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Welcome!

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So glad you came. I'm Rebecca, a life-long creator, and my hope is to INSPIRE you, CREATE beauty, and help CONNECT you to your own creativity, and our fantastic creative community.   SHOP WITH ME:   Stampin' Up! > Find a Demonstrator SPRING & FALL CRAFT RETREATS Next Retreat: October 24-27, 2024 Each spring (mid-March) and fall, you have the opportunity to come away to beautiful Asbury Camp & Retreat Center on Silver Lake in Perry, NY.  This fall marks my 35th Retreat with the absolute best, kindest, most welcoming & creative ladies anywhere.  <  RSVP  here > I recommend that you reserve now while we still have spots left.   FOR CREATIVE INSPIRATION:  YouTube: simplyscraphappy Pinterest: Rebecca Laird, Crafted by Grace You can find my form "2024 Fall Retreat Registration" at: https://form.jotform.com/240698730317158 Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaCTMH?mibextid=ZbWKw...

New Video Short - What is an "Inset Frame?"

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I'm excited to present a new YouTube Video "Shorts" series, less than one minute each, and the first installment went live today !   Our final Coffee & Crafting of 2024, 11am - 11pm November 22nd, was a wonderfully productive & enjoyable day of creating!  I loved the chance to spend an entire chilly, wet Friday doing what I love.   One of my projects was creating a Christmas two-page layout featuring Reindeer Days  designer series paper!!   Inspired by Margi Gilbertson, this 12 x 12 scrapbook layout was easy super easy and fun to create.  In this video series, you'll learn two different tips to save paper, and how to pull together stamps, Cricut die cuts and embellishments to create a two-page spread that is pleasing to the eye.  Thank you for tuning in, and supporting me in my new Stampin' Up journey!  Every read, comment, like, ...

3 Days to grab a Mystery Box!

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Heads up!  3 DAYS LEFT on these deals!! Now through Thursday, Oct. 31🎃 : I will sweeten the deal with a 🌼 FREE MYSTERY PACK 🍁 with all $75+ orders!  Retail Value of Mystery Packs: $50-$100! I have retired, beautiful CTMH products to share, and I want to surprise YOU! I have 4 mystery packs to GIVE AWAY  by Oct. 31st!!   To thank you for your loyalty to me & our big move to Stampin' Up, I am GIVING AWAY free product mystery packs! To help me to reach my final Quick Start bonus level this month, I will gladly give and/or mail 💌  you a free mystery product bundle including: - one brand new CTMH stamp set - at least one gently used stamp set AND more SURPRISES such as : - card bases & envelopes - patterned paper and/or cardstock, all prepped and ready to create a scrapbook page layout or cards - pocket cards / Picture My Life cards - stamp & thin cuts SETS worth over $30! Here's the link to get st...

Turn Scraps into Clusters

This year I made a few new crafting goals.  One of these is to quickly create with scraps - extra die cuts or any remaining pieces from a project. I've been taking a few minutes to do this, while cleaning up, instead of stashing them, typically never to be seen again.  Today is a great example of this goal giving wings to creativity! So, I thought I would share.  It is so quick and easy to create a cluster, when you already have all your supplies out from whatever project you just completed.  In this case, I had Seasons of Green & Gold scraps & die cuts left after making several kits for 3D treat boxes  ...  So, instead of trying to squirrel them away somewhere, I just started to group them together.  I created a cluster , turned a negative-space scrap into a little tag, and was about to add it to my little divider box of just such creations, when I noticed one more 3" strip on my table.  Having just bought some blank journals, my mind we...