Monthly Archives: August 2012

Exciting news!

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Evelyn

There’s a new blog in town.   I tried out for its first ever design team and I made it!  It’s called the Cut It Up Challenge Blog, and it’s all about using your die cut machines.  This challenge blog … Continue reading →

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Altered Notebook challenge

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Evelyn

It was my turn to pick the theme this week for Paper Crafting World’s challenge.  Since I always like to start each new school year with a new composition book for taking notes in meetings, I decided on altered notebooks. … Continue reading →

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Fly High! challenge

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Evelyn

Did you know that August 19th is National Aviation Day?  According to Wikipedia, FDR established the holiday in 1939 to celebrate the development of aviation technology.  It’s Orville Wright’s birthday. To celebrate, the Paper Crafting World design team members are … Continue reading →

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Taste of Summer Blog Hop

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Evelyn

Welcome to Day 1 of Paper Crafting World/Cooking With Cricut’s Taste of Summer Blog Hop!  I’m so glad you came!  Both teams are playing together to bring you this two-day smorgasbord.  You should have arrived at my blog from Tiggerscraps, Marji’s … Continue reading →

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Close to My Heart promotions

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Evelyn

I just wanted to let you know about a couple of really good deals at Close to My Heart.  I’m a CTMH consultant, but don’t do much marketing on my blog site.  They’re celebrating National Stamping Month, August 15 – … Continue reading →

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Hispanic Heritage Month challenge

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Evelyn

The designers at Paper Crafting World are celebrating Hispanic Heritage month with a challenge.  I needed to search Google for a project idea.  One children’s site suggested making a self-portrait, like Frida Kahlo did.  She  was a Mexican artist who made … Continue reading →

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Shirt thank you card

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Evelyn

Isn’t this cute?  These cute cards from My Scrap Chick’s Man Cards set.  They really turn out great!  I put gift cards inside from Subway and used them for thank you cards: This set really makes cute cards, and they’re … Continue reading →

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Art Philosophy 3 x 3s

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Evelyn

    This is a little box of 3 x 3 note cards and envelopes using the Art Philosophy cartridge and papers from the Dotty for You collection.   This box is found on page 23 of the handbook.  Cut at … Continue reading →

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Book Pages, Black/White and Peridot challenge

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Evelyn

This was a fun challenge, and not just because it calls for peridot, which is my birthstone!!  At the end of the school year, one of the teachers was throwing out a damaged, torn-up, worn out dictionary, and I grabbed … Continue reading →

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A couple of 2002 scrapbook pages

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Evelyn

We attended the golden wedding anniversary of a dear couple back in 2002, so I used some bright yellow paper to scrap the photos.  The flowers are Prima flowers, and the swirly is from the Sure Cuts A Lot shape … Continue reading →

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