Happy Camper Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Jillibean Soup 

Happy Camper Blog Hop! 

So excited to share my project with you today, it is a mini album featuring photos from our Father's Day Weekend Camping Trip. We had such a wonderful time that I had to add extra pages to hold all the photos :) This collection was so perfect for our adventure and I am completely in love with this new line- the colors, the critters, those campers and the fab designs are right up my alley. I also just happened to have the Cricut Cartridge/Campin Critters and turns out it is the perfect complement to this collection.
Enough with the talk, take a look and judge for yourself:

Sorry Photos have been removed for Publication :) Watch for this mini album in Cricut Idea Book Feb. 2014

So what do you think? I would love to hear from you, leave me a comment below. Also be sure to hop back to the Jillibean Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!


Be sure to keep hopping along for more delicious Happy Camper Stew inspiration, your next stop is the fabulous PAULA GILARDE

Here is the complete list of Blog Hop Stops:

Cindy Lee

Danni Reid

Emily Pitts

Kim Holmes

Laurel Seabrook

Leanne Allinson

Melanie Blackburn

Melinda Spinks

Nancy Damiano

Nicole Nowosad

Pam Brown

Patty Folchert   YOU ARE HERE

Paula Gilarde

Sheri Feypel

Summer Fullerton

Valerie Mangan

Jillibean Soup blog
 
Materials List: 
Jillibean Soup
Album: Corrugated Red Starburst
Patterned Paper: Happy Camper Stew/1 Part Camping Gear, 2 Parts Adventure, 3 Parts Critters, 4 Parts Great Outdoors, Scores of Smores, Dash of Danger, Bite Size Bits
Soup Staples II/Red Salt, Turquoise Salt, Orange Salt, Green Salt & Yellow Salt; Neapolitan Bean Bisque/Basil Pesto
Pea Pods: Happy Camper Stew
Stickers: Happy Camper Stew/Label & Shapes Stickers; Wise Words/Blue Happy, Alphabeans/Tomato Red & Tart Teal
Placemats: Kraft Frames
Other:
Cricut Electronic Cutting System, Cricut/Campin Critters Cartridge; Studio Calico/Wood Veneer Heart; Creative Impressions/Natural & Dark BrownTwine; Woodsies/mini wood dowel; Scrapbook Adhesives foam dots; Scrapbook Adhesives tape runner; Mini glue dots; Colorbox/Chalk Ink-Chestnut Roan

Moxie Fab Gingham Challenge & Coconut Lime Cards

So I wanted to join in over at Moxie Fab to their "Gingham" Challenge. I am a country girl at heart you know, and gingham is definitely my style.  So I pulled out my favorite new Jillibean Soup papers, Coconut Lime Soup and started playing. The challenge was to use gingham in an innovative way so this is the card I entered into the challenge:

I used a punched out scrap and made it into a banner piece and then layered a contrast color under it.

 This is another of my favorites of the group, it reminds me of a summer farmer's market:

Materials Used: Jillibean Soup/Coconut Lime Soup paper, pods, stickers & Bite Size Bits; Jillibean Soup/Butterfly Sugar Pick; Want 2 Scrap/red gemstones; Jillibean Soup/Red Baker's Twine

I was also lucky enough to get to teach a Jillibean Soup Card Class in Lancaster, Ohio at the Grand Re-opening of Scrapbooks 2 Cherish this weekend. I really enjoyed it and got to meet some wonderful ladies there. One of the cards we did in class was by Summer Fullerton:

 and I decided to do a few variations of that card, it is very versatile. Here are my interpretation of Summer's original:

I am really loving the summery color combo of this line right now. Let me know what you think of these cards! Hope you have a berry sweet day!

Pinterest Inspired Card and Sunshine Article

Just wanted to share a quick post of a couple recent items. Last week one of my cards was shared on the Jillibean Soup blog. It was actually a thank you card I made for Jill. Here it is:

Materials used: Jillibean Soup/kraft card base, Apple Cheddar/Milk, Homemade 6 Bean/Red Beans, Black-eyed Peas & Navy Beans; Jillibean Soup/Wood flags-Thank you; Jillibean Soup-Wood Buttons/Wood Flower; green embroidery floss & chestnut cats eye/brown inked edges

The card was inspired by a card I spotted on Pinterest by Roree Rumph, you can see her original here:

 she also has a great tutorial here that explains how to make the flowers on your Cricut.

I also wanted to share one of my articles that just published over at Scrapjazz.com. It is a "You are My Sunshine" article featuring all sunshine projects. Including a layout, printers tray, and 3 cards. Here are some sneak peeks:

The layout features photos of my sunshine girl, my daughter!

 

 

Card features brand new Jillibean Soup/Coconut Lime Soup Collection

Be sure to checkout the article for yourself at this link. 

Also remember that Scrapjazz.com has $3.99 standard flat rate shipping right now.

