Stay Focused

An absolutely gorgeous layout by Melissa Mann!

I used the Prima packaging that the crocheted flower came in.  It had these beautiful doily patterns on the clear acrylic backing of the package.  There were only halves of the doilies, but once I cut them out, I just stuck them "underneath paper and you would never know!

 

Supplies:
Prima Marketing Flowers Sweet Taffy Aqua
Lily Bee Design DOMESTIC BLISS Scrapbooking Paper 
Lily Bee Design DOMESTIC BLISS Scrapbooking Chipboard Stickers
Pink Paislee House of Three Parisian ANTHOLOGY Scrapbooking Elements 
American Crafts Thickers 

October Afternoon Homemaker and Schoolhouse Video

A little video to watch today showing the October Afternoon Homemaker and Schoolhouse collections.

Basic Grey Sizzix Dies

These new Sizzix Dies are designed by Basic Grey!

The Bigz Dies.

 Many Sizzlet designs with Embosslits too!

There are 8 new fabulous embossing folders.

Come over to the store to see the whole collection - here.

Cyber Monday

Our Cyber Monday Special

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FREE Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

and

FREE shipping!
Write "Cyber Monday" in the comments section when checking out.

Also, we will honor Friday's coupon for 40% off Echo Park, Jillibean Soup, Lilly Bee and Bella Blvd
use code SALE11 at checkout in the coupon section.
Click here to start shopping!

Party Time

A fun layout by Julie Tucker-Wolek!

I loved mixing the papers from the different manufacturers that I used on this layout! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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Supplies:

Basic Grey paper

Maya Road ticket, flower and paper doily

Pink Paislee OLD SCHOOL Scrapbooking Paper

Lily Bee Design CATCHING FALL Scrapbooking Cardstock Stickers

BlueMoon Newsletter

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving :)

Sizzix
Sizzix teaming up with Basic Grey - love these Bigz dies, Embossing Folders, Sizzlets and Embosslits!

Tattered Angels
Great new selection of clear stamp sets, screens, crepe ribbon AND 2 new must have Heidi Swapp products.

Graphic45
The Once Upon a Springtime Collection with magical fairy dreams and a sprinkle of pixie dust.

American Crafts
The Classics Collection, like a warm latte at a coffee shop, it's always the right time to pull out browns from American Crafts.

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Skater Girl

A fun layout by Susan Coish!

Supplies:

American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Enchanted Scrapbooking Thickers Rainscript Strawberry

My Minds Eye Holly Jolly Scrapbooking Paper Jingle Bells 

My Minds Eye Holly Jolly Scrapbooking Chipboard Element Sheet 

Lily Bee Design CATCHING FALL Scrapbooking Cardstock Stickers

She's Pretty

I love all this Basic Grey Doilie fun by Julie Tucker-Wolek!

I wanted to showcase our new car! Its not always a topic that people choose to scrap about, but later on down the road, I will love that I documented our "New Ride" :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Supplies: 

Basic Grey OLIVER Doilies Jesse - Blue

Basic Grey Scrapbooking WANDER Writers Block 

Pink Paislee OLD SCHOOL Scrapbooking Paper

Jillibean Soup White Stripes Scrapbooking Canvas Stars

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40% off Sale

The Curiousity Sale

You've always been curious to try out the new collections -here is your key.

Use code SALE11 when checking out in the coupon section.
Sale ends Saturday night at midnight.


All Echo Park Papers, Jillibean Soup, Bella Blvd and Lilly Bee will be discounted after using the coupon :)

Many wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving today!

Now Cook This

A fun and beautiful layout by Melissa Mann!

I accidentally discovered a quick, easy way to add a little spice to a layout that has a piece of paper with a straight edge is to take a punch (I used the Martha Stewart starburst punch) to take a "bite" off the edge.  I also did this on the journaling card that I typed on.  It just adds a touch of variety and yet still ties in with all of the punched circles on the left hand side of the layout.

*This layout was inspired by a layout done by Jen Jockisch.*

 

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup PASTA FAGIOLI Scrapbooking Paper 

Jillibean Soup PASTA FAGIOLI Scrapbooking Paper

Lily Bee Design CHRISTMAS TOWN Scrapbooking Cardstock Stickers 

Lily Bee Design DOMESTIC BLISS Scrapbooking Chipboard Stickers 

October Afternoon Tiny Alphas 

Martha Stewart Holiday Baker's Twine Solid Colors 

Basic Grey CURIO video

Our Basic Grey CURIO product video.

Man of the Hour

A stunning layout by Susan Coish using the ever versatile feathers from Feather Expressions!

I love these feathers!! I used the BIG feather and shaped it around my Pink Paislee Artisan elements!!

