Spring collection from Harmonie

The Vivement le Printemps collection from Harmonie loisirs créatifs features six patterned papers with a nature theme; acrylic, chipboard, and wood embellishments and letters; silver and gold metallic stickers; ribbons, buttons, and crocheted flowers; and coordinating acrylic stamps—in short, everything you need to put a little spring in your scrapbooking. You can see the entire [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

I thought I would share these three projects in case you need ideas for a last-minute card for your sweetie. They use both new and old product from Harmonie loisirs créatifs. The heart tree stamp used on the second card and the acrylic shapes used on the others are from a recent release. The papers [...]

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Coupons…all dressed up

I decided it was time to dress up my new coupon organizer. I used papers and a sticker from the Star a GoGo line from Harmonie loisirs créatifs. Isn’t that owl cute?

Supplies: Patterned paper and owl sticker—Harmonie loisirs créatifs; “Threading Water” punch—Fiskars; adhesive—Aleene’s(R) Original Tacky Glue(R).

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Fall frame

This frame is a gift for my father-in-law, who is about to undergo surgery. My husband thought a picture of his grandkids might brighten up the hospital room.

Supplies: The beautiful fall papers, foil stickers, and ribbon are from Harmonie loisirs creatifs. Other: stitched tag—Chatterbox; stamps—PSX; adhesive—Aleene’s(R) Original Tacky Glue(R).

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Happy Holidays!

I know it’s not even October yet, but I had some scraps lying around from my “Brrrrrr” layout and I couldn’t resist putting them to use. The patterned paper and stickers are from Reminisce’s Snow Globe collection. I added some linen scraps, a bit of vintage lace, and a couple of embellishments.

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Halloween already?

Halloween is a huge deal in my house, particularly with a certain pumpkin-headed young man who insists on discussing it year-round. As we’ve just put the first of the Halloween decorations up, I thought I’d share a few holiday-related projects so you can get in the spirit too. (Get it? A little Halloween humor there.)
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Halloween [...]

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So simple…

Here are a couple of projects using ScrapMode’s So Simple line…and they live up to the name. For August, the ScrapMode design team was challenged to use a monogram on a layout. This was the perfect opportunity to break out the artsy “A” stamp that I had bought a while ago. (I knew I’d use [...]

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Ribbon-o-rama

There’s been a lot of interest lately in systems for organizing ribbons, so I thought I’d post a project I made earlier this year that uses ribbon…lots of ribbon. In fact, I think I used about seven spools of American Crafts ribbon for this project.
I love projects like this that begin with something that I [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

I like to use scraps of paper to make cards. It appeals to my thrifty nature, I guess. These cards for my mother and mother-in-law are made from leftover pieces from ScrapMode’s Nature Love and Star-a-Gogo collections. The Alpha Crystals stickers add a sparkly touch.

And here’s a layout about my adventures yesterday at Chuck E. [...]

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Quick and easy birthday card

Need a birthday card in a hurry? This quick-and-easy card lets the patterned paper do all the hard work.

I made the base of the card, which is 6 x 4 inches, from ScrapMode’s U-Turn paper. The two smaller stars are cut from the same sheet of Supernova as the front of the card. They’re elevated [...]

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