justem: little bits of this and that

Elle's Studio Guest Contributor

 

Hi there! I'm so excited to be a guest contributor at Elle's Studio this month! I created a fun layout using their November Kit. and a few of their cute new lines.  To see my layout, you need to purchase the Exclusive Kit Mini Course, which is only $4.99. I was so impressed with the PDF that they put together - they sure know how to make me look good!!  Here's a little sneak at my layout! 

Be sure to stop by and check it out, as the class is only available this month!!  See you tomorrow for the Gossamer Blue blog hop. I know, two posts in two days??? That's craziness! ;)

Delight in the Details {Gossamer Blue Class}

I am so excited to be contributing a layout to the upcoming Gossamer Blue class "Delight in the Details" with Jill Keller. Jill has a stellar group of contributors and the class will contain tons of fabulous projects, process videos and even a FREE stamp with registration. 

Here is the official little blurb:

Join Jill Keller and her contributors, Monika Wright, Heather Conklin, Emily Spahn, and Sabrina Alery, in Delight in the Details: a class focused on taking your layouts from good to gorgeous! Learn to layer and embellish while focusing on techniques for enhancing page backgrounds, clustering embellishments, creating dimension and all of the little things that will make your finished projects stand out and be noticed. Register now, as class begins September 28th!!

Here's a peek at the class kit that is available:

And here's that FREE stamp set.  Seriously. Adorable. I'm in love with those clouds!

Hop on over to Gossamer Blue to check out it all out! I can't wait to see you in the classroom on September 28th!

Meet Jolly {Elle's Studio Celebrate December}

Yes, I realize it's like WAY past December, but this is another one of my never-shared layouts from last month when I was a guest at Elle's Studio. ;)  I had such a blast creating with all the gorgeous winter product that Elle sent my way. The little snowman on this layout caught my eye immediately, and I knew I *had* to use it on a layout!  The snowman journaling card was perfect, too!  I love how they both are wintery without being obnoxiously themey!!

By my count, there are at least three more layouts from 2014 that I have yet to share. It's funny - at one point I don't think I had enough scrapbooking projects to sustain this blog, now it appears I have too many! ;)  Have a great night - yes it is 11 pm at this moment. Whatever works, right? ;)

Document {Cocoa Daisy}

As I was looking back at my blog posts over the past couple of months, I realize that there are a number of layouts from 2014 that I totally neglected to share here! I think in most cases, they were layouts were I was unable to get a decent photo of (like today's layout...the layout is blurry and the picture is all distorted, argh). I planned on taking a new photo to share on the blog, but obviously never got around to it! ;) So, for the next couple of days I will be sharing some older layouts!  This is a layout that I made back in October when I guested for Cocoa Daisy. It's a super simple layout that includes some meaningful journaling. Often my layouts are all scrap and no words...this one is a bit reversed! 

Have a great day!  Hopefully it's warmer where you are than it is here!!! :)

My #1 Very First Christmas {Elle's Studio Celebrate December}

Good morning! We got home last night from a great weekend in Chicago! We had a holiday tradition while we lived there and decided to continue it ever after we moved away. We had brunch, shopping, and a visit to the Christkindlmarket.  It was so much fun...I love that we are making these memories with our family!  Today, I am up on the Elle's Studio blog as part of their Celebrate December blog feature!  I created two layouts - this is my more "traditional" Christmas layout using red and green, which is not something I do very often!  I just had to use these adorable photos of my littlest last year!

For more information about this layout, check out the original post on the Elle's Studio blog!  Have a great Monday!  

Here Fishy... {Cocoa Daisy Guest Designer}

Hello!  I can't believe October is over next week! I feel like it just began. I realized I still have a lot of layouts to share here on the blog, so I better get cracking before I have another entire month's worth of projects!!  Today I want to share another layout I made as the October guest designer at Cocoa Daisy.  This layout prominently features one of the really cool exclusive cut files. I ended up using one of the designs and modifying it by rotating it and changing it's size to create this design.  I used a bunch of the fun exclusive patterned papers behind each cut out, and finally, I used those adorable wooden dots in the center of each.  I used the blue and yellow color scheme to mimic the colors in my son's shirt and life jacket.

