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Ad Inspiration

Hi gang!  Sorry about not posting last week.  I didn't have any participants from the week before to announce a winner and I got a little stressed out about my in-laws coming into town.  They're great people, but they expect so much!  Like sitting down on an uncluttered couch, having a clear pathway to the bathroom and eating dinner AT the dinner table...gah!  So I was cleaning and disconnecting the phones so they couldn't call CPS on me.

Anyhoo, I was struck by this advertisement and thought it would be great inspiration for a layout or a card. I'm not sure if it's the color combo, the cool arrows or the awesome slogan that I like best, but in any case, I just love it!  I hope you can find something from it that inspires you to create. You can submit your creation to me to [email protected] by Monday to be entered into a drawing for $5 to use towards the new on-line store.  I wish I had more news for you about when that will be happening, but I know Kelly is working on it and is excited to get it underway when she can.  

I hope you have a wonderful week and have a chance to stand up for what you believe!

What's it All About?

Okay, so the title of this post makes it sound like I'm going to slap down some excellent knowledge on you about scrapbooking and life.  That's not going to happen.  Probably ever. But I did want to point out that journaling is important especially for those photos that aren't obviously associated with a holiday or big event.  Take my example.  I took just this one little picture to document our outing to the Folsom Outlet Mall.  Just me, my mom and my girls.  We had a fun day of shopping and grabbing lunch.

This week I'd like you to showcase a layout that uses journaling in your handwriting.  And the twist?  I wnat you to combine it with chipboard and three patterned papers (my striped flower is chipboard covered in paper).

You can submit up to three layouts to me to [email protected] by 6pm Monday.  Mary Cundiff did that last week and she won $5 to use at the on-line store when it open.  Exciting stuff right?  All you have to do is create a layout using handprinted journaling, three patterned papers and chipboard and you could be in the random drawing for the $5.

 

Crate Paper Flower Embellishments from Scraps

I love finding finding new ideas and free things around the world wide web.  There are amazing people creating astounding things out there.  And lucky for us, they like to share them.  I'm hoping as I come across these fabulous finds and share them with you that you'll find inspiration from them too.

Take for example these darling little flower embellishment by Amy Heller. I found her tutorial on how to make them on the Crate Paper Blog.  Such a great way to add some pop to your pages taking scraps from papers that you're already using to create your layout or, if you have a hoarding problem like me, you can pull some scraps out and create some of them to add to a banner or a card.