tags you create. Here's one of the many ideas i have for you. Take 3 individual tags and turn them into a gift card of sorts for someone. The front can stand up as a piece of art while the back holds a gift card and message for that special someone. Tie them all together with ribbon or bakers twine either at the top or around the middle of the tag before giving it away. Here's a quick look at how to create a trio base. Supplies: at least 3 tags Paper Tape, Washi Tape, or Fabric Tape. …
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[ J - FOR THE RECORD]
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[my blog has MOVED]
29 Apr 2012 | 9:29 amAfter many many trial and errors, I have finally migrated the blog over to Wordpress..... So, it's now HERE. Do follow me!:)I will try to blog more often..... the postings in 2012 have been dismal to say the least! haha.... -
[Tokyo Day 02 : Shimo-kitazawa]
1 Apr 2012 | 8:47 amA new discovery (for us) off blog-land, there's a really interesting little place in Tokyo - Shimo Kitazawa. We had such a good time walking around the little shops there, many many of my favorite types - Haberdashery shops, little knick knack shops etc... even a super cool coffee shop! Well worth a visit, it is one of those quintessentially japanese places which are full of young and trendy people, not the super hyped up sort, but a more low-key down to earth type. It's also home to many of the "new discoveries", there were many interesting shops that stocked local up and coming designers. -
[Tokyo Day 01: Naka-meguro, Daikanyama]
24 Mar 2012 | 8:58 amApologies for not blogging for so long!! Since my parents came on this trip to Japan with us, and also because of the instantaneous nature of FaceBook, blogging has somehow fallen off the "things to do when we get back" list! Most of the pictures have already been uploaded onto FB, but I guess it is still a nice thing to document our trip on my blog (just for posterity's sake!) and also to link up to those helpful links (just in case we're going back to Hokkaido again)The 1st 3 days were spent in Tokyo, just the 2 of us with K, as G had to finish up her school term (now that she's in a proper… -
[Happy 7th Birthday Gracie!]
4 Mar 2012 | 5:22 pm"Gracie loves mummy, Gracie loves daddy." These were the first few sentences that you wrote into our iPhones when we first bought them, and I can't bear to erase them even after upgrading the phones 3 times over. We sometimes take for granted how much you rely on us for guidance, for love, for approval. You might already be a big 7 yr old, but to us, you are always that little precious baby doll. You are full of your own opinions, full of your own peculiar brand of logic, your super hyperactiveness. You talk nineteen to the dozen and continue to love books and reading. (ESP about ghosts,… -
[Published!]
24 Feb 2012 | 2:08 amTime flies, just 1.5 weeks to japan...... Can't wait!!!Also, we have been very honoured to be published in the latest Cubes magazine. You can read snippets HERE, or buy the latest issue at the newstands :)Here are some pictures of us that were used:We have always wanted to be known for the way we work and practice, so this article really does showcase the type of practice we have set out to create. It should not be just about glossy images and stylistic vignettes, but more of the thinking behind creating the spaces. Hopefully the article conveys that message!All our purchases (or rather V's…
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Dear Lizzy
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Yesterday
14 May 2012 | 12:04 pmMother’s Day was quite eventful this year with this blondie falling out of our tree, that they love to climb, and cutting her head open. I was inside and you know how head’s bleed a lot? Well, my sister approaches me, “don’t freak out… quincey’s okay… she’s fine… she got hurt… and we need lots of paper towels.” : ) Despite the warning I still freaked out. But she is fine and one tough cookie. Also Lola has some sort of rash that looks like chicken pox so we are off to the doctor’s office today. Oh, and last week Quincey… -
Dear Lizzy Giveaway// Blowfish Shoes
10 May 2012 | 1:05 pmAs we drove through Death Valley on our way to California it was unexpectedly raining! The clouds were amazing and so we couldn’t resist stopping while the kids happily watched Chipmunks to take some pics with Joshua and me.These are not my typical road trippin shoes but seeing that my box from Blowfish arrived as we were running out the door they somehow ended up on my feet. They actually are really comfy since they are made out of this cool textured fabric. Blowfish wants to giveaway a pair of shoes to one of you!!!! I am loving the chunky wedges and heels released with their recent… -
Paper Pretties
9 May 2012 | 11:17 amSome of my favorite paper pretties that have caught my eye and that I want to make or make something with! When I launched our Something Splendid site I made a few custom wood handle stamps to use with our packaging. They are my favorite and I am itching to make some more… or pick up some of Ann Marie’s Wood Stamps!! Love her clever sayings! I have that song stuck in my head now…! (I know what you are thinking? What’s with all the exclamation points? I guess stamps with lyrics from my favorite hip hop song in ’95 will do that to me. ; ) Also pictured some of… -
Happy Day
8 May 2012 | 4:07 pmThis birthday feels much more different than 30. Thirty one… eek! My sixteen year old self would definitely think I’m so old but, yet, I don’t feel old. Except after 3 days of Disney and I couldn’t even walk the next day. ha! I always thought by thirty I’d have it all figured out. But this past year has been a bit of a growing year for me. Growing is a nice way of saying sometimes really sucky. There wasn’t anything life threatening or anything I should even complain about but I just learned a lot about myself and am trying to continue to take all I can… -
Birthday Sundae Toppings
7 May 2012 | 2:18 pmWe kept it pretty simple for my birthday this year since Collin likes to go over the top but it was a nice, low-key night… He planned on watching an outdoor movie but it was kinda cold… instead we just hung out and enjoyed ice cream sundaes! Family came over and we ate Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes, I think there were over 40 cupcakes total and every single one was a*mazing! Even though it is my birthday I had fun putting together these little bowls and stamped wood spoons. Toppings: Cherries, Crushed Butterfinger, Crushed Mint Oreos, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Caramel, Hot…
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Life as a Three Legged Dog
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Card Creations 10 by Paper Crafts Magazine
10 May 2012 | 11:32 amI love to make pretty things with paper.Not only that, I am really lucky that sometimes some of the things that I love that were made from paper end up being published <3Card Creations 10 is where my most recent projects can be found, and it is a gorgeous special issue from Paper Crafts Magazine.This is one of my projects that can be found in Card Creations 10. An interesting little designer insight, it completely irritates me that I didn't cut the text leaf to go the other direction, but I didn't catch it until I was writing up the supply/instruction list to send in with the project… -
Ruby Rock-It! Bella! National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop Happiness!!
4 May 2012 | 2:00 amWelcome to the Ruby Rock-It! Bella! National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop!It is an exciting day as we get prepared and excited to celebrate a very happy and crafty day on Saturday May 5th! If you are a scrapbooker and looking for some wonderful inspiration, I want to thank you for making a stop at my blog to say hello and I hope that you will take away some enthusiasm and love for memory keeping!The Bella Girl line has been one of my favorite lines since I joined the Ruby Rock-It team! The fun color combination and playful mix of patterns always inspires me and I have paired it with the… -
Copic Marker and Ranger Alcohol Ink Colored Easter Eggs
6 Apr 2012 | 2:08 pmI created these beautiful Easter eggs a few years ago, and we are still using them to decorate for our celebrations, so why not share them again and how to create them as well.Start by blowing out the contents of a dozen or so eggs, there are a few methods of doing this. Some of the supplies I used are:Alcohol inks by Ranger in a variety of colors and metallic finishesAlcohol ink applicator and clean felt padsCopic Markers in a variety of pastel colorsGem and pearl stickersButterfly punchMilliners flowersWhite glitter paperWhite silk ribbonFabric adhesiveFor Ranger Alcohol Ink… -
A Quick Tutorial on Blowing out an Egg to Get an Empty Shell
6 Apr 2012 | 12:54 pmEmptying an eggshell (otherwise known as a blown eggshell) is a relatively simple thing to do, but there are a few steps and tools that can make the process much easier and I want to share them with you real quickly today with some photographs to help the steps more easy to understand.Start with a clean egg and using a paper piercer or similar tool (a thumbtack with the little handle is a pretty good option!) gently press the sharp, pointy tip into one of the ends of the egg and make a hole that is a little bigger than the size of a pinhead.Next, repeat by poking a similarly sized hole on the… -
Hey Tweety!
2 Apr 2012 | 3:45 pmHappy Monday tweet friends!Just sharing a sweet card that uses Ruby Rock-It and Bella Fundamentals. The die cut bird, cage and hearts are so cute and the different sized tags are perfect for popping out the colors of the chipboard and sticker letters.Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!B-
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Life Outside the Fishbowl
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Art Journaling
15 May 2012 | 12:16 pmI got to spend some dedicated time yesterday working on art journal pages. It's hard for me to say something is done, I end up going back and adding things, making changes. Here's where several pages stand after Monday. You can see their beginnings two weeks ago down near the bottom of the post. This page started as a way to try out a new stamp set and Distress Markers. I then put a light coat of gesso over the page and added some text image transfers. Next came the outline of the woman, which I used as a mask for some Dylusions spray ink. I've added Pitt Big Brush pens,… -
Melted Crayon Art
14 May 2012 | 9:53 amLast week we decided to make some melted crayon canvases. There's some great youtube videos showing the process. So, the kids were excited and we picked up some canvases and several boxes of 64 count crayolas. After many days, Thomas finally finished arranging his crayons and we got started. I glued the crayons on the canvas with a glue gun. After getting about 8 glued down I realized I hadn't payed any attention to which direction the labels were facing. And, if you let your kids help you by placing the crayons on the glue, they won't either. I did try to keep them all lined… -
A Sketch a Day....
