so there i was ... : January 2014

January Paper Smooches Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches February release with you! FOUR new stamps and EIGHT new dies will be available to purchase at 12:01am, Eastern time...on February 1st. There will be an Anniversary celebration at the Paper Smooches blog on February 1st, so please stop by and celebrate with us! You will find our new releases HERE

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize!

FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog
The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.
Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your changes)
You have until midnight MT on Sunday, February 2nd to leave a comment.
Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, February 3rd to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.

To increase your chances of winning:

Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper Webster's Pages, Alphas American Crafts, Doodlebug Sequins and Enamel Dots, Felt, Paper Smooches Stamp Hooties, Paper Smooches Metal Dies Owl Icons/Leaves 1/Hearts/Trees 1 and font Right Type!)

Thanks for joining me today. Happy Stamping!

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Her Goal | Technique Tuesday

Yeah it's Friday and I am off on a new adventure. It's kind of why I decided to share this particular layout today. This is something I made about 8 months ago for Technique Tuesday. I was tasked with using the metal banner die and corresponding stamps in a fun border. I layered lots of the banners in 2 colors to create the border along the right side of my layout. For added interest I stamped on the black banner pieces and then hand stitched over the stamped image.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper Heidi Swapp/Basic Grey/ Bo Bunny, Alphas Thickers American Crafts, Studio Calico wood veneer star, Twine, Ink VersaFine, Stamps & Dies Technique Tuesday, DMC Floss, and font Veteran Typewriter)

So much has changed for my daughter since I did this layout. I think her goals have morphed and grown in the the last 8 months. She moved up to a competitive traveling team and rather than focusing on flying she has decided to work on her tumbling skills. This weekend we are traveling up to the Seattle area for our first away competition and I am super excited to see the girls show their stuff.

Do your kids have any goals even if they might change or they seem silly I think it's a wonderful thing to document? Now that I have given you a topic go get crafty. XO

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Happy Things | Lily Bee

Good morning crafters happy Thursday. At the end of 2013 after over a year and a half I decided not to continue on with Lily Bee. It was a hard decision and not one I came to easily. I simply adore the product but after the recent joining the Paper Smooches design team I thought it was best for me to step down to make way for new talent. This was my last project I did for the blog in December. We were tasked with designing handmade gifts and I couldn't resist making a covered journal. I used the new Washi tape along the spine and even added one of the adorable new wood houses as part of the closure.

(Supplies Used: Compositon Notebook, Lily Bee Patterned Paper/Washi Tape/Wood Veneer, Hemp Twine, Slhouette Cutting System/font and black pen)

Covered composition notebooks make the best journals. I gave this one to my daughter who enjoys writing short stories. So while this was my last official Lily Bee design team project look for Lily Bee product to show up often in my projects (like in yesterday's layout).

Happy Crafting

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Stamping for Scrapbookers | Paper Smooches

As my teenage daughter would say happy hump-day. I thought it would be fun to talk about stamping today. I am fortunate to work with 2 popular stamping companies; Technique Tuesday and Paper Smooches. I like to think my style of stamping is geared more toward scrapbookers.

This is my one of my latest Paper Smooches layouts. I played around with several new dies and stamps from the January release.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Patterned Paper Lily Bee, Alphas Jillibean Soup, Wood Veneer Embellishments Studio Calico, Hemp Twine, Timy Attacher Tim Holtz, Vellumn, Ink VersaFine/VersaMagic, Black Pen, Stamps/Dies Paper Smooches and font)

I used the Paper Smooches Pinked Circle die to create the banner and I alternated stamped sayings and wood grain stamped backgrounds on the banner pieces.

For all those non-stampy scrapbookers out there I challenge you to try a little stamping on your next layout. The wonderful thing about stamps is they are not a 1 time use product. They can be used over and over again and never look the same. Stamps are worth the investment.

Happy crafting!

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Fun with fonts | Jillibean Soup

Happy Tuesday from crafty land. With my CHA hangover behind me I am back holed up in my office feverishly working on crafty projects. While I didn't really get a chance to really explore at CHA I still came home supercharged.

This Jillibean Soup layout is really all about the title. I found this font via Pinterest and used my Silhouette to cut out the letters. The font wasn't smooth so I spent quite a bit of time fixing the rough edges using the free Silhouette Studio software. I think the extra effort I put into this title was work it.

