Scrapbooking

The tornado in Oklahoma has had a devastating effect and Close To My Heart wants to help. To aid relief efforts, Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You ($2.95 retail), available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross. Help us provide relief to those affected by the Oklahoma tornado by purchasing the A True Thank You stamp set (M1029). Share/Save Related posts: 2005 Christmas Layout SOS June Challenge CTMH October 2010 SOTM Blog Hop – List

Hi guys and a very Happy Memorial weekendToday Jennifer has made this absolutely cutie pie layout............. She used Elvin the toad and background from the set below. Elvin and Bugsly paper piecing set Super cute Jennifer!!

Is it possible to use a Silhouette Cut File with a cricut that uses .svg files? I don't own the silhouette but really like Ginak stamps w/cut files.

This fun Vintage Image is another Antique Doll Head! Unlike the one that I posted last week, this one has hair. You can find the bald Doll Head Image  HERE.  I hope you can use this interesting graphic in your Art! Hello! Are you new to The Graphics Fairy? Welcome, I'm so glad you're here! Browse around to find thousands of Stock Images that you can use in your projects or designs! I post

Giving handmade is such a good feeling, isn't it?  Last year I was a bit slack (and time poor) and my Christmas gift giving was mainly bought goodies, but this year I want to try really hard and put together a few handmade gifts for Christmas.  Of course, handmade gifts don't suit everybody in the world (and that's okay) so they'll be a few nice books, food related items and experiences (movie tickets, etc..) on my list too. I've made a good start with my niece's ripple blanket, but I do need to make one for my nephew too!  Oh and that delicious yarn above is going to be turned into a handmade gift too, for a relative.  But, I have a big job ahead of me working out what to organise for everybody else on my list. Incase you're thinking of giving handmade too, here a few things that have caught me eye: A rice heat therapy bag  Grandma's favourite knitted dishcloths  Patchwork journal cover Fruity button embroidery napkins - love these & so simple! Purl Bee fabric balls - for little people. Felt flower satchels Crochet Home Sweet Home cushion  My favourite pick - Rope coil baskets. Love! I'm going to start a handmade gift list this month and perhaps a new board on Pinterest.  I'm also going to keep my eyes peeled over at Etsy, because sometimes it's nice to buy handmade too. Righty-ho, I'd better get organised!  

You all seem to be enjoying these images from the Flower Design book by Jane Snead so I will be posting more all weekend. Be sure to stop back or subscribe to my feed. There is a link in the side bar.

Its another Design Team Day with Meljens Designs and actually my first time to share! It is coming up to the end of the school year I have been thinking of some cool ideas for teachers gifts. My daughter has an amazing teacher that I wanted to do something a little extra for and this is what I came up with. I had this bucket in my supplies and I got inspiration from the Meljens image called "Apple for Teacher". I covered the bucket with apple paper, used themed ribbons and coloured the image with Copics. So, if you want to get creative go to www.meljensdesigns.com and in the search box put "teacher". There are some great images to inspire you to a make a special teacher something that they will be sure to appreciate! Thanks, Sue

I teach an AP Art class and if you know anything about AP classes you always have about 2 weeks left after they take their tests so in AP Art we do a little bookmaking and each student makes their own sketchbook that they can fill up through out the summer. Here are a few examples of books that I made with them where I used Bo Bunny and Authentique paper as the cover. This paper is perfect for the cover because it is sturdy and durable (Plus it looks really nice). After I got them done here at the school I took them home and Heather and I added some fun things to to finish them off. With this one we just used some foil and stamped it with Spellbinders Floral Set, sanded the surface so you can see the texture a little better, cut it out , and glued it on. For this one we just cut out the number from a page in The Sweetest Thing paper stack by My Minds Eye and added some pearls. And on the last one we felt like if we added anything to it it would make it too busy so just left it as it was. These books are a lot of fun and you can use them for more than just sketchbooks so give one a try and make yourself a journal, notebook, or anything else you need a book to take notes in. Recipe: 14501819: Bo Bunny-Key Lime Notes 14001643: Bo Bunny-Mama-Razzi Photo Booth REN005: Authentique- Transform St1030: My Minds Eye- The Sweetest Thing 657813: Sizzix-Free Fall Floral Set MM1-002: Spellbinders- Foil Pack 2 4040: Want2Scrap- LeCreme Pearls Thanks and Happy Scrappin’! Doug and Heather

We missed Tobi Crawford’s post today! Please go check it out and leave her some love! Tobi Crawford

Here we go! Today's file was created by Ashley Harris. What I made: Library ToteI made the balloons using the fabric interfacing from Silhouette. Be sure to check out the deal for that HERE.You can download the cut file HERE. Enjoy!