Emma's Paperie: Double Baby Shower & Playdate Pals

Good morning! If you are visiting me for the Webster's Pages blog hop, go to this post. You have until Friday to leave a comment to win a spooky prize.

Happy Monday! It's definitely feeling like fall weather here. Saturday was sooooo chilly that we got out the sleeping bags, lit a fire in the fireplace and had some popcorn and storytime. It was such a simple thing but we all LOVED it!

Today I have some projects to share with you for Emma's Paperie. I'm a little behind in blogging them so I'll share several in this post.

First of all I have a double page layout featuring Crate Paper's "Little Bo Peep" collection. I still had photos to scrapbook from one of my baby showers so I knew that I wanted to use this collection for my project.

The journaling is hidden behind one of the 4 x 6 photos and the rest of the photos were printed to 2 x 3.

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

The girls had a playdate with some friends at the beginning of September. We were able to hit the splash park one more time before it closed. The colors in this Jenni Bowlin collection matched perfectly so I created this one for the color challenge at Emma's Paperie.  
 

Love those polka dot chipboard alphas!

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

More to come soon....I think we're going to the pumpkin patch this afternoon. We were supposed to go yesterday morning but we woke up to 27 degrees. Um...way too cold for me!

Have a great day!

Webster's Pages: Trick or Treat Blog Hop!

Welcome to Webster's Pages Trick or Treat Blog Hop! (You should have came from Larissa's blog but you can always go to Webster's Pages blog and start hopping with us!) Today the design team is featuring projects with the "Once Upon A Halloween" collection. For my project I made a spooky piece of home decor. Take a look...

First I cut a 4.25" square of heavy cardboard and then started layering - patterned paper, vellum, punched borders, mini messages stickers, that sweet cat cameo and jewels. I stitched things in between adhering and added pop dots for some layers.

 I punched a spider web and then placed the purple resin flower in the center. I used a black and white striped straw as the "dowel" and hot glued the layered piece to the top. (The straws were in a package of orange/white and black/white at TJ Maxx.) 

I have a collection of vintage wooden spools and used one as the base that I jazzed up with patterned paper and flower (LOVE the new ones). I hot glued the flower and the straw to the base for a little more stability.

Super simple and a fun new piece to add to my Halloween decor! Your next stop on the blog hop is the fabulous Emeline!

Be sure to leave a comment here and on each and every blog you visit on the hop. There are "Hidden Halloween Treats" (prizes) along the way - winners will be announced at Webster's Pages next Friday.

Thanks for stopping by today!

American Crafts: Ready Set Go

Good morning! We have really been enjoying the beautiful fall weather at our house. In the past week we have been to the apple orchard, Living History Farms and even played in the leaves for a little while last night. And we have a trip to the pumpkin patch planned for this weekend! I've been enjoying cooking more soups and stews and baking with apples and pumpkins. Yum! ;)

Today I wanted to share my American Crafts projects using the new Ready Set Go collection. We had our photos taken by {studio m} photography last fall and I'm just getting around to scrapbooking them but I'm happy I waited until I had this collection! I also used tags by Elle's Studio.

I also created a quick and easy card...I am in love with little mister elephant....how cute is he? And I will definitely be using the transparent alphabet stickers in the collection a lot more!

Have a great day!

I'll be back tomorrow for a Webster's Pages blog hop! :)

Gossamer Blue: October Reveal

Good morning! I meant to post all of my work with Gossamer Blue's October kit yesterday but I had a sick kiddo so instead you're getting this photo heavy post today! I am in mad love with the beautiful fall colors in this kit and was super inspired to get out with my kids and get some new photos so I can create more with the kit.

Last fall, the girls and I went on a leaf hunt in our yard looking for different colors and shapes of leaves. Then we came instead and did crayon rubbings of them. I used the digital files included in the kit quite literally and just resized and printed the jpg and cut them out.  I don't own a Cameo so this is a way you can still create using the files.

I love the little Smash clips and used them on quite a few projects.

Check out Lily's expression when we made a crayon rubbing. ;)

Lately I have been trying to do more layouts that focus on relationships my girls have with special people in their life. This is them with my dad and they just adore their grandpa. I had a mix of colors in the photo so I made it black and white and then pulled out the brown, blue and cream products in the kit.

The arrows were made with a Stampin' Up photo corner punch. 

I layered a bunch of products here - Jillibean Soup flag, Basic Grey file folder, Bella Blvd. patterned paper, Smash clip, and Shabby Chic tag. The triangle was die-cut with a PaperTrey Ink banner die.

This one might just be my favorite for the month because of all the texture. I chose some of my favorite photos from the pumpkin patch last year for this layout. I had just enough white space on the large photo that I could place my title.

The pumpkin border is an EK Success punch. 

I punched some large leaves and then stitched the "veins." 

Also love that Basic Grey Clippings garland...

I was very drawn to the library card paper from Lawn Fawn and came across these photos of the girls and me reading together. I have always been a book worm so it's been fun to share my love of books and the library with the girls. We read together about every day and usually multiple books too. I love catching them "reading" by themselves as well. :)

I love the variety of alphabet stickers included in the kit - so many options!

I also created a couple of quick and easy cards this month....

Thanks so much to Lori for having me this month at Gossamer Blue! It was such an honor and I really enjoyed working with the main kit and add-ons so much! Lori has such a knack for combining products and there was such a variety of texture which I appreciate as a simple scrapper!

Thanks for visiting me today! :)

Elle's Studio: October Gallery

First off, the winner of my two favorite items from Elle's Studio new releases is:

Julie said...

Great sneak and love the colors!!

7:40 PM

Julie, could you please e-mail me your mailing information to cornellgj(at)yahoo(dot)com?

Today I have my projects to share for the October design team reveal at Elle's Studio. For my first layout, I used one of the Thankful Pennants to help create my title. My grandma recently celebrated her 89th birthday and I was able to get a few photos of the girls with her. The girls love visiting as Grandma always spoils them with Cheetos. :) I used a past Noel Mignon kit for the layout and there's a lot of My Mind's Eye featured here. 

I love the raw chipboard thickers...the perfect look for a heritage type of layout.

I also used a 3 x4 tag from Elle's Studio for my journaling...love that woodgrain! 

The little circle tag also had a great sentiment for a family layout.

For my second layout, I dove into the brand new "Ready Set Go" collection from American Crafts. Last fall, we had some photos taken of our family by {studio m} photography and I finally got around to scrapbooking the photos of Glen and me. My journaling focuses on how hard it is for us connect these days but we make time to talk and go on dates. Life has definitely changed since we added two girls to our family! And our love for each other is definitely a choice that we make at all times!

Love, love, love the stitched vellum hearts!

I love how Elle always includes date tags in her collections.
 

Finally, I also created a card using the new "Once Upon a Halloween" collection from Webster's Pages. How cute is that transparent owl? I have about scrapbooked all of our Halloween photos from last year but I definitely wanted to include some Halloween inspiration this month so there's a card!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back tomorrow with my projects as the guest designer for the October kit from Gossamer Blue.