Hello friends! Hope you are having a fantastic week! So far so good here at our house! This weekend is Graduation for some of my daughter's friends. Today I had a few minutes to create something just for this occasion! Yes I dusted off my Copic Markers. It has been so long since I colored anything that the markers did actually have dust on them! LOL I stamped the Inked Poppy image using Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto some Simply Smooth Ivory cardstock. After I colored the image, I cut/embossed using Labels Twenty Three from Spellbinders® Paper Arts. I used some new patterned paper from KaiserCraft called Remember Me. It's full of poppies and lovely colors! The red seam binding ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I stamped the sentiment - Take Time To Dream - at the bottom of the card using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. This card measures... Continue reading

Hello Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! I am very excited about my day because I will be doing a demo at the local Michael's store for Spellbinders™ Paper Arts! If you live in my area come by the South County Michael's on Lindbergh BLVD and visit me between 12 and 2 pm. I will be showing all kinds of nifty techniques using Spellbinders™ die template and Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine. Last Saturday, I did a demo at the Fenton Gravois Bluffs Michael's. I had so much fun. Here is a picture of me with Carol (Michael's Crafty Teacher) and some ladies that were watching my demo. Here is a simple scrapbook page I made and demonstrated last weekend. Spellbinders™ Supplies Used: S4-379 Decorative Labels One S5-102 Aster Flower Topper LF-161 Grands Labels One S4-161 Labels One All cardstock and decorative papers are from Michael's... Continue reading

I was so excited to see another of my projects in the Idea Gallery on the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts website. This project is actually one of my favorites! I made it back before Christmas. Here is my project: The pocket on this project is from one of my daughter's favorite pairs of jeans. While participating in a reward day for good End of Course tests, she ripped the crotch of her favorite jeans. There was no way to fix them, so I promised her I would recycle them! LOL I cut some 100% Wool Felt using S5-050 Rose Creations Dies. I used my hot glue gun to put them together. The white felt flowers were airbrushed with Copic marker. It's kinda hard to see but I used some clip art inside the Shields One Bezel to accent the pocket. Here is a close-up: I used my computer and the Dymo... Continue reading

Sorry I haven't posted a project in a while. Everyday life sometimes gets in the way of creating and blogging. In a way, I am so glad April is over. Every weekend I had something to do - go to Nashville for the band festival, take a trip to visit Truman State University plus go to the College Wind Symphony concert in Kansas City with the hubby - see what I mean? LOL So I have been working on lots of projects I can't show you but I did have alittle time to start a project but like I said in my title it is a work in progress. I will post more about it in the future when I finish. So I have all the pages cut out and the front is decorated. My middle daughter went to her Junior Prom and I have a ton of pictures I... Continue reading

Hello Friends! I don't have any crafty projects to share with you today. But I do have a couple of things that you might want to take a look at. First thing is my friend, Heidi Blankenship, is having a super give-away on her blog - Embellished Dreams Designs. You should check it out HERE! Heidi and I have been friends since I was on the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts team in 2009 and we were roommates! You could win all kinds of prizes including the newest machine from Spellbinders™ Papers Arts Artisian X-Plorer™!! Also, its that time again! Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is having their Worldwide Design Team Contest! If you haven't check it out already, just go HERE to check out all the details! I guess you know what I am working on, don't you? Good luck to all those who do try out because working with Spellbinders™ Paper Arts... Continue reading

Hello Friends! Hope you are having a great week! Sorry I haven't posted much lately I have been so busy with my girls. Two weeks ago we went to Nashville with the band for the Heritage Music Festival. Then this past weekend, we went on our first college visit with my middle daughter. We visited Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. I can't believe that Caitlyn is old enough to start her college search. She will be a Senior next year. I should be used to this because my oldest daughter is already in college but I am finding it alittle hard to let go this time! Last night I had time to sit down and make a card. I used stamps from The Rubber Cafe' and some of my new embellishments I showed you in the video I did a couple of weeks ago. Here is my card. The... Continue reading

