I’ve been playing a lot with my Distress Markers lately, and I love love love them. They’ll never replace my Copics–in fact I think they have completely different uses. I would argue that Distress Markers aren’t great for coloring. They don’t blend nearly as well as Copics and dye ink can be hard on cardstock if you’re a heavy-handed colorer. …

An adorable origami dress card from How About Orange has been floating around Pinterest for a few weeks. I thought it was so much fun that I made a variation of it for this week’s make-and-take at MLO. I cut 5 inch squares from thin scrapbook paper–a lot of scrapbook papers are too thick for origami, so make sure you …

Where I’ve been trying to get Allie to nap since 3 and Allie has been trying to tell me she doesn’t need a nap since 3 and oh my God I just need a quick break to post a picture of how cute she is when she’s not crying and then I’ll go rock her again.   Deep breath. Okay. …

Earlier this year, Tim Holtz released some really cool Sizzix dies featuring old-timey items like a camera, a telephone, an alarm clock, and this typewriter: Last week we played with the typewriter for the MLO make and take, and I forgot to post about it. These are fun dies to work with. I cut the typewriter out of chipboard and …

Is there anything more fun than blowing bubbles on a breezy summer day? Yes, there is. And it’s called pouring ink into your bubble soap and making totally awesome background paper. I discovered this technique on Pinterest (of course). The original pin says to mix food coloring with bubbles, but I have a house full of inks and no food …

This post has been weeks in the making. First, the album itself took ages to make. Then I couldn’t post about it because it was a birthday gift for my mom, and then I had to compile the billionty pictures that I had of the thing into something manageable. But here it is. I’m not gonna lie, it’s one of …