Let me know what you think of the card and the article and have a great weekend!

Easter Greetings and Moxie Challenge

Happy Easter weekend all! Hope you are enjoying some down time with your families like we did today. I just wanted to share some Easter cards and a spring masking article over at Scrapjazz.com. So first of all a big Moxie Challenge is happening over at the Moxie Fab Blog it is to create "Do it Yourself" embellishments. So I submit my Easter cards made out of Jillibean Soup papers from the Homemade 6 Bean line and the Southern Chicken Dumpling line. I made my own crosses from the Apple Cheddar/Milk paper and the flowers were cut on my Cricut using the Kate's Alphabet cartridge. Then I added some egg shaped doilies I found at the dollar store and some ink, vintage buttons and rhinestones.

 

I also have an article up at Scrapjazz.com here, it is on Masking. Here is the layout I made using the 3 different ways to mask.

and here are some close-ups:

Check out the article if you get a chance, here is another link.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving Projects & Insider Tip

Just wanted to share a quick post today to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! May you be surrounded by your loved ones and may your bellies be filled with delicious Thanksgiving delights!

I have been busy creating something special for my families table place settings. Some super fun sour cream container treat placecards. I used all Jillibean Soup papers/Apple Cheddar, HOmemade 6 Bean & a little Dutch Mustard. Here are some pics:

These adorable owls were for the pre-teen/teens; Inkadinkadoo Stamp/Mini Halloween Asst.

The little chickadees were for the youngsters; Hot Off the Presses Stamp/Snow Bird

These Home Cooking Pies were for the women of the group; Studio 112 Stamp/Fall Mini Asst.

These awesome Turkey Bowl ones were for our manly men; Studio 112 Stamp/Fall Mini Asst.

 So I may have gotten carried away but, they are super easy to make and I warn you, they are addictive!
There is a great TUTORIAL on how to make these at the Jillibean Soup Blog here.

Here are a couple really quick cards using Jillibean Soup/Apple Cheddar

Oh I almost forgot to enable you.... There is a huge BLACK FRIDAY SALE happening at the Jillibean Soup Retail Site almost everything is 47% off it runs from 4:00pm today to 7:00pm on Sunday!!! That includes Unity/Jillibean stamp sets, Coredinations Cardstock Pads, Corrugated Alphas, embellishments, clear stamps, paper even the discount packs which would be $85 in product for 47% off of $19.95! So if you need restocked now is the time!

So there you have it, some Thanksgiving joy for my friends and family. 

I am very thankful for you my "gnomies". :)

Inspired by Nicole Samuels

I try to follow some of my favorite designers when I get the chance and recently I was very inspired by a layout from Nicole Samuels blog, for Studio Calico on this post here.

Here is her inspirational layout:

 I loved the effect of the one very large photo and the design elements framing it. The folded banner title the happy little flags and cute journal tag and banner below.  Soooo this is two fall layouts I created based on that inspiration:

 I know finally the Trick or Treat layout I promised! 

I used almost all Jillibean Soup on this one from five different lines and Jillibean Mini Kraft Alphas. Then there are K& Co. alphabet stickers, Pink Paislee Soiree stamp/banner, My Minds Eye Journal Tag and Basic Grey Felt Stickers.

This is one featuring a hayride photo from our annual pumpkin patch trip to Leed's Farm, pure happiness.

Materials Used: Jillibean Soup/Apple Cheddar, Dutch Mustard, Watermelon Gazpacho & Atomic Soup papers; Jillibean Felt Blossom, Apple Cheddar Pea Pods, Dutch Mustard Alphabet Stickers; EK Success border punch, Jillibean Bakers Twine, Pink Paislee/Hocus Pocus orange glitter alphabet stickers.

I have plans for two more layouts utilizing this very versatile layout design, one for my niece's High School Album cover page and one for my daughters Lacrosse Team Photo! Would love to hear what you think of my scraplifts!

Apple Cheddar Layout & Article Sneak Peek

So out of the New Jillibean Soup Lines Apple Cheddar was not my original favorite, but oh my how it has grown on me. The color palette and B side design are so perfect for fall and literally any other theme. The woodgrain/Milk was one of my single paper favorites from the start and the calico on its back its so sweet. My other fav paper is the Green Peppercorns with the brown gingham on the back side. I did a product review on Apple Cheddar for Scrapjazz.com and created a layout, card and a teacher chalkboard gift. Here is a sneak peek of the layout:

The article should be up at Scrapjazz.com very soon, so be sure to watch for it!
UPDATE: Article is up now go here
Also those very cool kraft diecut titles are available now at the Jillibean Soup Online retail site here.

