Last week, I made TWO trips to one of my all-time favorite paper crafting (and so much more) stores — GoldensHill Papercrafts in Fairfax Station. My darling husband drove me there on Wednesday (45 min. with no traffic). He was, as always, wonderful and waited patiently while I shopped for paper and embellishments for one [...]

I had such fun making this Halloween Mini Album for a class that I will be teaching on Saturday at Weekend Memories. The above pics are just a sampling of some of the pages. Here’s the class description: Class: Halloween Mini Album Class Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011 Time: 10:00 a.m. Class Fee: $22.00 We [...]

Want to use your Cricut to create a card in a pinch? Well, it doesn’t get much easier than this one! I put three different colors on my 12″ x 12″ mat and used my Gypsy so that I could cut it all at the same time. I used the Happy Hauntings and October 31st [...]

I really enjoyed making this ATC. The corset stamp that I used is from the Be Stylish stamp set designed by paper artisan extraordinaire, Candy Rosenberg, for The Rubber Cafe.  If you like this stamp, you might want to check out her other stamp sets at The Rubber Cafe — Vintage Treasures and Steampunk Charity Wings. The [...]

I created this ATC using the fantastic “Steampunk” Charity Wings stamp set designed by Candy Rosenberg for The Rubber Cafe. All of the other products used to make this sticky back canvas ATC are from Ranger Industries and Prima Marketing (ribbon – color altered using Perfect Pearls Mist). When you purchase the “Steampunk” Charity Wings [...]

I designed this fun-filled Life Is A Circus mini album for a class that I will be teaching at one of my favorite crops — Weekend Memories in Leesburg, VA on July 23rd. Class Description: Life can get a bit crazy and make you feel like you’re center stage in a 3-ringed circus, frantically trying [...]

It is so exciting when new products, that you just can’t get enough of, come out! When you get your hands on Basically Bare albums and embellishments, you are going to love it as much as I do! Basically Bare LLC is the brainchild of the delightful Angela Pruitt and her charming mother Carol Jackson. [...]

It is always a joy to see  Megan Gravener from Above Rubies Studio (and her delightful husband, Sean, who was kind enough to take this picture).  Imagine my surprise when Daphne Schreiber from Scrapcessories walked me over to see Megan and Tammy Skinner was there! I met Tammy when we were on the Cricut Magazine [...]

On Saturday, while cropping with the wonderful ladies at Carol’s Crops in Dulles, VA, I had that pleasure of sitting with Mirella, owner of Weekend Memories. What a lovely time I had with her, Carol, Christine, and the other great ladies at the crop. It was great to see the the projects that people were [...]

Welcome to the Scrap ‘n Art World Cardmaking Day Blog Train! If you haven’t been with us since the beginning of the train, make sure you go to Angela Pruitt’s fantastic blog — The Prissy Pixel to board this train. Our train is headed on a fantastic holiday tour and you won’t want to miss [...]