Fab Five Friday!

Welcome to another Fab Five Friday. Every Friday we showcase five blogs, websites or posts that we think you will enjoy. Here are the Fab Five for this week:

If you like Dragonflies this post is for you. Caroline has done an outstanding job on her card. Check it out here.

Are you looking for bargains and shopping tips, if so, visit Smart Buy Gal. It is a new blog that I think you will like.

Croppin Paradise is a fun blog featuring cute card designs and adorable layouts.

Scrap Village is my favorite free font site. I visit this website frequently and think you might too!

If you are looking for free sentiments in the form of GIF or PDF files, stop over to Paper Craft magazine. Each month they feature free downloadable sentiments and you don’t have to subscribe to the magazine to download them. I have used a number of them for the inside and outside of my cards.

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a very Happy Easter.

Linda

Happy Thursday

Please drop in tomorrow for our new Fab Five. We will feature a free font site that I am sure you will enjoy and we will also have a link to free sentiments in the form of GIF or PDF files.

File Folder Memo Pad Cover

I needed a smaller version of a memo pad cover made out of an ordinary file folder for a fundraiser. These covers will fit 4 inch x 6 inch memo pads. They are so easy and fun to do and make great gifts!




Here is the tutorial to make this memo pad holder.

Bison and Roses

My husband and I on are a mini vacation in Yellowstone Park. We have been lucky to see numerous elk, bison, coyotes, and bighorn sheep. You might think bridges are for cars, but no one told these bison. Thought I would share.




Since we are on vacation, I thought I would do a playful post. I saw these fun rings made out of pipe cleaners on The Martha Stewart Show last month and just had to make them. They will be great for bridal showers or birthday parties. Click here for information on how to make them.

Fab Five Friday

Every Friday I select the top five posts, blogs or websites that have inspired me. Here are the Fab Five for this week and our new logo. Enjoy!

Are you looking for cute stamps and stamping ideas? Click here to see a very creative blog and new stamps.

If you are looking for free SVG files, stop over to this website. Not only are the files free, they are beautiful and easy to download.

I love to make mini albums and found the cutest example on the Cricut Message Board. Check out this sweet treats tag album and her great website!

Visit Twisted Papers for vintage unique ephemera and free downloadable images. I think you will like this website. I signed up for their newsletter while I was visiting.

Spring is here! Monique created a fun springtime layout that is a must see.
Thanks for looking and hope you have a great Fab Five Friday!

Pop-Top Gift Container

In my video tutorial posted below, I use a pampered Chef Smooth Edge can opener. If you are interested in purchasing one you can order one from my friend by clicking here.

I am having so much fun making these containers and I hope you are too!

Please stop in tomorrow for Fab Five Friday.

Pop-Top Gift Container

Here is the video I promised. Hope you enjoy making your pop-top cans and please let me know if you have any questions.

Coming Later Today Pop-Top Gift Container Video

I wanted a unique gift container for an upcoming card making party so I made my version of the pop-top gift can. These altered cans are so simple to make and can be used for baby showers, Easter gifts, crops, office gifts, birthday parties and more.

I am putting the final touches on the video and will post it by this evening. See you soon!

Happy Spring!

We have a Spring filled week coming up. I am filming a fun video and can't wait to share. Also we have another exciting Fab Five. So much talent to choose from. I think you are going to enjoy this week's Fab Five.

I would like to give a special welcome to Paper Boutique's new followers and invite everyone to join our blog. To make it easy, we installed a follower's gadget. Thanks again for all your kind words and support!

Now back to the video.

My First Photoshop Card

I am so trying to learn Photoshop CS4 and this is my first card using layers. I created the text in Photoshop CS4 and changed the opacity in each layer to get a softer effect. On the last layer I left Happy Birthday at 100%. I am amazed at all you can do in Photoshop. Wow.

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to my second Fab Five Friday. Every Friday I select my top five posts or websites of the week. Here are my fab five for this week. I think you will enjoy the variety and the quality of work.

Paper Boutique’s Fab Five:

Are you looking for a unique card? Click here to view directions for making a card that you can plant. That’s right I said plant.

If you would like over 1,137,097 user-created color palettes to inspire your ideas click here. This is a website that you will want to book mark. I love it and use it a lot.

Visit Keely’s blog if you want to see her unique whimsical and shabby chic designs. You are in for a treat. Also check out her music while you are there.

I am so ready for Spring, if you are too, check out this beautiful card by Joy that is posted on the Cricut Message Board.

I would like to recognize Penny Duncan for designing and giving away over 35 free nesting mat svg files. Be sure to check out this post and view her tutorial. It is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing your work.

Stay tuned…next Friday we will debut our new Fab Five Award Logo.

Making Custom Brads

Here is the video I promised. Hope you enjoy making your brads and please let me know if you have any questions.

Also I am in the process of transferring all of my videos to my new channel. Yahoo! Thanks for your support.

Making Custom Brads

I use tons of brads and want them in every color and style. Unfortunately, that can be pricey so I decided to use my i-top with different types of paper, ribbon and glitter to make inexpensive homemade brads. Now I can customize my brads to match my cards and layouts.

I am in the process of uploading a video demonstrating how to use the i-top with papers, ribbon and glitter to make brads. I hope to have the video posted later today.

In the meantime, have a Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

5,000 Hits!

Last night we reached the 5,000 hit mark thanks to all of you. I so appreciate your help and support. Yahoo! Special thanks to my husband for his great filming and editing skills and his abundance of patience.

Stay tuned as we have a fun week coming up. We are working on another video and our Fab Five on Friday will truly be fabulous.

See you tomorrow.

Easter Egg Card and Video

I had so much fun making this Easter Egg Card video. Since my last video was on how to make homemade glimmer mist, I just had to use some on the card.

Hope you enjoy the video and thanks everyone for your encouragement!