Memories- Help your children remember with scrapbooks!
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 31, 2011
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My friend, Beth from FlirtyFinds.com send me this link: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702304520804576341482658082052-lMyQjAxMTAxMDMwMTEzNDEyWj.html about how children remember events from their childhood. This article, for me, underscores the need to tell your child’s story. And while it is perfectly acceptable to tell the story verbally, what happens when you start to forget? Now, maybe your memory is tack-sharp, but…

Introduction to Stamping Tip 2- Using Large Rubber Stamps Technique 2. Use your Die Cutter
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 27, 2011
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I always make sure to tell my intro students, that there are some stamps that are hard to stamp. When you are first starting out, you may not realize thatis the case, and you may grumble and get frustrated and want to quit. But hold on- it may not be all you! Large background images…

Graduation Card Idea- Feature the Graduate
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 21, 2011
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With Graduation right around the corner I am working on several Graduation things. I have already featured the yearbook project here several times, but today I am turning Graduation Card ideas. This example features the actual kid graduating (my son). As long as you are making a card, why not make it even more personal…

Tim Holtz Kraft Glassine Rosette
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 13, 2011
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This project was the brain child of Karen Provost,  my uber-creative, co-teacher for the Fresh and Fabulous class I teach, monthly, at Ink About It. I was super excited to try this project, even though it involved sewing, and Karen knows I HATE sewing- sorry Mom ;-). Actually, the sewing wasn’t so bad and Karen…

Introduction to Stamping Tip- Using Large Rubber Stamps
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 13, 2011
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If you are having trouble using large rubber stamps, here is a tip- use your bone folder! I made this method up a long time ago when I first started trying to use the large background rubber stamps and I teach it in my Introduction to Rubber Stamps class. Especially if the stamp is not…

Think Outside the Box- Butterflies and Scrolls
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 5, 2011
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I know, I KNOW- people are sick of that saying “Think Outside the Box”. Sorry- it does apply here though because I want you to try thinking about shapes in a different way. To get your creative juices flowing, sometimes it can help to look at shapes upside down or backwards. You may be surprised…

Classes this month
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 3, 2011
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I will be teaching Intro to Stamping at Ink About It  in Westford, MA  this thursday, May 5th. Friday Morning May 13th I will be teaching with my friend Karen Provost. We will be using rubber stamps from LaBlanche, real wood paper from Creative Imaginations and Tim Holtz’s new Kraft  Glassine in this Fresh and…

Collaborate on a Scrapbook Page
  • Ursula Smith
  • May 3, 2011
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Sometimes it helps to get another opinion when you are working on a project. I usually turn to my crafting friends and have often collaborated with them on different things. For my son’s yearbook page, I had originally decided to let him do his layout completely by himself. He did an amazing job- see it…