justem: scrapbookery

Silly Things...

Hi there! Today I have a layout to share that I created for the February gallery at write.click.scrapbook. This month's theme was "Conversations." The little "word bubble" (or whatever they are called!!) pads of paper that came in the Studio Calico The Register add-on were screaming to be used on this page!!  I wanted it to look a bit messy, so I only used a bit of adhesive and sewed the bubbles down.  Some of them are starting to curl on the edges, but I'm okay...that's the "imperfect" look I was going or!  This page also the Central High main kit!

Hope you had a great weekend!!

Serious Cupcakery

I can't believe the weekend is almost over. And even more devastating?? My winter break is officially over...sob, sob!!  Back to work tomorrow. I'd lie if I said I was in any way excited. ;) I have a fun little Gossamer Blue layout to share with you tonight. It uses a lot from the Studio Calico Darling Dear line. I have to admit, when I first saw this line I wasn't in love with it...but I found it really fun and easy to work with!  This is my guy back in November when we made some cupcakes. He was loving it! It was a super quick and simple layout to put together, and the final result puts a smile on my face! ;)

Favorite. {write.click.scrapbook.}

Today is the first day of November.  Crazy!! The first of the month is always exciting because it means a new gallery at write.click.scrapbook. This month's theme was "Favorite Colors."  I was super excited to create a color layout...because color is my favorite part of scrapbooking! I love coming up with color schemes and putting together papers and embellishments.  This layout uses my (current) favorite color scheme of orange, yellow, and aqua. I've been hoarding this Studio Calico Heyday paper for sometime now, and I'm so glad I finally had a good reason to use it! This was also the first layout I made with my Cameo! I haven't used it much...but I love it already! :)

Be sure to check out all my talented W.C.S. teammates in this month's gallery! Have a great Thursday!

10 Tiny Toes

Last night I had the pleasure of scrapbooking with local scrapper Latrice.  We had a great, though slightly unproductive time!! I left with only one fully completed layout!!!  Here is one I started last night and put the finishing touches on today...a "just for me" layout, yay!  This layout uses the Summer of '69 kit from Studio Calico and also some the October Afternoon Woodland Park goodies they sold in the shop. Love them!!  I was totally inspired by this awesome card that I found on Pinterest. :)  Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Beach Baby

I have a color challenge up at write.click.scrapbook today. I chose this image from Pinterest as my inspiration:

(source: design for mankind)

This is the layout I created. It's a bit of a "faux" die cut background. I love that look...you know the one...where you use your Cameo to cut a bunch of shapes out of single piece of paper. Yeah, well I don't have a Cameo, so I had to improvise!!  I used a bunch of different patterned papers and my two sizes of star punches to create a background.  This layout uses a pretty old Studio Calico kit...Into the Woods!!  Let's not talk about how many I have sitting around! ;)  I always feel a little like a phony when I use mist splotches!!  I never know how to do it "right"...but I think they look okay here!  

A few of the girls at w.c.s. also played along with this color challenge. Be sure to check out their layouts on my post!  Have a great day!

Summerfest

It's the first day of August!  I really shouldn't have an exclamation point there.  It should just be a sad face. :(  August marks the end of summer, as I go back to school two weeks from today.  It's been such a fun couple of months. I'm so sad to see it end!!  This month's gallery at write.click.scrapbook focuses on all things summer. I created a layout using some photos that I've had forever of "Summerfest" at a local children's farm.  I used the Studio Calico Elmwood Park kit (+ some add-ons).  

Be sure to stop by the gallery at w.c.s to see the work of my talented teammates, and also leave a comment on today's blog post for a chance to win a prize! :)

Trendy Triangles

The sweet and talented Teka Cochonneau has post up at write.click.scrapbook today about oh-so-trendy triangle!  She created a great layout and a sketch. I hadn't made a layout in weeks, so I basically invited myself to play along!  My final layout actually looks nothing like her original sketch, but I love it just the same.  I was inspired by this Pinterest image:

(source: Molly Flanders Makerie)

and came up with this:

This layout uses papers from the new Echo Park Everday Eclectic collection. I saw them at my local Archivers and had to pick a couple of them up!  I love the colors! :)  Anyway, to see Teka's original layout and read a bit about my creative process, check out the post over at write.click.scrapbook! Have a great Friday!

CHA favorites...a mega post! ;)

I spent all day yesterday at CHA ogling over the newest product! I took a bunch of photos to share of some of my favorites. I apologize in advance for the wonky color. Every single booth had it's own light set-up...and I was not about to set my white balance in every booth.  That would have taken up precious paper-gazing time!!  It's funny...even though I went to each booth at least twice, I am still seeing things I love on the web that I never even noticed yesterday!!  Be forewarned, I'm a paper lover. So the vast majority of photos I took were of just that!  ;)  For your viewing pleasure...in no particular order...my Summer 2012 CHA faves:

Simple Stories: Their new SN@P line is maybe my favorite thing from the entire show. It's perfect for Project Life, it's colorful, it's fun. I love everythign about it!!

Glitz: So, I'm an honest person...Glitz has never been my cup of tea. It was always very froofy, which is not a verb that is often used to describe me or my scrapping.  The new lines are still rather girly, but I'm loving like everything they came out with.  Maybe that means I am becoming a more froofy scrapper?  Who knows. In any case, their stuff is awesome.  The papers are fabulous...the washi...perfect. :)

love the top paper and the pink w/hearts...

great colors, fun patterns...

that bottom paper...very cool.

Teresa Collins: This normally fits into the same category as Glitz. However, I LOVE this first piece of paper and a lot of the elements of her "Tell Your Story" line.  It's very cute...without being cutesy!

