Victorian Christmas House

This is my fourth Papertrey Home Made house gift box.  I am making them to sell at my work to raise money for our Adopt-a-Family project. I seem to add more stuff on each house and this time I added a fence from Board and Beams and I love this new element.   All the elements …

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Fun Christmas Projects and a Challenge

I am having such a wonderful time playing with the new Papertrey Home Made set and template.  This is the third of three houses so far and I’m selling them at work to raise money for our Adopt-a-Family project.  I work in a physicians office and I set the houses and my Christmas cards up …

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Winter Snow Scene Tutorial

I receive lots of emails each winter from people requesting tips and information on how to create winter snow scenes.  I wrote this tutorial last year and posted it on the Rubbernecker Blog and I thought it would be worth while to repeat here this season. I hope you will try your hand at a …

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Vanilla Winter Snow Scene

The  Color Challenge on SCS this week was to use vanilla, black and a soft brown.  When I saw the challenge I instantly thought of the stark bare winter trees in the Lovely as a Tree set and a brown pathway in the snow.    I stamped the tree line on the paper with black …

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Make a Bow- Stampavie Challenge #18

The Stampavie Blog Challenge today is to create a project with some type of bow. Ribbon is my most favorite and frequently used embellishment.  I grew up in my mother’s flower shop and learning to use ribbon was a must in floral design. I use the same bow tying technique to create bows on a …

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