jillibean soup guest projects

It seems like forever ago when I got the e-mail letting me know I had been selected as a guest designer for Jillibean Soup. My time finally came up and I was sent a box filled with goodies to play with. They were so so generous and I got to work right away, using the Coconut Lime Soup and Neopolitan Bean Bisque collections. Every Tuesday this month, they are sharing what I have created:) Today I am sharing the projects they have shared HERE and HERE...

I made a little mini with the pictures from when we went to the strawberry farm (we are STILL enjoying smoothies made from the berries we froze!).

Some views of the inside pages:

I didn't embellish too much because I wanted the album to lay fairly flat. I edited all of the photos in instagram;)

Here is a card using the same line, Coconut Lime Soup:

I love the wooden flags they came out with...perfect for a pretty much non-stamper card maker like myself:)

Here are some of the projects I did with Neopolitan Bean Bisque:

I enlisted Shaun's advice on whether to leave the corrugated kraft letters blank or painted. He said painted, so I did:) And I'm glad I listened to him:)

Love the colors in this line!! And I want a million sheets of the phone book patterned paper;)

I am so thankful for this opportunity! I love Jillibean Soup and I had a blast playing with their new collections! I can't wait to share the other projects...they haven't shared my favorite one I made, so I will have to wait to show you;)

Thanks for looking!

a sneak

of some of the new Ormolu goodies:

I had this page up on the Ormolu blog last week as part of sneak week. Kaitlin has 2 new collections that will be revealed any day now. Let's take a closer peek at the Bungalow line:

The colors are really fun and fresh in this line...pink, purple, green, yellow, red, and blue (a rainbow of color!) and there is a family/home theme, but like most Ormolu products, they are pretty versatile for whatever you are scrapping;)

There are some new products as well...fabric strips and labels in all different sizes that can be cut apart and journaled on...or whatever you wish...here I plopped my title right on top of one of the larger ones.

I will post when the new goodies are available in the shop, it should be very soon;)

a few projects to share

We are having a busy week this week, but I wanted to pop in with a couple of projects...

The first one is my example page for my challenge I hosted during the Nook's May Movie Madness Crop this past weekend.

My challenge was "Set Decoration" and you needed to create a "set" on a piece of cardstock by altering some way or another (stamp, mist, emboss, etc.). I created a chevron strip with scraps and stamped over it with my watermark pad. When I lifted up the chevron strip mask, it left a pattern on the background.
I used what was left of my April Nook kit for this...which was hardly anything, I think this has been the kit I have loved on the most;)

Some close ups:

It was so fun seeing how everyone interpreted my challenge!!

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The other project I want to share was one I created with American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan:

You can see I am loving instagram;) Seems like I will be using lots of instagram photos on my projects in the future;)

Aislynn took these pictures of Shaun and I on the beach and I loooooove the way the sunshine is coming through:) 

I added the mist on second thought, and I am not sure I like it, but it was kinda too late;)

Some close ups:

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On another note, I received an e-mail from the editor-in-chief of Scrapbook Trends asking me if they can feature me in the Award-Winning Style article in the July 2012 issue. I was like, seriously? of course!! I am so excited, especially because my layout they are featuring is one of my favorites:) I can't wait to see it:)

That's all for now, hope all my scrappy friends had a wonderful National Scrapbook Day!

more amy tangerine sketchbook

I had some American Crafts Amy Tangerine Sketchbook projects go up on the blog yesterday. I am soooo loving the colors in this line! When I first saw it, I knew I had to scrap this painting Aislynn did way back in September:

The art teacher from her school sent the kid's paintings to the fair and Aislynn won second place. She got a ribbon and even a $7 check, but was way more excited about the ribbon, ha!

I love her painting so much, we are going to frame it and hang it up:)

I also created a card:

Isn't this line just so whimsical and fun?! If you want to see the full supply list for my projects, check out the American Crafts blog!

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What are you up to this weekend? Shaun and I have the entire weekend off, yippee!! Saturday, Shaun is coaching Aislynn's soccer game since the coach is not able to. Sunday I *hope* is sunny so we can get some beach time in.

The rest of the weekend, I will be playing along at the May Movie Madness crop at My Scrapbook Nook. There will be lots of fun challenges, prizes, and inspiration, I hope you will join me!!! You can sign in and check out some of the challenges that have been posted HERE. It is also National Scrapbook Day, so you have a good excuse to be scrappy all weekend long;)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

currently

I have a page up on the Ormolu blog today. Kaitlin made me some custom flair buttons with our initials, so I created this page to keep track of what we are all into right now;)

I also used some more new Amy Tangerine Sketchbook goodies;)

You can read more about the page and get a supply list HERE:)

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And some notes...

American Crafts is revealing a new line on the blog today, called Shoreline. I am ALL OVER the beachy feel and bright colors;)

Go to the post HERE to see more and leave a comment for a chance to win some;)

Go HERE to leave a comment for a chance to win some of the new Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line.

