Sultane and Day 17

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I wanted to share the first two layouts I made with the fabulous double-sided papers from Sultane: These papers were so much fun to work with! I can't wait until they're more readily available in the U.S. For now, you......

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A Massive Blog Dump

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Well, as usual December is totally crazy and I've gotten way behind on posting! But, I've got lots to share... (1) Effer Dares (2) Good News (3) 25 Days Until Christmas (4) 40% Discount Coupon (5) Cuff Class So, here......

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A Layout and A Link

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Today's question: What's your favorite holiday goodie to make and share? Can you believe it? This is my very first scraplift! I got an e-mail asking for people to lift layouts by Marci Lambert, the founder of Layout-a-Day at Two......

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Playing Catch Up

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I got super busy and didn't have a chance to post my 25 Days Until Christmas pages. So, here they are... 7. What's your favorite holiday tradition? 8. What's on the top of your tree? 9. Do you have a......

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A Project for You and a Layout from Me

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Every Tuesday, Serendipity Scrapbooks showcases a technique. Here is one that I posted for them this week: You can create an adorable mini album out of a single 8.5x11" sheet of paper! It's so easy! 1. Score your paper into......

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December 5: Do you hang mistletoe?

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So, here's my layout for today: I pieced two pieces of Basic Grey together for the background. The journaling card is something I created in Photoshop. As for the photo, well that's me and my husband (when he was just......

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Day Four: Does Santa wrap the presents or just sit them under the tree?

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Here's my layout for question #4... As part of my whole fascination with hybrid scrapbooking, this is another hybrid layout. I created the background in Photoshop, typed the journaling and printed it out. The tree is a brush by Sande......

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Day Three: What's Your Favorite Holiday Dish?

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So, I took some liberties with today's question. My page is more about cooking than about any specific dish. I discovered another new use for my Wacom tablet! Journaling on photos! This way, I can easily erase or change what......

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Day Two: Hot chocolate or Egg Nog?

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A quick art journal page. I sketched the cup in pencil, then went over it with pen. I erased the pencil lines and then used Walnut Ink TintZ to color the layout. I used watercolor paints to create the title......

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25 Days Till Christmas Challenge...

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So, a lovely scrapper named Sophia posted a blogging challenge over at Two Peas in a Bucket today. Here's a little blogging inspiration for the next few weeks while we count down until the big day! This year, rather than......

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