SK050313 Flag It, Wrap It or Tie it On a Shape

by Janelle May 3, 2013

Today I have a sweetly packaged card sketch. It’s meant to use up some of those scraps of washi tape, fiber yarn or string with scraps of paper. So take your shape and flag it with tape or wrap it with yarn and you could even wind twine and string to create the focal point [...]

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Giveaway and Dreamweaver Thursday Tutorial: STENtangling with Heidi Erickson

by Pam Hornschu May 2, 2013

Hi, this is Heidi Erickson and I’m here to present this week’s Dreamweaver Thursday tutorial.  First we’d like to congratulate Scrappin Vall, who commented on the Copic Coloring with Stencils post two weeks ago.  Be sure to email Pam at phornschu@yahoo.com with your address. Remember, you too can have the opportunity to win a stencil just by [...]

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3d214-Coffee Quick!

by Deb Felts April 30, 2013

I love Love LOVE coffee! My husband and son gave me eight boxes of various deliciously flavored k-cups for Christmas! Ironically, the health and fitness plan I started just two days later required that I give up coffee, so all of those boxes are still sitting unopened in the pantry. When I came across this [...]

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Pack Up Your Memorabilia in Your Travel Case and Smile…Smile…Smile!

by Pam Hornschu April 29, 2013

Apologies to the writers of the original version used to bolster the men in WWI, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”! I just couldn’t resist. Must be all of those old movies I love to watch. Lol. Anyway, Pam here, and this week I have a simple, fun project to create that [...]

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Friday Sketch 042612 – Pocket Card!

by Lyn Bernatovich April 26, 2013

  Today’s sketch works best to show the finished card first and then the sketch!  The card front has a slit across the center for the tag to be inserted.  The card panel’s fold is at the bottom (rather than at the top).  Because of the way the tag is designed (you’ll see in a [...]

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3d Challenge: Box it Up

by Susanna April 25, 2013

For this week’s 3d Challenge, I thought I’d whip up a little paper gift box.  I’m always in need of birthday cards and fun wraps for gifts, and this month is no exception.  April is birthday season in our family.  We have 10 birthdays between April 18th and April 27th.  No kidding.  I save for [...]

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Giveaway and Dreamweaver Thursday Tutorial: Faux Batik Using Your Stencils by Caroline Duncan

by Lyn Bernatovich April 25, 2013

  Hi, this is Caroline and I’m here to present this week’s Dreamweaver Thursday tutorial.  First we’d like to congratulate Robbie Rubala, who commented on the Scrapping With Stencils post two weeks ago.  We’re having another giveaway this week, so read on and find out how to win your own Dreamweaver Stencil! Making a faux batik background using a [...]

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Scrappy Sunday – Heading to the hardware store

by Wendy Price April 22, 2013

Thats right! Today we’re heading to the hardware store for supplies. If you’ve been scrapping for a long time you may remember the limited selection of product on the market back in the early days. Now you can walk into almost any store and find scrapbooking supplies, but back then we had to get a [...]

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Monday Tutorial – Machine Stitching Third Edition

by Janelle April 22, 2013

  Today’s tutorial is inspired by two previous Monday Tutorials that our talented Super Nova Lyn Bernatovich created for machine stitching. You can take a look at them under Tutorials and then Tools. They are the go-to for fun easy stitching techniques that will add the finishing touches to your projects. Let’s review some of [...]

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Bye Bye Google Reader.

by Susanna April 19, 2013

I will miss Google Reader. In the pre-Pinterest days, I lost hours surfing Google Reader.  I never found anything that was easier for me to keep up with all my blog reading.  Once upon a day, I subscribed to almost 300 blogs! For those of you who don’t know, Google Reader is going the way [...]

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