Webster's Pages: North Pole Breakfast

Good morning! Today I wanted to share a two-page layout I have up on the Webster's Pages blog using the "It's Christmas" collection by Allison Kreft. This layout highlights quite possibly one of my favorite Christmas traditions - our North Pole Breakfast on December 1st. I set the table with a pretty tablecloth and Christmas place settings. We start our Advent calendar and Buddy the Elf brings a couple of Christmas movies and fun little Christmas gifts like a craft to do and a pair of socks. It's a fun way to kick off a month of fun. (And I'm already planning our breakfast for this year!) I love the "It's Christmas" collection so much and challenged myself to do some stamping and heat embossing.

I love the "It's Christmas" collection so much and challenged myself to do some stamping and heat embossing. 

The circle stars were stamped on cardstock and heat embossed. I also tucked some gold glitter paper inside the star clips. 

I created a sequin pocket to highlight the date of our breakfast by layering a black "December" month transparency and a red number "1" transparency.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back tomorrow with a Webster's Pages blog hop!

Gossamer Blue: Just Me & You

Good morning! I have another layout to share with you using the November Gossamer Blue kits. This fall, we had family photos taken by my talented friend, Carrie Krupke. I love these photos of Glen and me and had to get them on a layout right away. I pulled out the colors in our clothes from the products in the kit and got to work layering a few things here and there.

I love the rhinestone clips from Crate Paper and the navy and green card beneath is a Gossamer Blue exclusive. 

I love the gold mixed with this color scheme and little pops of pink here and there too.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll share my two-page layout using the kit tomorrow.

Gossamer Blue: She...

Good morning! Today I have my first layout to share with the November Gossamer Blue kits (the main kit and Life Pages main kits are still available and there are a handful of add-ons still in the shop!) My layout today focuses on Miss Nora and I journaled all about her personality! This layout uses only items in the main kit and was very quick to put together. The background is just one piece of patterned paper from the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party collection.

The "sequins" are actually rub-ons from Heidi Swapp and they are a fun way to add a splash of color! The numbers and hearts and from the exclusive printables in the kit!

I love creating layouts like this every so often to talk about what each of the girls is up to and funny things they do/say.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll share another layout from the kit tomorrow! :)

Carta Bella Winner!

Please e-mail me at cornellgj(at)yahoo(dot) com with your mailing information and I'll have Carta Bella get your kit out to you!

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Bianca Boscaljon said...
Inspiring as always Jill!

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Frosty Festivities Blog Hop

Happy Friday! Today I am joining in on the Frosty Festivities Blog Hop with a bunch of other talented ladies. (You should be coming to visit me from Jacky's blog). I want to share a project that I created soon after the girls' 1st Christmas and it's one of my favorite Christmas projects I have ever made! I got this wooden house at Hobby Lobby once upon a time and made it all shabby and fun with cream paint, a crackle medium and cream buttons.

Inside each "window", I either embellished with patterned papers and stickers or a small photo that I sized to fit. 

The majority of the supplies are from Melissa Frances - always and forever a huge fan!

Here's a look at the roof and a rusty jingle bell!

If you comment on all the blogs in the hop, finishing at www.jennifergracecreates.com to let Jennifer know you've been all the way around, then you'll be in with a chance to win a jolly seasonal prize of Simple Stories December Documented and Elle’s Studio Noel items, worth over £28! All entries must be received by Monday the 11th of November at 10.59pm GMT. 



Your next stop along the hop is Katherine. 

Feel free to also leave a comment on this post to win the Wildflower collection kit from Carta Bella.

Carta Bella: At the Patch & Giveaway!

Good morning! Today I have a couple of fun projects today using the brand new "Wildflower" collection from Carta Bella. This collection is a gorgeous collaboration of fall colors and eclectic patterns = I love it! The girls just happened to be wearing orange, pink and black plaid shirts to the pumpkin patch and the colors went great with the collection. I focused on those colors exclusively for the layout and added a little gold sparkle here and there.

I'm becoming such a fan of gold (you will see a lot from me around Christmas this year with gold!) and I like how it looks with these colors. One thing I absolutely love about Carta Bella's patterned papers is the texture! It's a thick piece of paper with an orange peel texture = very durable and fun to look at.

Isn't that sticker sweet?!  I used several of the arrow stickers to draw the eyes to these smaller photos of each of the girls.

While I was at it, I created a quick and easy card using one of the sentiment stickers. I simply cut down a journaling block to fit the card and added a strip of paper. Three stickers and some stitching and that was it!

And now for something fun! Carta Bella is giving one of my readers a "Wildflower" Collection Kit! Just leave a comment here and I will choose a random winner on Monday, November 11th. 

Simple Stories: Our Morning Routine

Good morning! Today I have a layout to share using the brand new Daily Grind collection from Simple Stories. I love how easy it is to capture everyday moments with this collection. I was inspired to scrapbook about our morning routine. My daughters are 4 years old and I know that our morning routine has varied greatly over the past 4 years. It certainly doesn't look the same as when they were babies or even 2 years old. So I snapped a couple of photos - I like to get up before them and have a little coffee, check my e-mail and a few blogs and read/pray a little a bit. When they get up, I make their breakfast and we get the day going.

I used a couple of 4x6 cards as photo mats and they make it look like I went to a lot of work to put them together. I added a few stickers and my alphabet sticker title. I love the new die-cuts in this collection and I used one of them for my journaing. 

Finally, I cut out a "days of the week" section from patterned paper and adhered it to the bottom of my layout. Perfect for a layout about the everyday! 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to capture part of your day with this collection.

Simple Stories Giveaway Winner!

Congrats to....

Angi Barrs said...

I have some of the paper, but really need to try the pocket pages. They seem fun to use. Love your page!!!
 

