Let's Stay Home together Artwork

Stay Home and Stamp! Last week we released a new stamp set, Let's Stay Home, designed to equip you with sentiments and images that are especially suited to our present circumstances. Here is some new artwork we have created with this set to help you envision some ways to use the set in your own memory keeping.

Spending more time at home? The "Home is where the heart is" sentiment paired with the adorable house icons make a great accent for a scrapbook page focused on all of the activities you are doing in your home. The house images are attached on the stamp, but are easy to trim out to fit your page just the way you like.

The images in this set work beautifully in pocket pages and mini albums like this one, showing more images of our collective "new normal." The "Play" and "Read" icons are sure to come in handy when capturing the story of right now, and they are a great size for accenting 6" x 8" pocket pages in an Everyday Life album.

You may find yourself paying a bit more attention to the news recently than you normally do. If that's the case, the Let's Stay Home stamp set is there to help once again with timely sentiments like "In the News" and "Current events." For especially noteworthy events, consider using numbers from the Classic Alphabet Thin Cuts set to create a bold, eye-catching element on your page.

See More Artwork on YouTube

We've just released a new YouTube video showcasing this and other artwork and talking all about this new stamp. Watch the video now, and keep your eye on our other social media channels for more great artwork ideas and inspiration.

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My come-back card

Celebrate Yourself!

So decided to share why this card is so important to me. For many months now - actually years I have been struggling with a lot of pain in my back. Earlier this year, my right arm decided it did not even want to work for me anymore. That is when my doctors decided, it was time for more surgery. So April 3 I had neck surgery, more disc fusion. Since then I have not done anything crafty at all. This is my "come-back" card. It is a wedding card for a very special young man and his young bride. But the "congratulation" can also be taken for me. So, it is a very personal card for me. Hope you like it - why am I sharing this with you?

Seasonal Expressions 2 is available now - have a look

Seasonal Expressions 2

 

The theme 35 is being carried forward in this edition. As I paged through this book, I could only say -wow! You really want to have a look at it yourself - if you are a paper crafter, we even have a paper, stamp and die cut collection for you this time! We have wedding sets, kids sets, masculine sets - we have everything covered. Stacy Julian added to her collection as well to help you tell your story. Its hard not to get crazy - ha!

But check it out for yourself - and remember, you will get a free hard copy with your first order, how cool is that!

Have fun :)

Days of December

This month we are offering our "Days of December" album. I thought, I would share some prompts to help you along what you might add to each page. I missed some of the first few pages - I will try to send out "prompts" for the next days and maybe even share some artwork. Lets see what you might share for those days. They can be just some pictures for each day. Let's have some fun!

Follow me along in my facebook page as I share on a daily basis.

#daysofdecember #memorykeeping #diypapercrafter

If you would like to compile your little album you can get your supplies at www.scrappingbee.ctmh.com

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|November 8, 2018

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Happy Thanksgiving! As we come close to this holiday I always reflect what I have been given and I am always thankful and grateful for the family and friends that I have been blessed with. May you be blessed this holiday as well. Margit