Christmas in July

I'm getting an early start on my Christmas cards and ornaments and thought I'd share and hopefully inspire you to get started too. Each year I make a handmade card and ornament for our friends and family members and I make a lot of goodies for my Etsy shop too. It may seem a little difficult to get into the spirit of Christmas when the temps outside are sky rocketing, but put on a holiday CD and you'll find yourself singing along and crafting away in no time!

Page Maps

Thought I'd let you scrapbookers in a little secret today...Page Maps. It's an awesome site full of scrapbook page sketches that you can use to help make your pages sensational! The page I made here is from one of July's maps. Becky Fleck is the sites sketch artist and provides sketches for the designers over at Basic Grey. So hop on over to http://www.pagemaps.com/ and find create some gorgeous scrapbook page! And cards too!

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Scrapbook paper isn't just for scrapbook pages and greeting cards anymore. Here's a fun way to use your patterned paper stash and make some great gifts or decor items for your home. I used some beautiful papers from K & Company's Wild Raspberry line for this project. If you don't have the time or you don't think you could make something like this, don't worry! Log onto http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/ to purchase this mirror and many other fun decor items.

You've Got Mail!

This was just too fun to make and turned out so very cute! Wouldn't it be perfect for a little girl's room, a place for mom and dad to leave a note or special little surprise? I've got this mailbox and another one that's decorated with flowers in my etsy shop at http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/. Come on by and take a peek. I also stock the Berry Sweet card stock I used for this project for those of you who would like to make your own mailbox and other paper crafts.