Here's a cute, slightly masculine, card using using KaiserCraft Hunt & Gather paper, Pink Paislee Mistable Canvas Scallop Ribbon, and Glimmer Mist. It's super duper easy. I started by ...
Here's a super easy and quick way to make a tag using Distress Stains. You'll need stamps (I'm using Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz CMS085 and Prima Paintable Doilie Stamp), perma...
Hey Everyone! It's tutorial time! Today I'm going to show you how to make your own custom foam stamps out of Sizzix dies. I love making these little guys, and they're perfect for st...
My strategy when I go to CHA is to spend the first day looking, particularly when finding new vendors, and then going back the second day to order once I've looked at everything and processed it...
Hey ya'll! I've been going through my pics from CHA, and I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you. Tomorrow I'll share some manufacturer samples and products photos, bu...
Hey Everyone!!!! I'm sooo glad to be back home! My flight out of Chicago was canceled due to a terrible thunderstorm, so I ended up spending an extra night. I can't complain because the ...
Hey guys! I'm sitting in the airport at O'Hare, and there's a crazy thunderstorm. My flight has been delayed, AGAIN, so I thought I'd do a little blogging. I checked out Kaiser...
Wow!! I loved My Mind's Eye Lost & Found from last summer, and their new L&F Two collection is no exception. Amazing! Can't wait until it arrives in the store. Take a look.
Hey guys! I'm here in Chicago at CHA, and I wanted to show you some of the awesome finds I've come across. Here's a video of the new resins Prima is coming out with. I have them on ...
It's Thursday, that means tutorial time!! Today I'm going to show you how to make those cute little zipper trim flowers you've been seeing everywhere. Start by threading a large needl...
Hey guys! Just a little note to let you all know that my store is going to be set up on site at my Retreat this weekend, therefore, I'm going to have to shut the online store down starting Thur...
Boy, is the excitment building at Melissa Samuels LLC!! My upcoming The Art of Scrapbooking Retreat is only a week away! Can you believe it! The elves have been very, very busy preparing. Here�...
Hey guys! Today I'm going to show you another card I made using more of the Kaisercraft 6.5" paper pad that I used yesterday. I just love the textured paper. The other very cool thing ab...
As promised, here's a quick little card I made over the holiday weekend. I made it using KaiserCraft Chapter One. It's kind of hard to see from the pics, but the blue background paper I u...
Hey ya'll! I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! I spent a little time this weekend creating. It felt so good to be at my nice clean desk making something just for the pure fun ...
Hey Scrappers! I bet you thought I had forgotten it was Tutorial Thursday. Well, here I am ready to give a little lesson. Last week I did a tutorial on using the Vagabond. I had a few comments a...
Hey Guys!! Thanks so much to everyone who joined me last night on UStream. I had a blast! You guys are awesome! If you missed it, not to worry. Here's the recording: If you liked the show...
Okay, it's Thursday, and you know what that means, tutorial time!!! I'm so excited to give you a little tutorial on my new toy, a Sizzix Vagabond inspired by Tim Holtz! This may sound cra...
Today I thought I would do a quickie blog post to show you a card set I created a couple weeks ago using Pink Paislee's Soiree collection. I absolutely love this collection because it's so...
Last weekend the family and I really needed to get out of the house, so we threw caution to the wind, and drove up to Shenandoah. We love going there because it's so beautiful, it's a pla...
Hey ya'll! I know, you're probably wondering where the heck I've been. Well, work has kept me EXTREMELY busy. My business is growing beyond my wildest expectations, and I've be...
Now, we're to my favorite class, Alisa Burke's Beneath the Surface Workshop. She's a mixed media artist with a background in fine arts. She's the author of Canvas Remix, and has...
Here's some more pictures of my projects at Donna Downey's Inspired. This is a canvas taught by Lolly Chessie, who designs for Prima and Crate Paper. This was probably the most relaxing cl...
Okay, it's all a little bit of a blur, so I may be going out of order, but the next project ('cuz I think it's just cool) is the recycled bag workshop Tracie Lampe taught. She's ...
Hey! I know, I'm a day late. Getting caught up on work has been quite the feat....the only problem with being gone for 5 days! Which means, this post is going to be short and sweet (like me, ...
Hey, hey!! I'm back from Donna Downey's Inspired in North Carolina. Boy am I tired! It was a lot of fun, and I got to meet lots of wonderful people. I thought I would show you guys what I...
Hi Everyone!! Thanks to everyone who joined me last night for my Treasured Memories Layout UStream show. If you missed the live show you can watch the recording here. ***NOTICE*** I'm going t...
Transform a 7 Gypsies journaling book into a pocket mini album to capture life's moments. This album has 4 pockets that we'll create using the existing book pages, and are perfect for stor...
I have several things to share with you today. I'm going to give you a little blog tutorial on an easy Mother's Day card idea. Today is also Day #3 of my Tool School video series. You�...
Hey Everyone! It's day #2 of Tool School with yours truly. Today I'm going to show you the Scor-Pal (the makers of Scor-Tape). In my video, I show you how to make envelopes with it! Be ...
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