How To // Achieve a Chalk Effect Using Glitz Designs

Photoshop Tutorial // How to Acheive a Chalk Effect Using Glitz Designs

Today, I'll be sharing a tutorial on how to quickly create chalk ornaments using Glitz Designs. In the layout below, I used the French Kiss collection (included in this week's One Buck Wednesday sale over at Jessica Sprague).

Free Download // Analog Paper Doodles No. 1: Beach Trip

Free Download // Analog Paper Doodles No. 1: Beach Trip

Happy Wednesday! As promised, here's a little download to get you through the weekday hump.

Included are some of my pencil doodles converted into a Photoshop brush. I've also added individual png files that you can use as photo overlays. If you want to see them in action, check out my post from yesterday ♥

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Download Preview // Analog Paper Doodles No. 1: Beach Trip

Summer // Scrapbook Layout // 12X12 // Hand Drawn Pencil Doodles

I'm so terrible. I know promised to share a bunch of downloads over the weekend and I can barely believe it's already Tuesday!

The first download I plan to share is a set of hand drawn pencil doodles I used in the layout above. I'm just about done making the Photoshop brush and photo overlays for you guys, but in the meantime, I wanted to show you the doodles in action . . . be back tomorrow with the download ♥ ♥ ♥

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Not Fade Away by Libby Pritchett

DIY // Snail Mail // Gift Idea

DIY // Snail Mail // Gift Idea // Mini Craft Kit

Last week, I mentioned the Sweet Mail Exchange that's happening over at SSD. Today, I want to offer a couple of suggestions to get your own little parcel started as well as images from some sweet snail mail of my own that I put together over the weekend.

Project Life // Week 5

Project Life // 2013 // Week 5 // 2 Page View

Hello! Here with week 5 of my Project Life album. This one's a bit longer than usual because I decided to include a die cut insert.

Full supply list below ♥ ♥

For the Love of Paper // Wordart Download // Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Not All Who Wander Are Lost // DIY Diecut // Silhouette

Because I work in such a small space, I can't always have my Silhouette out. Lately, I've been cutting out a bunch of shapes all at once using white cardstock so I can have embellishments on hand as I'm scrapbooking.

On My Desk // Small Space Solutions // Organizing Project Life Supplies

Small Space Solutions // How I Organize My Project Life Supplies

Digital scrapbooking is perfect for small space dwellers, but after getting my Silhouette, I started a number of hybrid projects and needed to figure out how to maintain an area for paper crafting.

This is how I organize my Project Life supplies in a teeny tiny little area. I don't have a designated office or craft room, so I have to limit myself to this one drawer for 95% of my supplies.

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PS I Love You: Attention Circles by Pugly Pixel ♥ Freebie ♥

Project Life // Week 1

Project Life // 2013 // Week 1 // 2 Page View

I'm really excited to share Week 1 of my Project Life album. As I mentioned earlier, I've been printing all my photos at home and I explain my process below.

I really love digital scrapbooking, but I think having a tangible binder of my layouts makes all the difference . . . it's one of the main reasons I'm enjoying Project Life so much.

On My Desk // Download // Getting Organized

Free Download // Project Index // Project Outline

Spring Cleaning is on . . . well the computer segment at least . . .

For the Love of Paper // DIY Valentine // To the Moon and Back

DIY Valentine // 16x20 // Hubble Telescope Image // Diecut Typography

This is the valentine I gave Ray using an actual image from the Hubble Telescope. ♥

After downloading the image here, I printed it B+W and attached a diecut message reading "I Love You to the Moon and Back". Some of the photographs in the Hubble gallery are super large and can be made into huge murals, but I just printed mine 16x20 using 4 letter-sized sheets of paper.

Scrapbook Layout // This Is a Snow Heart

Layout // Valentine's Day // 2013 // 12x12

I'm not usually a big Valentine's Day person, but this year, I decided to go handmade and before long, I was overcome with crafty excitement.

Ray ended up making his own valentine too--this photo of a snow heart! I'll be posting mine shortly, but for now, I thought I'd share a layout I put together using Ray's photo.