 

Please e-mail me at cornellgj(at)yahoo.com and I'll visit with you about your album and pocket page choices!

American Crafts: Ballet Girls and Halloween Bucket List

Happy Monday! Today I have a couple of layouts to share that were on the American Crafts blog to wrap up Halloween week. American Crafts put out a collection exclusively at Target so I used a lot of it here plus a few items from last fall's collections. My girls went as ballerinas last year and I had not had a chance to scrapbook their costume photos yet.

I used a spider web cut file in the Silhouette online store for this layout and added patterned paper behind each section (almost like a pie chart). 

Look at those sweet faces! :)

I also made a Halloween "bucket list" full of fun activities to do the month of October. We just about made it through this list. There were a couple of activities we didn't get to do because of illness but it was definitely a fun month! We even did a few things that weren't on the list. I found making a list helpful so I didn't look back and go "Oh, no! We forgot to do something!" I will certainly do this for Christmas too!

I made a background block by trimming down a few sheets of the 6x6 paper pad and then embellished with a few stickers and sequins. I love those sequins!

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back tomorrow with a layout for Simple Stories and their new Daily Grind collection!

Webster's Pages: Sometimes

Happy Friday and Happy November 1st! Where has this year gone? I can't believe we are getting so close to Thanksgiving and Christmas! Today I have a new layout to share for Webster's Pages featured the Recorded collection. I took these photos of the girls very early this fall. The light was so pretty and I was able to capture the sun spots. They were just playing and holding hands and we loved it!

 I even did a little stamping with the Polaroid stamps in the collection by stamping the same image in different colors - I used American Crafts ink. 

And I did a little stitching in pink to match the pink transparency I used as a photo mat.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to comment on my Simple Stories album giveaway below - the giveaway will still be open over the weekend!

I'm off to head to the YMCA this morning and run a few errands. Have a great weekend!

Simple Stories Review & Giveaway!

Today I have an awesome giveaway to share with you all! I'm always on the lookout for great albums and Simple Stories has hit the mark with their new faux leather albums that come in both 12x12 and 6x8. I had the chance to check out the teal 12x12 album and a variety pack of the page protectors recently.

 

 

The albums are just beautiful! I love the stitching and the cover looks like it will hold up well. I like the metal corners and I know they will stay nice over time. 

I love the variety of page protectors offered to go with the albums. I don't tend to scrapbook in a pocket page style but I decided to put together this quick page of the girl's first day of preschool using the Smarty Pants collection. I put this together in probably 15-20 minutes. The hardest part was editing and printing the photos. I love that the slots are all in the inner part of the page protector - nothing will fall out of the top! The page protectors are nice and thick as well - I don't think I will have to worry about them tearing or falling apart. The pockets are also true to size - there is not need to trim down 3x4 and 4x6 photos and cards - they will fit the first time! 

If you are not a pocket page scrapbooker, Simple Stories also has 12x12 page protectors that go with the albums as well. As quickly as this page went together, I might be persuaded to include a few pocket pages here and there! 

Now, here's the fun part! I get to give away one faux leather album of the winner's choice (either 12x12 or 6x8) and one package of page protectors.

Just leave a comment here on my blog and I will choose a random winner next Monday, November 4th! International comments are welcome!

Emma's Paperie: Cards Part 2

Happy Friday! Hope you all are looking forward to the weekend. We have some early trick or treating planned for this weekend as long as everyone is healthy. Wednesday I got the dreaded call from preschool that I had a sick girl to come pick up. She missed yesterday too and I think she still has a fever today. Poor girl. 

Today I have more cards to share for Emma's Paperie and these all feature products from October Afternoon. 

The first one is the Woodland Park collection. I love those sweet butterflies that I dressed up with a couple of brads.

For a complete supply list, please visit the Emma's Paperie blog here.  

I love the Cakewalk collection as well - perfect for creating birthday cards. I highlighted the stars by adding extra star stickers of the same color on top. 

 

For a complete supply list, please visit the Emma's Paperie blog here.  

And this one features Travel Girl and I thought it would make a great graduation card. 

For a complete supply list, please visit the Emma's Paperie blog here. 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a great weekend!

I'll be back on Monday with a Simple Stories giveaway!

Emma's Paperie: Cards Part 1

Good morning! I love creating quick and easy cards and over the next couple days I am going to share some that I have created for Emma's Paperie the past several months. The first one features the Sweet Notes collection from Webster's Pages.

Those 3x4 journaling cards make easy card fronts to decorate and embellish.

For a complete supply list, visit the Emma's Paperie blog here. 

The next card was fun to create and features My Mind's Eye products. I cut out each individual frame and then embellished with buttons, brads and enamel dots.

For a complete supply list, visit the Emma's Paperie blog here. 

And finally, here is another card featuring the same collection by My Mind's Eye. I placed the quote patterned paper inside a Pink Paislee frame.

For a complete supply list, visit the Emma's Paperie blog here.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back tomorrow with a few more cards!

Emma's Paperie: Christmas Pajamas

Good morning! Today I have a new layout to share for Emma's Paperie that features the Santa's List collection by Teresa Collins. This collection caught my eye right away when it came out this summer. I love the traditional Christmas colors with black, white and the neutral khaki. Every year we get new Christmas pajamas for the girls and this is what they wore last year.

The background paper I chose already had the glitter diamonds with the Santa and text so it was easy to build right on top of that. 

Our feature at Emma's Paperie was to use envelopes. Rather than use patterned paper, I chose four envelopes in the collection and made a grid with them.

 

The journaling is tucked inside the polka dot envelope. 

For a complete supply list, please visit the Emma's Paperie blog here. 

Thanks for stopping by today! :)