The "doodles" on the page are actually Teresa Collins vellum stickers!  And those super cute alphas are from Evalicious.  This was a super fun layout to create, and I love the final result!

Love x3 {Cocoa Daisy Guest Designer}

How is it possibly Thursday night already?  Did you ever have one of those weeks that flew by, but you couldn't really even say what you did that took up all your time? ;) Today, tonight I have another layout I made as the Cocoa Daisy guest designer.  So...the Cocoa Daisy main kit came with those gold thickers - you know the ones I'm talking about. ;)  Truthfully...I'm over the gold thickers.  This was third time I have been given them to use...once in my September Gossamer Blue kit, once in the Citrus Twist kit I got when I guested for them, and now in the Cocoa Daisy kit. It's not that I dislike them...I actually like them a lot...I was just a little gold thickered out. ;) When I guest design, however, I really do try to use many of the products and showcase the kit as much as possible...so it became a little contest. Me vs. the gold thickers. I'm happy to say, I think I won...maybe...

To make the heart, I simply cut out a large heart from a piece of cardstock, and then I used the negative space as a template and just fit the letters in there the best that I could. It was pretty easy, yet looks pretty cool visually. 

The bottom half of the layout is super plain.  I guess when you have a giant gold thicker heart at the top you can leave the bottom plain.  I love that I made four layouts with this Cocoa Daisy kit, and looking at this layout versus the one I posted last week, you probably wouldn't even know they were from the same kit!  I have two more layouts I will share at some point. Maybe if these weeks slow down... ;)

M & L {Cocoa Daisy Guest Designer}

Happy Monday!  We had a fabulous fall weekend that included cupcakes, a football game, dinner overlooking Lake Monona, a trip to the Capitol, a walk along Lake Mendota, and lots of work around the house!  I mentioned on Friday that I am the guest designer at Cocoa Daisy this month! Their kits went live last night, and I have my main kit only layout to share with you today!  The kit is filled with fun colors and great little elements! 

I made four layouts using the Cocoa Daisy main kit + parts of some of the add-ons. I will be sharing more of my work later this month!  To check it all out now, here is a link to my gallery there! Have a great day!!

Five for Friday:

1. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that I've been sneaking a few images for Cocoa Daisy...because I'm the guest for October, hooray!  I'm sure nobody remembers but a long, long, LONG time ago. In fact, it was my first "big name" design team!  It's great to be back. Here's a sneak of one of my projects featuring the cut files and exclusive papers for October:

2. I decorated the front stoop for fall.  This is our first fall in our new house, and it's been fun decorating!  I love having a nice big front stoop - though I'd like to get new steps at some point...they look a little rough. 90 years of Wisconsin weather will do that, I suppose. 

 

3. I am loving the smells of fall. I have been diffusing clove + orange essential oil around my house, and it smells sooooo good.

4. My husband and I are not big gift givers, so I was super excited and surprised when he got me this for my birthday. I am in love. I know he got a little help picking it out, but that's cool.  It's perfect. :)

5. Our school district has the day off today for a teacher institute day. It's great having my oldest home again. she and her brother have been playing nonstop this morning.  It makes me realize how much he must miss her while she's gone!!!  Not sure what our plans are for the rest of the day, but I hope YOU have a great Friday and a fun weekend!

Dance {Citrus Twist August Guest}

Hi there! Today I have my final layout as the Citrus Twist guest designer for August.  This was my favorite of the four projects I made.  It was definitely one of those layouts in which the final product looked absolutely nothing like what I had originally envisioned!!  I ended up using a ton of pieces from the Crate Paper ephemera kit, along with a lot of little pink, gold, and orange bits from the kit.  I know I recently used this same photo (though in black and white), but I couldn't  pass up using this perfectly pink photo on this layout!!  For a little bit more insight to my process, check out the post on the Citrus Twist blog!