9 May 2012 | 7:00 pmor maybe several. I've been sketching off and on, but haven't posted anything. I've found that if I grab my small sketchbook while watching the news at night I can motivate myself to do some quick sketches. So.. first a really quick and simple one from last week.. my new phone. After I broke the last one, I was keeping a good eye on this one. And the next two came from photos posted on Junelle Jacobsen's blog, Yes and Amen. I was catching up on her blog and was really drawn to her photos - she has such a great eye. So, sitting on the couch I scrolled down through her… -
Work In Progress
9 May 2012 | 2:45 pmIt's not quite Monday anymore, but we had a busy weekend with camping for both cub scouts and girl scouts. So, after recovering from the weekend, I'm finally getting around to posting for Scrapscene's WIP Monday. So, this past weekend Tom took the boys, who ended up staying up in a tent close to midnight (apparently one wouldn't turn out a flashlight) while I had about half of our Brownie troop at encampment all day long (emphasis on the long...) And here's Rachel in her "yellow" outfit. She's now into dressing in all one color family - not that she… -
Blog Hop Time!
5 May 2012 | 12:00 amWe're having an blog hop! If you are following the Art of Wild Abandonment Bloghop, you have probably came here from Olga Bassa’s blog. After you have read my post don’t forget to follow the bloghop onto Ingrid Opgenhoff’s blog. If you haven’t yet started the bloghop, why not join in the fun by visiting Claire Smillie's blog and learning all about it. Here's what I made for the hop. This was inspired by a journal page by Junelle Jacobsen using freezer paper in strips. After prepping for a Brownie meeting the other week I had pile of cut off tops of colored index…
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Little Corner of Ania
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~~ Tag, you’re it ~~
16 May 2012 | 11:19 amMkay pardon me for using this silly pun in the title. But yeah, well. Here’s a tag for you – created w/Prima lushness. I love tags when done right, but unfortunately – despite its small size – I find these hard to create. But I’m getting there methinks…I was happy with how this one turned out, at least! Check out Primas tag installation. LOVE especially the tags from Karola – so so so…lovely! (eloquent, me, mmm..) So. Not much happening around here atm. I’m slowly working my way though the CHA-S stuff to be done for Maya Road. Have wrapped up all my obligations for Prima. -
~~ Fun With Tin ~~
13 May 2012 | 10:40 amI love the little tin boxes I got from an earlier colleague. I dread the day when I run outta them *sigh* Nevertheless. Here’s the giftbox created for my nephew, the one who got confirmed the other day. I must say. There’s not much to chose from if you want to create a masculine-ish card / layout out there. But there’s something at least! I used papers from October Afternoon and DCWV, and embellishments from Maya Road. Like the Kraft Journaling tags, the Roadsign-chipboard and the transparent ticket border. Happy Sunday, and Happy Mothers Day to those celebrating it today! :) -
~~ The confirmand ~~
9 May 2012 | 12:07 pmSo. My nephew got confirmed last weekend. That’s this handsome dude: (Yes, I had to lug the camera for such an event. Duh.) He’s also featured in tomorrows newspaper, speaking about why he chose to do non-religious (civil) confirmation and stuff. Go dude! (And no, I didn’t know he was one of those who got interviewed until I was gonna help proofread the story. No nepotism there! :) And please don’t yell at me if there’s still mistakes in tomorrows story…today I was just supposed to proof the technical stuff, like alignment and font and stuff!*cough*) Now, when celebrating a gamer… -
~~ Petit enfant ~~
8 May 2012 | 1:38 pmI love it when people around me get babies! Gives me an excuse to create babycards, which I find pretty enjoyable to make…(well, once I get an idea of what exactly to create). As always – trusty Hambly Screenprints as embellishment! This time I cut out the onesies before stapling them onto the Maya Road Twine Cording (celery green..love that color!). Also, if you peek you’ll see three different paper manufacturers on this card; the base is made outta Fancy Pants Designs, the gorgeous blue paper’s Pink Paislee and the two in the front (on?) are authentique. Then we have the adorable… -
~~ Tutorial: Pretty pot of roses! ~~
2 May 2012 | 11:17 amThere’s no denying. Prima makes the most gorgeous flowers out there. And with a ball of styrofoam, a stick of wood (the kind you use for BBQ and stuff), a little oasis (the green thingie you stick flowers into…what’s it called in English….oasis too?), a small pot and hot glue gun….you’ll whip up such a project in no time. And no, it’s not difficult at all….even I managed to create one :) Start with the pot: paint it white, add glitter to the top border and let dry. Adhere ribbon around the edge. Stick the wooden stick to the ball, secure with some adhesive. Cut the stems of…
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Making Memories
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VIP Pass Winners!!! Email Me
15 May 2012 | 3:42 pmHello Ladies! If you see your name listed below you have been chosen to shop as a VIP! Please email me ddavies@makingmemories.com with your first and last name and I'll get you added to the list. And don't forget.... you get an hour of early shopping and lots of free goodies! You won't want to miss out on this opportunity! Kim Olea said... I love your sales!! I hope to find odd sized page protectors and albums!! I shared this on my FB page Cary Jo said...I NEED vintage buttons/findings! I'm hoping to see them at the warehouse sale as a VIP?!?!! Karen Lingel said...Oooh, paper trimmer. -
May 15th VIP's! Please email me
14 May 2012 | 7:31 pmMay 15th VIPS!!!! If you see your name below please email ddavies@makingmemories.com with your full name and I'll put you on the VIP list. Oh yeah don't forget you get to come shopping at 9:30am! Can't wait to see you... you are going to LOVE all the great deals! Anne said... Looking forward to warehouse sale. I've never missed one. I hope to see "sets" ie: papers, embellishments and albums that go togerther. I love them! Marcie Wyatt said... I can't wait!!! I hope to see albums, patterned paper collections, embellishments, paper crafting tools, and slice cards!!! I love Making Memories… -
Win a VIP Pass for May 17th!
13 May 2012 | 2:32 amMaking Memories is holding a HUGE Warehouse Sale!! There is going to be so many great deals and tons of awesome product! We thought it would be fun to have a VIP hour before the sale opens for 30 lucky shoppers to win! Enter for a chance to WIN a VIP pass by leaving a comment on your favorite Making Memories product and share this on your facebook wall! Not in Utah? That is ok we are also giving away a "scrapbook kit" with all your favorite Making Memories product! Happy Shopping - we can't wait to see you this week! -
Giving away a SLICE MACHINE and VIP Passes for the Warehouse Sale!
12 May 2012 | 2:55 amMaking Memories is holding a HUGE Warehouse Sale!! There is going to be so many great deals and tons of awesome product! We thought it would be fun to have a VIP hour before the sale opens for 30 lucky shoppers to win! Enter for a chance to WIN a VIP pass by "liking" our new SLICE Facebook page! Not in Utah? That is ok we are also giving away a SLICE Starter kit to one lucky winner. Be sure to LIKE our new facebook page and tell all your friends too! This prize is worth $150! Happy Shopping - we can't wait to see you next week! -
Warehouse Sale VIP Passes!! Win a VIP PASS for May 15th
11 May 2012 | 10:55 amDon't like crowds and want a chance at the product first? Making Memories is holding a HUGE Warehouse Sale!! There is going to be so many great deals and tons of awesome product! We thought it would be fun to have a VIP hour before the sale opens for 30 lucky shoppers to win! Enter for a chance to WIN a VIP pass by leaving a comment on the blog about the products you hope to see at the sale and share this on your facebook wall! Not in Utah? No worries... we also thought it would be fun to pick one lucky winner to win the Paper Trimmer! So be sure to leave a comment and share it…
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Nitty.Gritty.
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{Healthy} Cinnamon-Swirl Brioche ala Pinterest =)
8 May 2012 | 2:41 pmWe are well into the month of May already and here I am, finally bopping in to my own blog to catch up for a minute. Life has been every bit as crazy and busy as you might imagine it to be with spring in full bloom, the golf course open and bustling with business, the kids passing along colds and coughs and fevers- as though they are toally into sharing so why not share germs, and a few other things like our former nanny and great friend, Rachael staying for a long weekend visit. It really has been a busy and full few weeks around here. I don't see a whole lot of slowing down as school come… -
This little light of mine.
