Archive for July, 2010

I know they have been around quite a while, but I just heard of them recently and they are actually perfect for me (and I would recommend making these to others) when I have design block.  They are called Artist Trading Cards or ATCs.  There are no limits, use them to try techniques out for the first [...]

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Mod Birthday Card

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

I absolutely loved this Mod birthday stamp I got made by Inkadinkado but never used it until now for this birthday card I made for my nephew.       Here is the process of how I made it:     I used the Inkadinkado Mod Birthday Wood stamp for the sentiment and then made [...]

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My Review of Scrapbuck.com

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

I was skeptical because we are all taught that when things are too good to be true, they usually are but in the case of Scrapbuck.com I was pleasantly surprised. Here are some brief details about my order with alot of photos to show you close ups of the quality of the products. Packaging Just [...]

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Christmas Ornament… What? too early?

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Who knows why but I was inspired to make christmas ornaments in july! My goal was to try out my nestabilities and the other die cuts that I got but never used. I don’t have an ornament hanger so I had to make due with my glass container. I should get one of those things. [...]

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Okay, so I spoiled myself a bit over vacation this past week so I thought i’d share what I gathered. This week, I’m expecting a package from scrapbuck.com. Check back as I will be writing a review on my experience with them. So far the only thing I don’t like is I haven’t received a [...]

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Made a Bookmark

Friday, July 16th, 2010

   My goal was to make a bookmark for myself. My color palette was a design paper I had with red, black, silver and white.  As I was making it, I didn’t really have a plan, I just kept embossing, cutting, glueing, embossing again, cutting and glueing. Then I stamped my name but when it was [...]

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My Creative Place

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Not much in the way of ‘making’ anything at the moment. I’ve had this need to finally go through my craft room and really deep clean and organize all of it and today i finally finished!  Here are some pictures with descriptions of the areas.          And last but certainly not least… [...]

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Road Sign Birthday Party Invitation

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

My kid is, for lack of a better word, obsessed with road signs so I thought it would be the perfect theme for his birthday party this year.  I had the idea to make some road sign invitations and sleeves to hold them.  At the end of this post, I’ve placed the printable high resolution JPGs [...]

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Box for My Twilight Saga Pins

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

I had a Jacob pin left over (the movie was amazing by the way!) and I know someone who loves the Twilight series as well so I thought i’d give her the pin and make a coordinating box to go along with it.  I didn’t measure for this project, so these are estimates on size [...]

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