Here is another layout I did using this line and fav photos from Church Camp this year:

Materials used: Jillibean Soup/Apple Cheddar Line: Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Green Peppercorns, Milk, Apple Cider, Bite Size Bits; Apple Cheddar PeaPod Diecuts & 12x12 Sticker sheet;  Journaling/Soup Labels; Jillibean Orange bakers twine, Stampin Up/banner pieces; Butterfly punch

Hope you like this line as much as I do! You can find it online at Scrapjazz.com ($3.99 flat rate shipping in the U.S.!) or Scrapbook.com or at your local scrapbook stores around the country!

Moxie Fab Inspired Card

Well what a week it has been here, a little crazy. During all the madness I popped over to the Moxie Fab Blog and discovered this lovely Tuesday Trigger: Finesse the Dress:

(I would totally wear this dress, by the way)

 Anyhow, I was inspired mostly by the color combination- really love the contrast. But I also love the stitching so I added some of that too, just in the opposite combination. So I put together a quick card from Jillibean Soup's Sweet and Sour Soup collection:

Materials List: Jillibean Soup/Sweet & Sour paper: Shredded Cabbage, Tomato Sauce & Bite Size Bits; Soup Label/sentiment: Cats eye/Chestnut brown ink: Martha Stewart/gemstones-blue; turquoise embroidery floss

and a close-up shot:

Added a quick bite size bit for the inside greeting it reads: "You're only given a little spark of madness, you mustn't lose it..." by Robin Williams- Ha Ha love that quote, hopefully that leaves you smiling too. :)

HAPPY WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

So happy you stopped by my blog to say hello! In celebration of World Card Making Day I have a few new cards to share and a GIVEAWAY! So be sure to read all the details at the end of the post to get a chance to win a fabulous prize package!

This first card is a baby shower card that I made last weekend for my cousin, created almost entirely from Jillibean Soup/Homemade 6 Bean Soup

And a few close-ups of this one:

Here is another everyday card I created with Homemade 6 Bean Soup:

and a close-up of this one:

Hope you have a great weekend! Would love to hear what you think of my cards and if you become a follower you will qualify for a RAK giveaway. If you are already a follower then just leave a comment asking to be entered. A pack of goodies could be headed your way next week... just become a follower sometime before midnight on Sunday 10/2.

Moxie Fab - Card Play Challenge

Greetings friends! I got some time to make up some cards this weekend and wanted to share this one created for the challenge over at the Moxie Fab blog. It is a card play theme so you can make a project interpreting that theme in your own way. I was inspired to make this fun paper-pieced card:

Materials used: Jillibean Soup/Watermelon Gazpacho- Yellow Bell Pepper, Seedless Cucumber & Ice Cubes; Sweet & Sour/alphabet stickers; Sweet & Soup/diecut; Typography/Button; Cats Eye/brown ink; yellow ribbon and blue embroidery floss.


So let me know what you think of my "up your sleeve" card. If you want to play along you have until October 3rd, find the challenge, here.

Scrapbook Challenges Seasons of Change Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to my blog stop on the blog hop! 

If you just stopped by you can join in on the Scrapbook Challenges blog hop at the beginning here: Brynn (http://bzb-designs.com/blog)

My name is Patricia and I am a retiring member of the Scrapbook Challenges Team. I was so lucky to be a part of this team and really loved  the sketch design for the blog hop challenge, check it out:

I  actually did not change it up much, just added a few more details. Here is what I came up with using a photo from my daughter's last Lacrosse game of the season:

This layout is almost all Jillibean Soup  

(four different paper lines: Watermelon Gazpacho, Pasta Fagioli, Blossom & Soup Staples; yellow bakers twine,Watermelon Gazpacho Sprouts & Pea Pods, Chilled Strawberry Alphabet stickers)

Other manufacturers: Banner Stamp-We R Memory Keepers/Peep, Stitch Stamp-Hero Arts, Punches-Fiskars, Pearls-Queen & Co., Silver rhinestones

Here are some close-ups:

So on to the good stuff....

 RAKS involved in this blog hop: 

1.  For one person who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop, they will get the Salt Air Collection from Cosmo Cricket.

2.  For one person who does a layout based on the sketch and posts in the HOP ON section, will receive a $20.00 USD Gift Certificate to Scrapbook.com.  

3.  For inviting people to join the group one person will receive a mix of alcohol ink goodies from Ranger.

** Colors may vary 

4.  One new member over the weekend will receive a mix of alcohol ink goodies from Ranger.

 ** Colors may vary

5. MY RAK- To be eligible all you have to do is become a follower of my blog. If you are already a follower just leave me a comment on this post that says: "Please enter me in the Jillibean Soup Giveaway" It's that easy and you could win a fabulous Jillibean Soup Summer Squash Prize Pack! Includes 6 Sheets of patterned paper, cardstock stickers and a ribbon pack.

Ok that's everything, Thanks for stopping by!

Now on to the next stop on the hop:

Nanette scrap-4-kids.blogspot.com.