valentine’s day garland…

I am making the most of all of the fun Valentine’s Day products I have here in my little creative space – today I’m sharing a photo tutorial on the Northridge Blog (HERE) to create this sweet little garland:

Click over there for the full tutorial, but here are a few more photos of my project:

The pile of pieces I cut using dies from Top Dog Dies and papers from Fancy Pants Designs:

The finished project – after I stitched it all together:

I tried taking some detail pics before I hung it up…

And finally added to the top of our entertainment center…

quick and easy valentine cards…

Hi friends!  I just wanted to share a link to a fun little tutorial I put together for the Create: blog yesterday.  You can see how I used these supplies…

to create these cards…

by clicking over here! :)

happy new year | project life layout…

Did you know that in addition to writing articles for Scrapbook Trends Magazine and the Create: Idea Book series, I blog a few times a month over on the Northridge Publishing Blog (here)?  I do!  And usually I share a project and a step-by-step photo tutorial along with it.  I’d love to have you join me over there….and I’ll try to keep you updated here so you know when I’m sharing a fun project over there!

My most recent project over on the Northridge blog was this New Year’s Eve/Project Life layout:

 

You can read more about it and see the step-by-step photos for creating that fun confetti pocket up there in the corner – just click on over to the Northridge blog (HERE)!

Most of the products I used for this fun page are from the Timbergrove Collection by Fancy Pants Designs

 

(You can see more Project Lifeproducts and ideas HERE.)

P.S. You might want to consider adding the Northridge Blog to your daily blog reading regimen…there are oodles of fun ideas and lots of great giveaways shared there all the time! :) 

P.P.S. If you haven’t already subscribed, you might want to consider subscribing to their digital magazines too – you can read more about those HERE.

Happy Monday!!

a halloween treat bucket and some magazine info…

Hi friends!  It’s the first day of Fall Break today so the kids are all home and we’re trying to think of something fun to do (no big vacations or getaways for us since daddy is working and the weather is meh)…but I wanted to hop on quickly this morning to share a couple of things:

First of all, I created this fun Halloween treat bucket to share over on the Northridge Publishing blog, Create:  - there’s a step-by-step tutorial with lots of pictures.

I used the new “Bewitched” collection from We R Memory Keepers – isn’t it fun? I really like the softer colors for a fun bit of a change from the typical boldness that is Halloween.

Also, I have a fun article in the October issue of Scrapbook Trends Magazine…it’s all about buttons!

And I also have an article in the newest Create: Idea book – Holidays…this one covers all three of the big upcoming holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, AND Christmas!

Remember…these publications are now available in digital format only – and I shared a great deal for subscribing HERE – an “all-access-pass” for a great price!  You can click HERE to find out more about subscribing!

I hope you will check them out!  Have a Happy Thursday!! :)

a couple of recent projects…

I know it seems like I’m not around here much anymore…I really need to get better about sharing my projects here on my own blog as soon as they go live on the other blogs.  Not to mention sharing all the cute pics of my kids and our family activities!  Maybe with school starting next week I’ll be able to get back into a more regular routine (in many aspects including, but not limited to, blogging) again.

Speaking of school projects – this little project is live on the Doodlebug Blog today.

You can see the details HERE (and be sure to check out all of the other projects by my fellow design team members while you’re there).

And I also put together a fun little tutorial for creating this card:

The entire step-by-step photo tutorial is on the Create: blog HERE.

Hope you’re having a great weekend and finding lots of time to be creative too!

banner up for father’s day…

I created this card with a fun new product from Technique Tuesday. 

The product is a stamp & die-line combo.  You can read more about it here.  I put together a little step-by-step photo tutorial over on the create:blog today (here).  Please hop over and check it out!

The stamp set I used is called “Banner Up” and I just love how versatile it is! 

You can purchase it here – and guess what?  Shipping is FREE!  Yay!

And of course, I used my favorite die-cutting machine to cut the stamped pieces – my Silhouette Cameo!

  

 

Have a Happy Wednesday! :)

pure beauty…

Yesterday I shared a project over on the Create: blog.  I blogged about the beautiful white sky and freshly falling snow and how it inspired me to create an all-white layout.  Here’s the layout I created:

[she is beautiful – inside and out! ]

You can read more about my layout here.  And here are some of the details.

Did you know that I post on the Create: blog regularly?  There are often challenges and there are TONS of giveaways in addition to lots of great ideas.  Add the Create: blog to your favorites so you won’t miss a thing!

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