Tomorrow is the last day to turn in your applications for the Ormolu Creative Team call.

The Nook is hosting a virtual crop this weekend. There will be one challenge each day Wednesday-Friday, then the bulk of the challenges will be on Saturday (National Scrapbook Day-yay!!!) and Sunday! I *really* hope you will join us, the challenges are really really fun:)

Happy Tuesday!!!

april american crafts shares

I can't believe we are already heading into May! I am so looking forward to summer...even with the heat, but I am done with the school-morning routine. I am ready for pool time and beach time and being lazy:) 1 more month;)

I wanted to share my projects I did for American Crafts this month. This month I got the new Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line in my hands and it is soooooo lovely:) I adore the watercolor papers and overall artsy feel to it:)

Here is what I came up with:
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Aren't the colors fun? They make me happy:)

some detail pictures:

Supplies used: Viridian Vignette Paper (35676) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Padma's Pattern Paper (35673) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Lily's Landscape Paper (35678) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Indigo Inspiration Paper (35686) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Paige's Portraits Paper (35691) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Magenta Musings Paper (35692) - Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Palette (42240) - Remarks Books, Doodle (42243) - Remarks, Draw (42244) - Remarks, Tangerine (71034)- Cardstock, Roller Date Stamp (59160) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Rouge Pantry (53308) - Thickers

***This week is Amy Tangerine Sketchbook week on the American Crafts blog. If you wanna snag some for yourself, go visit and leave a comment:)

For my other project this month, I used the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line:

I had this picture printed out, but wasn't happy with the colors, so I edited it in instagram and I was much happier with it;)

A detail shot:

I love that she still says this:)

Supplies used: Sea Breeze Paper (35643) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Hazy Horizon Paper (35639) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Lucky Laugh Paper (35640) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Love At First Sight Paper (35641) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Pretty Please Paper (35637) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Fresh Blooms Paper (35630) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, First Date Paper (35632) - Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, Black Splendid (53294) - Thickers, Wood Buttons and Epoxy Accents (78073) - Embellishments, Printed Variety Tags (78069) - Embellishments, Mini Fair Ribbons (78066) - Embellishments, Happy Chance Pennant (35648) - Flutterbys

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend:)

instagram love

Are you familiar with instagram? They finally came out with an app for android phones and I *might* be a tad obsessed;) In fact, I don't even think I have taken any photos with my regular camera since I added this to my phone. It is just too easy to snap a photo and make it look pretty right then;)

I even edited some pictures I took with my camera on my phone, ha!

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from left to right, top to bottom:
K wearing my sunglasses upside down
K giving Curious George a haircut
K playing with a new goody I brought home from work
at the strawberry farm
A at soccer practice
a yummy dinner I concocted: roasted cherry tomatoes and asparagus with pasta, pine nuts, white beans, parmesan cheese, and a light cream sauce
A when she lost her first top tooth last December
A on a carousel
A reading Harry Potter (she is SO loving it!!!)
Shaun showing the kids the fishy's mouth
A with her box of treasures
and oldie of A+K
K right now-shoes on the wrong feet because he insists on putting them on himself and a car for each hand
going to school-notice the jackets?  it was pretty cool earlier this week!
pretty night sky
my cute backseat driver
sickie boy-had some tummy bug that A had
sleepy boy with his "bankwee" (blanky)

Are you on instagram? I am looking for some of my friends on there...my username is PamFSU29 on there, look me up!

some fun announcements

I have been slacking blogging lately, I am sorry! I blame it on sick kids last week and allergies that are baaaaad bad this year...oh and I have been creating up a storm for something fun in May;)

I wanted to share a couple of things though...

First, the new DT members for My Scrapbook Nook have been announced HERE. I am excited to get to know the new girls see what they create! I am very happy to be staying on the team for another term:)

Second, May kits are shipping to subscribers and if you aren't a subscriber yet, NOW is the time to become one. All new subs that start with May, will get the June kit and the June grab bag for free, plus they will receive another free kit at the end of their 12 month term. What a great deal! You can sign up HERE!

Third, Ormolu is holding a creative team call! Kaitlin is wonderful to work for and the Ormolu products are just amazing!!! There is a new release (see a sneak HERE) coming very soon and I must say it just keeps getting better and better;) You can read more about applying HERE.

Here is a card I created using the April kit for a card challenge on the Nook forum:

It was a lift challenge, and I chose to lift this card by Gina:

That's all for now...Happy Wednesday, friends!!!

april nook projects

I have some more projects to share with the April Nook kit. All that is left of my kit now are scraps of paper which I can't bear to part with...

I love this picture from our Savannah trip. We propped the camera on one of the big statues in one of the little squares they have there and used the good old timer feature;) It is out of focus, but I like that we are all looking at the camera and smiling;)

I loved the paper in this kit that had all the tags on one side, I had fun chopping up that sheet of paper:)

I have a couple of cards created for card challenges:

I created this for Jessy's Airmail Inspired challenge.

