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Live Beautifully – National Scrapbook Month Special!

It’s May!!!! Can you believe it???? This time of year is completely INSANE in the MEMBRANE (insane in the BRAIN!) for me – so please bear with me as I roll out all of my new creations over the next few weeks!

Not only is it National Scrapbooking Month, it’s also the start of a BRAND NEW Seasonal Expressions Catalog!!! WOOHOO!!! I sure do love me some NEW stuff! The first workshop to be released will be Little Dreamer by Friday, May 12.

So – on to the SPECIAL!!! We are offering a Paper Pack, stamp set, and a (5) double page Pre-Cut Layout kit (called Cut Above) – all with the limited time only Live Beautifully papers! I am so EXCITED to share them with you! I actually PUT PHOTOS on my layouts!! Yes – I did!! I actually SCRAPBOOKED! Can I get a whoop whoop??!!?? Stay tuned to see them…..

Today, I would like to share with you my exclusive (5) Double Page Layout Kit featuring our special paper pack, Live Beautifully. The Live Beautifully Paper Pack features 16 paper sheets; 2 each of 6 double-sided designs and 2 each of 2 single-sided gold foil designs. Continue reading →

Some Kinda Wonderful – NEW Scrapbook kit!

Happy Spring, ya’ll!! I am so excited to watch things bloom and spend more time outside. I love Spring – the beauty, the fresh start, new smells, and the sunshine. After the rain and snow we had here this week, I have my fingers crossed that winter will *finally* leave!!!

Some Kinda Wonderful is a great transition kit for the season! There is lots of green, which will be perfect for outdoor photos. The blue and gray will pick up hints of the sky, while the black helps to keep the bright colors grounded. Super cute and trendy! If you aren’t a fan of hot pink, the opposite side of the paper is a patterned white, so you can still use this kit with boys. I plan on using the “You Make My Heart Happy” layout for Mother’s Day. My kids will have to do a photo shoot with me on my day, won’t they???

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Hello Lovely Scrapbook Workshop – Why, Hello!!!!

Hello, my LOVELIES!!!! I have to apologize for the tardiness of this workshop – I had the flu last week and it destroyed my timeline. Next year, my family is going to FIRST IN LINE for the flu shot. Losing a week to sickness is crazy town.

Hello Lovely is a gorgeous kit! The colors are soft and feminine and I love how they blend with the gold and blush tones in the accents. The thing I love most about these pages is that I feel like they will work with many different kind of photos – family, wedding, love, selfies, pets, relationships. Say HELLO to Hello Lovely, this paper collection is a MUST HAVE!!!

So – having explained myself, let me just say that the Workshop Guide for Hello Lovely will be completed tomorrow, February 10. You will get the link to the Guide (photos are loaded), and I will continue to add files as I complete them. Page Kits have been ordered, but I do not yet have them in hand to start cutting – so they will be ready for shipping in 7-10 days.

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Get ready for a SUGAR RUSH! Brand New Scrapbook Workshop!

Happy 2017, everyone!!! I hope you are all well and warm and full of creative ideas for projects to tackle this year.

WHEW!! I have had a crazy hard time getting things in gear around here. However, I have FINALLY completed my work on the first of our NEW kits – Sugar Rush!

Sugar Rush is super fun kit. Now, I am not going to lie – Sugar Rush was my LEAST favorite kit in the new catalog. It appeared a little too sweet and young for my taste and photos. BUT, as so often happens, once I started to work with it – I LOVED IT!! I tried to make these layouts more gender nuetral and created themes like Baking (no baking pictures? GET ON IT!), Celebration (any kind), Sweets (ice cream, candy, SUGAR), and then Love You (Valentine’s, family, pet, friends).

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Christmas Scrapbook Layouts & FREE SHIPPING! Thank You!!

Happy Small Business Saturday, my friends!!! Thank you so much for supporting me and my designs – you are all simply SCRAPTABULOUS and totally ROCK MY WORLD! In honor of YOU – I am offering FREE SHIPPING on ALL of my IN STOCK PAGE KITS, including my brand new kit that I have to share with you today! WOOHOO!! Get them before they are gone – they will make PERFECT gifts for your scrapping friends and family!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I loved spending time with my family and today we are going to put some CHRISTMAS up here in da Kessler house! WHOOP WHOOP – bust out the Christmas music, sip on some egg nog, and drive my kids completely insane while I reminisce about every ornament that I pull out of the box. Ahhh, the holidays….. LOVE!

City Sidewalks is such a great kit – you can hit everything from Christmas cards, getting your tree, decorating, baking traveling, family, gifts, and Christmas morning with these pages. Check them out and see how they will work for you! Remember, City Sidewalks is only available until December 31 or while supplies last. Order yours quick so you aren’t sad!

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Oh Deer! – It’s getting COLD outside!

So – it’s one week before Halloween and what do I have for you? WINTER PAGES! I know – kinda crazy, isn’t it?

