Feeling a bit Challenged today…

…but in a good way! I had a chance to play in my studio this morning with my new pile of “rubbah” from About Art Accents (I so needed to get inky) and I got 2 challenges done! The first is this weeks sketch over at 2s4u:
I know the simple sketch would showcase the beauty [...]

A Festive Christmas {and a freebie!}

When I saw the sketch challenge over on the Pink Persimmon blog I just had to play along:
I made this card and box set using the Cute as a Button set from Pink Persimmon (the sketch had a scallop border and the buttons were perfect for that!) I also used new Christmas paper from American [...]

Hip Cool Aunt!

The coolest thing about being an aunt is that you don’t have to be the fuddy-duddy responsible mom, you can have fun!
A friend took this photo of me holding my sister’s baby last week when he was just hours old. Cute!
I wanted a funky look so I used my new Wood Grain Background stamp and [...]

Big News and a Freebie!

Well the big news is that my sister had her first baby and I am an auntie! Woohoo!  Actually was an auntie already since my SIL had kids but they are nearly as old as I am LOL!  Little Mason was born yesterday and I took a bunch of pics and I just had to [...]

Birthday Freebie!

I have another free  file that you can cut with your cricut if you have SCAL software for you today! It is a photo mat to match the party hat from yesterday. I had a party hat card and some punched circles left over from making the invitations so I decided to whip up a [...]

Scrap a year in a day!

Before my twins were born I printed out 2 calenders starting with the month they were born till their first birthday. I pasted them to scrapbook paper and made coordinating pages so when my bundles arrived I could write the milestones on the calenders and paste the photos on the facing pages. It worked out [...]

OSA Layout challenge 33 {and a freebie!}

Happy Tuesday! When I saw the sketch for this weeks layout challenge it immediately reminded me of the kaleidoscope scrapbook pages we used to make back in the day, there were plastic templates and hinged mirrors to help us crop our photos, Ahhh, memories….Well that had always been to fussy for me so instead of [...]

Scallop card and tag freebie!

I love it when I make something that is cute and easy. These cards only take minutes to make and what makes it super easy is that I can cut the cards and tags with my Cricut using Sure cuts a lot software, take a look:
I used this weeks sketch over at 2sketches4you (Yay, I [...]

Traditional vs. Digital…who wins?

We do!!! Lucky us to be  crafting at a time when the perfect sheet of paper or stamp can be found in seconds right on our computer! We are also lucky (despite the recession) to have isle after isle of papers, punches, rubber stamps and embellishments to pick from at our craft stores! It is [...]

Envelope and liner free template!

Here is a fancy envelope and liner that you can cut with your Cricut if You have Sure Cuts a Lot (SCAL) software:
This envelope can be re-sized however you like.  To re-size it  stretch it out to the size you need, see below. After you resize it turn it 45 degrees to make best use [...]