A Fabulous 4th of July

 

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I've been busy preparing classes for digital scrapbooking.  Here's a digital layout ready to be further embellished.  I like the idea of Hybrid scrapbooking - it's a combination of digital and regular scrapbooking. 

Wow! Great Job Tanya!

I was scrolling through the blogs for ideas and came across this awesome challenge called "It's all in the Shape" Check out the Darecardmakers Blog! very cool cards.
Thanks again Tanya and the gang at Daring Cardmakers.

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It's been a short week, however sometimes the short ones are the more stressful weeks. It seems we try to cram 5 days into 4 and it doesn't always work to our advantage.

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OkAY now I'm relaxed and would like to tell you about an upcoming video tutorials and will be posting it soon. One is called BLING IT ON! I think you'll love it. A less expense and better quality BLING- CAN IT BE? I'll show you how to use and its many uses too. So stay tuned...

Smart Ass!

Not all cards are meant to have seven layers of paper and lots of embellishments. Check out this simple and yet to-the-point graduation card. How fun!

Credit goes to A. Favorite on Etsy.

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Upcoming Art Fair In Chicago

Check it Out!! Saturday, MAy 30th 11-3pm

If you're like me, I'm always looking for the "underground" art fairs. Chicago has a wealth of established artists, however, it is also known to have an artistic underground. I always wondered how new trends were started and I think the artistic underground has a lot of influence.

Well this weekend be sure to check the Indie Arts Market. Check out their website at Indie Arts Market, Located at Schuba's Bar and Grill.


Check out some of the artists blogs and etsy shops. Very Fun.

Cards Sayings for All those Owls

Since owls are all around us - I can't seem to get away from them. T-shirts, purses, fabrics, etc. all have owls stairing at me. By the way, this owl is by Maya Road (3pcs 5.00).

Intense eyes great for putting googly eyes on for cards.

Well stampers also have lots of owls to choose from. But how many sayings can you put togeher with an owl. Here goes... Let's see how many owl like sentiments can you make up. Put your think thinking cap on and whooo knows what you'll come up with.

To get you started:
Whoo loves you baby
Whoo's Day is It?
Whoo Ray for You.

Whoo's Your Daddy?

Here's a sample of a Father's Day Card using an OWL (owls are trendy these days ). Think of all the WHOOO'S sayings that can be used with this little guy. Layering your designer papers and card stock (plain colored papers) is very popular with cardmakers. This card included the base (which is off white) has 8 layers! I used a designer paper call Signature life by Jen Williams. It is a two sided paper which gives you more choices, especially when you are layering. Two sided papers are created to coordinate so inevitably they "work" together.

Owl Stamp is Maya Road - used Versamagic Ink

Words typed on a typewriter

Shades of lighter and darker Brown Bazzil Card Stock

Distressed and Inked Edges

Three mat collored brads

Card size is A7 and base card is Strathmore Paper and Envelope.

Have a great weekend.