Hello Friends! Hope you are having a great week. Right now, its kinda rainy and overcast here but I am hopeful that the weather will turn around so that the sun will shine very soon! Today I would like to share with you a set of note cards I made using a sentiment stamp set from The Rubber Cafe'. You know that sometimes quick and easy is all you have time for when it comes to card making so with that in mind here are my note cards. So all the base for these cards is Neenah Solar Crest White 110#. Some is cut at 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" and some are cut at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" -- make sense? LOL I used some simple supplies so that making these cards was quick and easy. For these note cards, I started with a 6 x 12" piece... Continue reading

I noticed the other day that another of my projects was up on the Spellbinders Paper Arts website and thought I would share the whole project with you. It's called Enjoy Tag Book and you can see it in the Idea Gallery HERE. I love the shape of S5-178 Arched Windows One and just knew it would make a great tag book. So here it is! Unfortunately on the Spellbinders website there is only room to show you this view of the tag book. Lucky for you, I took pictures of the whole thing and can share them with you today! All the papers used in this tag book are from Melissa Frances. I just love the soft vintage colors. I used some other stuff non-paper supplies, too. For the front S4-129 Classic Scalloped Squares Sm. I cut/emboss using white felt. I also used a ton of bling in this... Continue reading

Hey Everyone! Hope you are having a great week! Things are going pretty good for me. The weather is finally acting like it's spring with 70 degree weather and beautiful sunshine! I just love it. April is one of my favorite months. All the trees are budding, new flowers are blooming and it's my wedding anniversary. On April 27, 1991, I married my high school sweetheart! With anniversary and weddings on my mind, I made this bag using new The Rubber Cafe' stamps and some beautiful Mountain Rose Metallic cardstock from Discount Cardstock. To make this bag, all you need is one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" and a scoring tool. My scoring tool of choice is the Scor-Pal. I have had one since the beginning and even got the new one when it came out. It has alot more markings! So here is how you make this bag......... Continue reading

Hey everyone! Hope you are having a great weekend! I went to the CKC-St. Louis Scrapbook Convention yesterday and made a quick video to show you some of the goodies I bought! It's not the best video but I am hoping to get better! Continue reading

So today is Friday and that means I am going to the CK Convention in Collinsville, IL. I am so excited! There will be tons of shopping and other goodies to look at plus I get a whole day away from home spending it with a special friend! Yeah Me!! I will share what I purchased later this weekend! Maybe I should do a haul video! Have you seen those on YouTube. That might be alot of fun! I had some fun with a new patterned paper pad I got the other day. I just love the Lyric Collection from Prima. I ordered an A4 size paper pad. That means its 8 1/2 x 11" of patterned paper. I have never tried that size before so I thought I would give it a shot. Here is a quick and simple card I made using some Lyric Papers. This card measures... Continue reading

Hello! Hope you are having a great week and that your Easter is very blessed. I finally got to pick the winner for the Nesties Besties Blog Hop Blog Candy. I want to say it was great getting to know alittle more about the people who stop to read my blog. I loved all your comments! And the winner is....... #14 -Beverly Perdue said: Hi Debbie, I live in Greensboro, North Carolina and I started scrapbooking about 7 years ago, but now I love cardmaking. I use spellbinders on almost every card. The frame you used on your layout is perfect. Thanks so much for sharing. I just sent Beverly an email and will be waiting to hear back from her so I can mail her the blog candy. Here is a reminder of what you won, Beverly!! JustRite Cling Stamp set - Botanical Swirls Labels Want2Scrap - 1 pkg.... Continue reading

Hello! Hope you are having a great day! I will be announcing the winner of my Nesties Besties Blog Candy tomorrow morning so be sure to check back to see if you won!! Today I would like to share with you a card I made using a new technique that Melissa (owner of The Rubber Cafe') showed on this VIDEO. It's called Create Your Own Glitter Paper and its a very cool technique using Scrap Happy Sheer Glue and You're So Fine Diamond Clear Cool Highlight Glitter. Here is the card I made using this fun technique. For this simple card, I used a new release called True Friend plus my favorite stamp - Large Trailing Butterflies. Here are a few close-ups of my card. I hope you will watch the video on how to do this technique because it is so awesome! Have a great day! The Rubber Cafe'... Continue reading

