December always seems to be a time of reflection for me. As a New year approaches and the past comes to a close I find myself going over the past year and setting goals for the upcoming fresh start. This layout was done for an article on CK magazine. Although I finished the layout it did not have the right feeling for the magazine so I did a new layout. But I kept this one. I have decided to share it today to hopefully motivate someone to set a goal and keep it. Lots of Ditto goodies used on this... Continue reading

So I am admitting this out loud. At our house the tree goes up on November 1st...but just lights. We decorate for Christmas on Thanksgiving. And the presents go under the tree on Dec 1st. Can you tell how long I LOVE to drag out Christmas? So with that many days to look at presents I really love to have them wrapped up cute, and a tag is the perfect way to finish off a gift. I used these tags. And then stamps ind inkers. How about a holiday layout? Just a simple one. Add one of the tags that... Continue reading

Happy Wednesday! Hope your week is going great!! I cannot get enough of these adorable owl stamps! I can't help but smile every time I see them. :) These stamps come from the Foot Long Owls 2 set! I hope you enjoy! Havea great rest of your day! Continue reading

The first gift item is a notepad. But not just any notepad...this one is 8x9. A nice large size. Very simple I first added a 4x6 photo on the right side. I stamped using inkers onto a tag and adhered overlapping the photo along the bottom. And then punched butterflies out of this card...and very simply I have a personalized notepad gift ready to go. OK how about a simple journal to go with your notepad? Today's post is all about making very fast and easy gifts. Next week's will be a little more involved. For this gift, start with... Continue reading

Happy Wednesday! It is SO hard to believe that Thanksgiving is a short week away! I was looking through my darling Hampton sets looking for something that would would fit in with the holiday. These stamps come from the Patchwork Pals set. I just love it. I've used it quite a bit! I hope you enjoy!   Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week! Continue reading

Why not start a gratitude journal? You can start it anytime just write something you are grateful for every day inside it. When you are having a bad day all you have to do is open your journal to be instantly reminded how blessed you are. It really does help. And when you are into it about 30 days it gets hard to just have things instantly pop into your head and you have to really start thinking and looking for the things you are grateful for, that is when it REALLY starts changing your perspective and how you look... Continue reading

I don't know about your part of the woods, but here it's been sooo chilly and it's just screaming Christmas! :) Ok... some may say it's a little early, but that's how I feel so I just had to pull out my adorable Hampton Art stamps and be festive! It's too bad you can't see how it sparkles in the light! I hope you enjoy! Continue reading

Ok so I think I may have used just about every product in the Ditto line for this album. It means so much to me. This was our last family vacation 2 years ago. I used stamps for every set, inkers, journal inserts for 8x8, Just so in love, and all of the products worked AMAZINGLY well!!!! SO here are some of the inside pages.... We are going on vacation in 3 weeks and I am pre-making a new album to document along the way and have the kids this year do some of the journaling. And then all I... Continue reading

I am so excited!!! We go on vacation in 3 weeks to this very place and we started planning tonight. So I thought I would share just a bit from the 8x8 album I created. Tune in tomorrow for additional pages. Continue reading

Happy Wednesday!! If you haven't noticed, I have been throughly enjoying my embossing powders lately. :) I haven't done the cracked glass technique in forever and it used to be my favorite. I used the darling set, Blossom Sentiments. It's a simple card, but I really wanted to focus on the main image. For the cracked glass main image. I stamped and colored the flower. I then embossed it several times with an Ultra thick embossing powder. You put it in the freezer for a bit... then bend the image and it cracks. I love it and think it looks... Continue reading

Here is a photo of the supplies I have gathered to work on over the weekend. I plan on making a holiday gift album. So the question is....who makes homemade Christmas gifts? Have a great weekend. J Continue reading

Happy Wednesday!! I was really in the mood to use more embossing powder! I thought this gorgeous Fourish and Bloom set would be just perfect for embossing! I embossed a flourish in black onto white paper for the main piece. When I was done, I sponged it with a little brown in. The main page is stamped in brown with a smaller flourish. The bottom right image was stamped in black so it would stand out a little better! I hope you enjoyed! Have a great day! ~ Lindsey Continue reading

How about sending someone a fall gift just because? Stuff a letter inside the envelope, movie tickets, or attach the envelope to a gift. No matter what you do with it you can't go wrong. And just look at these perfect fall colors. For envelope #1 I used Scallop Straight Envelopes Felt Buttons A tag Stamps and Inkers Stamp your image onto your tag, trim off the edges, adhere a photo, tag and your button. Can it really get any easier than this??? Make and send one today. And just because it was SOOOOOO easy I made a second one... Continue reading

