Tips for thank you cards:
1. keep them quick... you can never have enough 'thank you' stamps!
2. take a photo for your reference… it’s nice to have a memory of what you did, you never know when you need to replicate something you already made.
3. use scraps to create the cards
4. make funky envelopes to send in
5. actually mail it…. PLEASE be better than I am at this…







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memory binder i love albums that have tons of possibilities and potential, that is why I was so excited when janet hopkins, the education coordinator for the heidi swapp brand shared her idea with me for the "book binder". her vision was to create a book that had a binder mechanism for easy in and out of pages and was filled with pre-printed interactive pages, plain sheets, sheet protectors, pocket pages and chipboard dividers. the cover is plain, just waiting to be created. the possibilities ar...
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i have to say, that i love the 'street smarts' papers from my summer release. they are just cool... go well together, fun and easy going and perfect for this album entitled 'everyday special occasions...' . i just went through and printed off a month's worth of goings-ons... i have found w/ the older boys, i have to be really careful on the cutesy stuff... so even though this isn't 'all boy'... it's not got ANY pink... or a single jEWEL! i did use some clear and glossy extras..tim's stamp...
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Summer has arrived! It finds me living in a different kind of HOT! (humid…) not the ‘dry heat’ of Arizona that I am used to. We are learning to adapt, to change and embrace the here and now! Change is happening on every level around me…my youngest, Connor, just learned to walk. Colton and Cory, my oldest boys, are constantly trying new tricks and challenges on anything that rolls, anything from one wheel to 4! Both ends of the childhood spectrum requiring it’s...
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There are Masks, Clear Accents (Ghost) and Glossy Extras that all corrdinate with the World Traveler line. There are also 2 more complete collections (Runway and Carefree). Here is a sneak of those papers: Couldn't have a new product release without more bling, these are jewel brads:
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