26 Apr 2012 | 2:46 pm{Photo by orange gearle via flickr.com}Are you ever amazed when you come across a song or a quote or a photograph or a sunset or sunise that seems to just "speak to you" exactly in the way your heart, mind and/or spirit seem to be needing to "hear it"?! I love when that happens. Today, in one of my devotionals {Streams in the Desert devotionals compiled by Mrs. Chas E. Cowman, 1950} this spoke straight to my heart and I just feel like maybe by sharing it here it could speak to someone else too.* * * * *Shining is always costly. Light comes only… -
My Pie in the Sky memories.
22 Apr 2012 | 4:40 pmI found this old TGIFriday's dessert menu in a drawer of papers the other day. It's glossy and double-sided and I've kept it for a long time. Teagan wanted me to frame it and hang it on the wall by our kitchen table at one point. It's just some old pictures of desserts, but boy does it bring back memories to me!I almost added a paragraph in the post about my Letter to my 16-year old self that I should have not eaten so many TGIFriday's Thin Onion Rings or Pie in the Sky dessert. I lost count of how many I ate during my college years- they were so good and you know what? I have some… -
Not quite home.
19 Apr 2012 | 2:13 pmThe top three pictures are of our house back in Michigan. The one we still need to sell. The one that still "feels like home", if you ask me. The fourth picture is of the kitchen we have right now. It's big and grand and has a lot of "upgrades". I thought I would give an update about our home situation since this week marks 4 months since we moved from Michigan to Minnesota.A lot of people keep asking, "Are you all settled in now?". The answer is no. We are SO grateful for the home we are in and the fact that we get to rent it at all. We prayed hard to get in this house- it wasn't technically… -
Forgiveness opens the door to new life.
17 Apr 2012 | 1:23 pmLast night Oprah's Lifeclass was live from Toronto, Canada. The show topic was on Forgiveness and as the topic was introduced a few clips from our original appearance on The Oprah Show was aired. We had been notified and in contact with a producer from the show last week. We talked about how forgiveness has impacted our lives. We talked about some of the issues that we will live with forever- especially in regard to Wyndham. Seeing pieces of our story and thinking about how that was April of 2002- a full ten years ago- and yet the message is still one that is so relevent today for us and for…
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paper rhino
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Cocoa Daisy May kit: Graffiti Bridge
30 Apr 2012 | 1:00 pmJust like the art form it's named after, our May kit, Graffiti Bridge, is full of stunning hand drawn, colorful, and whimsical artwork. It features both papers and die cuts from Amy Tangerine's gorgeous new line, Sketchbook. It nods to the urban feel of graffiti, with Fancy Pants' Subway Art paper, and it rounds things out with Basic Grey and Crate. Two delightfully useful alphabets, the Blazonry stencil from Balzer Designs, fun kraft tags and flags, and a paint splat exclusive stamp make this kit alive and full of energy, reminiscent of the gorgeous street art. It's a kit that inspires you… -
Only a couple weeks away from our....
16 Apr 2012 | 9:23 am...Cocoa Daisy spring crop!!Pack your picnic basket (or crop bag) with lots of yummy eats (or scrappy supplies) get out that old comfy blanket (or jammies), and bone up on your heckling skill (hey, it’s BINGO), you are cordially invited to join us at the park (park being the Cocoa Daisy website) for our Spring Crop, Picnics in the Park, April 27-29th. Everything is set, now we just need you!And we’d love it if you’d load this blinkie to your blog and message board signatures, there’s a $5 voucher to the Daisy Boutique in it for some random person who lets us know they’ve done it and… -
Cocoa Daisy April Kit: Sprout
1 Apr 2012 | 3:45 pmWe have only a few of the April kit left!!"Mother Earth is starting to wake up in the Northern Hemisphere, the happy colors of yellow daffodils are appearing, brightening up the dormant ground. The trees are starting to dress in fresh greens and the soft pastels of white and pink. It's a time of renewal, and we at Cocoa Daisy are celebrating with our April kit, appropriately named Sprout!We're happy to bring you papers in the colors of spring from Basic Grey, Echo Park, My Mind's Eye, and Crate. We've added embellishments from Maya Road, Prima, Queen & Co., and a pack of exclusive-to-Cocoa… -
Cocoa Daisy March kit: Pier 39
1 Mar 2012 | 9:23 amYou can almost smell the salt in the air and hear the call of the seagulls when you open our March 2012 kit, Pier 39. We’ve blended bits and pieces reminiscent of the famous California coastal landmark: the fish, the sand, the shells, the wood pilings, even some flowers from a sea side vendor. Pink Paislee’s Nantucket, brand new Dear Lizzy from American Crafts, Crate Paper’s romantic Paper Heart’s line, Fancy Pants, and an exclusive Cocoa Daisy stamp come together in this lovely kit, sure to transport even the most landlocked scrapbookers to the water, if only by way of a kit.The add… -
Happy Birthday Kimber
18 Feb 2012 | 7:59 amTo help celebrate Kimber’s big 40 birthday we are doing a blog hop.Follow along to see all the great birthday cards we created to help wish Kimber a very Happy Birthday!I created this one using February’s Birds on a wire stamp and some goodies from the March kit Pier 39.Have an amazing birthday Kimber!! And don’t worry I know you will handle turning the BIG 4-0 in style!!Head on over to Davinie Fiero’s blog to see the next card. You can also start at the beginning of the hop and go to the Jillibean Soup Blog.
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Allison Davis
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four
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celebration
1 May 2012 | 10:21 amphoto creditA celebration is in order! I've been looking forward to this day for awhile.Today marks six months of being smoke free!I'm on easy street at this point. Even while going through a very stressful time, I don't, even once, think about smoking. That's huge for me!Now I'm looking forward to the year long mark. I've already promised myself a big reward when I get to that point! :) -
pinwheels
18 Apr 2012 | 12:12 pmIt's add-on week at Sketch Support and that means another idea for homemade embellishments.I love pinwheels and was just waiting for the perfect month to have an add-on sketch of one. Pinwheels remind me of my childhood, of sunny days spent running around outside. They also remind me of the time that a pinwheel stuffed in the top of my closet started spinning (the ceiling fan was on) and it scared me to death! I think that is what made me officially afraid of the dark!I decided that instead of using the pinwheel as an embellishment on a layout, I could make a decoration for our home. I was… -
blog hop giveaway winners
16 Apr 2012 | 12:48 pmThank you so much to everyone who participated in the blog hop! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I'm so used to getting an early preview of the Creative Team's projects and it was fun to be surprised as I went along to each blog. They all did such an amazing job with the sketch!The two winners of my giveaway are:ZoezMom said...Oh Allison, you did it again! Took a great sketch and gave us more inspiration than we know what to do with! Thank you for all you do!Sandy T said...Allison, I love your conversion to a two page layout! I love all of your sketches, they have given me new… -
"Meet the Creative Team" blog hop
14 Apr 2012 | 7:00 amIf you are following the hop from Sketch Support, I'm the end of the line. If you are just starting here I recommend going to Sketch Support and starting there so you can enjoy the whole hop. I've always loved one-page layouts but I would be lying if I didn't admit that my heart will always belong to two-page layouts. One of the main things I loved about this one-page sketch is that I saw immediate potential for a two-page layout! I used the general idea and design of the sketch and then extended it to cover two pages for my layout. "A Day With Jackson" Supplies - Cardstock:…
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Contests, Calls & Events
16 May 2012 | 8:18 amTo submit your contest/call/event, please use our submission form Let’s Get Shabby - Geometric Shapes Deadline: 20-05-2012 Create a Shabby Project (for eg: layout, card, atc, otp) with a repeated geometrical shape pattern. There’s only a few days to go : due by midnight on the 20th May (Sydney Australia time) There’s a wonderful shabby prize up for winning! We’d love to see how you interpret this! Come and view the design team examples and let’s get shabby! Just Imagine Crafts / Kreaxion - Blog Hop Deadline: 17-05-2012 Please join the Just Imagine… -
New Acrylic Paint Colours from DecoArt
15 May 2012 | 7:30 amDecoArt has released eight new Americana trend shades in acrylic craft paint for 2012. There are beautiful soft pastels and also bold and hot neon colours. The new colours are: Soft Heather, Whispering Turquoise, Zinc, Pebble, Purple Pizzazz, Red Alert, Dragon Fruit, and Margarita. Something for every taste. I had the chance to play with some of these new paints in my art journal this weekend. So, I thought I'd show you! I am especially in love with the "Whispering Turquoise." I would love to have a… -
Collage, Construct & Affirm On-Line Workshop
14 May 2012 | 7:29 amWelcome to Roben-Marie Smith's biggest, jam-packed most ambitious workshop to date! Join her for new techniques and tips, new products and five (Yes, FIVE!) ARTastic projects to keep for yourself or give as gifts in Collage, Construct & Affirm. In 25+ videos, you will see her step by step process illustrating how you will work together to create multi-layered, yummy collaged canvases that will then be transformed as you construct a large, pocketed, clutch style journal with inspiring affirmation cards to guide you on your journey as creative souls. Then in three… -
Paper Crafting Tutorials
11 May 2012 | 8:54 amThese little ornaments can be made up for any occasion. Learn how here on IngThings. Love the apple one, below! Hagit Rozanes has a faux washi tape tutorial posted here. See one photo below as well. Learn about eraser stamping from Kirsty Neale here. (Kirsty's photo below.)Also, see our article about printmaking here with some eraser stamping information! (ScrapScene photo below Kirsty's.) Here's a fun idea from Kara Haupt guest blogging at A Beautiful Mess on how to make a mini album from a cigar box. -
Craft Studio Ideas
10 May 2012 | 7:56 amJeanne Oliver describes some details from her art studio here. See one photo below as well. Craft and Creativity stores embroidery floss on clothespins – so pretty! See one photo below and more details here. Elise Cripe shows her changing inspiration clipboards here. BahayKoobo's studio is shown below. Oh, I love the looks of this studio/workspace by Johanna Vintage.
