Mr. & Mrs.

A beautiful and touching layout by Julie Bonner! 

I love this picture of my son & my best friend's daughter.  We had just celebrated our Christmas with them & Ryan was so into the doll we bought for her.  He is so excited for our own baby to arrive & was asking me all kinds of questions about how to take care of it :)  I loved how the 2 of them are hovering over the little doll, taking care of her together.  They reminded me of a married couple with their newborn :)

The close-ups showcase making the most of your embellishments by cutting them in half - a great way to multiply the embellishments you have & be able to spread them through the layout.  You'll notice in the first close-up the Maya Road sheer doily and the patterned paper circle have been cut in half.  They are used here & again on the lower left side of the layout.  The second close-up displays a journaling die-cut that I cut in half.  It created a great accent at the top of the page that was both decorative and functional for journaling. 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Remarks Stickers Mistletoe

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Remarks Stickers Mittens 

Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Paper Poinsettia and Pine 

Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Paper Jolly Jingle

Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Paper Comfort and Cheer 

Dear Lizzy Christmas Scrapbooking Paper Sleighing Song 

Basic Grey BASICS Scrapbooking Paper Tally

Silly Me!

A fun and enchanting layout by Rahel Menig!

Supplies: 

Basic Grey JOVIAL Scrapbooking Paper Coal

Fancy Pants Designs Scrapbooking ROAD SHOW Dainty Print 

Echo Park Everyone loves Christmas

Basic Grey JOVIAL Scrapbooking 6 x 12 Mini Monogram Stickers

Pink Paislee House of Three Parisian ANTHOLOGY Scrapbooking Clear Stamps

We {heart} PCH

A beautiful layout by Julie Tucker-Wolek!

Julie talking about her layout: "My daughter Brookie has surgeries every three months for a skin condition called Port Wine Stains. Her surgeon, Dr. Hansen always throws the kids a big party at the park every year and I wanted to celebrate that party with a layout about it! :):):)  PCH stands for "Phoenix Children's Hospital" :):):):):) I love that I was able to use Christmas papers and embellies and turn it into a NON-Christmas layout!" :):):):):):):):):)

Supplies: 

Girls Paperie by Margie TINSEL AND TWIG Scrapbooking Paper

Lily Bee Design CHRISTMAS TOWN Scrapbooking Chipboard Stickers

American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Enchanted Scrapbooking Thickers Rainscript Strawberry

Maya Arts Ribbon SATIN CUTOUTS RED BOW

swissgirlDesigns Clear Cookbook Stamps Video

Rahel's How-To Cookbook video.

swissgirl Designs

We are now carrying swissgirl Designs clear stamps -very high quality, detailed stamps designed by Rahel Menig!

To purchase swissgirl Designs stamps click over to the store here.

Waiting for Santa!

An amazing layout from Susan Coish!

I created this LO using no pattern paper....but using these tags from Webster's pages Waiting for Santa! 

 I placed a couple of tags behind the photo and I think they make the photo pop even more. 

Do you see these stamps?  I created a 3-D look by using stamps and used 3 different colors of Distress Inks and layered them, almost shadowed them! I like the effect. 

 And check out these letters! They are Dear Lizzy Enchanted Thickers!

Supplies:

American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Enchanted Scrapbooking Thickers Rainscript Strawberry

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Collection 

Prima Flowers

Webster's pages Waiting for Santa

BoBunny Flowers

Playing with some BoBunny Flowers yesterday.  After taking out the center piece it's easy to find lots of creative centers.  Try some Webster's Pages tinsel, Jenni Bowlin chip buttons, or for a eye cathing splash Teresa Collins Blingage.

When You're Gone

A touching and beautiful layout by Lynette Davis!

Lynette was inspired by the lyrics to Avril Lavigne's song....

 I always needed time on my own

I never thought I'd need you there when I cry

The days feel like years when I'm alone

And the bed where you lie is made up on your side

When you walk away I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

WHEN YOU'RE GONE

The pieces of my heart are missing you

The face I came to know is missing too

The words I need to hear

To always get me through the day

And make it okay

I miss you! 

