December 23, 2008 – 8:30 am
Last weekend, I made 15 1/2 dozen cookies. (With a little help from a certain young fellow, as you can see!) I realize now that this is an awful lot of cookies! It amounts to about 23.25 cookies for each of my family members at our Christmas dinner! So…. I thought we could package some [...]
December 22, 2008 – 9:31 am
Here is some more inspiration from our latest eBook, "Scrappy Gifts!" (This eBook shows projects to make that are suitable for gift giving.) At left is the original project. A surname plaque using repurposed materials. (More photos can be seen in the eBook.) Chris Pozzi shows her version of the surname plaque at right. She [...]
December 22, 2008 – 8:30 am
If you missed our post last week with gift suggestions for scrapbookers, please click here. Now, if you’re still looking for last minute gift ideas, here are some more: Craftster Silk Screened T-Shirt – this cute t-shirt says it all, ‘Beware of woman with scissors!’ Basic Grey Rub-On Roller Tool – this little tool was [...]
December 21, 2008 – 8:15 am
Claudine Hellmuth has a tutorial up on how to make this cute little village. One photo is shown at right. She has also provided a downloadable template. Virginia Nebel made some beautiful snowflakes using origami. She has posted a tutorial on the Scrapalicious blog. There are also step by step photos posted. One photo is [...]
December 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
Serendipity Scrapbooks – Design Team Call Starting Dec 15th thru January 23, 2009 we will be accepting Design Team Submissions. We are looking at bringing on at least 7 new designers to our team: I will place the requirements for submission in the Serendipity Scrapbooks forum. You can access the guidelines and requirements as well [...]
December 20, 2008 – 8:00 am
This is the last card, day 50! We are now finished our Handmade Christmas Card a Day series. Thank you for joining us! I hope you’ve received some inspiration. Thank you also to all the card designers who submitted cards for this series! To view all 50 cards with tutorials, please click here. Materials Patterned [...]
December 20, 2008 – 6:24 am
Melissa Phillips has some of the most delectable creations. Here is a post she did recently showing some hairbows she made. You can listen to an interview with Donna Downey on Diva Craft Lounge here. Ranjini Malhotra has been posting free vintage photos and images for use in papercrafting. One is shown at left. Take [...]
December 19, 2008 – 8:20 am
Paula’s Kit Club This is the December kit – "I’m Your Biggest Fan"!! I do have some for sale this month! Hurry! Or…. join the club or clubs! The best way to try to get one is to sign up for the wait list! This kit contains items from 13 different companies: -11 sheets of [...]
December 19, 2008 – 8:12 am
Today is the 2nd last day for this series, Handmade Christmas Card a Day. To see them all, please click here. Stop by tomorrow for Day 50′s card design! Materials Patterned paper Bone folder Paper Trimmer Adhesive Clear plastic flower shapes Decorative brad (Creative Imaginations) Sewing machine Letter stickers (gold) Journaling tag (K & Company) [...]
December 19, 2008 – 8:12 am
I made this project using some Fiskars products from the Kimberly Polson line. Not sure if it’s been posted yet on the Fiskateers blog, but thought I’d show you a quick peek. The purpose of this mini album is to keep track of what you are getting friends and family for Christmas gifts. It’s made [...]