Goodbye to Scenic Route

A glance through my gallery will tell you that Scenic Route is one of my favorite scrapbook manufacturers. The company’s papers and embellishments have been a staple for me for years.
Now it’s official. Scenic Route is closing its doors, and although I’ve been expecting this for sometime, I’m still saddened by the news. Here [...]

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Always…

Our longtime elementary school principal retired last year, and I think she will be missed by all the students, but especially my youngest son. Whenever I attended a school function with Nate, we were sure to run into Miss L., who would inevitably give Nate a hug and comment that he is always laughing, always [...]

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And we’re back…

After a long summer filled with nothing but work, work, and more work, I’m back to scrapping and (no doubt) blogging about it. Here’s my first page after three scrapless months. It’s a lift of Linda Harrison’s “On the Edge” layout for the Scrapbooks Etc. Make It Yours challenge. You can see Linda’s layout here.
Double [...]

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Tip of the day: Removing rub-ons

I made a useful discovery while working on the layout below. I needed to remove some rub-on letters that I changed my mind about, so I tried my adhesive remover, which I had read was great for this purpose. As it turns out, it’s not. I tried my craft knife, but that was roughing up [...]

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Chic & Glamour

The new Chic & Glamour collection from Harmonie loisirs créatifs features six elegant papers, plus acrylic, chipboard, and wood embellishments and letters; acrylic stamps; metallic foil stickers; and coordinating ribbons, buttons, and bows. You can see the entire collection in the new Harmonie catalog.
Here are a couple of layouts I made recently.
Ninety

Supplies: Patterned papers, [...]

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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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Goodbye to Samantha

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The other side of winter

This is what happens when I scrap cranky. I was having a less-than-ideal day yesterday and took it out on the weather….

Supplies: Patterned paper, diecut, and chipboard photo corners from Scenic Route’s Garland collection; letter stickers from Lil’ Davis Designs.
This layout was part of the Lift the Pubster above You challenge at Two Peas. I [...]

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Winter is here

I’ve been in a wintery kind of mood this week—and no wonder. We’ve had a major ice storm and more than a foot of snow already, and it’s only January. I’m not thrilled with this weather, but A.J. and Nate are, especially when it means that school is cancelled for the day.
Here’s a layout [...]

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Busted on New Year’s Day

A quick layout showing one of the many items on our New Year’s to-do list:

Supplies: patterned paper and accent stickers—KI Memories; alphabet stickers—Chatterbox; sneaky guy stamp—Edward Gorey Kidstamps.

Best wishes for the new year!

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