tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86642072024-03-23T13:30:25.115-05:00Sarah's Love Letters Illustrated"The point is not that they lived happily ever after. The point is that they truly lived." Life - Liberty - Love - ScrapbookingSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.comBlogger1106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-65813256481490661062020-04-16T00:36:00.000-05:002020-04-16T00:36:48.885-05:00Online Card Class Day 3Online Card Class Day 3 assignment.
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-78742444880244838192019-06-23T20:04:00.003-05:002019-06-23T20:05:38.895-05:00Day 23: a StoryFor the past couple of months I’ve been participating in the FatMumSlim Photo a day challenge on Facebook and Instagram. At the beginning of each month, a list is published naming the theme for each day and participants post their interpretations of the day’s theme as the month progresses.
Today is Day 23 and the theme is “a story”. Here’s my photo and story.
Observations
So a month or so Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-81097582589106134812019-05-24T18:37:00.001-05:002019-05-24T18:40:32.417-05:00If you can make a card...NEWSFLASH!
If you can make a card, boy do I have news for you!
You can definitely make a scrapbook page too!
I know, right!
I’ve heard it said and read it from crafty mavens on the Internet:
“I’m just a cardmaker. Scrapbooking intimidates me.”
If this is you, I’m here to tell you one thing: you’ve got this!
The skills used to make a pretty, handcrafted greeting card are the exact same skills Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-23784847426379122982019-05-17T16:21:00.001-05:002019-05-17T22:04:41.486-05:00So What’s the big Deal about Photo Safety?There’s a rumor floating around the scrappy inter webs that Hobby Lobby has decided to produce a new sticker collection that does not bear the term “acid-free” on the packaging—a departure from their previous packaging design. Apparently some people are deeply alarmed by this.
Ok friends, let’s just breathe.
And think this through.
Acid-free is a buzzword. There’s no regulatory commission Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-68599291698558568012019-05-01T16:05:00.001-05:002019-05-01T16:10:19.395-05:00Layout Share: Cake and Pocket Scrapbooking CardsPlease note: I'm in the process of migrating the content of my stamping blog to this page. This post was originally shared over there. All the no-longer-relevant links have been removed. We are all just here for the pictures anyway, right?! :)
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood,
A beautiful day in the neighborhood,
Won't you be mine, won't you be my neighbor?
They have many names-Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-19208063009989042122019-05-01T15:03:00.001-05:002019-05-01T15:05:49.397-05:00Layout Share: MARTA and Using a SketchPlease note: This artwork was originally shared on my stamping blog last year. I'm currently in the process of migrating all the stamping blog posts to this page and removing the links that are no longer relevant. Sometimes that means just keeping the artwork. :)
Close to my Heart offers an idea book filled with sketches for scrapbook pages called Make It From Your Heart Volume III. Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-27080422757320612262019-05-01T14:34:00.001-05:002019-05-01T14:34:07.850-05:00Patterned Pumpkin LovePlease note that this post originally appeared on ,y stamping blog. I'm currently in the process of migrating all the stamping content to this page. All links that are no longer relevant have been removed.
While I don’t love pumpkin spice beverages, (gasp, I know) I do love pretty pumpkins! And that’s how it came to be that I held onto this retired stamp set from Close to my Heart called Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-62339856262837025382019-05-01T14:12:00.003-05:002019-05-01T14:14:34.616-05:00To All the Stamps I've Loved BeforePlease note that this post originally appeared on my stamping blog last year. I', in the process of migrating all the stamping content to this page and all the links that are no longer relevant have been removed.
The Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week is to create something that is “inspired by nature”. This challenge is wide open to interpretation—those are the kinds of challenges Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-39265127295012157832019-05-01T13:57:00.000-05:002019-05-01T13:57:28.655-05:00Christmas Card Color Dare ChaallengePlease note that this blog post originally appeared on my stamping blog last year. The links that are no longer relevant have been removed. If you see a product you need, send me an email and I will help you source it.
The COLOR MY HEART COLOR DARE #320
is to create using to following colors:
-New England Ivy
-Candy Apple
-Kraft
Here’s my answer to the challenge:
I stamped the Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-46261733736244878932019-04-24T15:32:00.001-05:002019-04-24T21:17:35.674-05:00Why Does It Work?
Do you ever get on a creative roll and really really feel like you have this thing we call scrapbooking handled like a boss?
Typically, when I experience this feeling it’s because I’ve been dedicated to my crafting process with regularity and have really pushed myself to finish certain projects.
This is one of those layouts—it just works for me. It makes me feel like I have this Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-60975903617331589572019-04-23T23:41:00.003-05:002019-04-23T23:41:30.705-05:00The Pretty Pie Stamp(This post from Thanksgiving of last year originally appeared on my stamping blog, which is being retired.)
It’s Thanksgiving here in the US...time to acknowledge the good things in life and take a day to thoughtfully embrace gratitude. The Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week is to build on the theme of “a thankful heart”.
Here’s my entry into the challenge:
My husband is Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-34843552523934123982019-04-23T23:22:00.001-05:002019-04-23T23:22:12.237-05:00A Hot July MoonI am not a girly girl but every month a black and white striped box of mostly girly scrapbook supplies from Felicity Jane shows up on my doorstep and inspires me to let the super girly crafty flag fly!
This layout is one of those!
I'm very much in love with those puffy black alphabet stickers--they are so striking and yet, easy to read. I prefer a title thats easy to read.
Part of my recent Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-20088104991834950232019-04-23T23:07:00.000-05:002019-04-23T23:07:01.428-05:00Spotlighting Techniques--VellumTo spotlight something is to draw attention to it.