Well at least for me here in Arizona. The days may still be in the 90's but the nights are cooling down. I love Fall it is my favorite time of year! So I thought it was time to do something fitting for the season. I will show you the products that I gathered today with a finished project on Monday. Have a great Weekend!!! Jamie Continue reading

Hope your week is going great! I love playing with fun different folds sometimes. I used the triangular Tri-fold. It's quick but fun and different from your standard card! I used the gorgeous stamp set Patterned Butterflies. I embossed the main image with silver embossing powder and stamped the square behind it with little butterflies in brown behind it. Here is a view of the inside when unfolded. I got this template from Scor-pal, and you can print the tutorial HERE if you would like. Thank you so much for checking this out! :) Continue reading

For today I wanted to just play with some of my all time favorite photos. They happen to be from last Spring break when I got my son baby ducks to raise for the week, and then we gave them to a farm. He LOVED these baby ducks and they loved him. They followed him anywhere he went, they climbed in his lap, they swam in the swimming pool with him. It was the best time of his life. Here is the first shot. And here is the inside. I used 5x7 pocket a solid blue tag stamps and inkers... Continue reading

Sorry I have been MIA...let's just say it has been beyond crazy here....but no fear I will be posting Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with new projects....so actually you will get 4 projects instead of two :) :) Today and tomorrow are layouts, Sunday a card and Monday will be a surprise :) I love the feel of this layout, it just says fun and full of life. I used 1 5x7 bracket envelope (red) 3 scallop straight envelopes a mix up of stamps and inkers and felt with buttons This is a very simple layout. The first step was... Continue reading

Happy Wednesday! Who wouldn't end up having a happy day after receiving this adorable little notebook!? I embossed the adorable flower image from the gorgeous Blossom Sentiments set! I then colored it with my markers. I didn't want the super sparkly paper to take away from the image. The main flower is popped up with a pop up glue dot for added dimension. The notebook paper on the front was taken from the inside of the book to tie it all together! :) I hope you enjoy! Continue reading

Happy Wednesday! Really??? Have you SEEN this stamp set? I am in love it and am so thrilled to have finally inked it up! The set is called Home Tweet Home. :) This card measures 6 x 3 3/4". I stamped the images in Brown Momento ink and colored it with my Copic Markers. I added silver Hampton Art glitter glue to the middle of the flowers. I hope you enjoy! Continue reading

How many of you took photos this weekend? Our family had a nice relaxing weekend and we headed out to the swamp. My oldest daughter had the most images to choose from so this layout is using images of her. Here is the layout... Step one Gather supplies 3 - 12x12 pieces of cardstock; 9 photos (these will get trimmed to 3x3 squares); stickie labels; Stamps; inkers I chose some of the stickies to go off the right side of my layout. 4 tab stickies and then I stamped onto each one I also chose one of the ticket stickies... Continue reading

Let's brush up on our photography skills this weekend, and come together on Monday and create with the photos we have taken. HAVE SOME FUN!!!! Let's try this weekend and step outside of the box. Just have some fun. My daughter and son were acting like nerds so I joined them and we went into the bathroom and I snapped some shots....so yes this is through the mirror and that is me holding the camera. *This does not work with a flash* Try turning on as many lights as possible and if you know how to change your ISO you... Continue reading

Happy Wednesday! Hope you are having a great week! I needed a little gift bag for the little neighbor girl. Once I saw this adorable Owls Foot Long set, I couldn't resist using it. I think she will like it. I used the Hampton Art silver glitter glue on the party hats on the bottom and the Cupcake Project pad for the paper. Thanks so much for stopping by! Continue reading

Start by gathering a variety of products. Here we are using the Ditto line, and I chose Lime and pink for my colors. You can choose whatever fits your project. Scallop Straight Envelopes Envelopes and Pockets Tags and Tags Felt with Buttons Mix and Match stamps and inkers For the covers of the albums I used 8x8 clear covers. Start by lining up all of your products how you would like it inside the album and then punch your holes. Make sure everything is not lined up perfectly, you want to be able to see lots of layers. Next I... Continue reading

So here is the album I showed earlier this week and all of it's pages. Take a peek through them today and on Monday I will walk you through each spread. And you will get to see all of the yummy Hampton Art Ditto line used. Happy Friday, Jamie Continue reading

So with Monday as a holiday and the kids being off today from school the follow up post got away from me. It happens, right? And on top of that I gave my cute wedding couple the album BEFORE I photographed it, trust me it has just been one of those weeks. But never fear I made up a quick new one for my dear friend. I left it a bit plain as I know she will want to add her own flair. So I will show you how to make the base of the album. Here is the album...... Continue reading