Mike took Lawson camping this weekend. So, it’s just been me and Cate. She’s exhausting. Oh, and she was at my parents Friday night till yesterday afternoon. She just can’t do anything by herself. Arrrggghhh… I was able to get a couple of minutes to myself to create this card for a challenge on Paper… [Read On]

I created this 6×6 card using the February Stamp of the Month, Easter Eggs. Click on my home page and go to the pic on the top right corner to see more. It’s a set of 19 different egg patterns. These patterns can also be used to do random stamping, or to stamp backgrounds on… [Read On]

I’m having a consultant unit meeting with my team tonight, and we’re going to make a card using this month’s 25 Anniversary Promotion Stamp from Close to My Heart called Good Times It’s so stinkin’ cute. Click here for more details. http://www.fancymelissa.myctmh.com/ All Products Close to My HeartTemplate: Originals, Three is a CharmPaper: StardustStamps: Good… [Read On]

It’s all about the simple Valentine for Cate and Lawson’s classes. For these, we used the Life’s a Jungle set (July ’08 Stamp of the Month) and Cate colored them in with colored pencil. On the back she wrote her name and used a heart stamp. Then I cut 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2 squares,… [Read On]

Here’s another Layout I created while on my scrapbook retreat. I used the Nice n Simple Layout from Imagine as the template. The paper is Emporium – from CTMH’s new Spring 09 Idea Book.For the title I used the Large CTMH Friendship Alphabet stamps and cut them out. Then I used ribbons to embellish them.The… [Read On]

So, here are the pages that we’ll be doing at my parties in February. (I still have a couple of open dates!) I used the Unforgettable Level Two Kit and the Aspirations Stamp Set. The layout is Perfect Prelude from Imagine and the “D” is a dimensional element.

and I got 25 layouts (with journaling) completed in just 2 days! Yep! How did I do it? Here’s how: 1) I went prepared. Before I left I had figured out which paper and which Cherish/ Imagine layout I would do for each set of pictures. And I had (most) of my pictures pre-cropped so… [Read On]

I thought I’d post the Fast n Fancy Level One Workshop pages we’ll be creating in February. If you are interesting in purchasing this kit, let me know! I used a That’s Amore Level One Kit, Love Always Journaling Spots, Pretty Pins and Chocolate Organdy Ribbon to create these 3 layouts. Gotta big drive ahead… [Read On]

We finally got enough snow today to have a full day off of school. And it looks like we’ll be out again tomorrow. I spent the day getting ready for my scrapbooking retreat with my friend Stacey. We are still hoping that Jen will be able to join us. I swear, I’ve spent more time… [Read On]

There is still a lot left for sale at the Close to My Heart Clearance Sale. If you haven’t had a chance to take a look yet, go to my website http://www.fancymelissa.myctmh.com/ and Shop Online to check it out. The kit shown above is Rustic Trail. So, how are you doing on your New Year’s… [Read On]