(Supplies Used:Cardstock Bazzill, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper/Alphas/Corrugated Shape/Stickers/Die Cuts, Enamel Dots My Minds Eye, Black Pen, and fonts)

My playful title is balanced out with my clean and simple design. I love design elements that don't over shadow each other, the photos or my stories. I often begin the creative process by pulling everything I want to use on a layout and then I edit. I have discovered that in my old age I cannot deal with clutter. I think this is evident in my work. I wish I could layer and embellish my little heart out like some of my favorite scrapbookers but I simply cannot wrap my head around it. So I will stick to what I do best, clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by today happy crafting.

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Jillibean Soup CHA wrap up part deux

Good morning as promised I have just a few more photos to share from the Jillibean Soup booth.

These next photos hopefully show off some of the little details from the booth. We are so very fortunate to have such a wonderful design team. The projects in the booth looked really fabulous. If you are a Jillibean Soup fan don't forget we are having a design team call check out our blog for more details.

I hope you have enjoyed this close up peek into the Jillibean Soup booth. It's an amazingly creative space that I am proud to represent.

Happy Crafting

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Jillibean Soup CHA wrap up

Hello crafters after a wonderful week away at CHA in sunny warm California I made it home yesterday around noon. My bags are unpacked and my laundry is done. I am trying desperately to jump right back into my routine in order to keep the CHA hangover at bay.

After going through all my photos I have come to the conclusion there is way to much to show you in just 1 single post so I will spread the photos over 2 days.

This is the best full Jillibean Soup booth photo I took the whole time. I simply didn't take very many photos but thankfully our lightening was great so the few photos I did take turned out decent.

I was so proud of my doodles on these chalkboard trays. They aren't bad for a non doodler like myself.

Love the new blue chairs Jill added to the booth this year for so many reasons (like sitting down to total an order).

We cut down on the number of crates we brought to the show and this meant we didn't have as many pieces to decorate the booth with. So we went junking in the City of Orange. Jill is a treasure hunter and she found several great items. I loved the card holder in this photo it really was the perfect piece for the booth.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a few more shots from the totally fabulous Jillibean Soup booth.

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January Colour Suite

Happy Wednesday welcome to the January Colour Suite a monthly colour challenge I put together for my friends at Scrapbook and Cards Today. This month I built the colour suite from one of my favorite colours, blue. I love all shades of blue and I often treat it as if it was a neutral. While I know it's traditionally considered masculine I like to think it's really gender neutral. I love making it feel girly.

This month I took the liberty to step off the Colour Suite path. I like to think the Colour Suite is a guide and it's okay to add or remove any colour you like.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Bella Blvd Patterned Paper/Stickers/Crochet Heart/Flag Accent/Chipboard/Feathers/Washi Tape, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, Twine, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Silhouette Cutting System and fonts Veteran Typewiter/Journaling & Bebas/Title)

I took the liberty to add more more neutrals to my layout. Adding neutrals really didn't change the essence of the Colour Suite.

Thanks for joining me today for the November Colour Suite. To read more about this challenge or to check out my past challenges don't forget to make your way over to the Scrapbook & Cards Today website and Blog.

Happy crafting friends!

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Hello from sunny California | CHA Day 2

Hello Crafters CHA opens today and I have lost track of my days.

You know it's the simple thing in life. We couldn't be more thrilled this year because we have lights in our booth. After a few shows in a dark corner with a light bulb out these lights made me giddy.

Thought you might enjoy some more messy booth photos from Jillibean Soup. I promise we cleaned all this up by the end of the day.

Tonight we left the show floor and it was sunny and warm. I couldn't resist a little photo California style.

Happy Crafting from sunny warm California!
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Blogging from the breakfast table | CHA Day 1

Greetings crafters I am sitting at the breakfast table doing a little blogging. We don't have internet in our room and I really wanted to try to get a few photos up to share with you. The Jillibean booth is looking great.

We arrived yesterday to this ...

The walls were up and the crates were open. It was time to get to work unloading and organizing projects and product.

With a little hard work and elbow grease the above turns into this ...

Have a wonderful day. Happy Crafting!

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so there i was ...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

January Paper Smooches Blog Hop

January 24, 2014

Her Goal | Technique Tuesday

January 23, 2014

Happy Things | Lily Bee

January 22, 2014

Stamping for Scrapbookers | Paper Smooches

January 21, 2014

Fun with fonts | Jillibean Soup

January 17, 2014

Jillibean Soup CHA wrap up part deux

January 16, 2014

Jillibean Soup CHA wrap up

January 15, 2014

January Colour Suite

January 11, 2014

Hello from sunny California | CHA Day 2

January 10, 2014

Blogging from the breakfast table | CHA Day 1

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