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Monday, September 9, 2013

Summer Inspired Cards | Lily Bee

Good Morning crafters while I am holed up in my office playing with paper escaping the crazy 90 degree temperatures (crazy for September right) I thought I would spend a couple days catching you up on the many cards I have done over the past few months.

Today I am leading off with a few cards from Lily Bee.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Lily Bee Patterned Paper/Alphas/Stickers/chipboard, We R Memory Keepers Corner Rounder, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and Hemp Twine)

Both cards used pretty much the same supplies. Have you noticed my newest addiction. It's the Hemp twine. I got a large roll before my local scrapbook store closed in June. There is something about this twine I really adore, I can't decide if it's the weight or color. It seems to find it's way onto almost all my projects.

Have a happy day!

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Woven Background | Lily Bee

Greeting crafters I have survived the first week of school. I am super thrilled to have our schedule back in place. I feel so much more settled than I have in months.

Today I have a layout that was featured on the Lily Bee blog last month. I cut 1 inch strips of some of my favorite Lily Bee patterned papers from the Destination Collection and I wove them together to create a background. I love the fun mix the woven background adds to this layout. This technique can look really busy so I kept the rest of my layout including my photo really clean and simple.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Lily Bee Patterned Paper/Alphas/Label Stickers/Flair, Silhouette Cutting System, Enamel Dot My Minds Eye and font Veteran Typewriter/Lobster)

Stay tuned for lots of fun stuff my desk is super full of fun projects that I cannot wait to share. Happy Crafting

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Announcing the 2014 Scrapbook & Cards Today Daily Planner

Good Morning crafters and whoopie it's Wednesday and that means at my house it's the first day of school. Feel free to visualize me dancing around right now. No more bickering and slamming of doors. Bring on the quiet.

Today's news comes from my friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today. For the past 3 years we have put out a wonderful sketch calendar. This year it's been re-designed (preview below).

The cover layout was designed by the super talented Lynn Ghahary. She used one of my favorite new lines from We R Memory Keepers called Noted.

SCT’s
new 2014 Scrapbooking Planner and Sketch Calendar is now portable, ready to go
wherever you go! This 14-month, 64-page planner is coil bound, brimming with 30
page sketches, how-to photo techniques and layouts created by your favourite
designers. Each month features a full page of journaling prompts, page starters,
photo ideas and areas to jot down notes, memories and special moments, perfect
for those who are following Project Life. At just $12.95 plus shipping, make
this one-of-a-kind Planner a gift for you and all your scrappy friends!
Preorders start October 15, 2013 at www.scrapbookandcards.com and begins shipping
November 28th.

Happy Crafting

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Monday, September 2, 2013

September PageMaps | CardMaps

Greetings crafters as promised yesterday I am showing off my September PageMaps project. I chose this sketch because I was drawn to the 3 square photos in a row I couldn't resist the polaroid. I am seriously addicted to them.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Patterned Paper Crate Paper, Washi Cosmo Cricket, Alphas Jillibean Soup, Flair AC, Decorative Brads My Minds Eye/Basic Grey, Spellbinders Dies, Tag Jillibean Soup, Hemp twine, Silhouette Cutting System, Clothes Pins Crate Paper, Polaroid Frame Jillibean Soup, Safety Pin Fancy Pants, and various fonts)

I also thought it would be fun to play around with this quarter's CardMaps sketch. I immediately loved this sketch. It felt simple yet it still pushed me outside my comfort zone. I normally don't layer so many patterned papers.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Patterned Paper Crate Paper, Wood Veneer Studio Calico, Hemp Twine, Corner Rounder We R Memory keepers, and Spellbinders Dies)

Thanks for joining me today!

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

PageMaps News

Happy September (wow it's kind of hard to believe I wrote that). Today I have some great news from my friends at PageMaps. If you haven't had a chance to check out the new PageMaps redesigned website you are missing out. Besides a fresh new website Becky Fleck has all kinds of new things instore for all you sketch fans. While exploring the newly redesigned PageMaps website don't forget to check out the new PageMaps U education program. This new program begins the 15th of this month and will offer all kinds of educational tools, like videos, instructions, digital cut files and so mucg more. These tools are specifically designed to go hand in hand with your favorite sketches. I am super excited to be a part of the new educational team at PageMaps so make sure you look for my projects.

Enjoy a wonderful and safe holiday weekend and don't forget to return tomorrow to catch up on my regular monthly PageMaps design team work.

Happy crafting

Thursday, August 22, 2013

My version of ombre | Scrapbook & Cards Today

Good morning crafters, I am on the road this morning taking my daughter to cheer camp at the University of Oregon so I am going to make this post short but sweet. This is my version of ombre and was my Colour Suite layout from the summer issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Close to my Heart, Patterned Paper American Crafts/Studio Calico/Pebbles/Bella Blvd, Wood Accent My Minds Eye, Resin Flower Jillibean Soup/Webster's Pages, Washi We R Memory Keepers/Queen & Co, button Close to my heart, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, Decorative Brads My Minds Eye, American Crafts Flair, Label Stickers My Minds Eye, Twine, Fiskars Sccallop Punch, Crochet Heart Bella Blvd, and Silhouette Cutting System)

I created my title by running my enlarged photo through my Silhouette and then used the negative space to layer Washi tape to create my title. To read more about the summer Colour Suite or any of my past challenges make sure you check out the Scrapbook & Cards Today website.

Happy Crafting

Monday, August 19, 2013

You are never too old for bubbles | Jillibean Soup

Happy Tuesday crafters now that I am back in the regular rotation at Jillibean Soup I have accumulated quite a few projects to post. Combine this with my infrequent blog updates this summer and yup it means I have projects to share. I tend to forget what order they go up on the blog so I thought I would just start with a recent favorite.

This layout began with the Jillibean Soup placemat. I am going to fess up to the fact that besides the polaroid frames (which I am obsessed with) this is the only other placemat I have used. I often see clean lines when I design and while I love the designs of the placemats I sometimes find myself super intimidated by their complexity. Yeah I am making it way more than it needs to be I know that. I took the plunge and this is what I came up with.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper/Alphas/Placemat/Button/Diecut/Corrugated Word/Label, twine, and font Veteran Typewriter)

I really love how I managed to use the placemat while still maintaining those lines I am always looking for when I scrap. Have a fully conquered my neurotic fears of the Jillibean Soup placemats ... yeah probably not but I am proud to say I have one on desk right now going onto a future project.

If you are looking for more fabulous ideas on how to use the Jillibean Soup circle placemat make sure you check out the summer issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today. It was one of the featured products in the designer challenge column.

Peace & Love