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May Colour Suite
15 May 2012 | 10:20 amHi everyone it's time for another installment of the Colour Suite a monthly color challenge I put together for my friends at Scrapbooking and Cards Today. My current color obsession is blue to be more specific, dark blues like navy. Navy is a great base color for a layout kind of like a great pair of jeans are a wonderful foundation for a fabulous outfit. Check out my layout below ... (Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Patterned Paper Creative Imaginations/Echo Park/Studio Calico, Basic Grey Alpha Stickers, Technique Tuesday Stamp and Ink, Misc Ribbon, Button and Stick Pin Fancy Pants,… -
Happy Mother's Day
13 May 2012 | 11:07 amRemember a couple of days ago when I introduced you to the Jillibean Soup Designer Challenge. A couple of months ago the Designer's Challenge was to scrapbook ourselves. I grumbled over it for awhile and came up with this layout I thought today would be a great day to show it off. (Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Jillibean Soup patterned paper/shipping tags/baker's twine/tiny alpha stickers, Circle Punches, and font Traveling Typewriter downloaded from the internet) Happy Mother's Day -
Jillibean Soup Designer Challenge
10 May 2012 | 10:05 amStarting in 2012 we started doing monthly challenges over at Jillibean. The challenges vary from month to month. The room pictured below was our April inspiration challenge. Funny thing about this room I had already pinned this room so when I went to scrap I went and pulled an additional image to use as my design inspiration. I used multiple elements from the room on my layout: the lattice pattern from the wall, the bright teal color and the little birds. (Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper/Soup Labels/Buttons/Corrugated Shapes/Corrugated Alphas/Die-Cuts &… -
Little Thanks
7 May 2012 | 10:37 amHappy Monday here are some super cute tags I made using some Jillibean Soup scraps. They are really simple to make. Simply cut cardstock 2x3, holding the paper length wise round top corners with a 1/2" rounder, punch a hole in the center and add favorite border punch along the border. Then add your greeting stamp and favorite punch. I used a butterfly but you could a flower or any of your favorite die. These would be great if you needed to make a mass bunch of tags for any reason. (Supplies Used: Jillibean Soup Kraft Paper/Patterned Paper/Baker's Twine/Unity Stamp, Punched Martha… -
Happy National Scrapbooking Day
5 May 2012 | 9:00 amHappy National Scrapbooking Day! Today I have essentially the same layout in 2 different colour schemes. The idea is to show you how colour can change the look, feel and mood of a layout. The first layout was my original Colour Suite layout from the Spring issue of Scrapbooking and Cards Today. Below is my color re-do layout. As you can see I went a totally different direction with color, I took a few design liberties and made some slight changes. To read more about my NSD color re-do and to see full supply lists please visit the Scrapbooking and Cards Today Blog and check out the 10AM EST…
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This Little Art of Mine
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On Mother's Day
13 May 2012 | 11:25 amLast night, I got myself the best Mother's Day present: a subscription to Silhouette's online store! I have been waiting for a sale since the day I bought my Cameo. I saw the coupon code on 2peas and rushed over almost breathlessly to click the buy button! In case you are interested, the coupon code is "MOTHER" and you get 25% off all subscription prices. Do I ever not know what to do with myself since finishing reading A Song of Ice and Fire series, but I'm back at scrapbooking for leisure again, lol. I made this layout only yesterday and I can post it right… -
Front Porch Kits Sew Artsy Sneak
12 May 2012 | 7:48 amIt's Saturday morning and the whole weekend is ahead of us!! I am getting ready to go to cardio kickboxing! Before I go, here is a sneak peak of the upcoming Front Porch Kits, named Sew Artsy. Here is a sneak picture of a card that will be most appropriate for tomorrow, hee hee. I am not very sneaky, am I? :) Be sure to stop by Front Porch Kits blog and check out all the action and other sneaks peeks!! -
Fancy Pants Summer Soul Chipboard Banners
10 May 2012 | 1:00 amI get to share a couple of layouts that were posted on Miss Fancy Pants a couple of weeks ago. The assignment was to use the Summer Soul Chipboard Banners in a couple of ways. Banners continue to be all the rage in the scrapbooking world. Fancy Pants Designs answers this market demand with their Chipboard Banners! In one package, we get several different shapes of small banners that match the paper collection perfectly. The most obvious way of using these chipboard banners are indeed to use them as banner pieces. However, there are other ways to put this versatile product to use. In this… -
My Life Back!
7 May 2012 | 10:14 pmLet it be said that when I do something, I do it wholeheartedly... For the last eight weeks, I have been buried under the five books of the ongoing epic series of A Song of Ice and Fire. Plowing through 4,500 pages in eight weeks have reduced me to a shadow of a scrapbooker emerging to create only when a deadline is looming! I am both happy and sad to say that the quest has come to an end finally tonight. I shall have free time again! Maybe I will finally clean the bathroom or something! The sad part is that now the long wait begins for the author to pen… -
Exquisite Embellishments Blog Hop
4 May 2012 | 3:00 amWelcome to the Exquisite Embellishments Blog Hop! I am so honored to be included among the amazing team of designers and to have contributed a few projects to the book! I still remember getting that email from Keri Lee asking me if I would like to participate in her brand new book project! I still can't thank her enough for this wonderful and amazing opportunity! First thing first, here is where you can get a copy of this beautiful book at Annie's Attic Site - Exquisite Embellishments for Paper Crafts. You have a chance to win this book if you leave a…
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Kim Watson's blog
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Want to win a year's subscription to CK? + Contest.
15 May 2012 | 8:52 amCome on I know you'd love to win a year subscription to the best scrapbooking mag out there :) All you have to do is follow the instructions from the class I gave on the CK forum see here, make a card, photograph it & upload it into the CK Gallery then post a link on this thread. This is the card I taught the CK peeps to make: Happy Mothers Day card Class by Kim Watson (Posted with -
Mothers Day + layouts
14 May 2012 | 3:35 amMothers Day is special such a great idea to remember the women in our lives that grew us, put up with ournonsense & help mold who we are today. To honor my lovely Mom... here are some page from the archives. No. 1 Mother by Kim Watson (Using MME products) Time to Catch up by Kim Watson (Posted with prior permission from the Creative Crafts Group. Page seen in the Fabric Issue of -
Guesting at October Afternoon + sketch
11 May 2012 | 8:27 amI am so happy to be guesting at October Afternoon this month. I love their products & am looking forward to working with them more. Here is a sneak: For more details & a sketch take a look at their blog. Thanks for stopping by! -
FREE class with CK + have you signed up?
10 May 2012 | 5:44 amWith mothers days just around the corner, I am happy to say there is a FREE class happening today at 11am MDT. I will be teaching a class where you'll get to make a fancy-schamcy mothers day card with a 'twist'. If you are keen & have a free hour I'd LOVE to have you join me & Creating Keepsakes magazine for a fun mornings scrapping. Hope to see you later. -
Masterful Scrapbook Designs + Sneaks.
7 May 2012 | 2:44 pmHey sweet blog friends! I have the BEST news to share. This month I have the privilege of teaching at Masterful Scrapbook Designs, for the "Portraits, Moments, Lists and 365ers" class. Each month Debbie Hodge asks a group of designers to teach a class along the lines of her monthly theme. This month I'm honored to be teaching alongside some uber talented ladies: Kelly Purkey, Terri Davenport,
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Why yes, I should be doing something else. Ha!
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Dandelion Memories
16 May 2012 | 11:11 amHere's another Nook layout. I used their April kit featuring Crate Paper's Storyteller line for this one and I just love how it turned out. This challenge was sort of a color challenge, the colors were paired with pics of hot leading men, so I decided to scrap one of my leading men. ;) One cool thing about this layout, it was picked for Friday Favorite last Friday! I was super excited!!!! The twine is the new Lil' Twiney from Punky Sprouts and the circle letters are from October Afternoon. Thanks for stopping by! :) -
15 May 2012 | 3:33 pm
15 May 2012 | 3:33 pmHey guys, it's Erica here with my layout using Punky Sprouts and the awesome Prairie Hill line from Pink Paislee!I used Spool as the base for my layout, and cut out one of the chevron stripes from Flight Pattern to make a base for my photo. I layered Lil' Blossoms in Parchment and Cork under and over the stripe and then Chipboard Pops all over it. I also punched out a few circles from the Lil' Blossom in Cork to add to the mix. They kind of remind me of how Little Man's Legos end up all over the house. Hee! I also punched out my title from Lil' Petals in Cork and adhered them on… -
Hollywood Diva Card!