Today you are in for a treat! Some of the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts 2012 Design Team has gotten together to have a fun blog hop showcasing our projects in the Idea Gallery on the Spellbinders™ website. Below you will find a list of the DT Members participating and some of them even have blog candy to give away! Woo Hoo!! So be sure to check out each blog to see their beautiful projects and some cool blog candy! Angela Ploegman Darsie Bruno Debbie Seyer - That's Me! Heidi Van Laar Judy Hayes Michelle Woerner Teresa Horner Theresa Momber Tina McDonald Yvonne van de Grijp Here is my project from the Spellbinders™ Idea Gallery. I made it quite awhile ago and I am so happy that I get to share it with you today! For this layout, I used S4-386 Cogs die set to cut/emboss some Cork Paper. If you are... Continue reading

Yes it is time to think about making some Easter cards. I know, it kinda snuck up on me, too! But I sat down at my crafty table and made an Easter card that was alot of fun. I didn't use the normal ducky, chicks or eggs either. I got a new 6x6 paper pad the other day and just loved the colors. Its BoBunny's Praire Chic and I think the colors are great!. The first thing I did was cut/emboss the fence using the On The Fence Die template. Then I stamped the butterflies using Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. After stamping, I covered the whole butterfly with Versamark ink and heat embossed using some sparkly embossing powder. I mixed it up myself! I mixed together some clear embossing powder with some You're So Fine Diamond Clear Cool Highlight Glitter. After it cooled off, I fussy cut... Continue reading

Can you believe how fast time flies? The old saying time flies when you are having fun is so true! This past week has just gotten away from me. We had some excitement at our house with my middle daughter having a birthday and my college girl came home for a visit to help us celebrate. It was great having all the family together! Needless to say, I put my crafting on the back burner so that I could spend time with all of them. But I do have a quick and simple card to share with you today. I made this card because I thought the stamp matched the papers so well! See what I mean? The cute little flower image is Daisy Bouquet. I stamped the image using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored it in using markers. After coloring the image, I cut/embossed using Labels One #3... Continue reading

I have a card to share with you today using one of my favorite stamps from The Rubber Cafe' called Small Trailing Butterflies. I also used another new favorite from Spellbinders Card Creator Line - 5x7 Matting Basics A & B. For those of you who like to make a larger card, these are absolutely perfect for layering. Here is my card! For the base of my card, I used Posh Milk Chocolate Felt cardstock cut to 7 x 10". Then I scored at 5" and then folded it. I stamped a layer of Whipped Cream Pop-tones (its not white but its not cream either - another new fav!) with the Words of Inspiration Background Stamp using Desert Sand Memento Ink pad. Then I cut/embossed this layer using the S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A #7. Then I sponged the edges with the same ink, too! I cut/embossed the peach layer... Continue reading

Sometimes we (as women) just need to hear those words, don't we? If you are a long-time follower of mine, then you will remember my dad past away a few years ago. Well the "regular" holidays are hard for my mom. So to help brighten her day and lift her spirits, I made her a card for Valentine's Day that I knew she would love! To make this 5 x 7" card, I used Kraft cardstock that I cut to 7" x 10 and folded in half. I used the EL-024 Butterfly Kisses M-Bossabilties from Spellbinders. Then I cut/embossed some beautiful patterned paper from Iron Orchid Designs called Cotswold Manor using S6-005 Elegant Labels Four along with LF-109 Grand Labels Four. The beautiful sentiment and the roses are from the same patterned paper. I finished everything with some rose seam binding ribbon. It was a simple card but she loved... Continue reading

