Monday, September 26, 2022

I was PUBLISHED...



If you are a subscriber to Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine, you might have seen some GORGEOUS Crisp Air on one of the pages towards the back. Hopefully you recognized my name by that little layout featuring leaves, fall colors, and hexagons!

I created the one-page layout way back in the Summer and submitted it for publication. I eagerly awaited the reply email and within days, I was OVER THE MOON EXCITED to be chosen!

I hope you'll go check out the magazine and ALL THE INSPIRATION you get from front to back. Then if you stumble upon page 68, look towards the bottom and see my layout :0)

Remember...the Crisp Air Collection retires at the end of September IF IT DOESN'T SELL OUT before then!

I can't show any details about my layout until mid-October but at that time I will be walking you through ALL the details you can't really see in the magazine. Make sure you're a subscriber on YT as that's where my video will be!

Thanks for stopping by and DON'T FORGET to go check out the Scrapbook & Cards Today Fall Issue. Reach out to me on social media once you find me and let me know what you think 💓 

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Crisp Air - ALMOST GONE...

As per my recent post, the Crisp Air Collection retires at the end of September and I don't want you guys to miss out on this GORGEOUS Collection!

This layout is a two-page layout combining Crisp Air with the Four Seasons - Autumn Collection again for a STUNNING layout of our oldest son and his girlfriend at the time (she is NOW his FIANCE and we are SO HAPPY to have in our family "officially")...

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Here are some closeups of the stickers clusters using a variety of stickers from both collections and the Crisp Air Dots as well as the Orange & Yellow Dots. Those tiny little stamped leaves are from the August SOTM - Enjoy These Moments...
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How CUTE is that little yellow heart from the Orange & Yellow Dots...
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These stickers from the Crisp Air Collection make everything look "crisp" and "crunchy"...don't you think? I LOVE how the Four Seasons - Autumn Collection Stickers go so well with the Crisp Air too...
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Another Crisp Air & Four Seasons sticker combo...

Don't forget...the CRISP AIR will retire at the end of this month IF it doesn't SELL OUT first.


You can check out the video for this one {{{HERE}}}

Thursday, September 22, 2022

First Day of Fall...

Today is "officially" the FIRST DAY OF FALL however Texas always misses the message...lol

I have some FALL-ish layouts to recap with you over the next couple of days (most of have been shown on my YouTube Channel) These feature the Crisp Air Collection which will RETIRE at the end of this month! I'm telling you...this collection is GORGEOUS so make sure you head on over to my website and pick you up some!

Here is a one-page layout featuring SHAKERS. This was one of the Creative Design Team's monthly collabs. I showed in my YT Video how to create a "double shaker" and a "clear shaker pocket" using our NEW Pocket Plus Memory Protectors (perfect for those 4x4 photos I print using my Persnickety Box Subscription)...
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Here's a closeup of that double shaker - the itty bitty beads are on the top shaker and the retired Fall Loose Sequins are on the bottom...

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The groupings of embellishments come from the Crisp Air Sticker Sheet, Crisp Air Cardmaking Workshop, Crisp Air Dots, and Orange & Yellow Dots...

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The top pocket in the Pocket Plus Memory Protector Design 5 is a 4x4 Piece of Patterned Paper from the Four Seasons - Autumn Collection. The sentiment on top is from the Sticker Sheet...


You can check out my YT Video to see how this layout came together, heavily concentrating on the SHAKER elements.


Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Scraptember Black & White...

I'm a little behind on Scraptember BUT I'm still playing along because a layout made means a memory documented!

Here's my layout for Day 2 - Black & White.

I used the paper and cardstock from Fa-BOO-Lous (yes, HALLOWEEN paper for a layout about Mother's Day)...



Friday, September 2, 2022

Scraptember - it's a thing...

During the month of September, not only will I be celebrating NATIONAL STAMPING MONTH but I also will be playing along with some of my YouTube friends for SCRAPTEMBER! 

What is Scraptember you ask...well it's where we take a prompt a day and create a layout using that prompt. 

Prompts are WONDERFUL for people like me:
  • Limited Time
  • Limited Emotional Space
  • Limited Creativity (in hectic times - school started, busy month for birthdays, sports start, etc.)

Here's a look at Day 1 - STITCHING (don't forget you can watch all of my layouts come to life on my YT Channel). I've included the video at the bottom - please click on it to watch over on YT so you can like, comment, subscribe and share...it helps YT show you more videos of the same and it helps my little channel out in the process 😍

This layout has PLENTY OF PHOTOS - 7 to be exact - but they're all VERY SIMILAR to each other so rather than make a 2-page layout with TONS of repetition, I decided to use Flip Flaps and make a 1-page layout...


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I used the Beach Party Collection (Paper, Cardstock, Sticker Sheet, Rubber Shapes) to make this pool layout come to life...
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The Beach Party PML Cards (Pocket Scrapbooking) were perfect for this little focal piece...
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This little Cluster of Beach Party Stickers and Rubber Shapes makes me HAPPY! To back the little grouping, I used a trick I learned from my CDT teammate and friend, Jayma, to use one of our NEW Card-Front Stencils to make those water splashes onto that striped patterned paper...I LOVE how it turned out...
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Here's where the MAGIC happens...lift up the two 4x4 Flip Flaps to reveal MORE PHOTOS 💓 Flip Flaps are WONDERFUL for adding some of those not-so-great photos we take but can't bring ourselves to throw away (SURELY I can't be the only one...lol)....

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Here's a look at the layout with the flaps flipped...

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Here's a look at the Scraptember Calendar with all the prompts if you want to create yourself. You are not obligated to post anywhere but if you do, use the hashtag #scraptember2022 so we can find your artwork.

Head on over to YT to watch the process...