12 May 2012 | 1:13 pmThis cute little card was for the third challenge over at My Scrapbook Nook. You had to create a card or layout or other project that had the words Hollywood and Diva on it. I'm really happy with how this card turned out and that I got to play with this kit again! Hee!In other fun news, I won the crop!!! I'm crazy excited about it because the grand prize is a three month kit sub and I recently had to cancel my sub and I'm just sooooo grateful I won this prize! -
Patches!!!
9 May 2012 | 3:48 pmThis layout was for the second challenge over at My Scrapbook Nook. You needed to create a layout with an envelope on it. I decided to scrap this photo of the donkey next to the preschool and how the name Mickey and I suggested was chosen!The envelope contains a list of the other names suggested. I only have a few on there because I can't find the original list. I'm going to have to ask one of the teachers if there's another one left over. :)I used one of my older My Scrapbook Nook kits on this layout. I tried to use a different kit with each challenge and… -
One Year Later
8 May 2012 | 10:44 amA year ago Friday, our world stood still. A year ago Friday, we faced one of the worst trials of our lives. A year ago Friday, though we didn't yet know it, everything came together for a miracle to occur. Here's a layout I made for an online crop I participated in this weekend. It's actually the first time I've scrapped my feelings about the fear I felt during Mickey's accident. I'm so glad I was able to do this, it was very therapeutic for me. I really liked the paper I used because it's linear feel really echos the sterile/mechanical feel of the…
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Ali Edwards
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I Am
16 May 2012 | 5:00 amI am so happy that the weather has warmed up around here. I’m not holding my breath but the last week has just been awesome. Our local outdoor pool opened last weekend and we’ve already been twice. I love that they are open later into the evening. I took the kids over there last night after dinner and it’s just such a great way for them to get some exercise before bed. My favorite thing was watching Simon swim on his back all the way down and back (50 yards) and watching the overall joy he gets from being in the water. It’s so good for him and it makes me so happy. I… -
Gotta love these.
14 May 2012 | 11:00 amOne from Anna (with a little help from her teacher at school) and one from Simon (with a little help from Chris on how to spell “appreciate”). Both totally loved. Had a really nice Mother’s Day. A little time to read the paper, a little time to chat with my Mom (she was here with me on Friday night and we got to go to dinner), a little time to work on my computer, a little time to run an errand to Target, a little time to play at the pool with the kids in the late afternoon (the weather was awesome – in the 80′s), a little time in the yard, a little time for… -
Week In The Life 2012 | Bringing It All Together
14 May 2012 | 5:00 amWelcome to the Bringing It All Together post for Week In The Life 2012. I can’t believe another round of Week In The Life has come and gone. Lots of things were the same this time around (like how my journaling and photo taking trails off by the end of the week) and lots of things were different (especially inside the walls of this house). One big thing that remained the same is that this is a project that reflects my life back to me – and I love it for that very simple thing. Seeing how we are living, how I’m living, is a big reason to put in the effort it takes to embark… -
And the giveaway goes to…
13 May 2012 | 10:56 pmOne person will receive a Silhouette Cameo. #721 •Joyce said…Love the mirror idea. And a Cameo? Yes, please! Congratulations Joyce! I just sent you an email requesting your contact information. The Silhouette Cameo + Vinyl promotion is happening for a few more days. To purchase this promotional package go here and use promo code: Edwards. This promotion ends May 16th at midnight. -
31 Things Begins Next Week
11 May 2012 | 5:00 amMy new 4-week workshop, 31 Things, begins next Thursday at Big Picture Classes. Here’s a few more details about this class for those of you that might be thinking about signing up (or for those of you who are reading about it for the first time today): This is not a class where you’ll be documenting what you do each day for 31 days. This is a class where you are invited, via daily prompts, to tell 31 stories from your life. Some people will tell stories from today. Some will tell stories from the past. And some will tell stories that combine the two together. Some stories will be…
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* PRIMA MARKETING & FABER CASTELL* BLOG HOP
15 May 2012 | 11:05 amIs there anything better than two companies combining their amazing products? Today we have a joint venture by Prima Marketing and Faber-Castell! Not only do our products work perfectly together, but they provide wonderful platforms for inspiration and creativity!We challenged our talented design teams to create projects combining products just for YOU! Hopefully they will get your creativity going too. WELCOME IF YOU CAME HOPPING FROM STACEY'S OR PRIMA'S BLOG OR FABER CASTELL'S !Here is my project using Prima + Faber Castell's Classic and Water color Pencils. They just BLEND so Beautifully… -
*WEBSTER PAGES* GIRL LAD BLOG HOP & GIVEAWAY! !
14 May 2012 | 1:43 amThe day is finally here! WEBSTER PAGES Girl Land is officially on sale and shipping starts this week! We can hardly wait to get this new collection out the door and into your hands.So far, the response to this new line has been phenomenal, and we haven't even shown you the whole collection yet! But wait! That's not all! Today we are beyond excited because we're kicking off our Girl Land Blog Hop! Sixteen different blogs all with Girl Land inspiration for you to enjoy...Hidden around the hop on SEVEN of the blogs are Girl Land prizes (1 lucky winner will score the ENTIRE collection!) you can… -
NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY Blog Hop *Closed*
4 May 2012 | 9:35 pmUPDATED : I decided I'll make TWO random people happy instead of ONE.... SO, if you are MARJIE, OR if you are JENNIFER, please email me at emelineseet@yahoo.com soon OK ? :) thank you for all that have participated ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HAPPY NSD !! Welcome to the Scrap Kitchen NSD blog hop!!!You have a chance to win one or more of 50 prizes from 50 different blogs!!!This is the EASIEST BLOG HOP EVER! All you have to do to win a prize is to PLEASE LEAVE a comment under this post. I would also love it… -
2 May 2012 | 11:45 am
2 May 2012 | 11:45 amHey all, Thank you for stopping by and Happy MAY! Always love the month of MAY. it means the June summer (really going to be hot!!) holidays are round the corner, it means time to rest and relax,means more play time for the kids! Play time is a rare commodity for kids in Singapore it's unbelievable but sadly true. The thought of it all makes momma so happy! I'll just upload a Prima layout. The theme was Flower Feature... here is the blogpost and supply list at Prima's. I thought I'll just share this INCREDIBLE OFFER ! You've read it RIGHT there's really a GREAT deal going on now. The moving… -
Let's Tour Em's Craft Area ...
25 Apr 2012 | 8:13 amThere's a feature over @ WEBSTER'S PAGES. A VERY rare peak of my craft area. Spotty, random peeks of area on the room, yes... but in its entirety, really don't think so. it feels like bearing a little of myself to you readers... LOL. Don't judge me here, k ... Anyway... since i've nothing much to show @ the moment, i thought i'll just post it here. A wide angle view of our Study Room. Here's where i do my stuff. A Close up .... A sucker for apothecary jars, fish bowls and milk jars... this is my favorite area :) To the right of the centre piece in the room is where i store most of my other…
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Peppermint Creative BLOG | Creative Nonsense & Other Junk
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Mint-spirational Monday: Spotlighting the BEST Digital Scrapbook Pages of the Week
14 May 2012 | 9:04 amAsk and ye shall receive. That’s right baby! It’s BACK. There has been many a demand…er request to bring back Mint-spirational Mondays, our spotlight on the best pages and projects of the week from the Peppermint Creative Gallery, and since I’m a bit of a people pleaser – here we are. But I’ve got a bit of a bone to pick with you folks. If you’re going to ask that I bring back a spotlight on gallery pages – then you’ve got to post your pages in the gallery! I cannot post what I cannot see…capiche? And on that note, I’m… -
Kits, Coupons and Bonuses – OH MY!
