In the Winter 2014 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine, I wrote an article about Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L’s 3D Foam Shapes. I show a whole bunch of different ways you can alter the foam shapes in a variety of projects. Here is a layout from that article…but I replaced the photos with this year’s Christmas […] Read more…
This month has been a blur, and on the last day I am squeaking in my September Sketchy Challenge for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine. Here is Sue Sykes‘ wonderful sketch: I used the RSVP collection from Basic Grey, including the sticker sheets. The butterflies were cut using this pretty Spellbinders die set: I added Crystal Stickles […] Read more…
Welcome to my blog! You have probably arrived here from Christine Okken‘s blog. Join us as we blog hop with CardMaker magazine! Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L is sponsoring two Adhesive Prize packages worth $25 each. One winner will be randomly drawn from comments on the Crafty Power Blog, and the other will be randomly drawn […] Read more…
I’m back from a warm and relaxing Spring Break vacation and am excited to get back into my studio! Today I thought I would share my “March” Place in Time Graphic 45 vintage layout and a video featuring a technique for making watercolour flowers using Distress Markers. My mother turns 85 in November, and I […] Read more…
On January 5, DramaQueen turned 16! Sorry…I just couldn’t resist posting her “hand” photo! ha ha ha! For those of you who are new to following or reading my blog, I should let you know that I refer to my children here using affectionate nicknames. My husband started calling our daughter Drama Queen quite a […] Read more…
I don’t design very many card classes, but last year when I began teaching at The Urban Scrapbook, my first class was Christmas cards, using Graphic 45‘s “Christmas Emporium” collection. Click HERE to see the blog post about those cards. Before their 2012 collections were released, I already knew there was a good chance I […] Read more…
I had hoped and prayed…and prayed and hoped…but BabyOfTheFamily refused to be ANY of the characters from Wizard of Oz for Halloween this year! LOL! Why was I hoping for this? Because I wanted to put the photos of her (dressed up as Dorothy, no less) on my “Magic of Oz” layout! hee hee! So […] Read more…