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Spirit Deer Card
I can’t remember the first time I saw an image of a deer with antlers covered in flowers, but I do remember loving it. So when I received the Diemond Dies Cherry Blossom Branch and Flowers Die Set and...
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“Love Can Be Any Vintage”– ATC
A crafty friend, Sue (YT: slsaver) is celebrating the big 6-0! She asked folks to make her an ATC to help her celebrate so I knew I wanted to participate and make her an ATC with a little tongue and...
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DIY Lace Votive Candle Holders
I love upcycling projects, and I have a pile of baby food jars that I have been hoarding (I make dog treats with baby food and wheat germ–you can find the recipe HERE). So I decided to make some gift...
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Scrapbook Expo Review + Giveaway
I had a great time at the Scrapbook Expo in Duluth, GA yesterday. I got some great deals and a few less-than-great buys, but overall I learned loads and loved it! I wish I had had more time to peruse...
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DIY Shabby Chic Wood and Doily Embellishments
At the Scrapbook Expo I saw some cool demonstrations of inking, stamping and heat embossing on chip board pieces (I substituted wood veneer pieces since the chip board pieces I had were larger) that I...
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Altered Stick Pins – Eye Candy
Those outside the crafting community might not know anything about using stick pins as embellies. I certainly didn’t until I joined the YT crafting community almost 2 years ago. These are so much fun...
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Upcycled Vintage/Shabby Chic Style Pocket Letter
Sometimes projects just seem to design themselves, right?! Well, that’s how this project seemed to me. About a week ago, my father gave me an old freebie calendar that had images of paintings by some...
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Let the Fairy In You Fly Postcard
I started this mixed media postcard with a super vibrant watercolor card base that my friend Rosa Aquino had sent me recently. The rich blues and the bleached out butterfly image seemed to evoke a...
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Easel Card With 3 Stamp Sets
First of all, I want to thank my friend Sarah Elliott (YT: Sarah Elliott) for asking me to do a collaboration with her and coming up with the challenge of using three different stamps to create one...
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Altered Journals for Kids Dealing with Cancer
A wonderful crafty friend (YT: Justine Stone) regularly hosts challenges asking folks to alter journals for folks in hospice care, senior centers, etcetera. This time she asked folks to alter journals...
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Shabby Chic and Vintage Christmas Ornaments
I’ve had this beautiful Sizzix Angel Wings Die Set by Rachael Bright in my stash for over a year, and this is the first time I’ve had a chance to use it (shame on me for the past, but YAY for finally...
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A Joyful Card for Sa’fyre
When I saw the news clip about 5 year old Sa’fyre’s holiday wishes for a Christmas tree filled with holiday cards, my heart melted. Her entire family perished in an arson fire two years ago, and now...
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DIY Custom Candles for Valentines
I love the little “Christmas Doggy” from My Creative Time and the sweet poodle from the Penny Black “Mimi in Paris” stamp sets that I wanted to make custom candles with them as a little prezzie for my...
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Upcycled Baby Food Jars into Easter Tea Lights!
I love the itty bitty size of baby food jars. I keep a ridiculous stash of them because I make my dogs treats with baby food and wheat germ (Click HERE for the recipe). So I decided to make some Easter...
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Shabby Chic Vintage Spring Card
I had a beautiful old piece of 12″ x 12″ designer paper (sorry, I have no idea where it is from) that had sparkly embossed vintage images of birds in a bird cage and butterflies. The paper was so...
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Bear Tea Party Flip Book – w review of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
OMGee I was thrilled to receive a Bear Tea Party Kit for my FlairbyMe guest design team package. Melanie (the FlairbyMe.com owner) has impeccable taste and such an eye for the sweet shabby chic and...
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Summer Garden Tea Party Altered Journal – FlairbyMe Etsy Shoppe GDTP
I had been hoarding this gorgeous 12″ x 12″ Authentique paper from the “Life is Uncertain. Eat Dessert First.” collection but I broke it out for this special project. Transforming a simple Dollar Tree...
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Scrapbook Expo 2016!!!
I had so much fun at the Scrapbook Expo this year. Before going, I thought about skipping it this year since I have been the last two years and I really didn’t feel like I needed to spend more money on...
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Color Burst Watercoloring!
Hands down, taking a couple of Sandy Allnock’s classes this weekend is the most SUMMER FUN I’ve had yet (I told Sandy that too!). Today I spent 4+ hours learning various techniques to use with Ken...
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Elfin Stocking by a So So Sewer
I am not much of a seamstress. I am basically self taught and after a horrible sewing machine accident that had a needle completely piercing and stuck in my right index finger I was a little gun shy...
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