13 May 2012 | 3:38 pmHappy Mother’s Day! I hope you’ve seen this coupon already either in the newsletter, on the Facebook page or in the store but JUST in case you missed it you’ve got until Monday night at midnight to redeem and buy yourself a little Mother’s Day treat. And for the occasion I have for you this lovely kit. LOOOOVE this kit. Especially the papers. I’m very pleased with how they turned out! Lots of patterns, flowers and fun stuff. I also made some coordinating ‘Mom’ wordart which is yours FREE when you purchase the kit before Monday May 14th (midnight EST). -
Mother’s Day Gift Idea: 52 Things I Love About You Deck of Cards Album
10 May 2012 | 6:41 pmTurn an ordinary deck of cards into a thoughtful, custom gift for Mom! This Mother’s Day give Mom (or Grandma) a really special gift – straight from the heart. This super cute project is easy to make and will mean so much. I originally debuted this project for Valentine’s Day in classic red and black and it was unexpectedly such a HUGE HIT (it actually became Peppermint Creative’s best-selling product to date!) that I knew you guys would appreciate some alternative versions for different occasions. Inside you will find editable templates. Just add your own text, print,… -
One Photographer’s Relucant Move from dSLR to Camera Phone
8 May 2012 | 10:48 amOne Photographer’s Relucant Move from dSLR to Camera Phone Article by: Sarah Harbuck This bonafide “always-use-my-dSLR-camera-to-take-photos” gal had become one of the converted…. In today’s world, technology allows us to use our phones to talk to people, to email, to surf the web, to social network, to take photos & upload them immediately online. Nowadays cell phone cameras rival the quality of some P&S cameras. I’m one of those who’s given up using a point & shoot camera in favor of using my cell phone camera to take snapshots of my kids &… -
Introducing: Missy’s Templates for Digital Scrapbooking
7 May 2012 | 9:38 amOooh so very very exciting! If you missed the news on Facebook, Twitter or you don’t get our newsletter (seriously girl, get with the program), I am thrilled to bring you brand new templates from the fabulously talented Missy Strand. Missy has been a member of my creative team almost since the day I started Peppermint Creative in 2006! I’m sure you’ve seen her amazing pages under the handle Missys3lilbugs and now her fab pages have been turned into templates so we can all scrap like super stars ;) I am so excited about this! All four sets (12×12″ or…
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Scrapjacked
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Jaime Warren You've Been Jacked
1 May 2012 | 2:00 amWe love this page. So many bits and bobs every where! Unique and awesome! Check out what our girls did! Mandy Melissa Marie Hope this inspires you! Link up your creations here! -
Michelle Clement you've been Jacked
1 Apr 2012 | 1:04 pmThis time around we decided to Jack the very talented Michelle Clement. She can do it all and does! We love her style and know you do too!Love all the layers and stitching. Wonderful!Lets see what our girls came up with.MelissaMandyMarieFabulous indeed!! Now it's your turn. Let's see what you come up with. Link here in the comments. -
Nicole Samuels you've been jacked!
2 Mar 2012 | 10:14 amToday we are jacking a really cool layout by Nicole Samuels. Check it out! The stitched circles are awesome! Check out what our dt did!MelissaMandyGuest Dt Agnes TanAwesome job right?! What can you come up with? Link up your creations by march 25th for a guest spot on our dt. (winner for feb will be announced tmw)Thanks for playing! -
Celine Navarro You've been Jacked
1 Feb 2012 | 4:01 amFeb love is in the air and what a great layout to represent it! Love the hearts, the picture, it all says LOVE. Your mission is to capture love using Celine as inspiration. Check what our girls did!MarieMelissaMandyChristinaLink us up by the 25Th of Feb for your chance to be our guest in April! -
Winner and guest
31 Jan 2012 | 3:57 amSo the winner for the Kelly jack is....Email us at scrapmojo@sbcglobal.net and I will send you next months jack and all the details! Wonderful job!!!You all did AMAZING! Please make sure to stop by tmw for the next jack! Could be you!
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pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}
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Scrapbooking Giveaway Day [87]
11 May 2012 | 2:40 pmThis weekend, one commenter will receive a brown ‘dreamer’ camera strap. This strap is both functional and stylish and is available stateside from Photojojo or overseas from Uranium99, a toy camera seller on eBay. To enter, just leave a comment on this post describing your favourite photograph. Entries close at midnight Thursday UK time and the winner will be posted Friday evening, so be sure to check back to see if it’s your lucky day! Good luck! Congratulations to Shanon (and friend), who win a class pass to Cover to cover. Shannon, please email me (shimelle at gmail dot… -
10 Things :: May 2012 [21]
10 May 2012 | 5:10 pmOh hi there. The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated… Okay, perhaps not that, but no, I certainly didn’t mean to leave you hanging for so long with nary an update to read. I could bore you with why, but I have this minor aim in life to not bore you, so I’ll skip that. Instead, I’ll proclaim that I’m back and I’m going to stay on top of this, starting right now. Starting with getting this 10 Things on the Tenth post live right in the nick of time for this time zone (my apologies to all of those to my East who have already declared it tomorrow,… -
Scrapbooking Giveaway Day [262]
4 May 2012 | 5:23 pmThis weekend, one commenter will win a class pass for themselves and a friend to the latest class here at Shimelle.com Cover to cover Cover to Cover starts on the seventh of May and runs for four weeks, finishing on the third of June. It includes 25 full-colour PDF prompts sent to participants by email, so you can read straight from your inbox. It includes an entire series of videos made just for this class so you can see all the concepts in action, including plenty of example albums but also the process of going from a stack of layouts (or um… many stacks!) to a collection of books that… -
Gardeners' Digest :: Scrapbooking News from the Garden Girls (April 2012) [134]
22 Apr 2012 | 9:00 amIf you just found your way here courtesy of the lovely Miss Wendy Sue, then greetings! Today is Gardeners’ Digest day, our monthly round-up of things from the Garden Girls. Up first, a little look at a layout I’ve been discussing with the Hitchhikers on their message board! This project from Shannon Tidwell has really been inspiring me lately with its use of stamps, bright colours and all that glitter. She shares her steps for this process in this video from the Memory Keeping Mondays series. You can find further details on this project here and more of Shannon’s work on her… -
Current scrapbooking challenges and prizes [26]
22 Apr 2012 | 4:52 amThis time last week we were full steam ahead with scrapbooking challenges and discussions… and today those challenges draw to a close. It’s not too late to share your work for a chance at a prize! How about a round-up of all your options and some answers to the prizes on offer? Why certainly! There are sixteen scrapbooking challenges. For each, create a page following the challenge and upload it to your blog or a page gallery, then share a link with the list at the end of the post. Each of the link share buttons reminds you how long is remaining to enter. If you miss the deadline,…
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stacyjulian.com
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on resting.
16 May 2012 | 1:20 pmdo you like how I say come back tomorrow and then I disappear for more than a week? that’s dumb. I am not feeling well. As you likely know, I’m navigating my way through a midlife energy drain and it just got worse. But, I’m here and I’m doing my best to do the most critical things. Students in my Twelve class get 24 emails every month. These emails are designed to invite curiosity or trigger memories that will help you become more inspired story tellers. I thought I could share today’s email with you … Did you know that the difference in performance… -
do me a favor on my birthday …
6 May 2012 | 4:56 pmI want to publicly thank all those who made the effort to come to Doodlebug yesterday. I woke up very tired this morning, boarded a plane home and arrived just in time to teach Sunday school. I’m hanging out with my family now and I’m overcome with a wonderful feeling of gratitude to be alive and to celebrate 47 years on this planet. I’m blessed with wonderful, faithful parents who are in good health and I have fantastic siblings (most of whom I was able to see last night) who are working hard and raising happy families. I know without a doubt that peace and contentment come from… -
Clark has been paying attention …
5 May 2012 | 8:00 amI was creating in my studio. Clark walked in, sat down at my computer and said, “Wow, you’ve made a 116 videos in Photo Booth?!” I said, “yep, I make them for my classes all the time.” He said, like this … (watch and see!) Clearly, Clark has been paying attention. I especially like the idea that you can make “your story, your style” — that’s a good line! I do want to apologize to Wendy, who creates wonderful pages, not at all represented by Clark’s example. btw … Happy National Scrapbook Day! -
Friday FIVE for May 4th
4 May 2012 | 11:34 amONE. I know there are many, many books on photography and great online classes and other avenues for improving your photography efforts, but I’d like to highlight a GREAT little book by Katie Evans. I am working my way through all 66 pages (meaning, it’s a wonderfully easy, concise read) and I’m LEARNING. This is just the kind of in and out book I like–full of simple explanations and visual examples. You can learn more about Katie … On Facebook On the book website On her blog TWO. Very little explanation needed here. I love Vitamin Water and I’m now a fan… -
Flamingos and more
2 May 2012 | 2:37 pmEvery now and then I think to yourself, “I’m just NOT doing enough volunteering.” I had one of those moments a week or so ago, as I skimmed and deleted emails from my kids’ schools, each brimming with opportunities to help out. Well. I am now on flocking duty this week (what was I thinking?) Each morning before 7:00am, I round up willing and unwilling children and we go “flock” someone’s lawn. We return each evening to collect the required flamingo removal fee. Our family was flocked back in September and I’m happy to report that you have…
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Simple Scrapper
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Entering The Scrapbook Zone
