Midnight Muse strikes again!

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With the gift giving season approaching, I came up with an idea for a fun wipe erase perpetual calendar that my husband could have in his office.  I used a 6x6 pageframe to house the 'pages', and attached a grid transparency piece to the inside of the pageframe.  Then I used a tabbed page from a 6x6 album, and placed clear photo corners on the backside.  This allows a 5x7 photo … [Read more...]

Transparent Love

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My *thing* of late is the acrylic albums and a long-time love affair with all things Hambly.  Hambly overlays, I love so much because when I buy that gorgeous piece of paper... it seem SUCH A WASTE to cover it up with other papers.  I truly adore the ability to layer with the more subtle effects of a transparency.  It's additive rather than taking away from the background.  … [Read more...]

A weekend full of inspiration and laughter

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The ScrapPink event at momento was wonderful. Our guest instructor, Cheryl Mezetti's bubbling laughter was so infectious and she filled the room with joy.  Not only did she make me smile everytime I heard her laugh, I literally was grinning from ear to ear.  She shared so much of herself and the ladies at the classes responded in kind.  I saw Cheryl making personal connections with … [Read more...]

That was so five years ago!

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Five years ago I was at a scrapbook retreat with my girlfriends in New Jersey.  And I was doing something that I loved on my scrapbook pages -- PAPER PIECING.  Putting together a picture, using multiple colors of cardstock, chalking the edges and assembling it like the Jolee's things are now. Why did I stop doing that?  When did 'cute' die on my scrapbook pages?  My kids are … [Read more...]

Halloween – dressup for everybody

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I had some fun creating a CI Reyna Castle Book into a Wizard / Halloween book of sorts last night.  I'm teaching some classes up in New Hampshire right before Halloween and wanted to make a fun class that people could put to use right away.  Here is the result:      Of course, this got me thinking ahead to Halloween.  I’ll admit, it is one of my favorite … [Read more...]