Monthly Archives: October 2010

2011 Printable Calendar Girls – Color It Yourself

Hi everyone! I am so honored and excited that my printable calendar was included in the latest decor8 calendar roundup for 2011! Wow…there are so many different and beautiful calendars showcased though, form and function in one package – so check ‘em out! I realized that I had not shared with all of you who [...]

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A Few Handmade Cards

Just playing with paper and came up with these two handmade cards. My sleeping fairy image is actually a freebie I posted in the tortagialla CDAC group…so join in if you want to check out all the freebies in the discussion section! I really like how this turned out with the cut circle and inset [...]

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True Stories by Shimelle

I signed up for the class already, but when I saw this video it made me feel even more excited about this upcoming journaling class with Shimelle. In a way, it’s a bit of why I started this blog and called it Back to Paper… something about getting back to using my hands, writing and [...]

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More December Daily Progress

Just wanted to share a bit more progress on my December Daily album. If you don’t know about December Daily, you can find out more on Ali Edwards blog…basically a daily minibook in December for the holiday season. I had previously designed the simplistic page templates…now I’m working on the cover and putting it all [...]

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Freebie Digital Stamp – Mr Toby handdrawn

Hi folks! I have a bunch of character sketches and thought it would be nice to share them as freebie digital stamps…so here’s another handdrawn one…Mr Toby I call him… Download Mr Toby digistamp image ZIP file Hope you have fun papercrafting with this image and let me know what you think. Thanks! Related Posts:BackToPaper [...]

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Paper Flowers and Embellishments

So I saw the videos about the box flower and ornate version from the Cosmo Cricket blog and realized…hey, if I just played a bit with a bunch of circles, I’m sure to create my own paper flowers to use as embellishments. Since I now have a Big Shot it was easy to cut out [...]

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Scalloped Clipping Mask Borders Freebie

Here’s another scrapbooking freebie as I journey along as a digital designer. I really love to draw and experiment with shapes in Illustrator, so I end up with a lot of variations and experiments of just shapes. I’ve realized they are great to compile into clipping masks…so here’s my scalloped borders freebie. You can add [...]

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Holiday Cards

So I’ve really been getting back to paper and creating some holiday cards. Some just to test out some techniques and others just for fun. I’m definitely enjoying coloring image with my Copic markers as well…*swoon* I’m wanting to buy more and more colors! Crafting is addicting, no? So here’s my first card using my [...]

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HootFest 2010 at Owl Tree Studio

Digital Scrapbook Store contest

Let me repost all the details regarding HootFest 2010 from the Owl Tree Studio blog… Hoot Your Heart Out at HootFest 2010! We’ve mentioned it a time or two, and now it’s time for all the details! During the month of October, come participate in a month long party we’re hosting in the OTS forums [...]

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Casual Lady Freebie Digistamp

Hi folks! I’m practicing with my Wacom tablet and actually using it solely, instead of reverting back to the mouse… causing a bit of sore-arms but I am drawing a lot more digistamps as a result Here’s a quick doodle of a casual lady that I thought would be nice to share with you all. [...]

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