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 […]
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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 […]
Sophia Handmade Box & Cards
At a recent scrapbooking retreat, my amazing CTMH director, Melissa Robinson, put together a project for us to work on.  We created a handmade box for holding cards, the cards to fill the box, and four double page scrapbooking layouts (I think!) I will share images of the card box and cards I created based […]
Scrapbook Journaling – Thoughts for Beginners
Are you scared to Journal? Don’t know what to say? Here is help because I’ve been there before too!  In my opinion – my scrapbook tells a story. If you just put a bunch of pictures on pages that is considered a photo album…not a scrapbook.  I like to think that my scrapbook tells a STORY. The […]