some fun news to share!

Have you heard of Ella Publishing?  They create these gorgeous E-books for scrapbookers that you can download right from your home very inexpensively. A couple of months ago, the ladies from Ella asked me to be a part of an upcoming E-book titled Ella's Essential Guide for Scrapbooking Girls! I jumped at the chance, because well of course I have two girls and we have all things girly at our house! How could I say no? :)

Anyway, I've been working and working on my pages for the E-book over the past couple of months and really love how they turned out. I have to say they are some of my favorites that I've done! The E-book will be coming out soon, in a week or two, so I'll definitely let you know when it is available. Most of the books are really priced right at $4.99 or $5.99! I hope you will take a peek at it when it comes out. Four other ladies who have daughters created some awesome pages in the e-book as well, so you will get PLENTY of inspiration from it, I promise!

After we finished the book, they asked me to create one more page for their free E-zine for August. Did you know they have a FREE one each month? Here is a peek, but you can see the whole layout and read some fun facts about me in the designer spotlight article in the E-zine HERE!

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you!!!
Danielle

very merry...

Feels weird making Christmas things in the middle of summer, but it was kinda fun too! Here is a page made for Melissa Frances' booth at CHA. They have a new vintage looking line called Home for the Holidays!

I made this layout with the new Christmas papers, new stickers, new green glitter alphas, Melissa Frances tinsel, and one of the new Chandelier Drops. Love these! There are a few different shapes coming out, including moons, which would be great for a baby card or even Halloween.

The 2 chipboard shapes you see here on the layout are the new  "Back Drops." I think they were meant for wall hangings, but I used them on my scrapbook page here. I sprayed the scalloped one with Graphite Glimmer Mist to go with the silver in the tinsel. The one in the center is just covered with patterned paper and inked on the edges. (These are pretty large, about 7"x9" each.) My girls were posing by the tree last year after we finished putting it up.

And next up, a project that I couldn't wait to share!!
I made a few large snowflakes out of wooden spools and covered them with Melissa Frances paper, stickers, and a few more MF goodies.

So, tell me which one is your favorite? And would you be interested in learning how to make these? I will be putting some kits together in September to sell here on my blog when the new Melissa Frances line is available, so please leave me a note if you would be interested in one of these snowflake kits, then I'll have an idea of how many of them to put together! These are pretty large, about 9"-10" each.

Thanks so much for reading today! XO
Danielle

Jenni Bowlin kit gallery...

Well, I only made 2 things so far with the JBS kit, but let me tell you, it's super yummy! I have a lot more ideas in mind! The other girls are simply amazing.... sometimes I don't know how I quite fit in with this team, but just feeling so lucky that they asked me to be a part of it! I wish I could be the messy, artistic type, but every time I try that look, it feels messy to me. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it when others make pages like that! Mine just don't turn out looking "cool". I hope to practice some more. :)

These are pictures of Kati last year when we picked apples. She was 4 then and so cute. It was her first time picking apples!

Techniques: I made a flower out of the Pink Paislee pleated ribbon in the kit and used the check as a background paper. I cut little pieces of paper to look like "staples" on my page.

(Yes, I was lazy and took the picture before actually adhering the ribbon down. :)) 

This next page is about my nephew. We went to Devil's Tower, WY while we were in South Dakota visiting. It was almost 2 hours to get there, but well worth the drive! My nephew was a total boy and had to climb EVERY rock he saw. Isn't he cute with his lil hiking backpack on?

Techniques: I created arrows by cutting the plaid paper around the triangular design in the paper. The orange star paper is an exclusive Jenni Bowlin paper in the kit! I used one of the JBS chipboard stars in my stash to trace to create the star on my page. I had to cut a chipboard R down to a P, because I didn't have anymore P's left. I also flipped the cardstock over to use the backside.

Visit the design team gallery for more great inspiration!

In other news, we are working on updating our bathroom a little bit, so we went shopping yesterday for counters, fixtures, paint, etc. I think I'm going to go with a spa-like feel with tans and grey colors with white moulding. My hubby is going to put a window in our bathroom, which I'm SO excited for. Right now it's dark with no windows at all, it's painted red and has a wallpaper border around the top. Yuck. Can't wait for a change!

Today my MIL is picking up my girls to take them to a parade, and I think we are going to go see Inception. I ADORE Leonardo. Sigh. He's my favorite!!

Hope you enjoy your day!
Danielle