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Card Boxes

March 12, 2011

Today I set about the daunting task of cleaning my desk. It’s a ridiculous assignment for me because everything I touch leads to another project. For instance, the task of putting away the ephemera from the kids’ church retreat led to scrapbooking. The beginning stages of scrapping, led me to create little quizzes about [...]

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Instant Birthday Cards

March 8, 2011

Have you ever heard the expression the Cobbler’s son has no shoes? It rings bells with me, because as a card maker, I make cards and give them away… and never manage to have a birthday card when I need one! Now, in 5 minutes or less, you can have 4 “instant birthday” cards that [...]

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So EXCITED!

March 5, 2011

I can barely stand the wait! 12 of my favorite online teachers are getting together to put on a truly one of a kind event: True Scrap. Imagine 12 of your favorite scrapbook instructors…five incredibly creative make-and-takes…one inspiring keynote interview from none other than Ali Edwards… Now pack those all into three days (April 7-9), [...]

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Cheater, Cheater, Cheater

February 28, 2011

I was given these cute puppy cards for Christmas to go with our new pup. I jazzed them up with spring loaded birthday embellishments and added some stamped envies. (Should have seasoned my stamp!) The end result is a cute “instant” card that will work for birthdays. Little ingenuity goes a long way.

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Hybrid Cards & Notepad

February 27, 2011

I’m taking a class over at Jessica Sprague’s site, called Mouse, Papcer, Scissors. It’s an entire course planned around hybrid creations, taught by Heidi Swapp and Jessica Sprague. I’m LOVING it. The course officially starts on Monday, but look what I’ve already made during the one week “tailgate party”! Crazy. I love ideas that teach [...]

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joiner kids christmas 2009

February 27, 2011

joiner kids christmas 2009, originally uploaded by Barefootstamper. My first collage in Picasa. Love how fast and easy this is, but Aperture won’t bring over the titles from that program. I think they are saved separately. Grrrr. If you’d like to learn how to use Picasa as a FREE collage tool, check out this video [...]

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Birthday Card with Ruffles, Lessons on Coloring

February 25, 2011

I stamped several images ahead of time and set them aside for later. When I went to use them, I learned some valuable lessons, and I thought I’d share. Lesson One: Use the right ink The card on the left is colored with Copics. I had stamped the image on regular paper with Palette ink [...]

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rockin birthday

February 20, 2011

rockin birthday, originally uploaded by Barefootstamper. Simple grid layout for Scrappy Sunday challenge on Paper Craft Planet. Love pages like this — seriously, probably 15 minutes to knock out.

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Painted Petals – Video :)

February 20, 2011

yahoo! I finished the video. Please pardon any technical mistakes — this is the first “voice over” video I’ve ever done. I learned this technique from Archivers, so I think it’s only fair to link up their online store for the inks and stamp: Inks are HERE. Pick Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick, Broken [...]

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at a glance december 2009

February 17, 2011

at a glance december 09 052, originally uploaded by Barefootstamper. Didn’t follow the prompt today — just needed to get the layout done. Thank Heaven for Cathy Zielske

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