Party! | Jillibean Soup

What a cutie pie right!? I wanted to use the new Jillibean Soup Party Playground collection and this was perfect for me. I created a layout with treat bags, cupcake holders and even straws! We have to think outside the box sometimes and this was definitely one of them for me! Hope you Like ;-)

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Birthday Bisque/ Pint of Presents; Soup Staples III/ Blue Print
Pea Pod Die Cuts: Birthday Bisque
Coordinating Stickers: Birthday Bisque
Favor Bags: Party Playground / Multi Triangle
Treat Cups: Party Playground / Multi Chevron, Cotton Candy Pink
Paper Straws: Party Playground / Gum Drop Green
Cupcake Toppers: Party Playground / Cotton Candy Pink Heart, Multi Colored Star
Bakers Twine: Party Playground / Gum Drop Green

Other: enamel dots, sewing, Color Shine

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Life Documented January 2015 | Simple Stories

This is the first page in my Life Documented album for 2015. I'm doing something a bit different this year. I'm not committing to a weekly spread. This means I can do a month at a time, a week at a time or even a day at a time. I am not worried about the pocket page style that I'll be using either. It's considered more of a large "mini ablum" and I'm looking forward to creating this year and hope you'll join me!  

 

I started my spread using the Simple Stories Design 10 Pocket Pages. This allows me to add larger photos 4"x4" and also the standard 3"x4". The left Side of my spread has a photo of hubby and I from 2014 and a bit of journaling about the year ahead. I love that my pictures can be included with journaling on a 4x4 card.

 

Creating your own journal cards can be so much fun.  I used 4x6 and also 3x4 cards and created my own. I added 1" strips and sewed them to cut up 4x6 cards. Super easy to do and gives you a unique touch to your page using all the wonderful Simple Stories Cards.

 

 

 

Since my spread is about the entire Month of January 2015 I wanted to add photo and journaling but not have this on a few spreads so I typed directly underneath my pictures!

 

The Right Side of my spread has the same format as the Left.   I did a picture collage on one of my photos to showcase the great day we had at the Clay Café. This is a place I bring my nieces when I visit. We have a blast and always look forward to getting our fired clay pieces.
Below is an example of a journal card I created using a 4x6 card cut to fit below the " Week In Review " title. I added a tag for my journaling and created little embellishment details with the Life Documented Washi Paper Tape. So Easy!

 

This collection is so much fun to play with. I hope you enjoyed my Life Documented post today and I hope you enjoy creating with your Simple Stories Life Documented Collection!

Hello There | Jillibean Soup

Hello there was created with some corrugated shapes and a stamp set. I had left over Soup Staples III papers and it's a cute card for Spring greetings right?!

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples III / Brick Wall, Blue Print, One Way Ticket, Read Me
Corrugated Shapes: Sunshine - Kraft

Enamel Stars: Black

Clear Stamps: Handwritten Sentiments

Other:  Twine, Sewing Machine, Black Ink,

Friends Forever | Jillibean Soup

I wanted to use my Circle Placemat and create something. I cut 4 circles and then added versamark and green embossing powder. Heated that with my heat gun and created this pretty neat background for my card. Adding paper behind the circles is optional but created something pretty cool!

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Spicy Social Soup / Taste of Texts, 4 Parts Hashtags, Bite Size Bits
Pea Pods (Die Cuts) / Spicy Social Soup

Enamel Stars: Yellow

Coordinating Stickers: Spicy Social Soup
Placemats: White Simple Circles

Other:   Sewing Machine, Green Embossing Powder

Happy Day | Jillibean Soup

It's a Happy Day when it's your Birthday! I used a mini placemat and added popdots behind it to add dimension and then added some diecuts on top. Such an easy card to create.  You can even use some left overs and Jillibean Soup has some of these mini placemats in the Silhouette Online Store ;-)

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Birthday Bisque / Smidgen of Sweets, Bunch of Balloons
Pea Pods (Die Cuts): Birthday Bisque

Coordinating Stickers: Birthday Bisque

Mini Placemats: Favorite

Sugar Picks: Sunshine Resin Picks - Multi Color

Soup Labels:  Birthday Bisque

Other:   Sewing Machine, White Cardstock, Color Shine 

Layout Class 1 | PageMaps U

PageMaps U’s first layout class of 2015 is here! 