I created this for Danni's One of a Kind Banner challenge.

I have one more card I created with the kit that will go up on a challenge on Monday...I love love the challenges on the card forum. I know I have said it before, but they are a great way to build up your card stash;)

Lastly, I would like to share a frame I made for the Altered Item Class this month.

I made this for my Mom and James. They watched the kids for us when we were in Savannah and they watched them on Shaun's birthday, so we could have a date, so this is a little thank you for them;) And I bet you think I don't look anything like my Mom, right?! ;)

You can find the step-by-step photo tutorial HERE:)

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If you haven't heard...the May kit is going to have Echo Park This and That Graceful in it. The May Grab Bag is now available for purchase and is filled with Echo Park This and That Charming in it:) You can purchase that HERE.

Pam is offering up another great special for new subs in May...sign up for a sub in May and get June's kit AND the June grab bag for free. After your year's sub is up, you will get another kit for free:) Pretty sweet;)

celebrate card

Every month, the Nook design team members makes birthday cards for our wonderful members. I got to make the fabulous Anabelle a card (which I have to say was intimidating because she makes some seriously amazing cards!!), so I pulled out an older Nook kit and came up with this:

Have I mentioned that I heart Crate Paper?!

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In other Nook news, the finalists for the DT call were posted on the forum. Congrats ladies!!! Such a talented bunch and I can't wait to see who will be joining the team:)

some cards and news

I had some cards up on the Ormolu blog yesterday...I love making cards with different sentiments...I have practically no stamps, so I have to be creative with my sentiments;)

 Check out the supply list and more HERE:)

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In other news, I had my blog featured on Craft Corners as part of their Best of the Web feature. Exciting! You can see the feature HERE and check out the other blogs featured as well:)

Happy Thursday...the weekend is almost here, yay!!

tags+twine

I had some tags on the Ormolu blog last week and wanted to share them here as well! If you frequent my blog, you know I have a bit of an obsession with twine;) I created a series of tags which show different ways to use twine on projects! Visit the Ormolu blog post to get more specifics on the techniques and supply list;)

and close ups of each tag:

Happy Wednesday!!!

getaway *edited*

***Edited to add: today is the last day to apply for the Nook design team...check out the details HERE***

I am loving the Nook April kit...loving it. I know I said this, but it is perfect for our Savannah trip pictures! I took this one of Shaun and I (one of my faves!) and scrapped it:

Some detail shots:

I am clueless when it comes to ribbons, and usually have a hard time using the ones I get in kits, but here I glued it under the photo and stitched over the photo to help it lie down more flat. I kinda like it:) I like that the tulle adds a little texture, but it is not overwhelming:)

I made this card for a card sketch challenge on the Nook's card forum:

I will be back tomorrow with some Ormolu projects to share:)

weekend recap

We had such a great weekend! We had Shaun's birthday on Saturday and Easter festivities this morning with the beach in the afternoon.

We started out Friday with dying eggs...

cheers!

Saturday morning, my Mom and James (my step-dad), took the kiddos off to an Alice in Wonderland themed tea party while I got some things ready for Shaun's birthday.

Aislynn and I made little note cards with reasons why we loved Shaun/Daddy and I attached them to balloons (34).  I saw this on pinterest and it sparked this idea;)

Shaun requested a red velvet cake for his birthday and Aislynn insisted we put 34 candles on his cake;)

 

By the end of the day, about half of the balloons weren't really floating very high (although when we cut the cards off, they went back up), so we decided to release them (latex balloons are biodegradable!).

Aislynn thought this was very cool;)

 When they were pretty high in the air, Kieran told us the balloons were dancing:)

We snapped a few pictures and got a typical family photo:

With Grandma and James:)

Shaun and I went out on a date and everyone was tucked in tight by the time we got home. We woke up to some excited kids telling us it was Easter;) They checked out what goodies the Easter Bunny left them (I am sad to say Aislynn told us she didn't believe in him anymore...she said she knew it was us, that she had a hunch, ha! But we are still pretending for K). After finding the eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden (although one is missing-thank goodness it was a plastic egg!), the kids had breakfast:

candy, anyone?

We headed to the beach in the afternoon and it was a beautiful day-the water color was just gorgeous:

Here is A flying her kite..I had to back waaaaay up to get the kite and her in the frame;)

She has named this kite Buttercup the Unicorn;)

oh the life...to have Grandma fill your buckets with water constantly and Mommy bring you juice boxes and crackers while you lounge in your chair on the beach;)

She was happy to swim in the water...I actually went in today. It was pretty cold to me still, but the water was so pretty that I couldn't resist:)

K+Grandma

Grandma built him a little pond for his boat (which he has been asking for awhile now-the Easter Bunny came through today).

Then Grandma built him a pretty cool sand castle:

I just adore weekends like this:)

I hope everyone had a beautiful Easter weekend as well:)