Here is one thing I know for sure – TIME FLIES! Before we know it, we are going to be well into the busy holiday season. And how WAY COOL will it be (did you catch that pun? Ha!) to have your Winter Scrapbook Pages already completed? These Oh Deer! pages are sure to give you an extra incentive to get out and have some fun in the cold! And, even if you don’t get snow where you live, these layouts can still be used for your winter adventures.

Make ANY photos coordinate with these layouts by turning your pictures black and white. And – don’t forget your flip flaps! Flip flaps are the BEST way on the planet to add more photos to your layouts while maintaining a clean look.

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Fall into Fall with the Swan Lake Workshop Your Way!

Hey everybody! It’s FALL!!! I just love these cooler temps and seeing the trees begin to change color. It’s official – Fall just plain makes me happy. And that’s all I have to say about that.

I have the completed the second paper kit from our newly released Seasonal Expressions Catalog – SWAN LAKE. I have to admit I was a little skeptical when I first saw this kit. SWANS???? Hmmmm…. But – as I have learned over many years of designing, never judge a paper pack until you have created with it! I chose to create one layout for Thanksgiving (I swear I am going to take pictures this year!) and then the other 3 layouts can be used with a variety of photos. Don’t let the small number of photo mats hold you back – just add your favorite flip flaps and all the photos you need will fit perfectly on each page!

I also used two of our new products with this workshop – the Pocket Plus Memory Protectors and the Coordinating Cardstock Pack.

The Pocket Plus Memory Protectors come in 4 different designs that allow you to showcase additional 3×4 and 4×6 photos in a super fun way! Unlike a typical 12×12 page protector, these vary in size from 4×12 to 6×12. They have the 3 holes for your album posts/rings and a full gutter to work perfectly in between your standard CTMH memory protectors. These are one of my favorite new items!!! Totally a MUST HAVE!

Coordinating Cardstock Packs are now available for all of our new Paper Packs! Each pack comes with 12 sheets (3 each of 4 colors) of coordinating cardstock to really enhance your paper crafting. Say goodbye to white cardstock and HELLO to an affordable way to get the perfect colors of cardstock to match your projects. YAY!!!!

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Jeepers Creepers! Is it Halloween yet??

Happy September! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE this time of year??? My kids start back to school next week and I am looking forward to getting back into a routine – as much as I love the freedom of summer, all good things must come to an end.

Today, I am sharing one of our BRAND NEW paper kits from our newly released Seasonal Expressions Catalog – JEEPERS CREEPERS. This fun and whimsical kit is perfect for Halloween, but I designed 3 out of the 4 layouts (YES!!! I created 4 LAYOUTS this month!) so that they can be used in a non-Halloween way. I don’t know about you, but now that my kids are older, I just don’t have enough Halloween photos to fill up 3 layouts. But, don’t worry – if you know you’ll have a TON of Halloween pictures, they will all find a home with this kit!

I also used two of our new products with this workshop – the Pocket Plus Memory Protectors and the Coordinating Cardstock Pack.

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All Together with Rustic Home Scrapbook Layouts!

WOW!!! Can you believe the summer is almost over??? I am kind of freaking out about it – but I am ready for a change. I LOVE Fall and football season (well, let’s get real – I only watch my son play football). But what excites me the most is that Fall means SCRAPBOOKING SEASON!!!! And do I have a SCRAPTABULOUS kit for you to kick things off!!

I used our BRAND NEW Rustic Home Fundamentals and All Together Complements – I *swoon* for the wood grain, kraft paper, vellum, and pops of sea glass. These papers are warm, woodsy, rustic and totes on trend! So many different ways you can interpret the theme with your photos. As a bonus, you will create (6) two page layouts with this kit. Trust me, you will need all 6 of them!

Please note: The vellum has copper foil accents that are stinking hard for this amateur to photograph – it is totally gorgeous in person. More like a shiny Kraft color than yellow.

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Fun with Florence! Workshop and Page Kits

Hi there, friends! Today, I have the final workshop for the paper kits in our current Seasonal Expressions – Florence! Our next Seasonal Expressions goes live on September 1, so make sure to get all your goodies from the current book before they are gone! You don’t want to be sad.

Florence is a really great kit – it’s super versatile and will work with so many different kinds of photos. Think travel pictures, black and white pics, selfies, outdoor picnics/adventures and family gatherings. And, it is kind of funky and eclectic, too!

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Make Something SCRAPTABULOUS!!

Dana Kessler / email: craftingdiva@sbcglobal.net / 989-252-4248

Tag Archives: scrapbooking

Live Beautifully – National Scrapbook Month Special!

Some Kinda Wonderful – NEW Scrapbook kit!

Hello Lovely Scrapbook Workshop – Why, Hello!!!!

Get ready for a SUGAR RUSH! Brand New Scrapbook Workshop!

Christmas Scrapbook Layouts & FREE SHIPPING! Thank You!!

Oh Deer! – It’s getting COLD outside!

Fall into Fall with the Swan Lake Workshop Your Way!

Jeepers Creepers! Is it Halloween yet??

All Together with Rustic Home Scrapbook Layouts!

Fun with Florence! Workshop and Page Kits