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Create a Thanksgiving Cookbook

Article written using Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 I have prepared our Thanksgiving dinner since the first year I was married, and I usually cook the same things each year. Now that most of my children are adults, I decided to create a Thanksgiving cookbook for my children with all the recipes our family uses […]

Printable Template Cards

I love decorating and altering paper templates. I am particularly attracted to dress templates. For the Operation Write Home Blog post I created a couple of cards by turning Brandy Murray’s Old Hollywood Embellishment Biggie into a template that I could easily alter with my Scrap Girls digital scrapbooking products and a few paper embellishments. […]

DIY: Thanksgiving Embroidery Hoop Wall Art

As I was putting away the Halloween decorations and putting up the Thanksgiving decorations, I realized I don’t have any fall themed wall art! I have several for Halloween and even more for Christmas, but not a one for Thanksgiving! So, I turned to my digital scrapbooking supplies to create something unique! Digital Scrapbooking Supplies: […]

Adding a QR Code to a Christmas Card Using Keynote on iPad

Tutorial created using the Keynote app and an iPad 3 Have you ever seen one of these before? It’s a QR code, and lately I’ve been seeing them everywhere – on magazine ads, movie posters, flyers. I even saw some recently in my son’s school on classroom projects. A QR code is similar to a […]

DIY: Note Holder

If you are anything like me you are forever writing down notes for things that you need to pick up or add to your to-do list. I made myself this cute little note holder and change my notes each month. November brings Thanksgiving and a full month of giving thanks every day for things in […]

Homemade Gifts: Calendars

As the end of the year approaches, most of us start thinking of gifts that we would like to give. Personally, I love homemade gifts, but I always seem to dream them up in December and then stress through the holiday season trying to get them done in time to give out for Christmas. This […]

Create a Printable Greeting Card

Tutorial created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista In the September 2013 issue of Guideposts, Mike Rowe talks about how he grew up wishing he could be just like his grandfather. His grandfather was a man who “was a master electrician but could do pretty much anything. Build a house without a blueprint. Dig a well. […]

Adding a Painterly Effect to Digital Embellishments!

Since I returned from an Art Journaling Retreat held in Santa Fe, NM in September, my mind has been overflowing with ideas to share with you! I definitely had difficulty choosing which one to start with… I decided to add on to a technique I presented to you in my last tutorial: Using Digital Scrapbooking […]

Printable Halloween Centerpiece and Party Invitation

I live in a small community and until recently I had to drive 80 miles to shop at a craft store. In the past month Hobby Lobby and JoAnn’s have opened within five miles of my house. Both are currently filled with Halloween and fall decorating ideas. After several trips I couldn’t resist the urge […]

Artist Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards, ATCs for short, are a delightful and different form of digital scrapbooking. In the “real” 3-D world, ATCs, as their name suggests, are designed by artists to share examples of their work by swapping cards with other artists. In making their ATCs, pretty much anything goes: painting, sewing, glitter, and most often, […]