In the Meadow...

...we can build a snowman!
The Papertrey Ink girls are back with a group blog post showcasing a new stamp set and dies called In the Meadow.

I chose to work with the snowman image (because he's so adorable!) and die cut him out with the In the Meadow Silhouettes dies with Studio Calico - Memoir paper. I started this page out with an idea of using the snowman as the "O" in the word SNOW, which would work great on a card too! I popped him up with dimensional adhesive so he would show up nicely in the title work. I'm in love with this new paper line I used here by Pink Paislee called Snow Day.

The little pom poms remind me of soft, fluffy snowballs, so I had to add a few to my projects this month!

I used a new die called In the Meadow (set of 2 dies) for the swooshie shape at the top and some older Pink Paislee alphas (still my FAVorite alphas ever!) ...

Now if you are scared of stamping on your layouts, try stamping on another piece and adding it to your page, like the snowflake border I did here...

When you have a layout that has many layers to it, you can add stamping very easy to your page without "messing up". Try stamping on one of the layers, move it around on your page to see where you might like it. This was one version of my layout when I was moving everything around... you can see the stamped image looks cute on the left side too!

Did I mention I'm very indecisive!? lol
Well, anyway...these stamps are beautiful no matter where you put them on layouts too, not just cards!

Let It Snow layout:

Stamps: In the Meadow
Ink: True Black, Fresh Snow
Paper: Snow Day by Pink Paislee, Memoir by Studio Calico (text on snowman), October Afternoon (brown), Hawaiian Shores cardstock by PTI
Dies/punches: In the Meadow and In the Meadow Silhouettes by PTI, 

Himalayan Snowflake by Martha Stewart
Other: Pebbles brad, Pink Paislee twine and alphas, 

snowflakes by Target (holiday table scatter).

Hope you enjoyed seeing this stamp set on a scrapbook page! In the Meadow will be available on the 15th at www.papertreyink.com. Please visit the other girls to see the other images in this set and what they've done with them:

Betsy Veldman  

Dawn McVey  

Erin Lincoln  

Heather Nichols  

Jessica Witty  

Lisa Johnson  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips
Michelle Wooderson
Nichole Heady

jolly treats...

Thought I'd pop in and show you some little treat bags made with the Echo Park Season's Greetings line! I still can't get enough of this line. It's just so cute! Wouldn't you agree?

To create these, I just sewed paper together to form the pockets, then inserted a glassine bag inside. To create the shredded paper, I cut little strips and folded them back and forth. I don't have a shredder, so I just cut and folded a bunch at a time! You don't have to be precise with them at all. Slice them with your paper cutter (12"), cut them in half so you have smaller pieces to work with, then grab a bunch and fold them all at the same time. Insert some of these with a few pieces of candy.

These are all papers, brads and stickers from the line! Ribbon is from my stash and the glassine bags are by Papertrey Ink. These went so fast, I can't wait to make them for the kids in my girls' classrooms this holiday!

pink dreams...

Sending a big thank you to everyone who participated in the card challenges at Pink Paislee this weekend! xo

I made this page last December upon request from a Russian magazine called Scrap Info. It's fun seeing your work in foreign magazines, although I can't read a lick of it. :) This came out about a month or two ago, and I forgot to post...

When Kati was three, we were shopping one day at the mall and she saw these pink Mary Janes at Old Navy. She begged us for them! The little bow on the front had her sold. :) So...the little pink Mary Janes came home with us that day, and Kati slept with them in her bed that night. She laid them right next to her pillow. She even dreamed about them! lol

I made these little pink flowers myself from felt and added some twine loops and hand cut leaves. I cropped the main picture down to show off the shoes and printed it larger. Placing the flowers across the page really draws your eye down the page and over the pictures.

I am off to clean up my craft space - it looks like a tornado hit it - and I have ideas, but can't play with it being such a mess!! There isn't one little spot open on my desk! Have a good day. xo