Cards for Swaps

A recent swap that I joined was to make cards using the Stampin' Up! Texturz Plates. I joined four groups and made these cards with the Texturz Plates #1 pack:

Small Dots Plate:

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Flourish Plate:

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Damask Plate:

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Eyelet Plate (sanded the top of the impression lightly to pop):

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Valentine's Day Matchbook Treat Holder

Here is a close-up of the Valentine's Day Matchbook Treat Holder that I made (from the picture of Austin's goodies below). There are many variations of the matchbook, but this size fits perfectly to hold an M&M's bag, and I included a tag on the right side to write on for his treat holder. I received lots of inquiries on this from my Splitcoaststampers gallery, and it really is so simple to make...you just adjust sizes to fit your treats:

From Valentine's Day 2009

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Valentine's Day for AJ

Well Valentine's Day has just passed and Austin had a baseball tournament, so yes, we were out at Big League Dreams on Saturday and Victory Lanes on Sunday. Here is a photo of his Valentine's Day goodies:

From Valentine's Day 2009

Here is a photo of Austin from Center Field, getting a ball to the infield cutoff guy:

From Valentine's Day 2009

Digital Scrapbooking!

I have started dabbling in digital scrapbooking with Jessica Sprague's classes...OMG she is fabulous (http://www.jessicasprague.com)! Her teaching abilities are excellent, and I am pleased with the outcome of projects.

Don't get me wrong, I will not give up the actual paper crafts or scrapbooking, but digital really gives instant gratification for quickly completed projects. I have posted a slideshow for my digital pages, but here is sampling of one of my pages when Austin was getting ready to go to Flagstaff:

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