Amy Day

Google “Teacher’s Toolbox”; and you will find 100′s of examples of this cute, easy, and cheap way to store your smaller crafting supplies! I first learned about this organization technique from the awesome Julie Hutchison.  Her good friend, who happens to be a teacher, was coming in to town; and they were going to make [...]

Sadly, I only have one card to share this month (pout).  I realized on the Friday before card club that I had committed myself to not one, not two, not three, but FOUR things for Sunday!  I had to choose between card club, Grove City’s annual Soggy Doggy, watching the US Men’s National Soccer team [...]

Back in April, my husband and I embarked on the trip of a lifetime!  Starting in Chicago, we drove half of Rt 66, ending in Amarillo, Texas.  (Later, we plan to fly to Amarillo and complete the 2nd half of The Mother Road.)  This vacation was by far the best I’ve ever taken.  We saw [...]

Last OCD with Amy D, I showed you how I organize my smaller scraps, but what about the larger pieces?  And the pieces that cannot be cut down to 5×5 or smaller?  Originally, I kept a clear 12×12 folder for each color and carried all of the folders in this great bag.  It worked for [...]

It can be everyone crafter’s nemesis – scrap paper.  What do you do with it?  Keep it?  Throw it away?  Roll it up and smoke it?  Well . . . maybe not that last one . . . I use to just throw it away (gasp!).  That was until someone appealed to my OCD.  I [...]

I like paper.  I like paper a lot.  OK, that’s an understatement.  I lllloooovvveeee paper!  I’m actually a bit of a paper whore, and I even have the shirt to prove it! Keeping my addiction organized is a challenge, but a challenge I face with open arms.  I love paper so much and have so [...]

I’ll admit I’m not a button girl.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love the look of buttons.  Every time I see them on a card or scrapbook page, I think, “Wow!  Why don’t I think to use buttons more?”  So, when Shirley Wheeler put out a call to OCD with Amy D for how to [...]

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been diligently working to dethrone the queen of unfinished projects! First up, a Technique Day album from 2 or 3 years ago!  Red Letter Journal offers Technique Day the 3rd Saturday of every month from 12-5pm.  For this Technique Day, we made a page each month to [...]

I simply enjoy making mini books to showcase events and to give as gifts.  Most recently, I made a mini book for my step-dad out of brown lunch sacks.  This technique is so much fun, and you can alter the direction and size to create multiple unique books.  To create this book, the openings of [...]

I am blessed to have two great men to celebrate and remember today. My dad, Willie Lucas, passed away in 2000; and there is not a day that goes by I don’t think of him.  Even though my parents separated in when I was young, my dad was always there.  He called me every day, [...]

April’s theme/technique was texture.  If you’ve ever been shopping with me, you know I love texture!  I cannot walk through a store without touching EVERYTHING while oohing and aahing.  The softer – the better! Amy’s fav of the month comes from Ms. Carol!   While I love the colors and layout, what made Carol’s card my [...]

It’s bright!  It’s shiny!  It sticks everywhere, and it was the theme for January’s card club!  It’s GLITTER! The now even sparklier (apparently not a word but it should be!) participants were tasked with using dry glitter in making their cards for January.  Ultra fine or big ‘n chunky – it didn’t matter.  I just [...]

Our last day and last holiday -Christmas.  Now it was time to use all of the skills and techniques we had learned during the past two days to create an advent calendar.  Embossing, shading, Wonder Film, crystal lacquer, distressing, and more!  Everything was used on these 25 tags to create a beautiful advent calendar.  We [...]

Welcome to our first day of classes at the PK Glitz Retreat!!!  Our theme for the day?  Halloween! We started the day by making our very own trick or treat bag!  This was also our introduction to Wonder Film.  These double sided adhesive sheets will stick to anything – glass, acrylic, paper mache, card stock, [...]

It’s that time again!  Time for the monthly Red Letter Journal card club!  This month’s theme was Holiday cards, and it DEFINITELY got me in the mood for Christmas! My favorite this month?  The prestigious award goes to Carol!  Let me just say, “Amy loves her some sparkles!!!”  Carol started by using a retired PSX [...]

Another month has come and gone; and before the Create and Craft team knew what was happening, it was time for another card swap at Red Letter Journal.  I can’t speak for the entire team, but I know I always vow to not wait until the last minute to make my cards; and yet here [...]