Write a Letter...

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So, Simple Scrapbooks is having a contest: "Put It in a Letter" Page Contest Help us celebrate Universal Letter Writing Week by posting a letter-themed layout in our online Reader Gallery during the week of January 21-25. What do we......

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Prima Hybrid

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Hybrid, hybrid, hybrid! I'm so excited about hybrid I can't even tell you. It has turned all of my "Why would I ever want to go digi? I love my paper and glue too much!" whines off. With hybrid, you......

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Good News and a Discount...

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Well, I'm feeling like a very lucky girl today. I've had three "toots" in twenty-four hours! 1. As I mentioned yesterday, I had a layout picked up by Memory Makers Magazine. Yay! It is a layout that I did at......

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Win a Copy of Rebecca Cooper's Book!

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To celebrate My Kits & Pieces fabulous new site, they are having a contest they're calling the Sweet & Simple Contest. All you have to do to enter is: • Create a layout (newly created for this contest, any size,......

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Round and Round and Round we Go!

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Another stellar crop at Cheryl's office! I rolled into the crop sometime between noon and 1pm. I got home around 5am. This is definitely not normal behavior! I thought I'd share a very fun crop game we played: The Group......

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Happy, Busy and Unable to Share!

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The last week or so has been an orgy of creativity... 1. I finished a quilt (that I can't share yet because it's for a competition). 2. I scrapped a ton of layouts (that I can't share yet because they're......

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The Klic-N-Kut: A Year Later

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This is an article I wrote for Craft Critique. It appeared on that site last Tuesday. In March 2007, I wrote a review of the Klic-N-Kut (KNK). I had used the machine for a few months and wrote it from......

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I Was Lost, But Now I am Found

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For the past month or two, I've been having some issues with my work. I haven't really liked most of what I've been scrapping. I've been a complete disaster in the quilting area -- hating everything that I was making......

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Funky Finds

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I thought I'd share a cool new site that I found. It's called "Funky Finds." Basically, every day or two, the blogger posts some images and a link to a funky find. Lots of etsy shops or small local stores.......

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New Projects for Sultane (& homemade lace paper)

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Oh, baby! I feel like a freakin' genius. I'm just so excited! I figured out how to make lace paper (similar to the kind KI has out right now) using the software that came with my Klic-N-Kut. Check it out......

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