Hope you are having a wonderful Valentine's Day with your sweetie. At our house, we are not really celebrating too much because my hubby has to work. But he treats me like his Valentine EVERY day so it is all good! Here are few quick and easy cards that I made for the family using The Rubber Cafe' - Happy Valentine's Outline stamp! This card is for the hubby. I kept it nice and simple and used Teresa Collins Now & Then 6x6 paper pad. I think he will like it! How do you like that cupid? Pretty cute, isn't it! It just happened to be sitting on a shelf right next to where I take my pictures! LOL This card uses the S5-122 Ribbon Banners Lg from Spellbinders™ Paper Arts. I haven't used this set too much but I think its so cute! The paper are from Pink Paislee... Continue reading

Hello Everyone! Hope you are having a good day. Are you ready for Valentine's day? I'm not really completely ready but I did have a chance to make a few things today - one of the projects I am sharing with you today. Here is a Valetine's Day Gift bag I made using The Rubber Cafe' stamps. I have shown you all how to cover a gift bag a bunch of times so I will skip that part. But I will show you how I made the tissue paper flower! First, I used half a piece of white tissue paper. This is tissue paper that I bought at the $1 store so it's not anything special. I stamped all over this using the Trailing Hearts stamp (The Rubber Cafe') and Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink pad. Then I folded the tissue paper so that it was alittle bigger than the die... Continue reading

Here is a card I made the other day using some new releases from Spellbinders™ Paper Arts. I don't know about you but I have a ton of those little 6x6 or 8x8 paper pads that just keep multiplying. While looking thru this big pile, I found Graphic45's Little Darlings 8x8 paper pad and just knew this would make a great card. For this card, I used a picture from the paper pad as my focal point. I just hand cut the picture and layered it onto a S5-156 Labels Twenty Nine (die #4). I punched a little slot on one side so there was a place for my ribbon to thread thru. Along the bottom of my layers, I cut/embossed using Card Creator S5-182 A2 Scalloped Borders One. There are six borders in the set so you have lots of combos to mix and match. I am currently working... Continue reading

Well, hope you are having a great Super Bowl weekend! We are pretty low-key around the here with just a few snacks to eat while watching the commercials! LOL I took some time and did a quick clean-up of my crafting room and then decided to create just for fun! On Friday night, Splitcoaststampers had a Mini-VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) and I did 3 of the challenges! It was really fun to just make stuff with no special products that I had to use or anything. But I just couldn't help but use some of the newest Spellbinders™ Paper Arts that was just released at CHA-Winter. Here is a couple of my creations! For this card, I used patterned paper and stamps from the Teresa Collins Now & Then Collection. I used some Canvas Corp Tissue Paper to make my flowers (S4-370 Blossom Five) and added some Le Creme pearls... Continue reading

Today I have a pretty quick card to share with you using a new release from Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Line. For this card, I used S5-156 Labels Twenty-Nine that was just released at CHA-W and will be in stores sometime in March. I have to say that I think this might be a new favorite of mine as far as the Labels go. Its a great shape! To make this card, I used the Pink Paislee London Market Collection patterned papers. The black layer is die #4 (with #1 being the smallest). The next layer is cut using the new S5-171 A2 Curved Matting Basics A. Then the smaller labels are cut from die #3 and #2. I tied some Winter White Snug Hug seam binding into a bow and added a few adhesive pearls at each corner. The sentiment is Large Fancy Sentiments from JustRite Papercrafts. See what I mean... Continue reading

The other day I went shopping with my daughter's at the $1 Store. We always have so much fun going thru places like that since you never know what is going to be there! Well, I found the cutest clipboards. Here is what it looked like before I got started! This clipboard measures 6 x 8". The first thing I did was to paint it with some white acrylic craft paint. It didn't really cover very well and I decided I liked that look but if you try this and want the paint to cover well, use gesso first....that should seal the clipboard enough for a good coat of paint. After it was dry, I started adding patterned paper from Pink Paislee Secret Crush collection. Once I put down the base patterned paper using Glossy Modge Podge, I gave everything a light coat of modge podge and allowed that to... Continue reading