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Monday, November 28, 2011

Using a Holly Leaf embellishment

Here's a way we used a Holly Leaf embellishment to create a nice Winter Holiday or Christmas layout, ours turned out to be the Christmas one. We dug through a Christmas stack that we had laying around and found some paper with a holly leaf print. The holly print was too busy to use as the background, so using just a portion of it still catches your eye.

Our Holly Leaf Embellishment Set has two purposes, one is to embellish the pictures, and the second is to serve as photocorners. Putting it together we added a vintage snowflake print as a base, a simple striped print as a runner, and a matted "Merry Christmas" to finish it off. Here's the final product:

Happy Holidays!!!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Valentine's Day Goodies

Unfortunately, I have been sick for the past week, so I have not been doing any scrapbooking, crafting... or really anything at all. I have on the other hand been mindlessly looking through hundreds of blog posts! (Ok, maybe that is a little bit of an exaggeration.) So, since I don't have any cute Valentine stuff of my own, I thought I would share some my favorites that I came across.

Love this Chalkboard Picture Frame from The Moody Fashionista.

Ribbon Napkin Holder
This napkin holder from Dirt Cheap Decor is so simple, and yet so cute!!

I absolutely fell in love with this flower pillow at Craft Closet.
You can get the tutorial over at The Crafting Chicks.

Valentine Cake Balls
I don't know about you, but I LOVE cake bites!
I found these absolutely gorgeous Valentine ones at Cake Journal.

And these lingerie cookies from How Does She are adorable!!!
I think my husband would definitely like getting these for Valentine's Day!

Free Valentine Cupcake Paper Piecing Pattern

There is nothing sweeter than love... especially when you have a great husband like I do!!! There is also nothing better than a sweet cupcake, like this cute little one sitting up on a cupcake stand. Just like the Penguin Pattern, simply click on the image above and you will be taken to the large version of the image.

Use this little cupcake to create a cute Valentine layout, or change the colors, and use it to create just about any layout you want. You can change the heart for a candle, and you have a birthday cupcake. Or, you can even use the cupcake "top" as a cloud pattern! Let you imagination run wild, and enjoy!

*** All free patterns are provided for personal use only! Please do not recreate for commercial or resale purposes.

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Happy New Year!!!

We were running a $1 Shipping Special during the holidays and received some great feedback. In appreciation of our outstanding customers, we have decided to continue offering this low shipping rate on ALL orders within the Continental U.S. Wishing everyone out there a Happy New Year!

Holiday Hit List

Still have some Christmas/Holiday shopping to do? The San Diego North Park Craft Mafia is presenting their 4th Annual Holiday Hit List! First 100 shoppers get a FREE gift bag with items from the vendors. For more information and directions visit www.holidayhitlist.com. We hope to see you there!

A Valentine Gift For Him

So, I guess if my hubby reads this it kind of spoils any surprise!! Oh well, what I won't do for y'all! Actually, he will probably get this when he gets home... and hopefully he will share. =o)

I have the same problem every year when I try to think of a Valentine's Day gift for him... everything is geared toward women and is super girlie! I know for a fact that my husband does not want a cute little stuffed teddy bear! There is one thing that he does like though, and that is candy. So when I saw this heart-shaped box of butter cups, I had an idea... to turn this girlie box into a mantastic one!

First, print a diamond plate pattern on a white piece of cardstock. We have a great diamond plate digital paper in our Metal Digital Paper Set which you can get in our shop! Make sure that you set the left and right margin space to "0.25" so that you will get the max printable space.

Trace the top of the box on the backside of your cardstock, and cut it out.

Cover the top of the box with Mod Podge and put the cardstock in place.

By inking the edges of the heart, it not only adds detail, but it helps to cover if your cardstock does not line up perfectly. Next, decorate the box how you want. Remember to keep it masculine! Unless your man is a landscaper, or has a true affection for flowers, try to refrain. I used simple hearts, and words. I actually wanted to cut the letters out of newspaper, but we don't get the newspaper anymore, so that wasn't exactly possible. After I decorated it, I covered the entire thing with another layer of glossy Mod Podge, and it turned out like this............

I think it turned out great... definitely mantastic! =o)

Brand New Valentine Pages

Sweet Love Valentine Premade Scrapbook Pages

Here is a little peek at one of the new Valentine premade scrapbook sets we just put in the store! Aren't the cupcakes cute?? I was so happy with how they turned out!

We have 3 brand new Valentine sets just in time for the holiday! For more detail, and to get these super cute sets visit us here.

Be ready for those great pictures you know you are going to get!!!

New Stuff!!!

December 25 Page

We have a bunch of new holiday single page layouts in our online store! Single layouts are not only great additions to your scrapbook, but are also great for framing. The one pictured above is our December 25th page... you can get it here.

In case you were wondering, the cute kid in the picture is none other than my son Tyler... isn't he handsome? Takes after his Daddy. =o)