I love planners! I've had some kind of a paper planner since 8th grade. Planners keep me focused and on top of all the things a busy mom/wife/crafter has to keep track of. In the past six months paper planners have really caught on with the scrapping community. But of course we as scrappers are taking planners to a whole new level by decorating our planner pages. Today I have a short tutorial to show you how you can make stickers for your planner using some of your digital supplies.1. Select the type of sticker you want to make and also the digi supplies you want to use . I chose to make some weather and water stickers for tracking in my planner. For this I chose Signs of Spring and Shaping Up by Kate Hadfield. Her doodles make perfect stickers!2. Open a 8.5" x 11" document in Photoshop. Place the elements that you want to make into stickers on the document. … [Read more...]
Valentine Lunchbox
Valentine LunchboxToday we are going into another heart overload with a valentine lunchbox. My kids love that I take the extra time to include messages in their lunchboxes from time to time. When holidays like Valentine's Day come around, I tend to go over the top and include all sorts of fun surprises.This heart crazed lunchbox adventure started with a set of heart shaped cookie cutters I recently purchased, and Pinterest of course!Earlier this week I started small. I snuck in a little heart here and there, like the tiny heart cut out of the corner of the bread.Each day, they have opened their lunch to find a little valentine lunchbox surprise. We are nuts about cheese in our family, so the heart cheese with crackers were a hit!The apple sauce got a little makeover with an adorable tag attached to it. There is a personal message written on the back.While the kids … [Read more...]
Hybrid Valentine Craft – Heart Attack
Hybrid Valentine Craft - Heart AttackHello all! Trista here to show you a super sweet hybrid valentine craft idea. Warning: it's a heart attack! Don't worry, it's a good kind of heart attack. During a recent Pinterest search for valentine inspiration, I came across the valentine heart attack idea and I knew I had to do this for my family.I am all about simple and easy crafts, and this one is just that! All that is needed are a few supplies and your crafty imagination (or the help of Pinterest). You can completely customize the valentine craft heart attack for your loved ones. Just let yourself go crazy with hearts! Big hearts, little hearts, red hearts, foam hearts, paper hearts, glitter hearts, heart stickers, heart doilies, ... you get the idea.I used some of the fabulous product from today's SOSN sale. You just cannot beat 50% off of these yummy digi products. Cheap and easy … [Read more...]
Birthday Party Decor
Super Easy Super Hero Birthday Party DecorHello pad peeps! Today I want to share with you some super easy to create birthday party decor. So simple in fact that my 9 year old son was able to help create some of the birthday party decor. I'll start by saying that my son is kind of obsessed with legos, especially Lego Marvel, but really anything lego makes him a happy camper. With that in mind, it didn't take long to decide to host his birthday party at a lego play place near where we live. Now we had the location picked out and that was easy, figuring out a date is always an adventure in itself. I knew I wanted to customize the party decor, since there aren't a lot of options out there specifically for lego hero party themes. I was delighted to stumble upon Super Duper from Kate Hadfield. You might recall seeing some super hero party decor during May's episode of the Hybrid Variety … [Read more...]
School Printables with Lynne-Marie Designs
Fall is officially upon us. September is nearly over. If you are like me, this means you have embraced the new school year routine and are settling into the busy pace this time of year demands. We like to try and stay organized here at my house. I am a big list maker and planner. But Making lists, staying organized and sticking to schedules doesn't have to be boring!How many of you look to your ever expanding digi stash to create beautiful things outside of scrapbook layouts? I have to admit, I do not do it often enough. So, a few of us Creative Team members, for Lynne-Marie, put our heads together and created some fun organizational-friendly printables for school and life in general. Let's take a look:Karen loves to read and created the most adorable little bookmarks with the Evergreen collection. These would be darling for little beginning readers, adults and everyone in between! I … [Read more...]
Bon Appétit – Setting the table for family & friends
Here in the Northeast we still have a bit of summer left to enjoy, but we are just starting to get a hint of the cooler weather lurking around the corner. The kids are almost back to school (after Labor Day for us!) and things are starting to wind down and transition from lazy days of summer to schedules & structure. For us, this means more dinners around the family table. It also is a time when the cooler temperatures of fall allow me to turn my oven on again and serve up lots of comfort food for my family. Speaking of comfort food and family dinners gathered around the table, Lynne-Marie has a gorgeous set of Bon Appetit products on sale today, some old, some new ... let's have a look. The Bon Appetit bundle is classic, elegant and perfect for scrapping family meals and delicious food, whether you make it yourself or are enjoying time eating out with family or friends. … [Read more...]