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February Colour Suite

Happy Saturday and welcome to the February 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 an inspiration image I found on Pinterest.

Below is how I transformed my inspiration piece (wth a little help from the very talented Becky Fleck) into this months colour suite.

(Supplies Used: Cardstock Bazzill, Patterned Paper Jillibean Soup/KI Memories/Webster's Pages/Elle's studio, Wood Veneer Elle's Studio/Lily Bee, Enamel Dots My Minds Eye, Heart Dies Szzix, Felt, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Button Fancy Pants, Hemp Twine, Sequins American Crafts, Silhouette Cutting System/Image & fonts OldSansBlack)

This month I invited my friend Patricia Roebuck to join me and take the Colour Suite challenge. I was super excited to have Patricia join me this month we first met about 2 years ago when I first joined the Lily Bee design team. While my layout is heavy on the red Patricia's is light and airy make sure you go to her blog to check out how she tackled the colour suite.

Thanks for joining me today for the February 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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Spicy Social Soup | Jillibean Soup

Happy Friday crafters today I thought I would start showing off some of Jillibean Soup's newest collection Spicy Social Soup. Truth is I had a huge long post almost done and poof my computer crashed. So I am going to skip the chit chat and get right to the good stuff.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper/Alphas/Stickers/Wood Sprinkles/Wood Button/Die Cuts/Flash Cards, Black Pen, Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz, and font Veteran Typewriter)

My daughter thought this collection was super cool. She helped construct the photo I used as my starting point for this layout.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

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Nerd Alert | Technique Tuesday

Good Morning crafters. I am experiencing some technical difficulties and while tech support has restored my laptop it's still not quite acting right. I keep thinking one of these times he's not going to be able to revive it when it crashes. Hence my erratic blog postings.

I thought I would start you off today with a layout that shows off a little of what tech support does with his free time. This layout features flair stamps and circle dies from Technique Tuesday.

(Supplies Used: Bazzil Cardstock, Patterned Paper Simple Stories/Elle's Studio/Bo Bunny/Basic Grey/Bella Blvd/We R Memory Keepers, Alphas from Jillibean Soup, Foam Arrows Fancy Pants Designs, Washi Tape Bella Blvd, Tab Punch Fiskars, Inks VersaFine/ColorBox, Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz, Stamps Technique Tuesday, Metal Circle Dies Technique Tuesday, Silhouette Cutting System, and fonts OldSansBlack & Veteran Typewriter)

I often do work way in advance for Technique Tuesday. This layout was done at the end of September and I confess it was the catalyst layout for my circle obsession. I have even recreated this look on several other projects. I simply fell head over heels for the circles and how I was able to use them as little vehicles for embellishments. The idea of compartmentalizing makes the randomness on this layout work for my linear brain. Yeah I am a bit of an nut deal with it.

I hope you have a wonderful and glorious Thursday. Go make something pretty.

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[email protected] | Scrapbook & Cards Today

Good morning crafters! Things got a little dicey here in the pacific northwest. We were hit late last week with an unusual snow storm. I love a good snow day, it's when one day becomes five I start to get a little twitchy. Our impending storm hit mid day last Thursday and it snowed on and off thru Saturday. Then mother nature topped it all off with some freezing rain. I am grateful for the plows that came through my neighborhood and made it possible for me to escape today. I honor of my recent snow adventures I thought I would share a layout featured in the fall issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today in the What's Next column.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, My Minds Eye Patterned Paper/Washi Tape/Decorative Brads/Enamel Dots/Stickers/Chipboard Shapes, Jenni Bowlin Alphas, Wood Veneer Studio Calico, Ink VersaFine, Black Pen Sharpie, Jillibean Soup Alphas, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers, My Favorite Things Metal Polaroid Die, and font downloaded from the internet)

Thanks to snowmageddon 2014 I now have a whole new collection of photos to scrapbook. I better get to work. Happy scrapping!

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Love that sock bun | Jillibean Soup

Good Morning friends. Today I am showing off a bit of the Valentine inspired collection from Jillibean Soup. It's been awhile since Jill has released a line on craft and I was super excited when this line was released.

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(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper/Die Cuts/Alphas/Stamp/Stickers, Doodlebug Enamel Dots, Black Ink, Tiny Attacher, Circle Dies Technique Tuesday, Wood Veneer Studio Calico, and font Veteran Typewriter)

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One thing I love about this line is it doesn't have to be Valentine it all depends on how you use the products. I even used some of the themed die cuts and stickers on my layout.

February is shaping up to be a crazy month at my house. I have a packed schedule full of cheer leading competitions, swim meets, various house guests all topped off with a trip to Dallas at the end of the month. If I seem scarce it is because I have completely lost my sanity. When I regain consciousness possibly in April I hope to get my life back.

In the mean time happy scrapping.

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February | PageMaps

Happy Wednesday crafters. It's time for my monthly PageMaps sketch (a few days late this month). These are some of my favorite photos. I took a ton in the session with my daughter across the street from our house. Don't be surprised when you see me scrapbook more photos from this day they turned out super fun.

Here is my PageMaps sketch for the month. I really loved the different shapes Becky included. I took a simpler route when I translated my vision to the paper simply because I didn't have dies to match her shapes. I could have gone digging through the Silhouette website but sometimes the plethora of designs there can be overwhelming so I went with the simpler approach.

(Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper Webster's Pages/Doodlebug, Washi Tape Webster's Pages, Alphas Jillibean Soup, Flair American Crafts. Decorative Brads Basic Grey, Sequins Doodlebug ,Arrow Studio Calico, Stick Pins Maya Road, Hemp Twine, Heart Die Sizzix, Wood Veneer Studio Calico, Pinking Shears IKEA, felt and font Veteran Typewriter downloaded from the internet)

Thanks for joining me today. Happy Crafting!

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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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so there i was ...

February 15, 2014

February Colour Suite

February 14, 2014

Spicy Social Soup | Jillibean Soup

February 13, 2014

Nerd Alert | Technique Tuesday

February 11, 2014

[email protected] | Scrapbook & Cards Today

February 06, 2014

Love that sock bun | Jillibean Soup

February 05, 2014

February | PageMaps

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

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