KI Memories: They're back!  I kind of want to do a happy dance. Waaaay back when I started scrapping, KI was like MY paper. I think I owned every single sheet of their paper and nearly every embellishment they had. I may or may not still be hording some KI... ;)  They have one new line they released, and I really love it! It's fun and cute...and there is cloud washi!!

My Mind's Eye: I'm totally in love with their new "The Sweetest Thing" line in Tangerine! I would buy every single piece if I could!

Bella Blvd: They had some totally cute projects in their booth. I especially love their embellishments and chipboard alphabets!

Lily Bee: They had some of my favorite layouts of the whole show in their booth!!  I especially liked their Persnickety line...that yellow paper is my favorite!

Jillibean Soup: They had a  ton of people in their booth...making it hard to get any product pictures, but they, too had some fabulous projects I managed to snap!

how crazy cool is this wreath?! (says the girl that never makes anything buy layouts w/her scrapbook supplies)

October Afternoon: I will be honest, I really only "loved" one of their lines: Midway.  It includes one of my favorite papers of the entire show!  The other three lines were just okay for me.  

this is the paper i love.  the circles, not the slightly spooky faces...

Pink Paislee: This is another brand that is always really hit or miss with me. I remember when they first began, I was in love with everything. But lately, they have moved over to with the froofs...but I did really like a couple of things in their booth!

Echo Park: I loved their first "For the Record", so I knew these next ones would also be a hit in my book. Theirs was another very busy booth, so I didn't get photos of everything I wanted, like the new Everyday Eclectic line.

Queen and Co.: Um, washi, washi, washi...!

i'll take one of each, please!

Lawn Fawn: I'm not a stamper, but I am loving their Dewey Decimal paper release. It's so cute and fun with great colors!

how cute is this apple paper!

speaking of cute, who are those cute girls?!

Elle's Studio: It was so awesome to see Elle and her products at CHA.  I love her tags...these were fabulous!

Basic Grey: I love, love, love their Soleil line. It's funny...I probably would never use half these papers because I wouldn't know how to use them, but they sure are gorgeous!

some fab artwork at the bg booth, i think...it's all beginning to blur together in my mind!!

Studio Calico: Yearbook...I knew it would be a favorite based on the sneaks.  It didn't disappoint. This is probably my favorite SC wholesale line of all time! I want to buy it all up this instant!!

American Crafts: LOVE the new Amy Tangerine line. It's perfect, in oh-so-many ways!!!

those hearts??  must have them! and the orange and green thickers?? must. have.

I also really like the new Soho Garden line. I wasn't too sure when they revealed it on the blog, but the papers are SO pretty in person!

Crate Paper: Another (probably too) honest remark...when I first saw the three new lines on their blog I was so disappointed.  I just didn't like them at all...they seemed just a little too crazy and colorful...and I'm like crazy and colorful's #1 fan.  But in person...man, my mind has been changed.  My favorite is Acorn Avenue, followed closely by, gasp, their holiday line. As a rule I don't do holiday papers...but it's so versatile and fun!!

paper lust...

Pebbles: Okay, so I know I'm supposed to openly declare my love for Pebbles now that I'm on their design team, but honestly, even if I wasn't...I would still rave about their new lines.  It was awesome to see them in person. I keep pinching myself...I can't believe I am going to get to work with such amazing product!!

clearly this was meant for me, right? ;)

Jenni Bowlin: Usually Jenni Bowlin papers are a little too vintage for my taste, but boy does she make some awesome embellishments!  These were some of my favorites...

feathers...very popular. i like these, though i have no idea what i'd do with them!

a pinwheel punch? genius!

And finally, a fun little photo of my partner in CHA crime, Valerie O'Neill, who is a fellow w.c.s'er.  We met for the first time yesterday and had a blast walking around together! :)  Here she is next to the Craft Wars house.  If you watch Craft Wars you know what I'm talking about. If you are like me and you don't have cable or crafting shows just aren't your thing...well...it's just a cute picture. ;)

It was a super fun and full day...I was happy, but exhausted!!  What are your favorites from this summer's CHA?  Did I miss something you love?

I am the lucky one.

I went through a stage a couple of years ago where I pretty much just filled my layouts with lots of punched items. Proof? See here. Or here. Or here! ;)  I kind of did a little throwback to that stage of my scrapiness with this layout! It includes what might be my all time favorite photo!  This layout uses the Studio Calico 35mm kit, which was a month that I only got the main kit (and supplemented with a couple of items from Archivers.)  I was feeling like the layout needed a little bit "more" but I wasn't quite sure what to add, so I stuck some mist up in the corner. That might have been a big mistake. I know that misting or splattering or whatever it's called is very trendy right now...but I'm not exactly a trendy scrapper, and I'm not sure if it helped or hurt the layout!!  Can't go back now!  It's not the most technically advanced layout of all time, but I like it...it makes me smile. 

Carving Steps

It's was over 100 degrees here all week...so I thought it might be the perfect time to dig through some photos from cooler times!!  Before I got my Selphy printer, I used to "guess" what photos I might scrap and print them out in big batches.  Sounds like a good plan, right? Nope. Terrible plan. I have a stack six inches high of photos that have never been scrapped! I've been trying to use up a bunch of those lately!!  I was super excited to get my Studio Calico Elmood Park kit...I dug right in!

**Published - Scrapbook & Cards Today**

I have done this "type on multiple connected tags" business before, so I knew that some of the letters might get a little wonky where the tags overlapped, but I was not prepared for the fact that these tags are a bit glossy and  therefore made a bit of a mess with my typewriter. Oh well.  As I always say... imperfection keeps it authentic!  Off to enjoy our FINALLY cooler weather! Have a great Sunday!