scrapbooking

Allison Kreft’s new collection

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So excited about Allison‘s new collaboration with Webster’s Pages. Her designs have been some of my favorites for years, and these are no exception.The papers are gorgeous – I had a chance to play with her new collection, including transparencies! The colors, icons and patterns are perfection. There’s plenty of woodgrain, chevron, maps and cameras. Here’s how this layout came together.Other supplies: We Were Here Read More »

12/12/12 is just 2 weeks away + a giveaway

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It only happens once every 100 years—the date 12/12/12. How will you remember it? Join Stacy Julian from Big Picture Classes and me to make it a day to remember. On Wednesday, December 12, Stacy Julian and I along with 24 other scrapbookers will join together on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii to complete a scrapbook album that commemorates life, right now, in 2012 Read More »

A simple wedding card

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Usually the day before leaving on a 6am flight, I come up with all kinds of ideas and find the uncontrollable urge to make something. This used to happen the night before, but apparently I have become a bit wiser with age, giving myself a few more hours to pull something together. I realized that I hadn’t gotten Abby & Thomas a card yet, so Read More »

Olá Brazil !

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Estou muito contente de vir para o Brasil para dar aulas. Vai ser a minha primeira vez a estas cidades (eu fui para o Rio de Janeiro antes), e eu estou muito animado. Desculpe, eu realmente não falam português, mas graças ao Google Translate, eu sou capaz de postar isso para você! Translation: I am delighted to be coming to Brazil to teach classes. It Read More »

Australia wrap up

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As I attempted to put this post together on multiple occasions, I kept leaving it unfinished. Not because I didn’t have enough to say, but I really had too much. Just to give you all some background from their website: Spotlight is a privately owned and operated Australian family business. Our business has grown from two brothers helping their parents run a dress fabric stall Read More »

hello adventure pocket book

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This little notebook was sent to me by one of my creative partners, Baum-Kuchen. It’s aptly named, Kangaroo Notebook, because all the pages are made up of pockets. Clever, right? Well the notebook is now available for pre-order (and these cute pockets for pre-order). They were so kind to send me the horizontal sample to play with in advance. I kept it simple and used new Read More »

Tip: Use pop dots as embellishments

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Love taking something I have had for years and adding new life to it. If you’re a paper crafter, you’ve probably stocked up on plenty of pop dots to add dimension to your projects. Instead of using them traditionally, I took the utility out and make them polka dots. Instead of peeling both sides for the adhesive, I only did one and kept the paper Read More »