I Love This Mini!

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I went to a crop on Friday night at my favorite spot: Cheryl's office! I showed up around 7:30 or 8pm and there was a nice group of women working hard. I spent the first few hours chatting, choosing photos......

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April at My Kits & Pieces! (And more good news!)

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The April kits at My Kits & Pieces are totally awesome! I got my kit yesterday and popped out three layouts right away! The mojo was just working with the kit so well! Here are my layouts: I cut the......

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A Layout and Some Good News!

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For the very first time, I tried out the ScrapMojo Challenge and had a *ton* of fun. Here's my layout: The black border is for viewing purposes only. And my good news is that Memory Makers Magazine picked up a......

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New Classes!

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I'm offering two new classes through My Creative Classroom: SKETCHTASTIC In this dynamic three-week course, you will learn how to: alter sketches from 12x12 to 8.5x11 and vice versa use sketches as a jumping off point for scrapping great layouts......

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Tutorial: Adding to an Existing Digital Element

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Here is a quick tutorial that I originally wrote for the Scrapbook Dimensions blog... I've never been a "take-it-out-of-the-package-and-use-it-as-it-is" gal. I like to alter my scrapbook supplies, even if it's just inking an edge. So, digital supplies are...

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JLMS and PAD

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Here are the other two projects for this month at Just Let Me Scrapbook... I am so desperately in love with American Crafts at this point. I love these stickers and the Slick Writer is amazing! It really works! The......

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OLW and some *LOVE*

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First, here is my entry for this week's "One Little Word" Challenge. The word is "Find." The black border is for viewing purposes only. To create the colored squares and rectangles, I drew them with a pencil, used a waterproof......

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Back to Paper...

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So, I've been on a bit a digital kick lately. And I've lost my mojo recently. Hmmm...I certainly hope the two are not related! But, today I got back to paper. My design team kit from Just Let Me Scrapbook......

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I *Heart* Actions

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Today I discovered Atomic Cupcake. They have a great assortment of Photoshop actions (for Elements and the full Photoshop program). Check out this layout: All patterned paper, flowers, pearls, stick pin, metal embellishment and stitching are Tara Sroka De...

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Random

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1. I want to start off with a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to my friend, Jen. She is the nicest, sweetest (not to mention über talented) girl in the world and one of her big dreams just came true! It is so......

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