Category: Scrapbooking

Well the crop didn’t turn out like Sciarrino and I hoped… it was canceled! Oh no! But we rolled with the punches and schlepped all our stuff over to Bj’s :). We probably didn’t get as much done as we would have at the shop, but I got a few things done. This check book cover (thanks Sue for the blanks!), and this cigar box: I love the inside too:You can see all the details of it here. So what have I been doing in the last few days that have made me ignore my blog (and even forget a…

Totally scrapbook related so if you have no interest in that kind of thing, just skip it. Ok, I usually don’t get into stuff like this, people can buy what they want to buy. But in my opinion buying this: is so so not what I would do. I’m going to let you in on a secret. This is almost the exact same thing as a Speedball Linocutter. Which are cheap. This Basic Grey tool (side note I totally love and want absolutely everything else that they make) retails for 26.99 at the one place I could find a price…

Okay so I was perusing my normal round of blogs and came across a challenge on Donna Downey’s. I figured it was the perfect thing to get me moving today since I was kind of thinking aimlessly about scrapbooking with out much direction. It was to make a layout inspired by linear curves. Here’s my take:It was kind of rough to put together and I used an apparently toxic combination of diamond glaze, undo, stayzon ink, and paint pens because my craft area smells like butt. But I like it. I did go a little text crazy. I think I…