 Supplies:

Prima Marketing Scrapbooking Paper ANNALEE Romance

Prima Scrapbooking Flowers Grand Dame Ambrosia 

Basic Grey JOVIAL Scrapbooking 12 x 12 Alphabet Stickers 

My Minds Eye Lost and Found Scrapbooking Market Street Brads

Melissa Frances Vintage Attic Pearls - White 

October Afternoon Extras

New October Afternoon Homemaker and School House goodies have just arrived.
Die cut albums with die cut papers to match -this makes for an easy mini album.

Homemaker stickers with buttons to match.

The Homemaker mini album and chipboard pieces.

To buy any of the October Afternoon collections we have in the store today click here.

December Joy!

A stunning 2 page holiday layout by Julie Bonner!

Julie is doing a December Daily. "I have always wanted to create a December

Daily album and vowed to do so this year - however being in the last 6 weeks of 
my pregnancy - it wasn't happening :) So instead I have been taking a picture a 
day & am doing layouts to cover every 5 days.  A great way to tackle documenting 
the entire month without having to create a separate page for each day :) "Julie

Supplies: 

Cosmo Cricket MITTEN WEATHER Scrapbooking Paper Woolens 

Cosmo Cricket MITTEN WEATHER Scrapbooking Paper Deck the Hollies

Cosmo Cricket MITTEN WEATHER Scrapbooking Paper Elements 

Cosmo Cricket MITTEN WEATHER Scrapbooking Paper Borders 

Cosmo Cricket MITTEN WEATHER Scrapbooking Ready Set Chipboard 12x12

Basic Grey JOVIAL Scrapbooking Paper Snowball Fight

Christmas 2009

A gorgeous layout by Melissa Mann! 

Supplies:

Maya Road Scrapbooking Velvet Point Blossoms Red and Green

Prima Flowers 

Girls Paperie by Margie TINSEL AND TWIG Scrapbooking Paper 

Lily Bee Design CHRISTMAS TOWN Scrapbooking Paper

Lily Bee Design CHRISTMAS TOWN Scrapbooking Paper

American Crafts Classic Video

Our American Crafts Classics Collection scrapbooking video.

American Crafts Classics

The newAmerican Crafts Classics elegant and stylish.

Gorgeous pearl brads and wonderful bit tags.

Great new Thickers!

To see all the American Crafts Classics in stock tody click here.

Guest Designer Tammy Tutterow

We are so excited to have our first guest DT.  Drum roll please....

Tammy Tutterow!

She has created a totally beautiful 7gypsies Library Drawer.

Here's a little background on Tammy.

"I am a lifelong artist and crafter.  My mother was a professional artist for many years so I grew up surrounded by art and hobby supplies.  I love all types of crafts but find my true crafting passion in papercrafts, ribbonwork, and sewing.  I love to combine elements of all three into my projects.

I have been an instructor and project designer in the papercraft/scrapbook industry for more than 5 years.  I have been fortunate to work for many top manufacturers including: Tim Holtz, BasicGrey, ProvoCraft/Cricut, Prima Marketing, Therm O Web, Glitz Design, and Pink Paislee.  My work has been published in several books, magazines, and product catalogs and has been featured on television.  My classes have been offered at stores, conventions, and online on both my own blog and at Big Picture Classes.

When I am not creating, I am a wife and mother of three who loves anyting and everything shabby, chippy, and vintage.  I love to scour flea markets for old treasures.  I am also a fair weather gardener so if the spring breezes are blowing, you will probably find me playing in the dirt in my flower garden." 

Because I love to make "stuff" I decided I wanted to create a project featuring a 7gypsies Library Drawer.  I really love the alterable items from 7gypsies and had really been looking forward to an opportunity to create a special project with one.

The box comes with a set of tabbed divider cards.  Last year I joined in on a One Little Word for the year.  With the new year quickly approaching I have been thinking about what my next word would be.  After a lot of thought, I finally decided it should be happiness.  With that choice I knew that I wanted to create a special project that I could use to document my focus on finding and celebrating happiness in my life.  

I decided that throughout the year I would make little art cards on 4x6 index cards that I could file in my happiness project.  I used the tabbed index cards that were included with the box to create themed sections for my drawer.  The art cards may be fancy, they may be super simple, they may even just have some hand journaling- I think it will just depend on the moment.  The goal will be to look in my life and the world around me and capture the little things that bring me happiness.

