Gotham City Stampers

Consider it scrapbooking “old school” but I just can’t help myself. I started scrapbooking in 1998 when the goal was to get as many pics on a page as possible. Things have really changed where now there are pages with one small picture and tons of embellishing. Now, I have tried that-I do it every [...]

I LOVE our fur babies! This double-page layout was made using some beautiful goodies from a Swirlydoos Kit. Love the colors and the combo of embellishments! Marty & I live about a block from the George Washington Bridge in New York City. We LOVE taking walks to the bridge as often as possible. It is [...]

This tag includes so many things that I just LOVE-Swirlydoos Monthly Kit, anything vintage, music and tag and LACE! This is a tag that I made recently and just love it! I stamped the old time record paper on the craft paper that comes as packaging in a lot of boxes that I get. The [...]

I love the happy, bright colors of this card. I made this using the goodies in the January Swirlydoos Kit. It is so happy and fun! Many projects have come out of that kit but this card is one of my favorites. Unless, of course, I count the paperbag mini book that has been in [...]

Here it goes again…When you make a scrapbook page, use the same supplies from your table to make a card! You know that’s my mantra, ok, one of many artsy mantras. After I finished the project for Lissette, I wanted to make her a purple matching card. I already had all of the goodies ALL [...]

I have wanted to make a banner for a LONG time! After receiving this purple kit from Swirlydoos, it was screaming to be made into a banner (ok, amongst LOTS of other projects). Our new baby niece was born on September 17th. The first months of her young life has been hard due to Dad’s [...]

I loved making this card…it’s a birthday card for a special friend. I know you will be shocked but I made this card using goodies from a Swirlydoos kit. I love the elegance of the red & black, the vintage elements, the chic look of the embellishments. I stamped the FUN stamp on the brown [...]

Tonight’s Swirlydoos project was SO much fun to make. Corris and I sat here eating chicken, gabbing, laughing, (watching QVC) and crafting! The challenge was to add a handmade flower to the tag—one of my FAVORITE projects to make! This is one of my flowers using the Stampin’ Up! Waffle Paper. I used the silver [...]

Today’s Swirlydoos Tag Challenge was to do a holiday tag and include the name of the person that would be getting the tag. I tossed around a few people in my head and thought it would be fun AND a challenge to do a tag to celebrate my niece’s first Christmas. Elise is a special [...]

Today’s tag challenge on the Swirlydoos blog is to make a tag using TINSEL! (how fun) I couldn’t believe it when I found this trim that looks like tinsel that you would find on your Christmas tree! I had so much fun making this tag. I did a neat embossing and stamping technique that Tim [...]