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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I hosted a weekend retreat with several of my scrappin’ friends last weekend and although I was not as productive as I normally am I still managed to finish a couple layouts. The reason for my decreased productivity is that I received the new Close To My Heart catalogs for the Fall/Winter season and all […]
Before I get started you must know that CHOCOLATE is the most important thing I need when scrapbooking – and cooking, cleaning, working…I could go on forever. There is something about the cocoa, sugar, and milk that fuels the creative portion of my brain! Chocolate is my drug of choice. It just makes everything more […]