my handmade Christmas and a silly little card

I’ve been working like a crazy lady emphasis on the crazy part! I’m working p/t at Target at nights, not a bad gig considering there’s no stress, no papers to grade, no lessons to prep, and no daycare costs. Plus I work with a fun group of people, many who are younger than I and [...]

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Basic Embossing Tutorial

The best made things are happy accidents. Or the best laid plans are those that aren’t made. These are my own versions of some of the many inspirational quotes floating around. I’ve been playing with embossing some of my favorite images and trying different inks. I hadn’t embossed in a long time so I looked [...]

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using stuff up: monthly project

My monthly project started on the 4th of July this year. It wasn’t really a planned project, just an idea that came to mind when I was sorting some craft stuff during the kiddies nap time.
I had a piece of chipboard leftover from another project, a wooden star, an old copy of “my country tis [...]

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Daddy Mini Album Tutorial

For Father’s Day I decided to make a mini album of my favorite pics of my hubby with the kiddies. I had this great red album from Stampin Up! that seemed just right.
This is my 3rd 6×6 album I’ve made. First I really love the size, so easy so quick. And then I love how [...]

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what to do with all those letter e’s?

 
I like to collect things with my name or first initial. So I have lots of crafty and non crafty things that are the letter “e”. But after a while it gets a little ridiculous and you realize you have saved an entire box of e’s and you haven’t done anything with them. I thought [...]

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One Picture 3 ways

There are pictures I’ve taken that I just love. Pictures that just seem to say, “scrap me please”. Often times I will use the same picture or pictures in multiple layouts or mini books.

Last year my babies were 10 months old. This was before they were really moving and would sit for a few [...]

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Pile of stuff

I don’t know how many of you out there are like this, but I always have more than one book I’m reading, project I’m working on, or some household chore that is ongoing (like laundry). So here is a pile of the stuff I’ve been working on.

There are the two square canvases my Rv log [...]

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A portrait of my great grandmother

I do not do “heritage” scrapbooks. I just can’t get myself to wrap my mind around it. And honestly some the traditional ones I’ve seen are not my thing. But I have boxes of old photos from my family. I even have a few stories to go along with some of them. Unfortunately, many of [...]

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Dare 73–non scrappin supplies

This is a great dare. I have had this packing paper for a while thinking it would be great on a page, really loving the color and fiberous look of it. The stamps are some I found in a box of old photos my grandma gave me, the ledger paper is again old family stuff [...]

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Adjective Challenge

This is one of my favorite pictures of my little girl, Clara. Of course she’s a cutie so I have lots of faves. But this pic is one I snapped before we headed to a party and it just captured her so perfectly. Looking at this picture now, nearly 7 months later I am shocked [...]

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