Direct to Paper Technique

Direct to paper is an easy way to add some texture to paper. You take your stamp pad and rub it all over your paper. In this case, I used Bamboo cardstock and Creme Brulee ink. Make sure you don't have any bumps under your paper or it will show up.

Florentine paper makes a beautiful layout all ready to add pictures to. This layout is a pattern from Reflections Scrapbook Program.

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Lisa

Spirella Card

I love Close To My Heart's circle cards. They are fun to work with and I used the Cricut AP cartridge to cut the B/T circle with. Florentine paper packet makes a beautiful background for the Spirelli flower. Using Neutral Embroidery Floss this technique is easy but looks hard. My kind of technique.
Sponging the edges of the card with Twilight ink finishes the card nicely.

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Lisa

Love Me Tender

Love this Florentine paper and The Best Things (C1503) stamp set. I used Colonial White cardstock 8 1/2 x 4 1/4. I scored the cs at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8 so that I got a Gate fold card, meaning the two sides fold into the center.

 I used Cocoa ink to stamp with. The frame is cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. The edges of the card are distressed with Cocoa ink. Finishing it all up is Glitz Glitter in bronze & silver.

While this card looks complicated, it's not! Try it

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Lisa

He Got It!!

If you saw the previous post, you will have learned that my son, Dalton, had applied to West Point Military Academy. We found out January 20th that they were giving him an appointment!!
What a blessing to our family! In the midst of all our heartache this is our bright, shining star.

I did this post with pictures from my phone. I love that Studio J resizes the pictures without me having to do anything. I used a paper packet in Studio J that you can no longer purchase. That is another great thing about Studio J. When you use a paper you love, it is there for a long time. And some of the paper packets are only available in Studio J.

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Lisa

Career Day

Dalton has always wanted to serve his country in the military. So when it was career day at school he, of course, went as an Army soldier.

Dalton has applied to West Point Military Academy so we shall see if his dreams do come true.

I did this layout in Studio J. I added buttons into the border. This is easy to do with the copy/paste buttons. Don't know how to do this? Come to a Studio J workshop and find out.

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More Teasing...

Are you starting to wonder what I'm teasing you with? Think about how much I LOVE paper....that was a hint.

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Lisa

So Pretty! What is it??

I love the soft feel of this ?? What is it? Oh wouldn't you like to know...

This is a "sneak" peek at something that is coming to you in a few short days....

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Lisa