I just love giving a card that makes the recipient say, “Wow!” And with this tutorial, they surely will!
I love water coloring and pockets. And what better way to decorate a Memorydex card than to combine the two?
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I’m here to remind you that simple can be stunning. You don’t have to go all out to create something beautiful and meaningful.
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I've come to the conclusion that buying, organizing and using craft supplies are three very separate hobbies.
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If you are nervous about where to start with a mixed media project, sometimes you can skip the art mediums and just use chipboard, paper and embellishments to create a simple vignette.
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I love when I get to create for other people--it is truly one of the most satisfying things to bring pictures to life.
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I am so excited about this release from Tim Holtz and Sizzix! The ability to create a bunch of different little buildings out of one set of dies is just so much fun.
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Fall is a busy time for birthdays in my family. And it's a good excuse for a cozy autumn themed birthday card or two.
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As a gardener and a lover of Halloween, nothing quite sums up my obsession like a deadly floral "book" vignette.
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It's that time of year when things get a little chaotic in the craft world. You have one foot in Halloween/Thanksgiving/Autumn makes and the other in Holiday/Winter makes.
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I love Halloween so much I tend to neglect autumn makes. When the Halloween stuff comes down and we put out our few autumn decor pieces, the house feels pretty empty. So I decided I needed to change that this year.
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I've shown how to use journaling cards to make quick and easy cards and party invitations but you can also use ephemera for the same quick but pretty effect!
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I find inspiration in some of the strangest places. But I always think it makes for more creative projects in the end.
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It's not just fall in the craft stores, it's starting to sneak into other shopping areas too. I've already seen pumpkin spice flavored things cropping up in the grocery store.
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You might question my thinking that any project with fussy cutting is "quick and easy," but if you choose the right elements and you keep down the quantity, you can actually get a layout done pretty quickly.
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I adore persimmon and teal as a color combination. You'll find both hues throughout my home decor year round, but that rusty orange color always makes me think of crunchy autumn leaves.
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When your niece loves the great outdoors, you throw her a small National Park themed party for her birthday and make her pretty invitations!
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I've always loved decorative doors. There's just something so intriguing about them and what might lie behind them.
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This month's inspiration and color palette from Scrapbook.com was full of fun, summery colors and elements.
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I'm a gardener so any chance that I get to play with a collection that is all about flowers, I am definitely going to take advantage of the opportunity!
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I have never gotten this big of a head start on Christmas makes. Usually I wait until after Halloween to start and then I always feel rushed. I'm really enjoying getting some tags and cards done early and I think I'm going to have to make it a point to start doing this every year!
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I am just in love with making tags right now! I think they are fun to add to gifts or send instead of a card, but they are especially fun at Christmas.
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As a classical musician, Christmas can be overwhelming. You start rehearsing music in early October, sometimes even in September. Holiday music becomes inescapable at stores. You start humming Sleigh Ride absentmindedly. And Christmas in July just piles on. But this year, it's different for me.
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This was a color challenge that I could not miss out on! It was full of some of my most favorite colors to work with.
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I've always embraced being different, even as a child. For my entire life, anything related to the night sky and insects makes me happy. And I've combined my two loves in another fun memorydex card!
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I know that using nothing but patterned paper can be intimidating for some when it comes to layouts, but it really doesn't have to be.
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Once I figured out how to take great photos of my craft projects, fine tuning the images became quick and easy.
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I've never been the kind of person who thinks you have to have the latest and greatest gadget to get the best results. And that is true for cameras, especially with the advancements made on phone cameras in the past several years.
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How you arrange your items for your project photographs is part of taking amazing photos of your creations. But maybe you think you are good at designing your craft project, but not so much the photograph you take of it.
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In the last year, I have really upped my photography game when it comes to snapping pics of my projects. And I hope that really comes through when I share those photos of my projects here on my blog and on my social accounts.
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With Memorydex cards, you generally think about the front and back already. But when you create a see-through card with acrylic, that sometimes requires a bit more thinking.
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While I like to take inspiration from my photos for my scrapbook layouts, I don't always do it based off theme.
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I don't have a favorite color but I do have colors I like to surround myself with. And one of those colors is blue-green. I love any shade of it and much of my home decor centers around the color.
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Happy (Inter)National Scrapbook Day! Here's a brand new layout that I created to celebrate this day!
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I love a good versatile paper crafting product! It really gives you a lot of options and endless creativity.
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Okay, so I really cannot get enough of this collection! I'll probably make a card with it too so I can just round out this month's series projects with the Watercolor Floral collection from Prima!
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If you need some color and sparkle in your crafting life, check out these fun and colorful supplies!
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It's time for another monthly Handmade Challenge entry! This time, I'm sharing a soft, mini mixed media vignette with you.
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I adore flowers and so you know I just had to make some more amazing projects with this new collection from Prima Marketing!
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If you've been following my blog for some time, you'll probably notice two big trends. One is that I love to play with teals/mints, pinks and purples! The second is that you probably also know just how important it is to me to reuse and recycle in my craft room. This project does both by using two boxes as the altered base of the project and easily combines all three colors using the Prima Watercolor Floral collection!
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