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Lawn Fawn!

By on February 22, 2012
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I’m so excited to finally get to share this — ’cause keeping a secret for more than a week is painful. I’m a part of the Lawn Fawn stamps design team! This is my first design team gig ever, and I’m over the moon to be able to work with my darling friend Kelly. Not to mention all the superstar designers on the team. Hooray!!

I seriously can’t wait to share Lawn Fawn’s super cute designs with you, and I thought I’d start with a quick, belated valentine using Hello Friend. Okay, technically, I started with my Delish layout from a few weeks ago, which featured Lunar Lights. I was just so thrilled, I had to make something right away. (I know. Nerd!)

If Friends Were Flowers card recipe: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Fancy Pants Designs; Sticker: Crate Paper; Stamp: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Stampin' Up!; Lace: Webster's Pages.

Changes + A Layout

By on February 11, 2012
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Delish 12x12 Scrapbook Page

What a week! As most of you already know, Thursday the second was my last day as an editor at Creating Keepsakes. It was a hard decision. So hard. Anyway, I’ve gone back into software development, which is a huge, huge change. It’s so strange–I’m quickly re-engaging a part of my brain that’s been put into sleep mode since I finished grad school. And it feels so good, you guys. I had no idea it was going to feel this good. Isn’t life funny? I started in software development, started grad school, got the position at Stampin’ Up!, graduated, then took the job at CK. And now, here I am, going back to where I started (but with an awesome degree to back me up).

Even better, I get to still be crafty and creative and involved in the papercrafting industry–an industry I adore. I’ve made so many incredible friends through crafting that I never would have met otherwise. And in the last week that I’ve been at the new job, a few really fantastic things have happened. I’m so excited for what the next few months are going to bring!

Anyway, after work one night this week, I made a layout. Just for fun. Just for me. And I wanted to share it. ‘Cause that’s what we crafters do. Hugs!

Delish! recipe: Patterned paper: Webster's Pages; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Stampin' Up!; Stickers: Sassafras and Studio Calico; Journaling spot: Studio Calico; Tape: Vintage Street Market; Brads: BasicGrey; Jute: Papertrey Ink; Pen: Mitsubishi Pen Co.

Amy Butler Stash & Dash Bags

By on January 5, 2012
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Stash & Dash Bags for Mandy

Sometime last March, I picked up the pattern for Amy Butler’s Stash & Dash bags. Super cute! I’d never sewn much more than simple lines before, but I knew it would come in handy sometime. Skills? Totally unnecessary, right? Hee!

Then back in November, I had the pleasure of going to Seattle with Megan for a Creating Keepsakes Convention. While we were in town, we stopped at Pacific Fabrics, a fabric and yarn shop in Bellevue packed with all kinds of textile-y goodness. Now, my mom is currently teaching me to sew, so I was a little out of my league surrounded by all those gorgeous bolts of fabric. But then, behind the counter, I saw the new Lotta Jansdotter fabrics. I’ve been coveting them since I saw sneak peeks on the Purl Soho blog. Kill me now! So pretty! And . . . perfect for my friends! I picked out four prints and happily hauled home about a half a yard each in my tiny overnight bag.

Stash & Dash Bags for Cyn

The combo resulted in a fantastic holiday gift for my good friends, Cyn and Mandy, and some fun time spent with my mom while making them. And bonus? New skill! What new hobbies, skills, and challenges have you guys been tackling?

Cyn & Wren

By on July 28, 2011
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My friends Cyn and Rob recently got a new dog: the rascal you see on this layout. His name is Wren, and he’s an English Pointer/Australian Shepherd/Border Collie. Not that you can see any Aussie or Collie in him. Doesn’t he look just like a Pointer? Anyway, he’s hilarious! I’ve never met a dog with this much personality.

So here’s my first layout about Wren and his girl, Cyn. I wanted to create a playful, colorful feel for the layout without going themed, and the funky, vintage style of October Afternoon’s 5 & Dime collection worked perfectly for the bulk of the layout. Notice: I didn’t add any journaling to the labels. That’s because this is a gift layout, and I want Cyn to be able to write whatever she wants on it.

