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Hello to friends of my blog..I am posting to let you know about my new ventures with Blogger.

I have strong attachments to this blog and I am keeping it for a while; but, most of my posts with be directed to my new address listed above.

Note:  To all my blog subscribers you will have to subscribe again on my new blog..so sorry, but I was unable to transfer subscribers.

On my next post to this blog, you may want to unsubscribe, as most of my posts will be about re-directing traffic. 

I have some new features:  a cute little Widget  Shop Stampin Up, which links to my Stampin Up Website.  Music, (hope you like my taste in music).

Check under " Links "  I have added link called "My Gallery", also added is a "slideshow"  at the very bottom of my blog..All, of which, are still a work-in-progress.

I would be so thrilled if you visited me at my new place, see ya over there soon…www.shadesofstamping.blogspot.com

connie

 Yes it has been a while since I posted and I wanted to share with you on National Digital Scrapbooking Day, my first digital creation.

 With the help of Jessica Sprague, I was able to breeze through my first layout without any frustration.

You rock !!…Jessica; and, thank you for the wonderful tutorials.  click here to see her fabulous classes.

What I love about digital scrapbooking, is it gives me more room for creativity.  I do love scrapbooking with real paper and pictures, but sometimes I love to play and not haul out the entire room.   I do find that I glean more ideas and ready for more challenges.

thanks for stopping by

connie

Just a short post about Stampin Up’s Water Color Crayons

I received another newsletter today from Craft Critique, they did an  awesome spread on Stampin Up’s water-color crayons.

Just a short post to let you all know, click here and be sure to scroll down to the next post, to read the critique on this wonderful product.

Visit my Stampin Up Website at:   www.conniepaxman.stampinup.net

Please note:

 The online catty is in PDF format, it takes long time to download.  Don’t despair; as, this is only for the interim period between the launch of the new Fall/Winter catty and online ordering.  Yes, online ordering is coming to Stampin Up.

Have a great day!

Connie

I am excited to share with my readers; and, anyone coming upon my blog, a fantastic site on "unsolicted opinions on the subject of Crafts."  I subscribe to this blog and always appreciate their hard work and expertise to explore this everchanging market.

 Tonight,  I opened up my e-mail to find an interesting report on; "the testing of different brands of colored pencils, by Mary Chong."  Viola,  Stampin Up came up shining and given the head nod.  Craft Critique is my newspaper/bible; and, allows me to keep up with all the new crafting products making debut on the market.  Click here to view this report and be sure to scroll down the page to see their test results of different brands of pencils. 

Visit my Stampin Up website…at  www.conniepaxman.stampinup.net  A brand new catty is online and a whole lotta exciting products and awesome promotions. 

 Please feel free to call me for the new Stampin Up Fall/Winter catalogue

Thanks for stopping by

Connie

Here is a layout of a very special bloom in my garden, my grandaughter. 

The background piece is white Bazzill Cardstock and the patterned paper is from patterned paper pad series:  K & Company "Sparkly Sweet" , The Chipboard words are from a cute little tin box by K & Company called K-ology chipboard.

Chipboard flourishes are from Maya Road, click here to see their blog wonderful ideas using chipboard.   My sample from picture

I love these flowers, they are made by Imaginese "Pure Passion".   I used Quickutz fonts for the title journaling.

Chipboard flourishes were painted with Gesso, and I applied  a light coating of Ranger Stickles, to add some shimmer.

I made the scallop border using Stampin Up’s every so handy Slit Punch. 

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Connie

Hello to fellow scrappers from sunny Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Yes, life if good, the wind has stopped blowing and it finally rained. A farmer’s wife is glowing.

This layout is of two special boys; our son and grandson. I wanted to capture the essence of their mischievous nature using tight head shots. The scan of this image does no justice to this layout. I really had trouble with white balance.

The background is Brocade Blue Cardstock from Stampin Up. The inside frame is double-sided patterned paper from KALEIDOSCOPE. To design my inside frame, I first cut PP in half and flipped to the opposite sides I was going show. I gently tacked them down on my matt to trace the template.

The plastic templates were made by EK Success, “Nouveau”, Make-a-Matt, from the creators of Border Buddy and Plan-a-Page. I am very glad I have kept all of these templates and can revive them into trendy scrapbooking styles.  There are many precut frames available in the market. I can save a few pennies cutting my own.

I outlined the edge of the frame with EK Success Broad tip Black marker. The white highlighting and dots were done using Stampin Up’s White Signo pen. I distressed the edges of word frames, stars and blue CS with Tim Holtz, Distress Ink: Black Soot. Tim Holtz distress ink lends a nice soft look when you want to soften the edges of your work.

Thanks for looking and if you like what you see, sign up on the left hand side in the subscriber box. More to come

Connie