Celebrating YOU!! GCD Style!

Hey everyone, Julie here!  Just wanted to take a quick second to say Happy Birthday to my sweet 11 year old!  I think YOU are all the things described on this layout:  Lovely, Strong, Delightful, Confident, Respectable and Brilliant!!  I love you!!

Okay, I actually created this layout to scrap my daughter's first day of fourth grade but it just so happened that the post fell on her Birthday!  More reason to celebrate!

The bright, yet warm colors of the Country Charm style work so well as we say good-bye to summer and welcome fall.  I absolutely adore the Country Bloom pattern and I wanted it to be one of the focuses on my layout.  To create interest and keep but keep it subtle, I added texture to cardstock using a Spellbinders M-bossibilities folder which was large enough to cover the entire piece of cardstock on the left side of my layout.

To create my embellishments, I used flower die templates and cut out the centers of the strawberries and other pattern paper.  Then I layered them and used a foam dot to adhere them to the layout.

I used a butterfly die cut out coordinating pattern which came straight from the flowers in the Country Bloom paper.  Then I cut out a flourish for the base of them.

I hope you've been inspired by this simple, yet bold layout.  I know that I've been inspired by this amazing young lady who is growing up right before my eyes!

 

Supplies:  Country Charm – Paper:  Farm Field Strip #1506, Strawberry Jam #1510, Handycraft #1508, Cherry Pie #1504, Country Bloom#1505 Other:  Spellbinders Dies, American Crafts Stickers, Want2Scrap Pearls

NinaB Designs Blog Hop with Prizes!!

Hello, friends! After a much needed summer break, the NinaB Designs team is back to showcase some of Nina's designs for our monthly hop. Make sure you check out the new Summer CHA Releases by Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and her monthly release by The Craft's Meow. For this month's hop, Nina challenged us to create something with gift-giving in mind. Here is my project:

Here are the products I used for my project:

The Craft's Meow - Happiness Is Stamp Set

The Craft's Meow - Tweet of You Stamp Set

Spellbinders Paper Arts - Homespun 

Home Sweet Home 

I also used Want2Scrap Beautiful Blooms Border and GCDStudios Country Charm Pattern Paper.

To create the tag on the jar, I stamped two select words from the 'Tweet of You' stamp set and cut it out using the Home Sweet Home tag. I added a strip of paper around the lid and then I cut out the flower and leaves from the Homespun set and and tied them on with jute.

For the card, I added strips of pattern paper and then adhered my trim.  I layered the bling border over top the paper.  Next I cut/embossed/ inked the jar die from cream paper and adhered it with foam squares.  I cut and embossed the Homespun die template from redcoredinations cardstock and adhere it to the top of the jar.  Lastly, I stamped my sentiment.  

A nice coordinating card with gift ready to give to a teacher or anyone that you want to bring a smile to!

To welcome you back to our hop, we are giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize Package #1 includes Spellbinders Ironworks Accents and Motifs:

 

Prize #2 includes The Craft's Meow's Vintage Rides and Retired Layers of Colors Dotted Dahlias and Dotted Peonies Stamp sets:

 

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett  * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Viola Mahr

Everybody is welcome to comment and eligible to win. If you are a winner, please email Nina (via Contact tab above) with your info within 4 days (till September 26) in order to claim your prize.

Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Want2Scrap 

    Penny Black Inc 

Hope we've been able to send some inspiration your way today!

Back to School! Already?

Well, the girls are in a new school this year.  New friends, new neighborhood, new teachers....They are such troopers!  They seem to be doing well for the first few days.  It's so hard to see them off.

Of course, you gotta love the first day of school photos.  I think my kiddos might be getting to an age where they actually don't quite enjoy these anymore!  Good thing they still like ice cream...hee hee.

And...of course the shoe shot.

And next, I have a sweet, innocent layout to show you that I created using the photo from last year's first day of school because yes, I am that behind!  But, at least they are getting scrapped!  

Technically she was in 'second grade,' not 'grade two!'  But, ya know, we are working through all the American/Canadian kinks.  LOL  Sure can't believe how fast my kiddos are growing up.  I feel like I say that in every post but it's so true.  The fast forward buttons seems to be stuck!  

