Papers Pads and Pictures

Papers Pads and Pictures has a new look!  Visit my new site at www.savingmemorieswithcindy.com

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Well, I've made it home from the Close To My Heart Convention without incident.  What fun we had.  I think that everyone will be thrilled with all of the new CTMH products.  But, I did want to...

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What???  Another post from me today!  Yes, I am so excited about Dream Pop.  The CTMH special campaign celebrating National Scrapbooking Month is so much fun and so easy to work with that I wa...

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Wow, has it been forever since I posted.  No particular reason, all is well, just busy working on projects.  I had my monthly workshop, am already working on my next class and a scrapbook that ...

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Crafting By Designs is one of the hottest new Challenge Blogs and today we are having a Blog Hop!  Our Hop is featuring digi stamps from QKR Stampede and the theme is Spring Flowers.  What a p...

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Mixed Media, canvas and 3D items are so "hot" right now.  And, they should be!  We spend so much time working on our projects that it is sad to keep them locked up in a closed album or seale...

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One of the reasons, I love CTMH papers is that they are absolutely so versatile.  Let me give you an example.  The new Chantilly paper packet (X7163B) is just filled with wonderful spring color...

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I am so sorry that I haven't been around for so long.  Not because I gave up on my blog, but rather, my blog gave up on me!  I haven't been able to post any pictures for some dumb reason.  :o(...

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Things are finally beginning to return to normal for me...notice I said "for me?"  :o)  I'm still crazy busy, but I at lease have a few moments to breathe.  Yesterday, I had a good friend to m...

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Well, I haven't been around much lately as I've been working on some special projects.  I thought it was finally time to share some of my work. Awhile back, I bought one of CTMH's Bracket Fram...

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Well, all of my projects are done and I am back to posting again!  Whew, I have been busy and actually this will just be a short post as I need to head out and teach a class.  One of the rea...

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I want to say hello to my new friends from Stars and Stamps .  For those of you who don't know, Stars and Stamps is a blog branch of the terrific Operation Write Home organization.  OWH collec...

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I can't believe that today is March 1st!  Is it like a lamb or lion where you are?  The sun is out here but for some reason I just can't get warm today.  Two o'clock in the afternoon and I'm h...

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I haven't been around for a few days as I was working on a major project that I will post at a later date.  I've also been working on my upcoming Avonlea Card Workshop.  This is just a  quick ...

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The more I work with CTMH's Avonlea paper packet, the more I like it.  What beautiful colors.  I have been working on my February Workshop that features Avonlea and working with flourishes and ...

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A few weeks ago, I posted a some scrapbook layouts that featured the a page of the CTMH Memory Protector Photo Storage Pages.  I call my new style "Scrap Express."  The premise is that you can...

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The Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book has so many fun items!  One of them is a 6 x 6 Canvas Display (Z1818.)  It is a blank canvas, mounted on wood and ready for you to decorate.  I've seen so many...

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Today is my day to hostess the challenge over at Crafting By Designs .  I wanted to do a challenge that offered a new technique for all to try.  I decided to highlight a technique called Spire...

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Crafting By Designs , one of my favorite challenge blogs has a really cute challenge running right now.  The challenge is to create a CAS (Clean and Simple) card featuring a sea creature.  Ah.....

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Finally, the new Close To My Heart Spring/Summer Idea Book has been released.  What a terrific selection of new products.  I've given you a few sneak peeks and here is the card that I made to ...

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I was spending some time this morning thinking about what fun things that we can do at our upcoming workshop. I realized that I had some vellum in my stash so off I went researching on the Intern...

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I have just finished scrapbooking Christmas 2012!!!  Can you believe it???  This is the beauty of my new found way to scrapbook.  Combining the terrific ideas of Becky Higgins and Project Life...

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  Last evening, I was busy packing the supplies I need for today's card class.  The box was on the floor in the rec room; lunch was cooking in the kitchen.  My back was turned when I he...

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I took a little break from my work on "Scrap Express" in order to finish up my January Workshop.  We'll be using Close To My Heart La Belle Vie along with a terrifically usable stamp set called ...

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I had to work today so I haven't had a chance to do any paper crafting.  I thought it would be fun to share a few of the arrangements I made today.       Tomorrow....back to ...

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