Paper rosettes are all the rage right now.  I’m going to show you an easy way to make your own.  Here is a list of the supplies you’ll need: Sizzix Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 Sizzix Die, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Designer Series Paper, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and any embellishment you would like to use. 1)  cut two pieces… Read more »

I was contacted by a new client to make invitations for her son’s first Holy Communion.  Big challenge for me…I realized that I don’t have any religious paraphernalia in my papercrafting supplies. I always love to take on a new challenge.  I wanted to make sure the card was appropriate for a little boy.  Several of the crucifix stamps that… Read more »

I just completed a job for a client who requested “fun” and “different” invitations for a baby shower.  She didn’t want the printed ones that you can order online.  (Woo hoo!) I emailed her a couple of choices.  The first sample started out just being a “onesie” card, but I thought it needed to be more than that.  I cut… Read more »

I have always wanted a “Wizard of Oz” Christmas tree.  (It seems fitting, since I have Wizard of Oz bank checks, a Wizard of Oz wrist watch, a Dorothy key chain, a ruby slipper pillow, the Wizard of Oz Barbie collection, the Wizard of Oz trivia game….you get the idea.) A few years ago, McDonald’s came out with Madame Alexander Wizard… Read more »

I decided to convert a balsa wood box into a make-up case to store all of those lip glosses and cheap eye shadows that little girls get as gifts and stocking-stuffers.  I wish I would have thought of this when my girls were little.  I HATED finding all of those little pieces of “make-up and lip gloss” all over the place. … Read more »