Scrapbooking: Clean & Simple

I appreciate all the effort that goes into highly embellished scrapbook pages, I really do.   But, I like this page – clean and simple.  The focus is on the photos.  Yes, there are embellishments, but they don’t take away from the main image.     Plus, I really like the color combination of teal, […]

 

Giggles & Operation Write Home

This card just made me giggle.   I don’t know why.  It just did.         But what’s even better is that there is a group of great people making these “Make ‘Em Laugh” cards for a great cause, Operation Write Home.  This organization sends blank handmade greeting cards to our service men & […]

Creating Dimension on Pages or Cards with Leftovers!

Use some of those leftover rub-ons and pieces of ribbon (I just can’t throw them away!) to add dimension to any project! Take a leftover rub-on and rub-on a piece of pale cardstock and then cut the image out like I did with the Eiffel Tower. Place on paper.  Accordian fold a scrap of ribbon […]

Conditioning New Stamps

I’ve ran across a problem recently with a new rubber stamp.  I acquired  some rubber stamps from a high quality rubber stamp manufacturer.  It seemed to me that every time I used their new stamps, the ink didn’t stay on the rubber very well.  But after a few uses, they were fine.  So, I decided […]

Organization – Dazzle Caddy

This is a great organization tool for those small bottles.  You know which ones – they contain ink, or paint, or sparkly glue.   There are 10 secure spots for your little goodies.  Hmm . . .  some companies have collections in groups of 10 colors.  Interesting.   Store by collection, store by color, store […]