Sheets?  PJ’s?  I’ll always be a Minnesota girl at heart, and that means that as soon as the weather here in Illinois starts cooling off, I drag out my flannel pj’s and sheets, and my hubby drags out his flannel shirts.  They’re his regular uniform in the colder months, and he’s lucky to work in [...]

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My challenge is to create different edges for your borders. There are lots of ways to edge your borders - distress them, ink them, paint them, use decorative scissors, add glitter…. The sky’s the limit.
In my layout, I inked and distressed the edges of the patterned paper matting the photo, and also trimmed them with [...]

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The mid-week challenge comes from our guest design team member, Rita Shimniok.  (Check out the gorgeous layout below!)  Remember, you have until the end of the month to complete the challenges, and each completed challenge gives you one entry into the monthly drawing for some great Paper Element products!

November is a month to reflect on [...]

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I love the way borders around your photos draw the observer’s eye to your photo.  There are so many ways to create unique borders….you can use buttons, ribbon, paper, etc.  In my layout, I used a bead of stickles .25″ in from the outside of the photo.  Your challenge is to make a layout using the most creative border you [...]

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I am honored to be a guest designer for The Paper Element – I have admired TPE products since happening upon the booth at CHA Chicago – summer 2007. I love the rich texture and patterns of the papers, and am loving the coordinating cardstock stickers and rub-ons available. The two sided papers are absolutely [...]

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