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  • Sale-a-Bration Send Off: Vintage Verses

    Ack!  Can you believe TOMORROW is the LAST DAY for Sale-a-Bration?!  I swear I always find my groove and my love of a stamp or scrapping product right before they are discontinued or become hard to get!  Turns out this is one of those sets. Yup, I’m talking about Vintage Verses You see, I had…

  • Sale-a-Bration Send Off: Madison Avenue!

    Ready for day 3 of the Sale-a-Bration send off?  Today is a stamp set that I’ll admit, is not one of the first stamp sets I gravitated towards, but turns out you can do some really fun stuff with…. I’m talking about Madison Avenue! Of course you can get this stamp set free with any…

  • Sale-a-Bration Send Off: Bloomin’ Marvelous

    Yesterday I shared some ideas for the Patterned Occasions stamp set and so today we are on to our next set – Bloomin’ Marvelous! I’ll admit, this is a stamp set that I wasn’t too excited about when I first saw it.  I thought the sentiments were cute but the images were just eh. Well,…

  • Scrapbooking Sunday: Using Stamps as Accents on a Baby Page!

    I know it is St. Patrick’s Day and so I should be posting something green, but I finished this scrapbook page for my daughter and just had to share it with everyone for this week’s Scrapbooking Sunday!  So, you can virtually pinch me but I hope you enjoy the ideas for this weeks layout. I’ve…

  • Feels Good Masculine Card with Sycamore Street

    Who is with me that it is easy to make a “girly” card but hard to come up with a “guy” card? I know I’m not the only one and so for a recent card class I decided to show how you could use some of the items from the Spring catalog and Sale-a-Bration flyer…

  • Fun with Texture Thank You Card

    As I was playing with ideas for thank you cards for February, I decided to get inspired by the Sycamore Street designer paper from the Sale-a-Bration flyer for my colors and then start adding texture as I went along. The most obvious bit of texture was my chevron embossing folder that I used on the…

  • Bloomin’ Marvelous Embossed Treat Box

    When I accidentally ordered 3 packs of the Kraft Treat Boxes because I thought you were getting one for the $2.95 not 4 boxes for the $2.95, I was initially bummed to have so many boxes; but now I’m almost out and have been loving experimenting with them!  This was my first time trying out…

  • Sycamore St Scrapbook Layout: Great Grandparents

    Some incredibly talented girls I know started a paper crafting challenge blog a year ago called The Paper Girls Challenge Blog.  They post challenges twice a month for fun and (sometimes) prizes. Well, I was so honored to be asked by them to be one of two guest designers this month – so I totally…

  • Size Doesn’t Always Matter!

    It is easy for me to make my cards to the standard card base size; sometimes mixing it up with a square 4 1/4” x 4 1/4”.   But usually sticking with my basic because it is so efficient with cardstock. (for me, a standard card base is 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” – if a…

  • What Are You Going To Pick For Free?

    My favorite sale of the year is here!  It’s Sale-a-Bration time! If you aren’t familiar with Sale-a-Bration, it is a 2 month promotion where you get to pick free stamps, paper, tools, or accessories with every $50 you order. For example, here is a cute card that you could make using the free Sycamore Street…