Lynda's Den

Now that my hand has healed a bit, I can start to type and get a few posts ready to go with some of these fun things I had been creating prior to the "injury"!!!  However, the hand I always use was the one injured, so it has taken a few weeks to be able to use it AND type while I am at it, without being in tons of pain that is!  Posts will start back up, but not on an exact time or date!  Just bear with me as I work through my injury and getting it back to normal after that.        I made a really fun altered composition notebook and bookmarks right before my hand got broke.  I wanted to share how cute they all turned out, with photos and directions on how to complete the entire project!!!  I am in love with the colors and everything turned out!!!  This is the type of thing that can make an excellent gift for just about anyone, customizing    Supplies used: Colorbok Sweet Bloom 2 sided paper (2 sheets plus accent pape...

My name should be Grace Well, good news, no surgery...just a cast for 4 more weeks while the fingers heal and it's a cute pink cast if you ask me!!!  I can now start to use 3 of my fingers on my hand, which means - that's all I need to create (which is a good thing since I started last night)!!!    However - that means I am still in pain while it all heals too, and can't use my smaller tools...but I can use my Cricut machine instead!!!  Since I have been working on a wall hanging piece for my mom... I started to cut out the pieces I wanted to use for the wall hanging  out on my Cricut machine!!!  I have 10 cartridges is all, which is nice because I can't make my mind up as it is when it comes to die cuts and what to use!!!  It also helps to be more limited on your choices for your creativity - what can you do with what you have versus running out and spending money on projects! So, since I am using my Cricut machine to get some projects f...

I apologize for my lack of posts...I have a cast on my hand, with possible surgery - so I am one-handed right now!!!  Not only is my blogging on hold, but my creativity is as well!!!  I had such a great Shutterfly offer I wanted to share it with you...I didn't care about my hand!!!   If you haven't shopped at Shutterfly before, now is the perfect time to start!!!  I was able to make an 8 x 8 book for FREE and pay only shipping and handling, you can check mine out here !!!! What a great way to document just about anything - birthday's, seasons, school years, events and more!!!  The best part about making a Shutterfly book, they can be re-created if you want to make another one!!!  I have a few codes for you to use to get your own fun creation: FREETREAT - 8 x 8 hard book, good until 9/17 SAVORSUMMER - 50% off photo books, 30% off everything else - good 9/18 to 9/23 SHIP39 - free shipping when you spend $39 or more 30OFFNC - 30% off for new cust...

  My path to owning my own Cricut machine - came really different than most of you!  I didn't scrapbook with anyone who had one, but ended up knowing enough about scrapbooking, computers and die cut machines to be able to demonstrate the Cricut machine and what it did!  I actually demonstrated the Cricut Cake machine.....and then the regular Cricut scrapbooking machine later on for a local Michael's Craft store.    After moving to Sacramento, CA - a wonderful friend of mine, sent me one of her old machines...I just had to get a power cord!  From that point - even after it was destroyed by a vindictive person...I was able to get a machine at a local pawn shop!!!  The best thing - it's actually a better model than the one I got for free, which I am happy for!!!  Since working with the machine for a while, I have a few beginner tips for you: You really TRULY don't need each and every cartridge out there known to mankind...  Look at w...