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Stampin' Out Alzheimers, Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere, May 16 - 22, 2009

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Ignore that badge at the end... here's a better one.. the "real one". 

Jen Tapler, from Jen Tapler Designs, and I are hosting a 7 day stamping and scrapbooking event to help raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's Disease.  The site, Stampin Out Alzheimers.ning.com,  will feature challenges, contests, classes and more - with prizes donated from over 30 generous sponsors.  We've worked it as a "Pay to Play" community.  For a small donation (any amount will do), you'll get permission to join our online community which will be up from May 25 to June 1st.  The site isn't "live" yet - it will open soon and the events will begin on Monday.  I'd love it if you'd share the badge on your blog and help us spread the word.  We'd like this to be the largest community fund raising effort in the stamping and scrapbooking space.  Please help.

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

Mother's Day:

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!

Priviledge

Twelve Days.  That's how long it took me to respond to this really wonderful gesture from DeAnne.  I'm embarrassed that it took me so long, but I did want to acknowledge her thoughtfulness and send her a note of thanks.  I'm really thrilled that she passed me this wonderful Karma Award!

The Karma Award: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I'm now going to share a story with you.  Back in the 1990's, I was blessed to work with a really, really fabulous manager.  While I worked with him, we developed a deep and binding friendship and now that I'm working elsewhere and he's retired, we're still close.  Last week, we went to lunch and he was filling me in on his life.  He proceeded to tell me that he was on the board at his church and volunteering them several days per week.  He mentioned that when he started volunteering, he felt like it was his obligation... now, he really feels like it's a privilege.  His words stuck with me.

I would like to pass this award onto the greatest design team in the Solar System (there are more than 8... but hey, some of them may take a minimum of 12 days to pass it along!)  These ladies have made developing our community my PRIVILEGE.  I feel blessed every day that they are in my life and they touch me in ways I couldn't begin to convey.  

Adela Rossol

Melanie Muechinger

Lynn Mercurio

Kim Burmeister

Wendy Price

Jen Tapler

Tammy Hershberger

Diana Gibbs

Erika Martin

Lori Tecler

Jessica Fick

Sankari Wegman

All of these ladies have been so kind and encouraging to me! Thank you all!

Now it's your turn -- tell the people in your life who make you feel lucky that you know them that you appreciate them!

Scrapbook Saturday: January 3, 2009

2009.  I can't believe it.  Came so fast... where did last year go?  Wow.  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.

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!

Paper Crafting: Best of the Blogosphere, December 27 - January 3, 2009

Happy New Year!!!  I changed things up a bit so that we could all get a little inspiration for Thank You Notes and Valentine's Day.  I tossed in Birthday ideas because, seriously, don't we always need that?!  Feel free to comment below if you have some other ideas that you're looking for and I'll try to put them together.

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

Valentine Ideas: 

LOVE (this are cards and craft ideas that can work for Valentine's Day, your anniversary, or anytime you want to say "love you":

Candy (we all need this right?):

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

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!

Best of the Blogosphere -- Inspirations for Paper Crafting December 26, 2008

The holiday is over, but I'll keep those ideas coming this week for any last minute gifts you have to make!  Next week, I'll switch it up -- I'll be adding "love", "Valentine", and "favors" -- I'll keep "gift ideas" and "snow".  Let me know if there are some other categories that will help you with your paper crafting inspiration for the new year!

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

Tis the Season to be Crafting, Fa La La La La La La La La (that's a lot of "La")  Here are the Christmas ideas I've gathered:

Gift Ideas:

Wraps:

Boxes:

Snow (not everyone celebrates Christmas, so these are my wintery favs):

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!

Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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!

Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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...

Tutorial of the Week:  Holiday House Gift Card Holder by Suzy from Paper Monkey

Open this FAB little house and find a gift card!  How adorable is that?!  Click on over to Susy's blog to see full details and make your own!  I know I'll be making a lot of these this year...

This week, I had several readers reach out to me and turn me onto some new videos - I thought I would share -- this is in addition to the "how to videos" below:

   
• Holly from How Wild About Stamping emailed me this Kirigami Christmas tree -- you have to check it out.  I bet you'll end up with 10 of them around the house... I know I did :D  Embedding is disabled with the video -- so here is the link.

   
• Anna from Ecologue.com sent me these amazing videos -- they even have a You Tube channel!   Are you looking for "green" or eco-friendly craft projects?  Here are some of my favorites -

                    

• Christmas Origami Elements
• Book Gift Boxes
• Christmas Greeting Gift Bags
• Festive Apple Wreath
• Sparkly Spoon Ornament
• CD Ornament

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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!

Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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...

