Little Dumpling Tag Card

So many projects, so little time. I wanted to take a quick minute and post my latest tutorial for Digital Delights by Louby Lou. (Click the "Digital Delights" link for the full tutorial) I used Prismacolor Pencils to lay in color for these wonderful digital stamps. And, of course, I featured our Practically Perfect Grandbaby Girl, Morgan Grace, on the tags that fit snugly in each pocket. I just love the felxibility that digital stamps offer. I have more projects on the drawing board, so check back soon to see what else is new. By the way! If you know anyone going to the Manchester, NH or Buffalo, NY CKC Conventions, have them check out my Compact Convention Organizer workshop. I'm in the 4:30 - 5:30 time slot at both conventions on both days. Thanks for stopping by.

Convention, CTMH Style

Too little time, too much to do . . . but we finally made it to the Close to My Heart Convention at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Washington DC. I've taken hundreds of pictures since I arrived yesterday afternoon, but I was particularly taken with this special treatment of some steps at the Gaylord . . . how cool is this? I'm now a "supervisor" with CTMH because I have sponsored my good friend, Melissa Fulgham, into the company. Our team is the "Scrappigators" and we plan to be around for a long, long time. I'd love to share the opportunity with you . . . so just drop me an email so we can talk. Meanwhile, dare to dream.
   Tomorrow we'll be doing some "create and takes" so I'll be posting those soon. We've had a long and productive day and now it's time to sleep. Don't forget to wear the crown of your achievements, to soar like a butterfly, to build a framework for success, to join a community built on heart, and to fly on the wings of creativity -- that's Close To My Heart.

Age of Discovery, Part 1

The beauty of babyhood is that every day brings a new discovery. This class was "One Stamp, Ten Techniques. Of course, it screamed for more baby pictures so I used pictures of Brayden to fill the bill. I particularly enjoyed stamping a tree on two different papers and incorporating them into one in design (see "Age of" page). I also enjoyed stamping the owls on printed paper (see Discovery page), which is a new/different application for me. I'll most certainly be adapting these two techniques ot Close to My Heart. And, of course, isn't my practically perfect grandbaby absolutely adorable?

Baby Faces

This is one of my favorite layouts from the CKC conference I attended on August 1 in Valley Forge, PA. The layout is from the Basic Grey workshop. I used eight 2"x 2" photos of my grandbaby, Brayden. All these photos were taken the week after the convention (I generally take more than 100 each time I visit, and we try to visit once a month. He's 10 months old here. I added the title "baby faces" with the Close To My Heart Chocolate Alphabet, large (E1010) and Twilight exclusive ink. I used the Classmate Alphabet (D1303) to stamp his name and age at the bottom of the page. I'm looking forward to adapting this layout to our Close To My Heart papers.