 

Supplies:

Basic Grey Alphas 

Prima Flowers

Maya Road Scrapbooking Crochet TRIM Orange

Jillibean Soup PASTA FAGIOLI Scrapbooking Corrugated Shapes 

Lily Bee Design CATCHING FALL Scrapbooking Chipboard Stickers

Pink Paislee Scrapbooking Artisan Elements CIRCLES 

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

 

Snow product review

A quick review featuring the new SNOW products in the store - you can decide which is best for you.

Snow-Tex is the most like paint. It feels like paint when applying and has small chunks of texture resembling stucco.

I applied with a brush, but a palette knife works too.

A deep rich white color which takes paint well if you want to change the color for different projects, like brown for tree trunks, wood, or creamy beige for a layout with less white.

Arlene's True Snow 

A foam texture snow, so you can get peaks with a popsicle stick application.

I added Ranger Perfect pearls and Tattered Angels Glam to mine for different colors.

Arlene's Glitter Snow is just like True Snow, but with a touch of glitter.  You can add Diamond Dust over the top of it when you want lots of icy pieces.

Delta Fantasy Snow

This is very thick and I would recommend a popsicle stick to apply. This has a chunky texture. Great for an icy snow look.  I loved using this with Art Glitter (pink) sprinkled over it while still wet, for girly scrapping.

All 4 work well, way fun to play with, but each for different purposes.  For soft snow mounds use True snow, Icy steps Fantasy, Snow tex is the most multi purpose but lacks the unique texture of the others.

Suggestion -  paint/swab a sample right onto the label on the conainer - you'll have the texture right there on the bottle for the next time you use it.

This quick video shows the snows at the end.

Deep Creek Lake

A gorgeous multi-photo layout by Julie Bonner!

Supplies: 

Basic Grey Scrapbooking Paper WANDER Travel Size

Basic Grey Scrapbooking Paper WANDER Lightrail 

Lily Bee Design CATCHING FALL Scrapbooking Paper 

Jillibean Soup PASTA FAGIOLI Journaling Sprouts

Jillibean Soup PASTA FAGIOLI Cardstock Stickers 

October Afternoon Homemaker

The October Afternoon Homemaker Collection full of vintage sweetness.

 

Click here to see all of October Afternoon.

BlueMoon Newsletter

New scrapbooking goodies your your online shopping this week!
Maya Road
Wonderful rich ribbon from Maya Road along with New packaging and fun shades of Maya Mist.
Pop over now, you'll LOVE the alterable pieces.

Echo Park
Choo, choo steaming into town is the bright, gleaming Echo Park Little Boy train... all a board!

Vintaj Natural Brass

One thing for sure adding a Vintaj natural brass piece to your creative project will bring an organic and unique look.  As an added bonus, you'll find your creativity expands to new places :)

Favorite Product Video
On the Edge Dies by Tim Holtz Sizzix.

SALE

Keep an eye out this week for sale items.  We have put many BasicGrey and Sandylion items on sale yesterday!   More to come.

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October Afternoon Schoolhouse

What a great collection called Schoolhouse by October Afternoon!  Full of childhood memories of school with colorful banners, alphabets even doilies for fun. 

 

Click here to see all of October Afternoon.

Maya Road Video

Our Maya Road Product video.

Cassie

A Beautiful layout from the very talented Lynette Davis.

I decided to scrap my cousin Cassie in my latest creation. She posted some of her Senior pics. on her facebook page and this one was my favorite. The first time I met Cassie she was just a little girl. Now she's growing up and getting ready to graduate High School already.

American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Enchanted Scrapbooking Just Write Journaling Cards

 American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Ribbon Leafy 
American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Enchanted 

Scrapbooking Remarks Piccolo Dimensional Stickers
 American Crafts DEAR LIZZY Scrapbooking Rainscript Petal Thickers 
Maya Road Scrapbooking Doilie Transparency White 
My Minds Eye Lost and Found 

Scrapbooking Market Street Brads 

Carefree

A beautiful layout by Julie Tucker-Wolek!

A tip I would like to share on how I made this LO! :)  To make my Maya Road Kraft Dollies go further on my page, I cut them all in half and then 'pretended' to tuck them under my papers.  That was it appears that I have used 4 of them on this page, when it is only 2 whole ones cut in half! You can see that I did that also with the Jillibean journal tag! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Supplies:

Maya Road Scrapbooking Kraft Doilies

Lily Bee Design CATCHING FALL Scrapbooking Paper 

Pink Paislee OLD SCHOOL Scrapbooking Paper

Prima Marketing Flowers Cottage Blossoms Chocolate

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