Also, you can tell from my photo–I’ve been messing around with Instagram. Yay! I’ve been following a few blogs that always post photos with a distinctive style, and I wanted to give it a try to see how it looks…. The filter I picked does add a vintage color cast to the full photo, which I like, but doesn’t tell you exactly how this layout looks. Close, but the colors are muted. Tell me what you think. (I can take it….)

Cyn & Wren recipe: Patterned paper: Lily Bee Design and October Afternoon; Stickers: Crate Paper and October Afternoon; Brad: The Girl's Paperie; Embroidery floss: DMC; Adhesive: American Crafts and Tombow; Photo action: Maggie Holmes Photography.

National Scrapbooking Day Layouts

By on May 8, 2011
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Hope everyone had a great National Scrapbooking Day! Thanks to the fab people at Big Picture Classes, I know I sure did. Taking part in their challenges, hosting my very first live chat, and visiting with scrapbookers from all over the world was a wonderful experience. Later that night, I even had a chance to pop into one of the chats that Studio Calico was hosting. Those girls are “cray-cray”! Love them!

Anyway, I completed three layouts during the day, and thought I’d share them with you all here.

I made this layout for Lisa Day’s sketch challenge and, yes, I totally combined challenges and worked in some banners for Suzy and a bit of very, very simple doodling for Mou.

Loving My Small but Awesome Family recipe: Patterned paper: Kaisercraft and Sassafras; Stickers: Crate Paper and Sassafras; Buttons: Crate Paper; Rub-ons: Hambly Screen Prints; Ribbon: My Mind's Eye; Netting: Webster's Pages; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow; Other: Cardstock.

The next layout is one that I did for Cindy’s woodgrain challenge. I’ve been wanting to scrapbook this for a long time, but I took the photos on my phone in a very dark room…. So, yeah, the pictures suck. Who cares, right?

A Night at Studio D recipe: Patterned paper: Crate Paper, Lily Bee Design, Sassafras, and Studio Calico; Stickers: American Crafts, Crate Paper, Sassafras, and Studio Calico; Ribbon: My Mind's Eye; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow.

And finally, I made this last layout for the “Think Outside the Box” challenge, which involved extending your layout’s lines past the edge of the page. Love this! I used bright wavy lines to visually extend the ocean in my photo (matted on fabric and tissue paper from the challenge that I hosted). The photo is of my friend Christine during one of our many Florida business trips.

Florida in January recipe: Patterned paper: BasicGrey and Sassafras; Flashcard: Pink Paislee; Stickers: Cosmo Cricket and Sassafras; Buttons: Crate Paper; Tissue paper: Studio Calico; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow; Other: Fabric.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you out there with kids!

My New Hobby

By on March 27, 2011
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It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to post, but I managed to pick up a new crafty hobby: knitting! Cyn and Mandy taught me over the new year’s holiday. Talk about an awesome start to 2011; there really is a lot to be said about starting a new year with a brand new skill. Love it! I think I’m going to make that a goal every year.

We have an amazing local yarn store (lys) here in Salt Lake. Blazing Needles is the place to get the best yarn. And I always run into people I know there. It’s a social experience, going to Blazing Needles. Earlier this month, they had a lovely deal where you could get the pattern for the fingerless gloves pictured here with the purchase of Malabrigo Rios yarn. Love! Malabrigo is my new go-to yarn. It’s super soft and pure joy to work with.

Susan Lawrence’s Ragtop pattern is super easy to modify for fit. I had to add a few rows up top for my freakishly long fingers. The results were gorgeous and I love wearing that teal color with my bright orange waffle-weave JCrew henley. There’s nothing wrong with mixing your colors, my friends! Be bold.

Sea Critters and Autumn Leaves

By on October 23, 2010
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Cute critters for a rainy day.

Cause Kelly Asked for It

By on May 18, 2010
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Kelly said she needed more jacksoki in her Google Reader. Okay!

Not as Serious as I Look

By on March 27, 2010
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A serious face for a not so serious moment.

They Say It’s Your Birthday

By on March 6, 2010
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Thank you, my friends!!

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