This class is loaded with 18 layouts, sketches, techniques and how-to's, full-color instructions, complete supply lists (including paper names!) and free die cutting files, all created by some of your favorite artists, including me!

This four-week, self-paced, online class begins Monday, February 16th. Stop by PageMaps to see all of the sneak peeks, try out a freebie class, and then register for this one. It’s going to be so much fun!

Here’s a chance for you to win a free spot into this first class of the year!
Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite color is.
That easy!

We’ll draw a random winner on Wednesday, February 11th. Good luck!

Thank You | Creative Scrappers

In a previous post from Creative Scrappers in December I had mentioned to you that it was time for Creative Scrappers to end. The day as come. It's February and this marks an end to our CS Challenges. To you Creative Scrappers followers, Our Current and Past Design Team Members, Our Generous Sponsors and all sketch lovers I'd like to personally take this opportunity to say THANK YOU !



CS has been a blessing for me, to allow me to inspire and help scrapbookers all over the world, the chance to meet amazing people in this industry and to grow creatively with you all.

Thank you Design Team Members for being so AWESOME in creating layouts that constantly WOW our readers, and give people ideas and inspiration to create some AWESOME pages themselves. This success would never have been possible without you!

Our Sponsors, Thank you for being so generous and giving to our challenge participants. Your interest in supporting me and Creative Scrappers surely isn't going unnoticed. 

Thank you Kathy Skou for being my right hand on facebook, for Taryn Lopshire and Kiki Halbert for a helping hand when I needed it ;-)

Thank you to YOU CS Fans. Thank you for being here ;-) I cherish our friendship, your emails, your comments and support throughout the years!

Creative Scrappers blog will still be here - I will have Sketches 1-286 available for download shortly and of course the 3 ebook of sketches will still be for sale if you want more great sketches and designs. Don't forget to use coupon code V3Creative to save 20% off and the books have been reduced from 9.95$ to 7.95$ permanently.

I will host a few random challenges and those will be posted on the CS blog. If you wish to stay up to date please follow us on your blog readers ( bloglovin ) or social media outlets.  Also, all layouts that have been added using the inlinkz tool will be added to our pinterest boards. If you wish to follow us please do ;-) Those will be updated in the next few weeks.

Thank You Friends!

Be The Best Version of You | Bella Blvd

I've had this layout hanging in my scrapbook room for a few months and I totally forgot to share it with you!  It was created with Bella Blvd patterned papers and a little page about ME.

I love these colors and instead of making the circle place mat a focus I added the papers in front of it and of course added pop dots for dimension ;-)

 

You can see more Bella Blvd Projects on their blog ;-)

#You & Me | Jillibean Soup

Creating Cards is somewhat of a challenge for me. When i notice that i'm struggling or need to do something other than a card - I love creating tags! tags are so cute and you can make them any size you want. You can layer, sew, pretty much anything you want. Yes it's similar to creating a card, but a tag is much more fun!

Here i started just by using a Kraft Tag, and scrap pieces of paper from a few Jillibean Soup Collections. I also added a piece of a Placemat on top of my Kraft Tag just to add more details to my background. So Easy ;-)

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Mix The Media: Ephemera Pack - Red / Diecut Vellum - Hearts
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples III / Read Me, Record Your Numbers
Silhouette Cut File: Wise Words Love #45076
Placemats: Lattice - Kraft
Clear Stamps: Spicy Social Soup
Kraft Plain Tags: Large Kraft Tag

Other: twine, clothespin, enamel dots, silhouette cameo, sewing, black ink

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