Sewcial Butterfly

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:25:11 +0000

Practice. Practice. Practice. Im pretty excited about my new-to-me DSLR. I have a new Prime Lens that I am trying out too. I have not had much time to really test it out. The other night I went to the top level of my parking garage to take some pics but lost light quickly. I found a few shots that I processed using my fave iPad photo editing apps. I will get some practice with kiddos this Sunday at my nephews birthday party this weekend. Wish me luck.

Funny Faces

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:26:42 +0000

I recently upgraded to a DSLR camera. This past Easter I decided that my new photography subjects would be my nephews. Here are just a few of the pictures that I took of my Jellybean.

Thankful for so much

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:45:50 +0000

Today started out a little rough when I showed up at my moms with my younger sister was in a mood. I helped my mom in the kitchen and made my award winning cheesy cornbread casserole. The tension in the house washed away by the time we sat down to share our Thanksgiving meal.

My mom started grace with the Lord’s Prayer. I heard my father recite some of the prayer. I am thankful for that. His aphasia has caused him to lose his speech. He will sing along to happy birthday sometimes too. I cherish those little moments when I have him back in those brief moments. After our meal we went in the backyard and played with my nephews. I am thankful for my family.

My sister and I decided to brave 3 hours in the cold and it paid off. We scored some great black Friday finds at ToyRUs for Santa gifts for the boys.

When we got home, the Longhorns decided to finish off the day with a beautiful win. I cant think of a better way to end the UT/A&M rivalry. The Aggies were very hostile and were poor sports the entire game. And all I have to say to them is…Nah nah nah nah! Nah nah nah nah! Hey hey hey! Good-bye!

Best-Thanksgiving-Ever!

Motivation for Monday

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:10:58 +0000

I thought I would start the week off with a little motivational/inspirational poster I found on Pinterest via Flickr. Thanks lizzylee for sharing this.

New Work Area

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:14:31 +0000

I finally updated my bedroom to include a craft corner. I still have work to do but it is a great start.

Be The Change

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:58:14 +0000

Today is the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Day of Change where everyone is encouraged to drop by their local McDonalds and put their change in the change canisters to help support the House in your area. As you know, every little bit helps!

Be The Change You Want To See In The World! -Mahatma Gandh

Living Empowered

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:57:52 +0000

I am really looking forward to the Leadership retreat this weekend. I get to see my beautiful friend Laura who I lovingly call QueenieMac because she calls me BunnyMac. I feel called to serve as a leader in my community. My heart is rushing into it faster than I am really prepared. I am fighting to give complete control to God and TRUST that God will empower me with what ever I need to live my role in His kingdom. I’ll have pictures from this weekend next week. This leadership weekend will be added to my growing list of scrapbook pages or mini albums to do. I have the Women’s Retreat and my trip to California to do still. Why is there never enough time in the day to do the fun stuff.

Clear Stamp Storage Tip

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:15:23 +0000

I found my stash of baseball card sheets and had a crafty idea. I have fabric swatches stored in these sheets and thought it would be a good way to store my mini clear stamps. I have a few sheets of stamps that I cut apart and stored in these sheets also. To keep the stamps from falling out of the slick plastic sheets I included the back packaging from the mini stamps and cut 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ pieces of cardstock for the stamps I cut from the larger set sheets. I was left with only 4 sets of clear stamps that I could not store this way. I hope this tip can come in handy for other stampers. Happy Crafting!

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Stamp-a-ma-jig Tip

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:28:13 +0000

One of my favorite tools that I don’t use often enough is my Stamp-a-ma-jig. One of the main reasons I don’t use it is I find it messy using the plastic sheet the Stamp-a-ma-jig comes with. I often find myself smudging the ink from the plastic sheet on to my card or layout. I also think it’s a waste of my ink. I’ve been using my transparency film more often and had a light bulb moment today. I decided to make permanent Stamp-a-ma-jig sheets using the acetate sheet. They store easily in the stamp storage box. I use ink jet transparency film that has a special coating that locks the ink in place. No smudging! If you do not have coated transparency film or if write-on film smudges, you can either use Staz-On ink or velum for the same effect. I look forward to using my Stamp-a-ma-jig more often.

Happy Crafting!

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Template Tutorial

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:19:31 +0000

When I make cards, I sometimes find it a challenge locating the correct punch or die to coordinate with my stamps. Some of my friends catalog their stamps by keeping a binder with image sheets of all their stamps (which is on my to do list). I thought it would be nice to have a template catalog of my punches, texture folders and dies. (I didnt find it necessary to include all of my dies & punches. Just the ones I use to coordinate with my stamps)

I created the tutorial below using Photobucket. The site did not offer the option to adjust the speed. To view all the images, hover your cursor over the slideshow to activate the navigation menu, click stop and you can manually navigate through the slides.

I hope you find this tutorial helpful. Happy Crafting!

Two items not included in the supply list are your die cutting machine (Big Shot/Kick, Cuttlebug, etc.) and a paper trimmer. I was not able to edit the slide. Sorry. ~Amy