Entries from January 2009

Sue’s Sweetheart Challenge

January 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This week’s challenge comes from Design Team member Susan Lui.  Check out the adorable door hanger she’s created with The Paper Element’s Sweet papers.  Sweet is still in stock at some of our online retailers, including in a great product kit from Addicted to Scrapbooking.  So as you’re shopping around for the perfect Valentine’s papers, [...]

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Welcome our January Guest Designer, Cathy La Hay!

January 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

A big welcome to our January Guest Designer, Cathy La Hay.  Cathy will be designing with our acrylic albums, so watch for a reveal a little later in the month.  We can’t wait to see what she does!

Hi, My name is Cathy La Hay and I live in Lake Villa, Illinois with my husband Joe, [...]

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Blog Challenge: Swirls

January 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

I just love papers with fun swirls on it, like The Paper Element’s new Tinsel Town collection!  My favorite thing to do with swirls is to use an exacto knife to cut parts of the paper so that I can slip a photo in the slit.  The cuts frame the photo so nicely!!
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Blog challenge: No pictures!

January 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Our blog challenge this week comes from Design Team member Sasha Holloway.
Create a layout without pictures.  Without pictures, what does the focus of your layout become?  Sasha put the focus on her journaling:

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