I actually created this layout for GCDStudios ezine called The Paper Cut.  You can find all kinds of fun back to school inspiration in it. 

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

Our store, Memories and More, got in all the new Spellbinders die templates and M-Bossibilities plates today.  Soooooo much fun!  I love being at store that stocks such gems and this fabulous GCDStudios paper line too (Country Charm and Oh Happy Day!)  

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope your Day is Happy!

Sand Dude!

It's HOT outside!  No better place to hit than the beach!  For as long as I can remember, the moment my son hits the beach he dives into the sand to begin building a castle.  In this layout, I included some sand to help capture his ‘true love’ for the beach. 

I had fun embellishing this layout with lots of different things.  To begin with I used several pieces of pattern paper to create the banner. 

I decided to add the sand under the title so I used a Spellbinders die to cut out a wave. 

I ripped some a soowang tape sheet and folded it half back and placed the wave over half the sticky area.

Next I dumped the sand that I had collected over the sticky part and pressed it down.  You can buy scrapbooking sand or you can be sentimental and use the real thing! Next I pulled out the rest of the backing of the tape, added some pattern paper and trimmed it down to fit on my layout. 

I also used Spellbinders Nautical shapes too accent my page.  Using them as a stencil, I left the paper in the die and adding some liquid adhesive and then poured on more sand.

I was excited to find this trim in my stash of stuff.  It already had shells hanging off of it.  The perfect touch!

Supplies:  Organic Geo (1645) – Flower Child, Twisted Floral (1649) – Flower Child, Groovy (1642) – Flower Child, Swirling (1648) – Flower Child, Peacock (1646) – Flower Child, Layered Geo #1644, Bouquet (1535) – Bonjour

Other:  Cardstock, Stickers, Trim, Ink, Spellbinders Die Templates

 

Creating Keepsakes has Hit the Stands!

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited that this issue of Creating Keepsakes is being released today!  I have a sweet layout of the most darling baby in it.  If you get a chance,
 check it out!  I can't wait to share the layout.

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I also have a card to share that was in the last release of Card Creations Vol. 10 by Paper Crafts.  I have two other cards in there as well.  It's a great issue jammed with fabulous inspiration!!  It came out a few months ago but I haven't had a chance to share.  I used JustRite Stampers for the sentiment and My Mind's Eye for the pattern paper.  Of course the circles in the middle are Spellbinders!

Have a super sunny summer day full of lots of fabulousness!

More GCD Studios Goodness!!!

It is completely unbelievable to me that another month has already passed by!  Which means another amazing issue of the Paper Cut is live on the GCD Studios blog!  This has some really fun stuff in it.  And if you leave a comment about what you think on the company blog, you'll have a chance to win the entire line of Flower Child paper!

Check it out!

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

I created this cool keepsake jar for the magazine using the Flower Child line.  The label was created with Page Maps Spellbinders dies called Jar Labels.

Hope summer is bringing you some inspiration today.  I can't get enough of the gorgeous surroundings here in Canada.....ooooh....I feel a photo post comin' on!!

Happy Anniversary Honey

Seventeen years ago I choose you....seventeen years later, I chose you again.  Seventeen years from now, I will continue to chose you.  Through thick and thin, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health...because I love you from the bottom of my heart.  Thank you for being you.  Yellow.

Spread Your Wings And Fly

Hey everyone!  I hope you've been enjoying the summer so far!  As you can tell from this layout, we sure are!  Actually, this is a photo from last summer.  I can't believe how quick my girl is growing!

This is a layout that I created for GCD Studios using the Oh Happy Day line.  It's so fresh and summery.  I love that line!  I fussy cut the cute clouds right out of the paper.

I also have a simple yet sweet card to show you that I made with the new Scalloped Labels One die from Spellbinders.  I made a cute shaker window to display these adorable buttons!

The summer has totally gotten the best of me.  I just can't get outside enough.  I LOVE where I live and I want to be outside every minute of every day!  Of course, I try to squeeze in my crafty time late at night!

Enjoy your first week of August!!