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Vintage carolers Christmas card
The images of Christmas carolers from Charles Dickens’ era are so romantic. With this Christmas card I tried to capture that charm. Product/technique notes I cut 1/4-inch strips of patterned paper from...
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El Niño layout and card using leftover scraps
2015 is an El Niño year, and boy, have we felt its effects in Texas! We have seen far more rain than usual so far, but May and June have had epic rainfall numbers (and lots of flooding). We took these...
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Our 2015 Christmas card design
I felt like doing a little paper folding on my Christmas cards this year. So I did some searching on Pinterest for origami tutorials and found this one for a Christmas tree design. I used three...
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Distress Ink lifting birthday card
I want to wish my childhood friend, Kathy, a wonderful birthday today. This is the card I created for her using a technique Jennifer McGuire calls Distress Ink lifting. After heat embossing your...
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Oh Christmas card, oh Christmas card!
I remember reading once that uber-organized crafter, Becky Higgins, designs and creates her Christmas cards in July. Then in December she just adds the family photo and they’re done. Wow. I would love...
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I made it + I mailed it
I really don’t make cards often enough! I think I usually have so many scrapbook layouts planned in my head that I don’t pause from those often enough to whip up something different. Honestly, I’m also...
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Young Crafters Unite blog hop!
Hi everyone, and welcome to the next stop on the Young Crafters Unite Blog Hop! If you’re following along the hop you should be arriving here from Chari Moss’ blog (She makes such adorable cards!). If...
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My first try at misting
My dear mother’s birthday was yesterday, and of course I created a card to send with her gifts. But I didn’t want to post it here until she had received it (just in case she peeked in here). I have...
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My kind of bouquet
Twisted Sketches has revealed its latest sketch, #111, and the twist is “buttons.” Be sure to head over to the site to grab the sketch, then create something and link it up! Here’s my Design Team...
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Blogtoberfest Day 1
I was amazed to realize recently that I have been blogging as The Constant Scrapper for a year now! I was so hesitant to start this blog because I was concerned that I wouldn’t have enough to say....
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Blogtoberfest Day 2
Happy Phileas Fogg Day! Did you read “Around the World in Eighty Days” as a child? Well, I remember my brother reading and loving it when we were kids. So, when I learned that today is Phileas Fogg...
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Blogtoberfest Day 13
Young Crafters Unite challenge #2 and Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Halloween/Goth Young Crafters Unite posted their second challenge, which is to make an envelope that matches your card. I had a lot...
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Eat, drink & be scary
Blogtoberfest Day 28 Don’t miss out on my GIVEAWAY (closes 12:00 midnight EST on Sunday, October 30th)! Today, in honor of Halloween, I decided to challenge myself by doing something that I find...
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You send me
Welcome to my stop on the blog hop! If you came from Paulina Nakamura’s site— Pretty Pink Posh—you’re in the right place. Or if you just jumped into the hop you can see the whole list of participants...
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Article 14
Hello! If you’re here for my stop on the Young Crafters Unite blog hop, you can find it here. Guest design for Sketch Support This has been card week on Sketch Support, and today my card is live!...
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Winter greetings to warm your heart
I’m happy to report that I made good headway on my Christmas cards last night! I fired up the Swinging Christmas tunes on Pandora and got crafty. The plan is to hunker down this evening and finish the...
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Scrapatriskaidekaphobia
I have never bought into friggatriskaidekaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. But for about two months now I believe I’ve been suffering from scrapatriskaidekaphobia! Back in October I was on fire...
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I’m bananas about you!
Yesterday I posted a layout I completed about Matt participating in the Austin Gorilla Run in January. While making that page I thought I would use more banana embellishments than I did, so I had a few...
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Sending warm fuzzies
I wanted to let the background on this card get most of the focus, so I kept the other elements understated. I made this Easter card for my mom with two challenges in mind (Young Crafters Unite called...
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Flowers mean I love you
Today my mom is flying back from a 10-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This is a trip she has always dreamed of taking, so when she found out that one of her favorite priests in town was going to lead...
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