Happy Wednesday! I spent a wonderful weekend in Gainesville, Texas, at a scrapbooking retreat with one of my BFFs Christi and 40+ other scrappin’ friends at the Lone Oak Retreat Center. When I arrived at the retreat I had a nice collection of goodies that the ladies had made for me! Here is a sampling [...]
Have a Scrapbooking Party – Earn Free Stuff!
With the release of our new Spring/Summer catalog, I bet you are wondering how you can buy ALL of the ...
Have a Scrapbooking Party – Earn Free Stuff!
With the release of our new Spring/Summer catalog, I bet you are wondering how you can buy ALL of the stuff on your wish list. Well, aren’t you glad I have a solution for you? Let’s have a Party! If you have not yet seen our new catalog visit http://ctmh.com/wleal and click on the spring/summer Idea Book in the lower [...]
Quick & Easy Paper Bowl
Welcome to 2012! I am thrilled for what this upcoming year holds for my family and look forward to sharing more fun ideas and creations with you. I have spent most of this first day of the new year organizing my scrapbooking paper and CTMH acrylic stamps and I loved looking through all of my [...]
Just some Christmas Card Designs…
This year several friends asked me to make Christmas Cards for them to purchase. Here are some of the cards…leave me a comment and let me know your favorite!
I’m an invitation making machine!
I just love this time of year! Can you believe it is actually COLD in Austin, Texas? I had frost on my car this morning. I love it! A friend asked me recently to make fifty (50) invitations for her sister’s bridal shower and I wanted to share the creation. She showed me an idea of [...]
A Little Holiday Cheer
Happy November! This time of year is so special as we are heading into Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Having a young son makes the season so magical and I cannot wait for all of the yummy food and great fellowship with our family and friends. I am thankful to be so blessed! October was a [...]
Altered Tea Bag Container
I recently participated in an “Altered Item” swap and was fortunate enough to be chosen to make a gift for my friend Christi! If you are thinking “What the heck is an ‘altered item’ it just means to take something and use scrapbook paper or art supplies to turn it into something cute – and to [...]
Christmas Card with Elemental Paper
Howdy! Did you miss me? I missed you! It has been a bit since my last post but I have been enjoying life. My son is a Cub Scout and I lead his Den plus my hubby is the Cub Master for the elementary school so it keeps us just a *little* busy! I have [...]
Dreamin’ Cards with Paper Roses and Bling!
My friend hosted a scrapbooking party this weekend and our project was a cute birthday card. Since it was a holiday weekend and I still had a little mojo left and I made some additional cards on Sunday and Monday. I think I’m in love with paper flowers! With this new Cricut cartridge it is really way too easy to make [...]
Birthday Card Swap Entries
I participated in a birthday card swap with a group of friends and we were tasked to make sixteen birthday cards – eight male and eight female. I was super excited about this challenge because I knew I would be using my new Art Philosophy exclusive Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge. It has so [...]
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