off topic but lovely

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urban outfitters has joined forces with republic bikes to let you design your own custom, retro flavored, yet modernly styled plato dutch bike. i want one - think dh would get me one for my birthday???

cathy zielske videos

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cathy offers a variety of videos around hybrid scrapping - including using templates and story cards.

cute lace flower

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pencil vase

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creativity prompts for june

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gorgeous printable labels

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absolutely adore the colors and the layered letters/numbers here! can't wait to use them!

easy folded flower

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paper garland tutorial

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so pretty!

bella blvd designer challenge

i'm one of the guest designers this month at bella blvd. stephanie posted my designer challenge today. go check it out!

teacher thank you cards

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make your own embellishments

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the amazing paula gilarde offers a tutorial on making your own embellishments using dingbat fonts!

faux crocheted flowers

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danielle flanders is clever!

scrapstreet september calls

the scrapstreet september calls are up.

please please please send in your school layouts!!!

"School Days: It's that time again, the kids are headed back to school. Send us pages documenting the first day of school or dare to show us what you do while the kids are in school--work, volunteering, chores, fun? Really want to go wild? Scrap your own school pages--big hair and all!"

more labels

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teacher gift

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great idea!

teacher cards

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teacher appreciation week has passed, but the end of the year is fast approaching. these cards are cute!

lovely printables

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browse around this blog - great eye candy!

june kit at the nook

here's one of the layouts i did with the june kit at the nook. go check out the gallery over there for loads of inspiration! the dt ladies are really rockin' this fabulous kit!

free printable labels

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more great labels from creativity prompt!

great sketches

there are some great sketches to download over at write.click.scrapbook today. and one from me above!  enjoy!

word art and free digital kit

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francine always finds the best stuff!  :)

printable thank yous

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i don't buy cards. i find it useful to have a few sites like this bookmarked when i'm in a pinch and need a quick card!

printable wallpaper cards

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this print reminds me of the spare room at my grandmother's house!

my scrapbook nook new member exclusive!

A Special For Those Becoming My Scrapbook Nook Members This Month!


The Nook is running a Special From JUNE 1-15th........

Old members get a friend to sign up and receive $20.10 credit toward the shop or your next billing cycle. The new member must sign up for one year. Email us at orders@myscrapbooknook and let us know yours friends name and your full name so we may issue you a credit. If ...you get 5 friends to sign up you will receive 5 credits!

The NEW MEMBERS will ALSO receive the bonus paper pack and mini album shown here (while supplies last)

Members are also eligible to buy that month's Member Deal- the hottest new lines at 40% off! Shipping on kit add ons is always free, and you NEVER pay full price for a kit- always $28, which is always a 10%-35% discount on retail!

cute printable card

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write.click.scrapbook anniversary week

one year ago today write.click.scrapbook launched. this week we are celebrating with giveaways and loads of other fun surprises. be sure to stop by and say hello!

great free font

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free digital elements to print

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thought these were cute - there are word strips as well!

vellum paper mobiles

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the instructions are here too. these are just too cool!

nook's june kit

the june kit is up at the nook and it looks fabulous. i can't wait for it to arrive so i can dig in. i'm loving all the red and those 7 gypsies tabs are too fun! can't wait!!!

layered flowers

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these can be used for digital scrapbooking or could be cut with a digital cutter. pretty cool!

always amazed at what people can do with paper...

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fonts for journaling

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thedailydigi.com offers up a great selection of fonts for journaling!

little break

i'm taking a little break from blogging this week after all the hoopla last week at write.click.scrapbook. you can head over there this week to see what lisa dickinson has up her sleeve - it might just be a letter or two! ;)

a post full of question marks

i'm blogging over at write.click.scrapbook this week. come visit and say hi. maybe play along with my challenge?? find out what that image above is all about?

also, august calls are up at scrapstreet. i know you want to send in your best water themed layout for my article!  pretty please? with sugar on top??

oh and dad if you are reading happy birthday!

digital scrapbooking self paced e-class

paula gilarde has put together this self-paced e-class on using photoshop elements and cs for digital scrapbooking. if you've ever wanted to give digi scrapping a shot - it's your lucky day.

"This self-paced class includes 7 written lessons and 7 video lessons developed by Paula Gilarde. The combination of written instruction backed up with video that covers the same territory makes it easy to understand what you need to do."

so check it out - you won't be disappointed!

printable invites!

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free printable invitations. i just love the bike. it might have to show up on a page soon!

pdfs for janice

hey janice - since i can't figure out how to respond to you i will do that here. if you have adobe photoshop or elements you can open pdf's right into them. then use the text feature to add text to the pdfs. alternatively, email me at celestefsmith AT gmail DOT com with the pdf and what you want them to say and i will do it for you!

new ella article on hybrid the easy way

is up! i had fun writing it and i'm so fortunate to ahve so many good scrappy friends to ask to contribute. that's my layout above. go check the article out and give me some peanuts!

bunting invites

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these are customizable and could be used as thank yous or bday cards too! i'm thinking of printing them out and replacing the flags with patterned paper! fun!

program covers

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martha offers wedding program covers. the files could be easily altered to use with cards. wouldn't this shape look great with thank you in the box!

martha's double loop border punch

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the post shows you two ways to use the double loop border punch! very cool!

it's a hot day...i feel like some.

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ice cream! how cute would these be on a page or a card??

my scrapbook nook blog hop! welcome!

welcome to my part of the national scrapbooking day my scrapbook nook blog hop! the nook is offering three prizes - one is a super duper grand prize - the grand prize winner will receive the entire so sophie line from mme as well as their other release, meadowlark. two runners up will recieve a jenni bowlin kit and a sei prize package.

winners will be drawn on may 3rd. all you need to do is post a comment here and then hop to the next blog be sure to post on all the blogs - one blog will be chosen via random number generator to have three winners chosen from it, also via random number draw. the blog numbers are in the order of the hop.
the next kit (june) promises to be totally awesome i can't wait. here's a little sneak..

you can sign up for a subscription or order a kit on the kit page. the current may kit has a lot of "fly a kite" by october afternoon in it. it's totally colorful and fun. i made these cards using the may kit. the bright colors were perfect for cheery mother's day, father's day and birthday cards!

my fellow design team member nicole martel made this awesome mini-album with the may kit. she actually wrote up a class on how to make one yourself. check it out!

 nicole's blog is the next stop on your blog hop journey! keep on hoppin'! don't forget to post a comment below! ;)

national scrapbooking day

my scrapbook nook is hosting a blog hop. you'll need to come to the forums for directions on saturday morning. :)  Loads of great prizes - come play!

wow origami!

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inspiring origami!