Dauber Tutorial at Scrapbook Nerd!

Hey Bloggers!!

Want to see a super fun tutorial using Hero Arts Daubers? Well, you'll have to head over to the Scrapbook Nerd Forum to check out how I made this layout!! 

I also used the FREE exclusive cut files from The Cut Shoppe! You can get your hands on these in the Scrapbook Nerd Store...right HERE!!

So what are you waiting for?! Get over there and check it out! lol

Thanks for stopping by!!

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Photo Bomb!! (and a tutorial)

 Good Morning my Crafty Beauties! 

I'm up on The Cut Shoppe blog with this fun layout I made of our oldest son using the Captured on Camera cut file as a background!! Head on over there to check out the tutorial on how the background was done!

Our oldest son Ethan has decided that he likes to photo bomb every picture I take! Sometimes it's funny, other times it's just downright annoying! Especially when I'm trying to get a picture of one of our other boys who aren't exactly easy to photograph these days! This particular photo bomb really cracked me up though! 

I absolutely LOVE this Ocean Melody collection from Webster's Pages and I was really excited to finally crack it open on this layout! Mind you, I only used one piece of paper from it, but I love it all the same! lol

The fun cork shapes, twine, enamel dots and the fab wood heart were from my Clique Kits Glam Camp kit, and of course I had to use some of those awesome Epiphany Crafts bubble caps too!

I just got this adorable little arrow punch from Studio Calico and I couldn't wait to use it! I think it adds the perfect touch to this layout!

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to head on over to The Cut Shoppe Blog and check out my tutorial!! 

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Birthday Card Using Project Life Cards

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend! I've been getting into Spring Cleaning mode here! I love that all the snow is almost gone!!! 

I wanted to make a birthday card for a friend of mine, and if you're anything like I am, once you start using a certain kind of product or doing a new thing (Project Life) you have to buy EVERYTHING related to it! Which is what I have done! I probably have enough PL cards to do 5 years worth easily! So I thought I'd show you a way to use them other than on your PL spreads!

I started out choosing a 4x6 card that I liked for my base and just chopped 3/4 of an inch off the end so it wasn't quite 4x6 anymore. I then took a piece of kraft cardstock and cut a 4 inch strip off of it, folded it in half then chopped that same 3/4 of an inch off and folded it in half.

I then took out my trusty corner chomper and rounded all the edges ( btw, if you think they're indestructible, you're wrong! My 4 year old managed to break it while using it to go "fishing" lol go figure!)

I adhered the PL card to my card base, then inked the edges with black Distress Ink.

Then I picked out a few 4x3 cards and did some fussy cutting...

And then I layered them all to create this card! Finish it off with some twine and a "happy birthday" stamp and you're good to go!

I used another 4x3 card on the inside and some of the left over scraps from the polka dot card on the inside and stamped a cute sentiment. I thought it went quite well for a 30th birthday card :)

well there you have it! This card came together quite quickly too, I think including all the "tutorial photography" it only took about 20 minutes all together :)

I always like ideas to stretch your supplies so you don't have to buy more (even though it's really fun to buy new stuff too!!)

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving some love!! 

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Spring Canvas (and a tutorial)

 Hi all my beautiful crafty peeps!! I hope you're having a fabulous weekend so far!! I am trying desperately to catch up on my housework, and failing miserably, so I thought I'd pop into my blog and show you a canvas I created for the Paper Bakery! 

I absolutely LOVE the Umbrella Rain Mixed Media Kit! It's so full of wonderful spring things, it's very refreshing when I'm dying for spring to be here!

I put up a tutorial on the Paper Bakery Blog for how I created this canvas, so be sure to stop by and check it out!

I am soooo looking forward to spring weather and I think it's pretty much here, but I think what I'm actually looking forward to is the muck and yuck to be somewhat dried up too...I am NOT liking all this mud coming into my house and attaching itself to my kids!! They like it though, so I guess it can stay for a while!!

Well, I'm off to finish the monumental job of cleaning my house! 

Thanks for stopping by!!

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