Week 22

Today I am sharing week 22 on the Jillibean Soup blog. I thought that my pictures were all over the place, different activities, Alexia's baptism, home renos, IG pics, DLSR pics, etc... So I wanted to keep things simple, I paired POW glitter paper with Silhouette cuts. I used Bite Size Bits by Jillibean Soup along with various stickers and diecuts to embellish the journaling cards. I have to say that my 2 favorite cards are the date and speech bubble cards, close ups can be seen on the Jillibean Soup blog. 

How are you coming along with your PL? Are you behind? Right now I'm about 2 weeks behind, but I should catch up very soon. That's typical for me, get behind 3 weeks or so, and then catch up. Whatever works right?!

Special Delivery

This card is up on the Jillibean Soup blog today. I created it using the Irish Farm House Soup collection, which I paired with white embossed cardstock. I had leftover cardstock from a previous project, I decided to put it to good use. I layered a banner sticker underneath the cardstock which I adhered to the card using foam dots. The enamel flower is actually a sugar pick from the new release collection, I simply removed the pin portion and used the flower as an embellishment. I did add stitching to the special delivery greeting, I just thought it was a quick and easy way to add another little detail to the card. 

My fellow DT members also shared a lot of wonderful cards on the blog, if you are looking for inspiration make sure to check out the Jillibean Soup blog. 

Shine with Basic Grey

I'm not sure how I could have missed this collection, but I just recently discovered the Hey You collection by Basic Grey, hello awesomeness!!!  This is another quick layout that I completed during Lex's nap time, I'm a girl on a mission, if it takes more than an hour to complete a layout I have to move on to the next one. So far it's working...

I only have the 6x6 paper pad, but that did just fine. I was still able to create layers, I actually love using the paper pads for layouts, I feel that I waste less paper. I also used the chipboard pieces and material stickers from the same collection, love the versatily of this collection. 

The butterfly was created using a large punch, I was too lazy to open up the Cameo, that's why I still love my punches, those lazy moments happen quite often. HA! The stamping to the right is created with a American Craft roller stamp, I'm really happy that they created this stamp without the date, I hope they will be releasing more of those, perhaps with little shapes, like a moustache, glasses, arrows...well you get the point. 

Happy friday folks!!

Hip Kit - June

Oh my! Kimberly has again outdone herself and put together one awesome kit for June. I can't wait for this to land on my front porch, I'm sure the poor mailman feels like I'm stalking him. LOL!! In the meantime I thought I would share these pics that Kimberly took of the kit, so much goodness I just can't wait!!!

The June kits are now shipping, but they are going fast, so if you are interested make sure to check out the online store - Hip Kits. 

Today You

This is another layout that came together rather quickly. It was nap time for Alexia and I was on a mission to create something, this is the result. I think I've already mentioned how much I love Crate Paper's DIY collection, this is another layout that I created with the collection. I used very little pattern paper on here, but I did pile on the diecuts and stickers. 

The title is cut using my Cameo and American Craft's POW glitter paper  in Gold. Another thing that I love doing at the moment, is using my typewriter to write the journaling directly on the picture. The strips of pattern paper were stitched, then I lifted the edges to add more dimension. The diecuts were then layered on top of the strips of paper using thin foam dots, this layout is very bulky but I do like the end result. 

Celebrate Today

Every month on the Jillibean Soup blog, Kimber shares a card sketch. I love playing along, the sketches are always very inspiring. This month's was no exception, you can see the sketch on the Jillibean Soup blog, which resulted in this card.

To create this card I used the Irish Farm House Soup collection which I paired with a polaroid placemats. The polaroid was used instead of a tag, as shown in the sketch. The greeting was created using a die cut card from the same collection. I hope you will stop by the blog to see what the other amazing takes on this fun sketch. 

Wonderful You

This week I was on a mission to scrap! So I challenged myself to create a layout a day while Alexia napped. So I pulled one of my favourite collection by Crate Paper - DIY and got to work and started layering papers and embellies. I ended up with this layout, I'm pretty happy about it. 

I love adding layers to my layouts, which I create with pattern paper but also embellishment and diecuts. Crate Paper always creates amazing coordinating diecuts with their collections, I could just use that on a layout and I would be a happy girl! Tim Holtz tiny attacher is one of my favourite tools, so practical for adhering wood veneer and other embellishments. 

The top portion of the layout features the speech bubble pattern paper. I added words to the bubbles using Heidi Swapp rub ons. I was hoping to use my typewriter but the paper was too big, so glad to have had those rubs in my stash. The little wood veneer hearts compliments the arrows that are located below. 

So another little cluster of embellishments, sometimes I will use something that fits in with the layout, such as the A for Alexia and 9 for her age in months. Other times I'll just use something because I feel like it, it doesn't really "fit" in the theme of the layout but I don't really care, HA! That was the case of the clouds, they were on my desk and I just decided to plop them on my layout, no reason, I just felt like it. 

Well I was chatty today, wasn't I!? Enjoy your weekend, I'll be back on Monday.