16 May 2012 | 6:37 amI‘ve been finding it hard to find time to scrapbook lately. During the week, my nights seem to be taken up by everything other than scrapbooking, and then I’m left to do a flurry of layouts in just a few days. Sometimes, I don’t even find time to scrapbook during a week. It wasn’t working like this, and I needed to figure out how to change it quick. The answer came to me like magic, as I was listening to the This Is Your Life podcast by Michael Hyatt, and I knew it would work. In his podcast, Michael talks about scheduling time in the Alone Zone. The idea of the Alone… -
The Photo You Choose is the Best
15 May 2012 | 4:16 amLast Friday I mentioned that I’m working on my daughter’s first year album. I’m not quite ready to share how I’m putting it together, but I can relay some wisdom from my process thus far. She is nine months old today and just yesterday I sent a huge batch of photos from her first 4.5 months off to Persnickety. I culled through over 1000 photos to select less than 100 for her album. Did it take some time? A little, yes. Was it hard? Not at all – and I’ve figured out why. I had already chosen a few favorite photos to print and frame, but had not selected this… -
Music, Lyrics, Poems and Rhymes
14 May 2012 | 7:08 amThis is a guest post from Michele Holcomb, who challenged the team to creatively source page titles and journaling. More often than I’d like to admit, I reach a point in my creativity where nothing is going right. Most of the time it starts or ends with the title of my layout. I’m stuck and can’t move forward. So what do I do to get over this stumbling block? I have my self a little dance party. I put on my favorite songs and just sing to my hearts content. It helps me get a new perspective; then I’m ready to tackle my layout. This trick I use got me thinking about… -
Weekly Recap + Weekend Reading
12 May 2012 | 9:47 amWeekly Recap I’ve been thinking a lot about Emily’s first year album. I have a sorta-plan and think I know what I am doing. Big projects like these are often so much a moving target until you sit down to do it. I constantly tell myself not to over-think it. I’ve been organizing cards and other memorabilia, just sort of tinkering. I am to the point where I actually need to print a whole lot more photos. I’ve been pacing myself, working just a short bit at a time in Lightroom. I’m excited though, because in my (over)thinking and consistent tinkering I can see it… -
Get More You in Your Scrapbooking
9 May 2012 | 9:15 amThere’s something near and dear to my heart that I’d like to discuss with you. Something you’ve heard before, no doubt. Something you already know. I’m here to urge you, push you, prompt you to get into the photo. To remind yourself, you are part of the story. I know what you’re thinking. I don’t look good, I don’t feel good, I hate my hair. Well, stop. Stop making excuses and start making opportunities. Did you wake up today and feel pretty in the new shirt you’re wearing? Take a self photo with your cell phone camera. Were you happy with the…
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When Short Journaling Works on a Scrapbook Page
14 May 2012 | 9:00 pmby Debbie Hodge While journaling is an important part of many scrapbook pages, there are times when minimal journaling works just fine. Here’s a look at 6 of those instances in which titles, design, lists, and photos do the work typically expected of scrapbook page journaling. Short journaling works: 1. When a list does the job There’s nothing like the clarity of a list of things that are important to your subject to cut through the clutter and make a portrait with very few words. Terri Davenport scrapbooked highlights of her son’s life at 13 doing just this. Nate 13 by… -
Scrapbook Page Sketch and Template Bundle (#86)
11 May 2012 | 6:00 amby Debbie Hodge Here are three new coordinated scrapbook page sketches with free layered templates for digital scrapbooking. Use one of these singly or, when you’re making a multi-page album, these sketches complement each other well. You can find all of our sketches in the “Sketches” Category here. Download zipped file with layered templates for use in Photoshop Elements/CS Open pdf document that has sketches with measurements. Print or save in your e-reader library. This sketch is great for those small events you want to get onto one page. Layout by Debbie Hodge | Supplies:… -
Quotations and Word Art for Scrapbooking Mom
10 May 2012 | 1:15 pmThere is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. -Chinese Proverb Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. -Pearl S. Buck click here download .zip file with word art in pdf and png files — in color and in grayscale I cannot forget my mother. She is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely. -Renita Weems Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. -Gail… -
Scrapbook Page Compositions That Go To the Edge
9 May 2012 | 9:16 amA 1911 cover from Life Magazine uses conventional margins to frame the cover art. In the 1930s Life Magazine moved to using photographs bleeding off three edges of the page. by Debbie Hodge A scrapbook page combines photos, text, and embellishments within the space of the page canvas. Margins and mats can be used to “frame” your composition and add emphasis. Frames are familiar. We’re accustomed to frames on artwork, windows, and even computer screens. You can use framing and matting to orient the viewer’s perspective of your scrapbook page. Or you can do the… -
One Month at a Time | April 2012
4 May 2012 | 7:00 amby Tami Taylor On the 1st Friday of each month, Tami Taylor gives you a sketch and shows you how she’s scrapbooked the past month. She’s also got prompts for gathering memories in the upcoming month so that you can get your photos scrapbooked “one month at a time.” This month was a roller coaster ride of emotions. The highlight was an unexpected moment. At the last minute I decided to go to my husband’s baseball game. It was so much fun seeing him out there playing well and enjoying the camaraderie of his team (my husband is by nature not social). It was even more…
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The Daily Digi
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After Saving
16 May 2012 | 4:00 amTitle graphic made from The Daily Digi member exclusive kit My Life At Home After spending time carefully placing elements and papers, choosing the perfect photos and drafting heartfelt journaling, your scrapbook page is done. Now what do you do? You’re ready to give it a final name, create the full-resolution flattened copy, create a saved-for-web version for the scrapbook galleries, back it up and upload it. Every digi scrapper has their own work flow. I’m going to share mine with you below. File Naming When I am scrapping a photo or story-focussed page, I know when I start designing… -
Tips for scrapping graduation
15 May 2012 | 4:00 amIt’s graduation season right now and I’m excited that my son will be joining the Class of 2012! I know I’m way more excited for him to wear that cap and gown than he is, because not only do I get to celebrate his achievement, I get to scrap it! Many schools have graduations for younger grades. When my son graduated from Kindergarten at the autism school he attended, we definitely thought it called for a celebration! Graduations for little kids are fun to scrap and themed school designs are a great way to embellish these types of pages. Include the basic details of place and date. It’s… -
Piccolina Designs: An Italian Term of Endearment
14 May 2012 | 4:00 amI am pleased to introduce to you Poccolina Designs and our first designer from Ahhh Scrap! I was really excited when I clicked over to Piccolina’s store for the first time. I quickly purchased some goodies and unzipped as fast as I could. The quality was very, very good and I shot an email off as fast as I could to invite her to contribute to The Digi Files. I love Piccolina’s shabby design aesthetic and how all of her papers, patterns, elements, and colors create a cohesive collection. Let’s take a closer look at “Limerick” that is included in The Digi Files this month:… -
Inspired by Piccolina Designs
14 May 2012 | 3:30 amThe following layouts were created using Limerick by Piccolina Designs and included in The Digi Files during May, 2012: Layout by Teri (Piccolina Designs) Layout by Ariana Layout by Penny Layout by Christine Schultz Layout by Angie Layout by Angie Layout by Teri (Piccolina Designs) Layout by Krsital Banner by Karen Layout by Kristal Layout by Kimberly K. Supplies: Limerick by Piccolina Designs; Project Life Templates from Becky Higgins; Tape CLuster, Rhonna Farrer; Fonts: Impact, Hero, Myriad, Governor and Arialic Hollow. Layout by Kimberly K. Supplies: Limerick by Piccolina Designs; Project… -
Happy Mother’s Day
13 May 2012 | 4:00 amHappy Mother’s Day to our readers!! Thanks for stopping in today! We will see you back tomorrow with our regular content! Share This Using…
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Above Rubies Studio
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Check This Out: Tattered Angels Paint System
15 May 2012 | 11:34 pmThanks for stopping by to check THIS out today. I think we all have heard of and most of us LOVE Glimmer Mists from Tattered angels. But what I think many of us don’t know about is some of the other fabulous Tattered Angels products that meets many of our needs even fuller that just [...] -
Elegant and Simple Scrapbook Layout in Black and White Only
14 May 2012 | 8:09 pmHello my wonderful crafty friends! I am in a particularly GREAT mood this Tuesday! There are SO many INCREDIBLE unspeakably AWESOME things happening and I want to share them ALL there just IS NOT enough time in the day! Let me bullet a few out before I get to today’s video! It’s SO awesome! [...] -
Enjoying Life’s Moments: SMASH BOOK A Different Use
12 May 2012 | 12:47 pmHAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! For all you Mom’s out there – ENJOY THE DAY and I Hope you’ve been ENJOYING the Moments with your Family! I know there are many out there who may not be biological Mothers, but I KNOW as women, you have touched SOMEONES life and have been and influencing factor to their [...] -
Freebie Friday FlashBack!
10 May 2012 | 8:48 pmhey everyone! Its freebie Friday time and I have a LOT of NEW goodies coming out, but there was a SMALL technical holdup with the NEXT BIG THING! As soon as I get that Worked out I PROMISE everyweek will be ALL new Freebies that you’re going to LOVE! I have TWO things to share [...] -
FIXED! TNT: Scotch ATG: How to Refill the Pink Scotch ATG Adhesive Roll
9 May 2012 | 11:00 am**Fixed Video – Youtube did NOT Complete the Upload – Sorry about that!** Happy TNT Thursday where we are EXPLODING with Tips and Tricks every Thursday! Today’s quick video shares a bit about the Scotch ATG (Advanced Tape Glider) adhesive gun. In just a quick minute we will reload or refill our Pink ATG using [...]
