While cleaning my room, I ran across some project kits from past Stampin’ Up! regional events. One of them was from a year or so ago and was to make a 8.5 x 11” scrapbook page. I decided the colors would be perfect for our trip to the Pumpkin Patch … Read More
A Baby Girl’s First Scrapbook Page
While cutting the paper for my designer paper share, I got a chance to really take in the different designs and was surprised to find myself drawn to the Beau Chateau pack. See, normally I think vintage is pretty and all, but it isn’t usually my style. Then I saw … Read More
Clean and Simple Scrapbook Layout
I will admit, I spend most of my crafting time making cards. They are practical…they are fun…they don’t take too much time if I’m in a rush. But that said, I have a ton of pictures that I take and keep that I want to scrapbook. So, I’ve started trying … Read More
Using Ice Cream Parlor Quick Accents for Scrapbooking
So, here is my story, to which I think a number of you can relate. Many months ago, I printed out a ton of pictures of my son because I was going to create a baby album for him. I have a stack of at least 40 pictures from … Read More
Something Different – A Baby Accordion Album
I often make cards because they are fast projects where I can experiment with colors and techniques – and fast is what I need with a very active 13 month old trying to pull all my catalogs and BigShot dies off the shelves. 🙂 But sometimes it is fun to … Read More
Day of Gratitude Scrapbook Page
I made this scrapbook page before the craziness of the December Holidays and wanted to share it with you as my farewell to the Holiday Mini. The Day of Gratitude stamp set was one that didn’t catch my eye when I first looked at the mini but after making a … Read More
Cute New My Digital Studio Downloads and Projects
It seems like Stampin’ Up! has started rolling out My Digital Studio downloads like crazy! But I have to say, I love all the new stuff coming out because I keep seeing so many cute things to do with My Digital Studio. Here are some pictures of the latest downloads … Read More
Holiday Scrapbooking with My Digital Studio
I suddenly realized yesterday that the deadline for the My Digital Studio contest is coming up quick! I was hoping to get an entry submitted but wanted to play around for a bit first to get the creative juices flowing. So, tonight, I decided to work on a 12×12 layout. … Read More
Scrapbooking with My Digital Studio and an MDS Contest!
I’ve always loved the look of a handmade scrapbook, and so when the big digital scrapbooking wave hit, I wasn’t too sure about it. However, when Stampin’ Up! came out with My Digital Studio and I saw how easy it would be to match all of my papers and embellishments … Read More
Kicking it up with Interactive Scrapbooking
At convention this year, I had the chance to participate in a class taught by Sherrill Graff on Interactive Scrapbooking. It was one of those times when I found myself going, “WOW!” over something that was fairly easy but so cool. So, when I got home, I knew I had … Read More
Training the trainer – an introduction to stamping
Last week, I had the fun of introducing a friend to awesome world of stamping and paper crafting. Nikki is my personal trainer from the gym (gotta kick out those last few pounds of baby weight!) and she has been very curious to check out Stampin’ Up!. Since she wouldn’t … Read More
Is it possible to craft without making a mess?
Well, I’m going to have to make this post quick, but I thought I would post the progress I’m making on a project since it seems to be taking me a while to complete it. 🙂 So, on Sunday (or was it Monday?) I started trying to get things together … Read More