Make Your Own Patterned Paper

Have you ever wanted to make your own patterned paper? Have a theme which there is no paper you like for? I know that really seems impossible with the growth of the scrapbooking industry. However, every once in a while I am a do it yourself kind of gal.

Recently I wrote a tutorial for Maura at Craft Sassy on how to design your own pattern to be used for scrapbooking papers. It is really simple (shhhhhh! don't tell). And I have used this technique on several recent projects, include the mini album that I did as a scrapbooking planning journal.

To check out the tutorial, follow this link: http://craftsassy.blogspot.com/ I would love to hear what you think!

MCS April Sketch Challenge

Have I told you how much I love the monthly sketch challenge at MCS? Liz Qualman is a superb sketch artist and I just *have* to try almost every sketch she creates! I used patterned papers from Webster's Pages (blooming beauty, love note, and brown pokee dot. I combined them with Prima Windsor Roses and flowers from the Juliette collection. I also am really loving the Kaisercraft brown pearls.

Thanks for taking a peek at my DH and me about 10 1/2 years ago. Lots of water under the bridge since then, but I wouldn't change a thing.