Tutorial of the Week:  Cash & Carry Challenge by Debbie Olson from Thinking Inking

Debbie has a knack for getting my attention with her creations.  Those rock stars over at Papertrey Ink are having a "cash and carry" challenge full of different gift cards.  Debbie made one that just knocked my socks off -- you'll have to click on over for the inside surprise and also for all the directions to make your own.  This beats the pants off an envelope, doesn't it? :D

Runner Up: Box for Accordion Project by Sharon Johnson from No Time to Stamp

How darling is this?!  I love it -- and because I like surprises -- that's all I'm showing you.  Sharon made this box to go with this project :D  Click on over for more pictures and complete instructions.

Runner Up:  Sharpening and Sizing for the Web by Bobbi-Jo from It Works for Me

Bobbi has one of my favorite digital scrapbooking blogs.  She is an excellent teacher, photographer and blogger and gives a lot of very easy to follow instructions for simple tasks that we all need everyday.  Even if you are not a digi-scrapper, you may own photo editing software to clean up your pictures.  Bobbi shows you how to use Photoshop to sharpen and resize your pictures for blogging.  Click on over... no more crappy pictures!

Now, onto the 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: November 30, 2008

Scrapbook Page of the Week: Circle of Friendship by Jen Caputo

Seriously, I want to force my friends to lay in a circle so that I can CASE this layout.  This is so incredibly fun -- and you know all the smiles would be genuine.  Best part, click on over to Jen's blog and she has a great video tutorial on how to use your computer to do the journaling around the cool scallop.  All my "Hybrid Hottie" girls should definitely be checking this page out!

Runner Up: The Cheer Heart Throughout Blogland by Kelly Goree from Behind the Pages

Kelly and I share a love of McDonald's.  It's funny how you find these crazy ways to link to each other.  Her page really grabbed me because I thought I was the only adult out there who really loved McDonald's!  For Kelly, it's the fountain Diet Coke -- for me, it's the ice coffee.  Either way, it's great to have a super vibrant page all about the things that you love -- it helps the people in your life know you a little better. Remember, we're not just creating scrapbooks to immortalize the events in our lives, but to create memories of the people we love.  That includes us. 

Mini-Book of the Week:  12 Months of Lily by Emily Jones from Who Me?

The best birthday present your can give for a child's first birthday -- a record of how much they have grown and changed in that past year.  Emily totally pulled this off for her daughter Lily.  So many memories recorded here.  One day, when Lily has her own children, she'll look back at this precious book with new eyes, filled with gratitude for her mom.  Click on over to Emily's blog for the inside pages :D

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

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 Blogosophere: November 22 - 28, 2008

Card of the Week: Let It Snow by Kittie Caracciolo from Kittie Kraft

I like Kittie's work so much that I'm going to memorize the spelling of her last name.  No kidding.  Isn't this card amazing?  I just love it.  Just imagine the look on someone's face when they open a card like this.  LOVE LOVE LOVE it :D  Click on over to see a better view and get the details of how she made this.

Runner Up:  BAAA-Humbug by Cindy Lawrence from The Creative Closet

This is one of those smile inducing cards.  It just cracks me up.  These new Whipper Snapper stamps are the cutest.  My brother HATES Christmas - to him, it's a giant pile of bills -- and the sheep reminds me of his 30 day holiday bad mood.  I love Cindy's style and the way she pulled all the colors together.  Plus, I can get a tiny sneak peek at the inside of the card and she jazzed up the inside --- which always makes a card awesome. Want to know why stamp companies want design teams?  Because cards like this make me order stamps..

Runner Up:  Bundle Up by Kim Teasdale from Paper in the Works

Yep, another Whipper Snapper card.  Check out how Kim took this stinkin' cute chicken and layered him up so that the body and wing have extra dimension.  I just love this.  This is just a gorgeous card.  Click over and Kim will give you a better look at the cute little bird.  Off to buy that stamp set now... don't think I can wait. 

Craft of the Week:  One Sweet Apron by Melanie Muenchinger from Hands, Head and Heart

Do I need to even explain why I asked Melanie if I could feature this?  How incredibly FAB is this?!  These are Gina K's new stamps and Melanie has an incredibly cute take on it.  Click on over and get full directions.  Tell me, seriously, don't you want to make these for the little ones in your life?!  (By the way, tell me, isn't this one of the cutest kids you've ever seen?  He's not even mine and I think so..... :D)

Runner Up:  Let's Get Organized by Jennifer Holmes from Simple Flourishes

OK for all my hybrid scrapbooking friends this is the project for you.  Some of this is done on the computer -- some is done with "traditional" scrapbooking supplies -- and all on a jazzed up Target (on clearance!) binder!  No kidding -- I love, love, love this.  I'm going to Target (and it will be a crowded holiday nightmare) tomorrow just to get these so I can make them for me and my friends.  Click on over to Jennifer's site to see pictures of the inside and you'll completely "get" why this might be your favorite thing you make this year. 

Now, onto the 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: The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

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!