justem: little bits of this and that

scrappy sunday!

I have one layout to share today.  I often think to myself, "I should make layouts that use my blog posts as journaling"...but I never do. ;)  Probably because I'm so freaking long-winded. And I have terrible grammar and punctuation...this sentence is my case in point!  But I *knew* that I wanted to make a layout using the photo and what I wrote on this day.  I had to pare it down a little bit...all those darn ellipses made it extra long! ;)  But, ultimately I'm very happy with how the layout as a whole turned out! Maybe I'll use my blog posts on more layouts!

I Get Misty...

I have a layout and a tutorial up on the Ormolu blog today.  The tutorial is about misting. Say what? For those of my scrappy friends that know me, you are well aware that mist and I are NOT friends. The big misting craze began a year or so ago...and I, for one, was not crazy about it.  It looked messy to me...and only a few people did it really well. I was also a bit scarred from a mist-tastrophe that included a red Maya mist that splurted (yes I made that word up) all over my paper...looking as though I had accidentally amputated my pinkie finger. Not pretty. But, in the past year, the mist has grown on me, especially with the release of the Studio Calico Mr. Hueys.  They are great colors and pretty easy to use.  I'm not about to become a crazy mister and mist every layout...but here and there...I admit, it almost looks good. ;) I went a little mist-wild on this layout, and I did a couple of "takes" before I was happy with the final product.  My only suggestion would be to make sure you are 100 percent sure of your colors before you begin misting. The brown here was a lot darker than I wanted, but I had a limited number of tags to work with and once I started, there was no turning back!

two to share

I have been busy...
and CHA tomorrow. yay for scrappy times!
for now, two more layouts to share!

(for the Ormolu creative team...check out today's post...there is a fantastic giveaway!)

(another July Midnight Rooster layout. can't wait to meet up with the MR girlies tomorrow!)

she's two!

I have another July Midnight Rooster layou to share.  I can't claim total originality on the idea...as there have been a lot of people using this Sassafras paper in similar ways. But I pretty much love everything about it. :)  The butterfly embellishment comes just like that in the kit.  Super fun!

Scrappy shares...

I have a couple things to share today!  The first is a card that I made for the Ormolu design team. It is a 60th birthday card for my mom, though by the time she actually got the card the tag had been bent and the O was ripped off.  I suppose there's nothing like the special "Miri touch"! ;)

The second thing to share today is one of my July Midnight Rooster layouts! This month's kit "Butterfly Stampede" is now available, and as always it's a fabulous kit filled with great papers, fun embellishments, and unique one of a kind items.  I can't believe how much Miri has grown since these photos were taken last summer!!

It's funny..the layout started out looking pretty much nothing like the finished product.  I started w/ a bunch of layered pattern paper at the top (pattern on pattern), but it was too messy looking. So I ripped off the elements...though then there were a few little "oops" spots where the adhesive had been. I then, very selectively placed the buttons over the "oops" places! ;)  And finally, totally on a whim I added the bakers twine and the date and age flags...and I'm loving the result! Sometimes those mistakes happen for a reason! ;) I have some more layouts to share with you later this week!  But for now, be sure to check out the kit and the work my fellow designers created!  Have a great Wednesday!

(PS: Speaking of "oops"...I just realized I put Miri's age as 29 months, which is her age THIS August! Last August she was 17 months...I'll be changing that!)