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Core’dinations. They sure have yummy stuff!
For my blog post todayI wanted to show you some layouts I did with our fabulous stamps and Core’dinations cardstock.
This first layout “Cute Smile” I had fun taking advantage of the different textures of the cardstocks. They are yummy. I LOVED adding the subtle butterflies in the background. To accent…  |  read more »

accordion flowers

Hello there!
Coming from the scrapbooking background first, I always look at my stamps at other ways to use them versus always stamping the true complete image. So today’s post is going to be fun.
Now I find that you can pretty much take any stamp set to create background patterns. I tend to lean towards not…  |  read more »

Have a wonderful lunch!

My fondest moments are always when I can make a little smile happen each day for my kids. So when Bettina sent me these stamps (Programmed Robots) I knew I was in heaven. They were going to get many many uses.
The following images I created to sneak into the kids lunch kits for school, just…  |  read more »

Challenge for you!

Sadly I wasn’t able to get a photo program installed last night into my new computer, so I am leaving you with just a thought.
Are you guys glued to the TV watching all the Olympic competitions? Aren’t they fantastic? There have been such fantastic victories. What a rush. With all the excitement of the Olympics…  |  read more »

Creating background paper with Stamps!

Did everyone have a wonderful holiday? Are you excited the kids are back into school? I am!!!!! I love the routine and the quiet time I get once in awhile. lol. I love looking back at Christmas and now trying to scrapbook those memories while they are fresh in my mind.
Today I decided to make…  |  read more »

Tis the season…for a little self indulging challenge.

Are you up for it? I am putting the twist on challenge day today. Instead of showing a sketch, or a blog hop, I am going to challenge you to create a beautiful gift for yourself or someone else. a little indulgence is always what we need to unwind from stressful days. Enjoy!
Well wasn’t this…  |  read more »

Winter stamps & glass

Happy Winter! Is it snowing today where you are? It is for me and I love the big fluffy white flakes. So it was so inspiring to break out the snowflake stamps and play around. So here I am , watching the snow fall, ready to scrap our first snow days pictures and all I…  |  read more »

Happy Haunting

Well today’s post is going to be spooktacular. You will need some scrapbook supplies as well as some fun stuff.

Scrapbook supplies:

BOO myStampBOX stamp set
Staz On
White Cardstock
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Halloween Colours
Smooch in Halloween Colours
black fine tip marker

Extras:

clear sandwich bags
different kinds of Halloween candy
plastic curling ribbon (kind you’d wrap presents with)

I took a few 12×12…  |  read more »

Spooky & eerie, creepy & crawly…

Halloween is shortly around the bend. And our family happens to love the excitement of costumes and candy, decorations and all the fun surrounding this theme. So in preparation I was soooooo excited to receive these fabulous new Halloween stamps. I think I will possibly be using this an unbelievable mount of times in the…  |  read more »

early planning…

hello there. So I escaped last week to the lake and totally relaxed! and I definitely needed it. Our main computer crashed, my allergies had flared up, the kids were vibrating and I needed to get away. So of course I planned some scrapbooking projects to do. When I go to the lake I like…  |  read more »