Hello everyone! Let’s talk about scrapbooking today. While scrapbooking as a hobby is about SO many different things, part of it for me it is about honoring our loved ones. It is remembering family members who have passed as well as documenting our current lives. I personally love looking at older pictures and seeing the...
Author: Machelle Willing (Machelle Willing)
Sketch Saturday #761
Hello all my card making friends! Welcome back for Sketch Saturday #761. Today’s sketch features circles and the twist is to use Orange. While orange is not my favorite color, I feel like it really made my card pop. I remembered that I had a mat pack in my stash that had some bright fun...
Sketch Saturday #760
We are back again with Sketch Saturday #760. Today’s sketch is all about angles. Just a side note – I have a lot of trouble with angles, it is one of the things I just have always had trouble grasping the concept of. So for this card I used my Creative Memories trimmer which happens...
Sketch Saturday #759
Hello friends! Today is Sketch Saturday #759. We have a landscape orientation with a couple of layers and a swirl embellishment. The twist is to feature a sentiment. For my card, I stayed true to the sketch and used a paper collection that had shades of blue cardstock for the background & main layer for...
Scrapbooking for Beginners Part 1
Good morning friends! I started this blog with a very generalized idea of community. People getting together to talk about scrapbooking, memory keeping and crafting. I know that sometimes I cover a wide variety of topics so I thought maybe it was time to go back to the basics for a little while. I am going...
Sketch Saturday #758
It’s time for Sketch Saturday #758. Today’s sketch has an elegant feel to it with an added swirl in the corner and the twist was to use sequins. Here is the sketch: I used multiple layers with the last pattern being a butterfly floral paper. I was originally going to use a stamp for the...
Sketch Saturday #757
Good morning & welcome to Sketch Saturday #757! Today we have a sketch with lots of square layers. I was so excited when I saw this sketch, because I recently acquired a HUGE scrapbook stash off of Facebook Marketplace. In addition to a ridiculous amount of paper, there was a box of small pre-cut squares....
Sketch Saturday #756
Welcome to the weekend! Sketch Saturday #756 is live on their blog, be sure to go check out all the inspiration from the design team. Here is the sketch & the twist is to make it funny. I stayed pretty true to the original sketch this time and tried my best with the “funny” part. ...
2024 Word of the Year Update
2024 Word of the Year – Progress I can’t believe it’s the middle of July. Half of the year has passed and I thought it was about time for a 2024 Word of the Year update. While I have not been posting like I had hoped, progress has been made. It is sometimes hard to...
Sketch Saturday #755
Hello to all my card makers! Today I have Sketch Saturday #755. Let’s have a look at the sketch: And the twist for this week is Christmas in July. Before we get to my interpretation, let me tell you this was not my first attempt. Or even the second – it was the third. Third...