Take Pictures Tonight!

Happy Last day of 2009!

I hope when you take a look back over the year - you can see the good things that happened!

I know I do!

Whatever your plans for tonight - a big party or a quiet evening at home...take some pictures!

They will go great on this new 1 Creative Bug Quick Kit!

Quick Kits are only $7.00 - and they go together QUICK!

There will be 1 to 3 new Quick Kits a month - all for just $7.00 each!

Here is the first January Quick Kit:

"New Year"

This kit comes with everything you see here as well as years 2008& 2009 - and if you need a special year cut, I can do that free of charge! Just let me know!

Quick Kits come with most items precut- there is some simple assembly required,

but I promise - they are QUICK!

If you'd like to order the "New Year" quick kit- shoot me an email!

A Very Disney Christmas...

This layout is so cute! 1 Creative Bug designer Shannon Blinn uses a lot of layering to give this page subtle dimension. Shannon and her family paid the magic kingdom a visit in 2008 - giving 1 Creative Bug the challenges of creating die cuts and paper piecings for Shannon to use in her album. For this page I created the mouse ear hat die cut. I love how Shannon added the jewels for an accent.

Christmas in California . . .

Christmas in California tends to be special... no snow- just abundant sunshine. The cousins LOVE playing at the Rosas Ranch Playground any day of the year.

Don't forget....

to take a picture of the tree BEFORE the kids attack it... I try to get a picture of each child's "pile" ... it shows their new "buddy" as well as the wrapping paper of the year...

Paper Piercing Fun

It's kind of hard to tell in the picture--- but I created my title (Believe) by poking holes in cardstock... easy to do!

Print your title in REVERSE on plain paper. Use a temporary adhesive to attach to a cardstock strip that coordinates with your layout. Now use a piercing tool or a push pin and poke in even intervals along the word. When you are finished remove your pattern, flip your cardstock over and wa-la!- a paper pierced title.

Make an Easy Magnet

Howdy Blog Fans!! How is everyone doing? Getting ready for the Holidays... we are already 5 days into Chaunaka and well on our way to Christmas.

This is an easy project you can whip up anytime --- the base is just a chipboard rectangle with a square window cut out for the picture. Covering chipboard is not a new technique - but man I am loving it. I made chipboard tags this year to adorn all my packages.

What are you doing with chipboard these days?

It's all about the PRESENTS!

This is another 3 page layout I did showing the opening of the presents... my favorite part of this layout has got to be the chipboard presents I created with various rectangles covered in patterned paper - it was time consuming, but so worth it!