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One Little Bird Designs | Blog
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New Release | Still Life
14 May 2012 | 12:07 pmHoping that everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday. My mom and I picked up some Chinese/Vietnamese take-out yesterday to have a mother-daughter lunch at my house, and when we returned home with our food treasures I caught sight of a little something bright and cheerful sitting on my desk in my office. I’ve been ooooohing and ahhhhhing over the brightly colored pots of Gerbera Daisies we’ve been seeing at the store this Spring, and someone was paying attention. I had a sneaking suspicion that a cheerful little plant on my desk would make my typical workday more… -
Kids Nowadays
10 May 2012 | 6:03 pmOn Monday Nicholas and I had a conversation in the car about how it’s hard to find things to do outside at his dad’s house when it’s only you and one other kid, and then today I was sharing the conversation with Tom and gained some more valuable insight into what Tom: The Early Years looked like. me: He said all they really do is play basketball, because it’s not like you can play tag with just two kids. Tom: You know what they could play? Dig a hole in the dirt. Or they could play crawl into the bushes and find cool stuff. That’s the kind of stuff my brother… -
New Releases | National Scrapbooking Day Sale
3 May 2012 | 8:00 amA couple of new products to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day. Keep reading for details on my storewide sale! NEW | Duality Journaling Cards Duality contains sets of 3×4 Journaling Cards for documenting the two-sided, give and take situations that crop up in everyday life. They’re great for digital or hybrid projects, and within the download you have your choice of individual card files, printable and layered PSD files (to customize the colors to suit your project) as well as printable PDF sheets that don’t require Photoshop at all. NEW | Flight Plans Layered Templates They… -
Say You, Say Me | I’m Your Private Dancer
3 May 2012 | 2:35 amQ | I just started blogging my scrapbooking. (Just got accepted to a creative team, yay!) I’m struggling a bit with balancing privacy and visibility. Up to now my scrapbook layouts pretty much just went up on Facebook for my friends & family to see. But now that I have a blog and a brand new Twitter account I’m a little freaked out. Real name here, pics of family there, and potentially crazy people around every turn! How do you manage it? A | My personal information was a very closely guarded secret for me for a lot of years, having been “heavily embedded” in the Internet… -
New Release | Metro
26 Apr 2012 | 1:00 amOH how I love this little city in a kit. I’ll tell you the same thing I told The Flock: I just couldn’t stop making things. I was starting to wonder if I’d ever finish this kit. I think I spent an afternoon just drawing squiggly roads then building little cities on them. Metro began as a little, doodled car in my notebook with a swirly cloud of “dust” behind it – and grew into so much more. I started off with a few items for pages about boys and their toys, then added items for documenting the places we go and things we do out-and-about in our everyday…
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Scrap Party
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O segundo layout do nosso crop
24 Apr 2012 | 8:39 amHoje trago para vocês o segundo layout que fizemos no 6º Crop do Scrap Sins, dia 3 de março. Usamos praticamente os mesmos materiais do layout que mostrei ontem, mas desta vez privilegiando ainda mais as diferenças de textura. Layout Giverny - 6º Crop Scrap Sins Para a base da página, usei um stencil de 30 x 30cm, da Crafter’s Workshop, com tinta spray, em tonalidades claras. Para deixar o efeito ainda mais sutil, cobri com uma camada bem leve de gesso acrílico (misturado com água). Sobre essa base, usei o stencil punchinella (bolinhas), com o gesso acrílico em sua textura… -
Layout do crop do Scrap Sins
23 Apr 2012 | 8:30 amO 6º Crop do Scrap Sins foi dia 3 de março, mas até agora eu não tinha mostrado os projetos que fizemos aqui no blog. Projetos, sim, porque desta vez foram dois. E o mais legal foi ver a maioria das meninas saindo com os dois layouts praticamente prontos. Neste primeiro, que trago hoje, usamos as técnicas de mixed media, misturando diversos materiais: cardstock, gesso, entretela, washi tape, tinta acrílica, papelão ondulado, chipboard, tags, metal, enfim, tudo o que estivesse disponível. Layout Cores - 6º Crop Scrap Sins A base da página foi feita com várias tiras de washi tape,… -
Layout em mixed media
22 Apr 2012 | 5:51 pmPara não ficar com todas as páginas do álbum sobre a viagem a Paris muito parecidas – e também não cansar de fazer páginas iguais, pois já tenho mais de 30 delas! – estou aproveitando várias fotos da viagem para fazer layouts de outros temas, e seguir as instruções das dezenas de workshops que costumo fazer na internet. É o caso desta página, que traz uma foto minha com meu marido em Versailles: aproveitei para falar sobre nossos 20 anos juntos (na época da viagem, pois já temos quase 22 agora) e fazer o workshop da Louise Nelson, no Miss Art’s Papercrafting. Layout 20… -
Desenho de olhos fechados
2 Apr 2012 | 9:01 amDia desses resolvi fazer um exercício que já vi em vários livros, dizendo que é um estímulo à criatividade: desenhar de olhos fechados. Peguei uma página do meu caderno Moleskine que já estava com o fundo colorido com Glimmer Mist, um lápis, fechei os olhos e rabisquei a folha por 3 minutos. Depois, o desafio é tentar enxergar algum elemento no meio dos rabiscos. Engraçado que a primeira figura que enxerguei foi um elefante. Eu nunca imaginaria desenhar um elefante! Mas vi ali a figura perfeitinha! A partir dele, fui criando o restante da cena, sempre utilizando os traços já… -
Capa One Little Word 2012
1 Apr 2012 | 8:03 amO blog está bem largadinho, então vou fazer uma atualização rápida, mostrando a primeira página do meu álbum One Little Word 2012. Como eu já falei neste post, a palavra escolhida para este ano é FUN, porque espero que 2012 seja um ano bem mais leve. Para representá-la, fiz uma capa bem colorida: Capa My Little Word 2012 - Fun Além do colorido, usei a colagem das fitas, tinta e doodles – tudo que para mim significa diversão e descomprometimento, uma vez que são técnicas livres, sem muita preocupação com o resultado final. É esse tom que quero dar ao álbum o ano inteiro, de…
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Log Your Memory » public
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Wanted: Everyday Scrapbookers with a Story to Share
16 May 2012 | 8:55 amLog Your Memory is currently seeking scrapbookers with a passion for sharing their everyday real life stories who would be interested in serving as Guest Writers on our blog during the coming months. Potential Guest Writers include… Scrapbookers of all backgrounds and ability levels with a personal experience, story, hurdle or project to share related to memorykeeping; Experienced scrappers who can offer everyday scrapbooking tips or tutorial ideas of interest to our readers; Product designers willing to share behind-the-scenes glimpses into the business side of scrapbooking;… -
Please Note: Site Changes, Downtime Planned…
14 May 2012 | 10:33 amAs Log Your Memory continues to evolve, it’s time once again for some significant changes to our website. Here are a few of the changes we’re working on to improve your experience in our little corner of the Web… Updated, simplified design to make it easier for visitors to find their way around. Replacement of our existing membership software with a more reliable, more stable platform. This will require the resetting of all existing member/customer passwords, so watch your email for a message containing your new password and login information. We apologize for any… -
Meet the 2012 Design Team: Rebecca Kuchenbecker
10 May 2012 | 9:40 amGet to know Rebecca Kuchenbecker… Your First & Last Name: Rebecca Kuchenbecker Where you live (city/state/country): Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Your most commonly used username in the scrapbooking word: MamaBee Please tell us a little about yourself, your family, your background… I am a stay-at-home mama to one very well photographed little guy who is 5 and wife to hubby for 6 years. We live smack dab in the middle of Packer Country (Wisconsin). Before becoming a SAHM, I was a computer instructor and documentation specialist for a Fortune 200 company for just shy of 10 years. How… -
Get Scrap Your Real Life on Kindle & Nook!
9 May 2012 | 10:40 amJust a quick note to let you know that our newest release, Scrap Your Real Life, is now available in both Kindle and Nook editions! Click on the images below to access your chosen format… Nook Version -
Now Available! Scrap Your Real Life
8 May 2012 | 7:55 amThe time has come! Scrap Your Real Life: Journaling Prompts, Project Ideas, Inspirational Layouts & More To Help You Scrapbook Your Real Life Stories is now available for sale in the Log Your Memory Shop! Just a few of the many reasons to check out our new book… More than 75 never-before-seen inspirational FULL-COLOR scrapbook layouts! Contributions by 15 amazingly talented real life scrapbookers! Eight everyday life-themed sections, each with dozens of thought-provoking questions, journaling prompts, photo ideas, suggested scrapbooking approaches…