There are many techniques that paper-crafters use to draw attention to a certain element on a card or scrapbook page. In this previously-shared blog post (from 2018), I have demonstrated spotlighting using velum to create a lightweight visual frame around the element of a card.
Vellum has been a staple in paper-crafting forever and is an Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-55879380374993147222019-04-23T22:56:00.003-05:002019-04-23T22:56:49.098-05:00Choose the BluesThis post was previously shared on my stamping blog for a stamping challenge at COLOR MY HEART in 2018.
The COLOR MY HEART COLOR DARE #319 is to feature the color blue. Can’t go wrong there. Blue comes in so many delicious shades and variations—what’s not to love? I choose blues quite often.
I went with a delicate blue and a basic dark blue to create this stamped card. Blue is my Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-568833967703093982019-04-23T22:49:00.001-05:002019-04-23T22:50:24.519-05:00All About the BlogsSo I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with The Scrap Gals about the state of scrapbooking blogs and where we see blogs going in the future as a scrapbooking tool and also as just one more form of social media. Its always nice to spend a little time chatting with Tiffany and Tracie about topics we care deeply about and have opinions on.
I've been blogging since 2003, mostly aboutSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-49383444765791130522019-04-19T12:55:00.002-05:002019-04-19T12:55:35.362-05:00Stand Up Pages and Cards
Just a quick post about displaying cards and scrapbook pages vertically. I think this easel die by Sizzix and Tim holtz is the most undersold and uber-useful die around!
I’m showing it here with a page layout, but it also works perfectly with cards too.
I use cereal boxes to cut the easels.
Add a strip of adhesive to the narrow spine.
Expose the adhesive and attach Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-8316445269502826202019-04-19T12:08:00.001-05:002019-04-19T12:15:06.809-05:00Christmas Cards by Panera
So I’m always on the lookout for extraordinary materials that can be incorporated into my cardmaking hobby and not too long ago the artwork on a paper bag from Panera caught my fancy. I snapped it right up!
After cutting the bag open and laying it out flat...
I made a template with an opening the size of a standard card front so I could see what area would be included on each one. (I Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-4054370403804413562019-04-19T11:57:00.002-05:002019-04-19T12:00:45.896-05:00Retired Stamp Love
Stamping has been a part of my life for more than twenty years. (Do I say this too often?) While I understand the need for our favorite stamp companies to retire stamps and move on to new things, it's always difficult for me to move on, leaving the sets I've come to enjoy creatively or sometimes even parting with them in order to keep my stash manageable. New designs are fun, of course, but Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-17508146167340880572019-04-19T11:48:00.001-05:002019-04-19T11:48:14.816-05:00No Room for the Story
Stories are super important to me and in my world, stories are basically *the point* of scrapbooking. The story matters! Without the story...well it's just not right (to me). However, as people who love page design, sometimes great blocks of written journaling present a design dilemma--
what's a more appropriate use of real estate--the journaling or the pretty things?
#Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-30097193410527416192018-03-12T14:22:00.003-05:002018-03-14T14:48:33.850-05:00Throwing it out there...Many many years...decades ago now, as a young, barely-married woman, I read the sweetest old novel about a couple who got married by the sea and during their wedding reception, the groom signed his name to a beautifully written letter, rolled it up and slid it into a wine bottle, sealed it with a cork, ran to the end of the nearby pier and threw it with all his might into the ocean. By way of Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-79142427762104361662017-11-11T18:36:00.001-06:002017-11-11T18:36:10.183-06:00Surprised by the StoryBack in August, my family gathered to celebrate my nephew's fourth birthday. Like most four year old birthday boys, he's a supremely cute, boundless ball of energy and to no surprise, he made this party a blast!There were three and a half generations of my family in the room, so the conversations varied far and wide all evening. At one point, my father who is an excellent story writer and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-47840913247980509412017-10-23T09:38:00.001-05:002019-04-19T12:21:48.940-05:00 The Pink ExplodedThis has nothing to do with scrapbooking or cardmaking and everything to do with craftiness and pretty pictures. I hope you enjoy.
These are a few photos of the decor prepared for the worship event presented by the women's ministry at my church-- Bethel last Tuesday.
The theme "Radiant" was derived from the book by the same name, written by our special guest speaker, Marian Jordan Ellis. The Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-85151347602464317982017-10-23T09:37:00.001-05:002017-10-23T09:37:39.028-05:00The Pink ExplodedA few photos of the decor prepared for the worship event presented by the women's ministry at Bethel last Tuesday. The theme "Radiant" was derived from the book by the same name, written by our special guest speaker, Marian Jordan Ellis. The color scheme was black and white with gold and fuschia. I found these gold hammered pencil cups at Target! Ugh oh. Man down. 😆I had hoped to Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-49786288921685529682017-10-15T10:02:00.001-05:002017-10-15T10:02:42.858-05:00Visiting the Dallas Arboretum In the fall of the year, the Dallas Arboretum is transformed into an orange and yellow and grey and white wonderland of Pumpkins! Forty thousand pumpkins--every variety imaginable are stacked and assembled and arranged and propped and piled in the most delightful way to create a massive fall festival feast for the eyes. My sister and I both love all things fall, so we attended the Opening Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664207.post-29961971725401070752017-04-17T21:23:00.001-05:002017-04-17T21:31:43.418-05:00Scrap the Boys ChallengeSo I ran across a neat Australian blog called "Scrap the Boys" and couldn't help but participate in the April challenge there. I mean...#boysaremylife. The challenge was to document multi-generational pictures. You can read Scrap the Boys at http://scraptheboys.blogspot.comI'm enamoured with the rather-sizable navy blue puffy alphabet stickers from Pink Fresh Studios. They Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16591424356755553727noreply@blogger.com4