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Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere: July 4th - July 10th, 2009

Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

4th of July:

Father's Day: 

Masculine:

Graduation:

Beach:

Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

The Best of the Blogosphere: In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Fantastic Day with Cuttlebug!

I'm a big fan of the Cuttlebug and wanted to share that Provo Craft will have the Cuttlebug Day on HSN,

HSN July 9th for a fantastic day with Cuttlebug.

The hours are as followed.

HSN July 9th, 2009

The launch will start at 01:00 AM.

2nd segment 08:00 AM

3rd segment 12:00 PM

4th segment 19:00 PM

More info here:
http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-just-in.html

Tutorial Tuesday: July 7, 2009

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

All the Best Tutorials:

How To Videos:

Tips You Shouldn't Miss:

Templates To Help You Make Stuff:

Photoshop Tips and Tricks:

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

4th of July fun

When I turned 40, my dad gave me the Nikon d80 camera.  It was one of those gifts that was "life changing."  As a scrapbooker, I've taken pictures forever, but I could never really capture the moments that I wanted to keep.  Moments like "blowing out the candles on the cake"  were too dark and blurry.  Baseball pictures could only be taken during the afternoon games.  Christmas was a bust. 

My new camera is not user friendly.  I may get some argument on this, but for a couple of months, I walked around taking pictures with the camera set to "auto."  I have been taking online classes and reading manuals on how to really use it. 

Yesterday, I decided that I would pull out my camera's instruction manual and figure out how to take pictures of fireworks.  I was happily surprised with how well all the pictures came out and I wanted to share them with you --


This is me & Rob.  I was the one adult there who got her face painted.  I couldn't resist -- it's immaturity or playfulness.  I can't decide.  I'm very "into" the blurred background right now. 


Bottom of the pile is Eric, my oldest -- middle is Jake and top is my nephew, William. 


My favorite fireworks shot from the night.  I had the camera up on a tripod, so I was pretty happy that the composition turned out so well.

Today is Scrappy Sunday over on Paper Craft Planet.  I don't usually have time to play along, but I dedicated today to scrapbooking and Jen's sketch was perfect for my pictures from yesterday. 


I love how the sketch turned out - I'm sorry the picture is a little off.  It's hard for me to photograph scrapbook pages.  I haven't figured out my best settings for that yet.  I know it's best to shoot scrapbook pages from above, but that doesn't work out for me.  Anyway, I love the layout -- you'll have to check out Jen's digi version.  She's really the "master" :)

Here's a close up shot of the stickers on the title.  One of the tricks I've picked up from reading blogs is that blending sticker fonts is a great way to extend your stash and add interest to your layout. 


If you'd like to play along this week, I'd love to see what you make.  Upload your layout to Paper Craft Planet and then use the keyword "sb070509".  We choose the best layout each week and they are featured in the Scrappy Sunday group and also in the newsletter!

Scrapbook Saturday - July 4th, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

A lot of brilliant scrapping ideas floating out there this week and you'll find yourself really inspired reading the list.  Please comment here to nominate your favorite.  If you find something I missed, or if you have a favorite, please add it's URL here :)

You can now follow me on Twitter -- check out the feed for tips and things I find while doing the daily blog surfing, not to mention my picks for Scrapbook Page of the Week and favorite mini-book.

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Scrapbooking lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

Scrapbooking Inspiration

Scrapbooking Mini-Books

Hybrid (or "Fusion") Scrapbooking Ideas:

Fun with Photoshop:

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Card of the Week -- Best of the Blogosphere: June 29 - July 3, 2009

To all my readers out there -- have a safe and happy 4th of July! 

Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

4th of July:

Father's Day: 

Masculine:

Graduation:

Beach:

Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

The Best of the Blogosphere: In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Tutorial Tuesday: June 30, 2009

Squeaking this Tutorial Tuesday in at almost exactly midnight... since it's still Tuesday in most of the world, I'll only count this as slightly late... LOL.  I'll share details tomorrow on where I was that caused this lateness :)

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

All the Best Tutorials:

How To Videos:

Tips You Shouldn't Miss:

Templates To Help You Make Stuff:

Photoshop Tips and Tricks:

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Scrapbook Saturday: June 27, 2009

A lot of brilliant scrapping ideas floating out there this week and you'll find yourself really inspired reading the list.  Please comment here to nominate your favorite.  If you find something I missed, or if you have a favorite, please add it's URL here :)

You can now follow me on Twitter -- check out the feed for tips and things I find while doing the daily blog surfing, not to mention my picks for Scrapbook Page of the Week and favorite mini-book.

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Scrapbooking lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

Scrapbooking Inspiration

Scrapbooking Mini-Books

Hybrid (or "Fusion") Scrapbooking Ideas:

Fun with Photoshop:

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere: June 20 - 27, 2009

Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

4th of July:

Father's Day: 

Masculine:

Graduation:

Beach:

Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

The Best of the Blogosphere: In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge

It's my turn to host the sketch challenge over on Paper Craft Planet.  I love it when it's my turn because I finally take a moment to actually CREATE.  I swear, making cards is almost as good as a glass of wine. 

First, here is the sketch.  If it looks familiar, I CASED one I found online from Carole, from Mother's Little Helper blog.  This was a sketch she created for The Cat's Pajamas.  I tweaked it a little... a very, very little. 

For this challenge, I really wanted to work in the Weiman Wrangler stamps created by Pink Cat Studios to honor the life of Ethan Weiman and raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation.   You can read more about these charming digital images and the story behind Ethan Weiman here. 



Confession:  I love digi images because I can alter and/or resize them.  However, I've always had a bit of trouble printing digital images and coloring them with Copics, because for me, they smear.  I've tried EVERYTHING, and was about to go back to my trusty colored pencils, until Patricia from Paper Temptress recommended trying Neehah Clasic Crest paper.  It worked like a charm.  I'm going to order a slew of this stuff.  I've discovered while I still have a lot to learn about Copic coloring technique, they are super fun and "blendy". With all the new great digi stamps out there right now, I love it that I can color them now the way I want. 

So, I hope you'll play along with the sketch challenge this week.  Use the sketch.  Upload it to Paper Craft Planet using the keyword "sk062709".  I'll feature one fabulous card in next week's newsletter.  :)

(You don't have to use the Ethan digi stamps -- use what you want -- but aren't they cute?!)

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