Digital Scrapbooking

Wowee-Zowee!! I did this whole page on the computer!!

This is an 8 X 8 layout of my daughter and her friends at camp. I used Paint.net to saturate the ice in the cones so it would stand out more.

I did all the layout in Open Office. Using the drawing program I laid on the background, the mat for the picture and the picture itself. Then I drew a rectangle and filled it with a bitmap "daisies". I found the flowers on the web using a google image search.

The rhinestone brads were an option in Open Office and the font I used is Bettyshand.

I really like the way it turned out but it really did take almost as long as doing it the normal way. I probably spent 45 minutes all together on this.

Decorated Can

I got tired of making Christmas cards yesterday and decided to do something else. I got this bean can that I had been saving and decorated it.

This is definately a "plan ahead" project. The can needs to have a pull tab opening and you'll need to open it from the bottom with a safety can opener, leaving the pull tab intact.

After cleaning and drying the can and bottom. It's simply a matter of decorating the can any way you like for any occasion. I didn't even glue the paper down. It's just taped in the back with scotch tape so it doesn't show.

The twill tape I dyed using a regular Stampin' Up! craft pad and sponge. The metal tag is from the Hodgepodge Hardware and works great because it bends to conform to the shape of the can.

The gold cord is just wrapped around the can and then taped in the back.

All together I think I spent about 20-25 minutes on this.

Snowman Card

This is my latest Christmas card. I used chocolate chip, close to cocoa and creamy caramel paper. I had to use 4 different stamp sets in order to get a big snowflake variety.

All of the snowflakes in the background were embossed using a versamark pad and clear embossing poweder.

The ribbon is the new Taffeta ribbon from Stampin' Up!. It is wonderful ribbon to work with. I love it!!

Happy Halloween

Faux Grid Technique.

Stamp Sets Used:
Carved and Candlelit
The Fine Vine

This is the most fun, best looking and easiest technique I've come across lately!

All you need to do is randomly stamp your image(s) on your cardstock, color and add any extras marks that you want to show (just don't add embellishments yet!).

Then, using your Stampin' Up! cutting pad, a permanent black marker, and a ruler, draw a line every inch (or wherever you want them) or so, horizontally and vertically, skipping the images you stamped.

Then add your embellishments, ribbon, or whatever and you are done!!

So Swirly

I love these colors together! These are two of Stampin' Up's! new In Color's for 2007/2008, Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranate.

It doesn't seem to matter what type of card I'm making, it always turns out great!

I also used the new ticket corner punch and double stitched ribbon, also in Purely Pomegranate.

I used the So Swirly wheel on this card so it went together super fast!