Ahhh Summer! I love the long days here in the northern hemisphere. June is also the month we celebrate Dads so my free, newsletter Pocket Tag art includes a bit of summer sunshine and something for Dads. Pocket Tags are part of my monthly newsletter where I offer free, downloadable calendars and illustrations to embellish […]
Pocket Tag Mini Album – April
If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter yet {link in the menu, top right} you’re missing out on making these fun Pocket Tag Mini Albums each month. In my newsletter you will find free ideas and inspiration to create these fun little pocket tags that make a mini album for the year. They all […]
Christmas DIY Journal
Recently I’ve become enchanted with the idea of starting a journal. My Pinterest board is filled with inspiring images of smaller journals with just the right amount of journaling, photos and drawings. I can see myself gleefully adhering ephemera and doodles to overstuffed pages. So I decided to experiment with the Sizzix Wrapped Journal die […]
Blanket Stitch Binding Mini Book Tutorial – Designer Crafts Connection
Welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection project for March featuring my Blanket Stitch Binding Mini Book video tutorial. I made two different mini books for this post. One is a Sizzix video tutorial of a pink and aqua mini book version to show how to do the blanket stitch binding and die cut trifold pages. The […]
Last Minute Sizzix Valentine Card Stash Buster Challenge
Two days ago, when the Sizzix social media marketing guru asked me if I wanted to make three last minute Valentine’s Day cards using my Mini Photo Embellishing dies, of course I said “yes!” because I always love a good creative challenge. Here’s the video and I included a mini-tutorial and more inspiration behind these cards below. Since […]
Memory Planner Using Instax Photos and Sizzix Dies
I love the idea of using my Personal Planner as a mini scrapbook. These are called memory planners which makes it sound like I’m organizing my memories which might be more accurate than I realize. So with the big Creativation 2017 Show coming up in a few days, I thought I would reveal how my […]
Instant Fun With Instax Photo Banners
Today I’m sharing some fun ways to instantly display your Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 photos using my new collection of Mini Photo Embellishing dies and stamps by Sizzix. {Instax Mini 8 photos are similar to Polaroid instant photos but are about the size of a credit card}. Since the holidays are right around the corner, here’s […]
Simple Mini Cards for All Occasions
Today I’m sharing my new Sizzix Mini Album die as the perfect, versatile solution to create simple and quick cards. I originally designed the Mini Album set to work with the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 photos to create an easy mini scrapbook with lots of fun embellishments {see examples HERE and HERE} but now I have found so many other uses such as card […]
Quick Halloween Mini Photo Album
Halloween at work can be a lot of fun. I prepared a simple photo album using my Mini Album die by Sizzix. I had precut the pages and photo frames in preparation for the fun and spooky costume photos. Here are some quick ideas on how you can use these dies for a Halloween theme. I used several […]
HSN Home Shopping Network and Sizzix
I am excited to announce that some of my product designs for Sizzix will be featured on the HSN program beginning May 4th at 1am ET. My Alphabet stamps that will be available on HSN were used for the days of the week tags on this project. The Sizzix Paper Pads will be available in several bundled sets. […]