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Just a girl with a paper crush.

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Journal with Me, Paper Projects, Tutorials

Making Botanical Ephemera and Your Creative Studio Unboxing

January 17, 2023

Make some beautiful botanical ephemera for your next junk journal!

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Book Making, Journals, Paper Projects, Tutorials

Making my Junk Journal January Journal

December 29, 2022

How to get a Junk Journal January journal ready to go!

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Paper Projects

Part 2 of my 2022 Project Round-up – My Yearly Assemblage!

December 27, 2022

Part 1 – Yearly project round-up!

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Paper Projects

2022 Project Round-up – My Yearly Assemblage!

December 20, 2022

Part 1 – Yearly project round-up!

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Book Making, Journals, Paper Projects, Tutorials

Quick Christmas Journals that make great gifts

December 1, 2022

Quick Christmas journals from timecards and napkins!

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Book Making, Journals, Paper Projects, Tutorials

Christmas Folio to Document your Holidays!

November 25, 2022

Create a Christmas folio journal from 3 envelopes!

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Digital Kits

Holly & Ivy Christmas Digital Kit

November 18, 2022

I must say, I just love grungy digitals. And, I love Christmas. So, I decided to create a smash up of the two! Just out is my newest digital kit, called Holly & Ivy. It’s all kinds of Christmas ephemera all collaged together with a […]

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Paper Projects, Tutorials

Bird Themed Layered Timecard Pockets

November 8, 2022

I’ve been trying to work on having some more ephemera “at the ready” when I’m working on a journal, because it makes it so much easier to embellish the pages. I also have a stack of timecards just lying around in a drawer not doing […]

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cabinet card with woman holding parasol and tag with a black and white gypsy lady and 2 butterflies
Paper Projects, Tutorials

Quick and Easy DIY Cabinet Card with a Hidden Pocket

November 4, 2022

When I’m out at a flea market or antique shop, I’m always on the lookout for cabinet cards. These old photo cards were popular in the late 1800’s and often have the most interesting people in them. Not to mention the back of these cards […]

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Christmas Tags
Paper Projects, Tutorials

Using a Master Board to Create a Boat Load of Ephemera – Quick!

December 7, 2021

So you are making a journal, and you realize you need a bunch of tags. Or pockets. Or tuck spots. And you’d like them all to match, but not be exactly the same. And, it’d be great if they didn’t take 4 days to make, […]

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Hi! I’m Sharon

I love paper. And technology. I try to be green and live simply, but fail at that a lot. Most days you'll find me trying to make something crafty, or hanging out with my favorite humans and brown dog. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you’ll look around and make something with me.

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