The beginning of the happiness project is the Library Drawer which I covered with the text side of the 7gypsies Conservatory Mesofauna patterned paper.  Tucked in my goody box of supplies were some Wonderfall journaling cards by Websters Pages.  One of them had the phrase "All My Happiness" which was perfect to cut out and add to the top of the drawer pull.  I added Distress Ink (Walnut Stain) and Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint to give it an aged effect.

I decorated each divider card with assorted embellishments to go along the card's theme.  Each card has a small strip of patterned paper with a phrase or quote appropriate to the category.  I used a vintage typewriter that is sentimental to me to create the text.

Below are all of my tabbed index cards along with the supplies included on each one.

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary
• 7gypsies Conservatory Chipboard Alphas and Numerals
• 7gypsies Rubbings: Nomenclature (image colored with markers)
• 7gypsies Optical Lens
• 7gypsies Hardware: Gears Gems
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Jenni Bowlin Family Tree Journaling Cards
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing Butterflies: Papillon
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings (colored with Glimmer Mist)
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Hotz Distress Crackle Paint: Clear Rock Candy
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Flora, Magpie, Aviary
• 7gypsies Rubbings: Nomenclature
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps (colored with markers)
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Flora, Feather, Aviary
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Webster's Pages Scrapbooking Ribbon: Dusty Blue
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Prima Marketing Butterflies: Papillon (inked with Stormy Sky Distress Ink)
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Pins
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps (colored with markers)
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Jenni Bowlin Family Tree Journaling Cards
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Webster's Pages Scrapbooking Ribbon: Dusty Blue
• Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli Corrugated Shapes
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary, Flora
• 7gypsies Rubbings: History (image colored with markers)
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli Corrugated Shapes
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clips 
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Aviary, Feather
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary
• 7gypsies Hardware: Gears Gems
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings (colored with Glimmer Mist)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clips 
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Butterfly, Aviary
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Jenni Bowlin Family Tree Journaling Cards
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli Corrugated Shapes
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings (colored with Glimmer Mist)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Memo Pin
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clips
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Flora, Aviary
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli Corrugated Shapes
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clips
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Feather, Aviary
• Jenni Bowlin Family Tree Journaling Cards
• Crafty Secrets Vintage Photos Double Sided Creative Scraps (colored with markers)
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli Corrugated Shapes
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

 

• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Aviary
• 7gypsies Mini Gypsies Ephemera Cards
• Maya Road Vintage Trinket Pins: Green Leaf
• Prima Marketing flowers
• Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

• 7gypsies Library Drawer
• 7gypsies Conservatory patterned paper: Mesofauna
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium: Matte
• Webster's Pages Wonderfall Journaling Cards
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain
• Tim Hotz Distress Crackle Paint: Clear Rock Candy

BlueMoon Newsletter

swissgirlDesigns
A cutting edge designer Rahel Menig has some fabulous high quality clear stamps, very detailed and functional.

Here is a layout Rahel made using her calendar stamp -I just love the simplicity of it.  Anyone thinking of scrap lifting this -like myself?

 I love all the twine tying on Rahels designs lately.

Guest Designer

We have our first guest designer tomorrow and here is a peek of her work. I think you'll be impressed with this project!  So make sure to pop by tomorrow.

A Winner

The winnner of Sundays 7gypsies Receipt Holder Giveaway is: 

lynn said...

love the details on the receipt holder, so many ideas you can use. it would be wonderful to use as a memory piece... my favorite memories are when i would host christmas eve with my whole family and we would all gather in the living room after dinner.. the tree lit, christmas music on.. and all the little ones excited about opening presents.. sadly this is the first year without my mom.. so it will be bittersweet.. so as i said.. a memory christmas piece would be perfect for all those neat little nooks.. :)

thanks for your wonderful shop.. it sure is an enabler .. lol

big big hugs

Lynn email scott@bluemoonscrapbooking so we can mail you this receipt holder.

Thanks to everyone for sharing your memories - I loved reading them all.  Without snow here in the desert it really put me in the holiday mood :)

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