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Last night I became a demonstrator for Stampin' Up! I will post more information about that journey as it comes along. I am excited to see where this leads, but a little nervous about it too. Wish me luck!

Digital Craftiness

So I have been wanting and needing to scrap photos from when our dog Tinker had her puppies. I finally decided to just do the mini-album (6x6) digitally. I used Photoshop Elements 7 and a cute doggie kit from Epson creative zone. This photo is the front page in the album. I made 13 pages total.

I made a lot of things this summer while we were in Richardson. This cute little card was made using some of the new SU! In colors: dusty durango, crushed curry, and bermuda bay. The butterflies were made using the set Flight of the butterfly and punched with the new butterfly punch.

Scrapbooking!

So I have been on a little bit of a scrapbooking kick lately. I have completed several pages this week. Most- but not all of my supplies used were from Stampin' Up! I love the retired Wintergreen dsp from SU! I used a retired dsp called Holiday Harmony also. There was a matching accents and elements "sticker" set called Hand Selected that I used on the two page layout with the Holiday Harmony paper. I used my 5-petal flower punch, ticket corner punch, and photo corner punch- all from SU! See Elisa- it's not hard.

A mini-book for Princess

This weekend I made a mini album (paper bag album) for my dog Princess. I used a paper pack from Close to My Heart (CTMH) called "Let's Get Together". I used the coordinating Ribbon Rounds ribbons for embellishment. For the title I used SU! Cranberry Crisp (retired) ink and an old set of alphabet letters that I don't remember where I got them from. I also used SU! punches: tag and small tag, 1 and 1/4 circle, scallop circle, round tab, and photo corner. (I love punches!) Look below to find the slideshow of the album. Thanks for looking!

Finished the mini-album

I just finished my mini-album dedicated to my doggie Tinker. She passed away in November after a very brief illness. She was only 9 years-old. I miss her like crazy. Please scroll down the page to view the mini-album in slideshow form. It is a "paper bag" album made with SU! Apple Cider DSP and matching cardstock (really rust, river rock, wild wasabi and chocolate chip). The pull-outs also have non-SU! flowers and brads. I used my round tab punch from SU! for the pull-out tabs. The album is tied together with River Rock double-stitched ribbon. Thanks for looking.

Back home

Jake and I made it safely back to Lubbock last night. We spent about 2 weeks in Richardson visiting family. Elisa and I got to do quite a bit of crafting (though it is never really enough). We tried to focus mainly on scrapbooking this time. We did make a few cards (since it was Father's Day), and we made our first "card candy". I used Berry Bliss dsp by Stampin' Up! and Elisa used a retired SU! dsp. I can't think of the name right now. I used Styled Silver hph and she used Pewter.