Adobe Photoshop CS3: An Overview

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This is a review that I wrote for Craft Critique. It appeared on that blog last month. I first stuck my toe in the digital waters about two years ago. I was largely resistant to digital scrapbooking at that time,......

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My Weekend at The City Quilter...

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I spent the weekend at The City Quilter, my local quilt shop. Friday night I was a student in "Mixed Media Play Date," taught by a woman after my own heart, Teresa Vega. Teresa is an art quilter who loves......

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Scrapbook Memories on PBS

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I am a bad scrapbooker. Seriously. They should drum me out of the corps. I spent all day on the set of Scrapbook Memories and I didn’t take almost any photos! I think I was trying to be “professional” and......

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Label Tulip: Sold Out!

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Wow. The Label Tulip reveal was Wednesday night and they're already sold out completely! This kit went super fast. I like to think it was the amazing work by the design team, but it's probably because the kits are way......

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Today's The Day...

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I'm in Cleveland. I'm here to shoot seven segments for Scrapbook Memories (PBS) on behalf of Sakura. I have spent the past month or so making samples and coming up with projects and typing up instructions and experimenting with Sakura's......

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Label Tulip: October Sneaks!

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The new Label Tulip kit will be revealed on the 15th (Wednesday). So in the meantime, here are some drool worthy sneak peeks... I have to admit that this kit is not in my usual color way, so I felt......

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Ranger U. Review

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Well, what can I say? It was great! I don't think I'll be able to provide as thorough a breakdown as Lisa Kettell, but I will try.The classroom was lovely. Two very long tables perpendicular to a raised dais. The......

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Sleep is a Waste of Time...

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Can you tell that I'm burning the candle at both ends? Haven't posted all week long. Working, working, working like crazy! But I adore being busy. I just wish that I didn't have to sleep all the time! It really......

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Portrait Bug Week: Day Seven

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Well, here it is, the last day of Portrait Bug week. Today, I thought I would share an article I wrote for the Portrait Bug blog entitled "Use it or Lose it." It appeared on that blog a week or......

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Portrait Bug Week: Day Six

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Four for you today: Portrait Bug tutorial Around the Block giveaway! Toot! Ranger U., baby! 1. Portrait Bug tutorialThis is, perhaps, one of my absolute most favorite albums ever. Supplies: Patterned Paper (Dream Street, Kaiser); Rhinestone Frame (Kaiser)...

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