A Load of Blarney

Christy Ink & Paper 9 Comments

I have another scrapbook spread to show you! At this rate I should have the book done around the same time I send out my Christmas cards… This is part two of our day at Blarney Castle, featuring a lot more pictures. I actually planned the layout with white paper. but thought it looked too plain. Then I remembered this …

New Toy Tuesday: Paper Trimmer

Christy New Toy Tuesday, Reviews 10 Comments

Technically I’ve been using this paper trimmer long enough that it doesn’t qualify as new, but it is one of my newer acquisitions, and it’s also the one tool that I think every papercrafter should have*. I’m going to get into specifics here, because not all paper trimmers–not even all Fiskars trimmers–are created equal. There are three basic types: the …

Girls’ Night Out Card

Christy Copics, Ink & Paper 9 Comments

Posting will be sporadic this week while I direct fun for sales meetings at my husband’s office. Apologies in advance for the lack of crafts. I have a half-finished layout for my Ireland scrapbook sitting here just begging to be finished, but I have to be out the door in under an hour. Anyway, this is a simple card I …

Organized

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I don’t really have a craft room, per se. Instead, I have a room where I do crafts. Our house has a loft on the upper level that overlooks the living room. It’s about the size of a small bedroom, but it only has 3 walls. In a perfect world, I would turn this space into a scrapbooker’s dream room. …

Orange

Christy Copics, Ink & Paper 89 Comments

When I saw that the latest challenge over at Copic Creations was Orange, I was inspired immediately. Not, as I figure most people were, by pumpkins or fall leaves or any of those normal images that people think of in October. When you bleed orange, your mind doesn’t quite work the same as everyone else’s. I had to draw Otto, …

Play Dough: Why Not?

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I didn’t even realize until after I posted yesterday that it was Tuesday and I should have been telling you about a new toy. We’ll just pretend that was intentional and go back to regularly scheduled New Toy Tuesdays next week. Okay? Okay. Originally today I planned to work on a card for the latest challenge on Copic Creations. Then …