Jenn Barrette Is Back!!!!

I am thrilled to share the news that Jenn Barrette is back to designing after a couple years' hiatus! Boy have I missed her designs!! And she is now back with a focus on illustrated designs - just my cup of tea!  You can find her shop at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

I am in the middle of a crazy busy time (lots of work trips coming up) but I just had to make the time to use a couple of her new kits! I love them!

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You're So Prickly by Jenn Barrette

I used this adorable succulent-themed kit to make a page about Hawaii - why not?! :) I love all those floral embellishments!

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Bro Squad Kit by Jenn Barrette, Shawna Clingerman and Studio Basic

This kit was so fun to use! I realized I had the perfect photo for it! :)

Penguin Cuteness

The latest kit by Jenn Barrette is filled with penguin cuteness!!

It is also 20% off today! I used it to make a couple of Christmas tags. :)

Eeek.. less than two weeks to Christmas!

More DSD sales

Are you all DSDed out? I hope not, because I have some more enabling to do!! :) Everything in Jenn Barrette's store is 30% off, including this gorgeous new kit:

I am so in love with that floral + bird print, that I made it the base of this card.

It is so easy to whip up a hybrid card when you have such pretty papers. Just add a sentiment for the focal point, and you're all set.

Pink Flamingo

Today's new release by Jenn Barrette is the cutest!!

These colors make me so happy! I'm in love with this folding card I made with the kit.

Have a great weekend!

Heck Yeah

Yay for the weekend! And yay for the World Cup.. are you a soccer fan?? I sure am! ;)
Anyway, back to scrapbooking.. here's a lovely new kit that I had fun playing with this week!

I love the orange, teal, yellow and gray combination! Here's the card I made with it.

Enjoy your weekend! I am alone this weekend so I'll make sure to get my craft on, yay!

Hoppy Easter!

OK.. Easter is tomorrow, but I just have to share this adorable new kit by Jenn Barrette (20% off today) and the card I made with it!

These colors are just so pretty, and they look so vibrant when printed out on matte paper! I made a trifold card.

Happy Easter!

Lucky

I love the greens and the navy colors in Jenn Barrette's latest kits!

I made a collage of my favorite bits of the kit on this card:

Hope you're having a great weekend! I never enjoy the switch to daylight saving, but other than that I am enjoying some time off. :)

Black Friday

I'm a bit late in posting this, because Black Friday = putting up the tree for me! :) But there are some very sweet deals to be had online today! I'll start with a Christmas kit, since I am in Christmas mode now that the tree is up. :)

Seriously, isn't this the perfect Christmas kit?? I made two tags with this gorgeous kit.

And I also made a free printable with a flattened version of both tags that is available on the Sahlin Studio blog. :) Enjoy!

Check out all the sales and promotions going on at The Lilypad!

Next up, a kit by Jenn Barrette

I made a card with it,

and a page too!

Finally, a wintery kit by Mari Koegelenberg.

And here's my page - we got snow early this year!

How was your Black Friday? :)

More December Daily preparation

I have a couple more cards to share for my December Daily album. These are from a gorgeous Christmas collection by two of my favorite designers ever (isn't it just awesome when they team up?? ;)), Mari Koegelenberg and Jenn Barrette.

Here are my mock pages (photos are from last year, but these cards will go in the 2013 album).

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Fa La La La La by Jenn Barrette and Mari Koegelenberg

The Santa + reindeer card is totally adorable!!

Are you going to put together a December Daily album this year? What are your plans? I'd love to know! :)

I Love Hybrid Crafting

Just a quick post with a couple of hybrid projects I made this past week. First up, a card.

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Spellbound by Jenn Barrette

And then I made a couple cards for my PL album. :)

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Project Mouse (Halloween): Bundle by Sahlin Studio and Britt-ish Designs

Have a good Sunday!

Scrappy Saturday

Do you celebrate Halloween? Mari Koegelenberg has a kit out that is just perfection!!

I don't really care for Halloween that much, other than as a chance to watch scary movies, but this year I do have a reason to look forward to it. So I did a non-Halloween page with this gorgeous kit. I am in love with the star and the ombre papers!

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Magic Hour by Mari Koegelenberg

The Damsel Series fonts by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Jenn Barrette has a lovely new collab in the store today:

I used it to make this card.. I was thrilled with how well those gold splatters printed out on my Canon matte paper!!

 

I just added another touch of gold using glitter tape (I love that stuff)! Simple design, but I like how it turned out.

That's all I have for today! These kits are 20% off today only!

Saturday Releases

I had a scrap-fest last night and made three pages. :) One is for the write.click.scrapbook October gallery so it will be two weeks before I can share it, but the other two are done with brand new products that are 20% off today. First off, the last installment in the Days of the Week collection by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie:

And here's my page:

Love our little corner of the world! Next up, an adorable fall kit by Jenn Barrette!

I am in love with these colors! Seriously, gorgeous kit! I used it to scrap a picture I took the other day of a funny squirrel in our garden. :)

This squirrel kept running around and acting funny, until he stopped in this position for a bit. Seriously cracked me up! ;)

Fearless

Jenn Barrette has a new great kit in the store today (and it's 20% off!) and I was inspired to make a hybrid page!

I just loved the white+black+yellow+aqua color combination!

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Get Artsy: Fearless by Jenn Barrette and Traci Reed

Here are a couple of details.

I stamped the title with versamark ink and embossed with aqua Zing.

Have a great weekend!

May BYOC + iNSD at The Lilypad!

The May BYOC has arrived at The Lilypad! In addition, the iNSD festivities are in full force, with fun games (and prizes!), a storewide 30% off sale and a free with purchase kit, so this is bound to be an exciting weekend! :) I scrapped a few pages and made a few cards, so here they come.

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Down the Lane bundle by Sahlin Studio

Mini Mess alpha by CD Muckosky

Font: Amelie

I love this shade of green!

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Down the Lane bundle by Sahlin Studio

This card is for the hybrid challenge - I hope you'll play along for the chance to win a GC!

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Down the Lane bundle by Sahlin Studio

Drafty Alphas v3 by Amy Martin

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Woodland Wonder papers and Woodland Wonder elements by Jenn Barrette

I multitasked and designed a page while I was designing this last card - great way to save time and use up these gorgeous pieces of the kit that I loved so much! :)

   

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Woodland Wonder papers and Woodland Wonder elements by Jenn Barrette

Drafty Alphas v3 by Amy Martin

The Damsel Series fonts by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Happy iNSD! Do check out all the fun activities going on at The Lilypad!

Hello Spring

Jenn Barrette's new kit (20% off today!) is perfect to scrap the first few pictures of spring!

The journaling cards are adorable too!

I made a hybrid page and had so much fun putting it together! It's 8"x8".

I used mists (Heidi Swapp Color Pop teal, Heidi Swapp Color Pop primrose, Studio Calico Mister Huey buttercup), sequins and some stitching to add more texture to the page. Here are a couple of details:

That huge blob on the background was a major mist spill (taught me that you shouldn't be scrapping when you are nervous!), but it turned out to be a happy accident in the end. :)

I also have another page to share (didn't have time to blog it yesterday), using creashens' latest kit and accompanying products, which are just adorable!

I loved the blue in the kit, but I ended up with this red+green color scheme that I was digging. I think I need to make another page with the blue now! :)

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Lemon Squeezy kit, Lemon Squeezy solid papers, Lemon Squeezy flairs and Stencils no. 1 by creashens

The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

Have a fabulous weekend!