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Bella Blvd Guest Day 4

Today over at the Bella Blvd Blog the Challenge is to use the border stip paper! 

These products are from their Baby Boy line that comes out next month I think. I loved digging through my pictures for some baby boy pics. 

Here's a little about the layout:  

Flag banners are all the rage right now, and these Border Strip papers are perfect for them! I cut out several of the strips I wanted ... don't forget, you could use the backside pattern, too. I mixed the strips with a few patterned paper strips as well as a few border stickers. I also layered on a few stickers to dress the banners up just a little. I chose to have my banner come from the left side and kind of 'point' at the photo, but you could turn this any direction. Let the banner lead your eye toward the focal point of your page.  

Hope you'll hop over to the Bella Blog and join in on the Challenge!!

Gardeners' Digest: February

Hi!  Welcome back for another edition of Gardeners' Digest.  I'm so happy that this is going to be a regular feature on the Garden Girls' blogs on the 22nd of each month.  Don't miss the giveaway at the bottom!!! 

If you missed last month's blog hop here's a little information...

The Garden Girls have to decided to start a fun little feature on our blogs each month called the Gardeners' Digest. Basically it's a little update from us on what we've been up to over at www.twopeasinabucket.com. We'll share our own stuff, something inspiring we've found....and of course some of our recent favorite products. We'll link you to the next GG in line so you can see what they've got going on, too.   

 

Fall Ball @ 2Peas

I've really been on a baseball and 8.5" x 11" kick lately. I had the idea to make an itty bitty flag border and found the prefect mix of stickers to make it happen. I just kept layering them in until it felt full enough. To add a little dimension & texture to the page I took three strands of twine and twisted them together and stapled them on at each side. I wanted to add a a couple more pictures, but didn't want them to overwhelm the design so I trimmed them into circles. A layered title and journaling tag finish it off!

Here are a few detail shots...

 

 

Here are a couple of the products I used.  You can click the image to shop...or click this link to see all the products used.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a sneak peek of a project I have coming soon to the Garden...

 

Here's the Journal I used if you want to get a head start... 

 

 

Here are a few things on their way to my house....(click to shop!)

 

  

 

 

 

 

There is so much inspiration to be found...It was really hard to pick just one layout. I ended up choosing this one by Wilna...

 

by Wilna

What I love most...how she layered the background patterned papers at an angle. What catches your eye?

 

 

Guess what I get to give away....a spot in Shimelle's new class!!

 

 

"Are you drowning in a sea of scrapbook supplies and a plethora of photos, but wish things just came together easily?  Then The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scrapbooking is just what you need: your guide to life, the universe and pretty paper! Join Garden Girl Shimelle Laine for this self-paced workshop you can use any time.  Over five chapters, she'll share forty-two brand new scrapbook pages and easy-to-follow advice on choosing supplies, designing pages, embellishing your work and writing your memories.  Each chapter includes a printable PDF and coordinating video, plus the guide's bonus reference section includes sketches, supply lists and other handy hints.  Designed for scrapping at home or at a crop, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scrapbooking reminds you: Don't Panic - get crafting!

The lessons are available for you to work at your own pace and upon purchase can be accessed in the Workshops section under Classes & Events.  A private message board forum is also available to ask questions for Shimelle and to connect with other participants.  Enjoy!"

 

 

Here are the details:  

Leave a comment, make sure to include your email address!! The giveaway is a $25 value!! 

Already signed up, don't worry, 2peas will credit you the amount! Or you can give it to a friend. Winner will be randomly chosen and announced on Saturday, February 25th!

Ok!  Now it's time to check out the next GG on this little blog hop....

the lovely Shimelle Laine: www.shimelle.com

 

If you get lost along the way you can always check here to see the full list of GG Blogs.

 

Bella Blvd Guest Day 3

Yay!  Another fun day over at the Bella Blvd Blog!!  Today the challenge is to create an embellishment from patterned paper, my favorite thing!

Here are my layouts....

 

 

For my first layout today, I made a little party on my page. I love creating dimensional accents with patterned paper. They don't weigh the page down a ton....or make the $ value of the page skyrocket. I let the silly string in the photos inspire the accent. Curly-Q's are so simple to make.  Just trim super skinny strips of paper and the wrap them around any round tool you've got. I left my curly-q's pretty tight, you can unroll them some to help loosen them up, or use a larger round tool to wrap them around. 

 

 

 

Your first question might be, what are these going to look like in your book? The answer: still fun! I'll kind of arrange them as I put the page in the page protector. Instead of seeing the top of the curly-q's you'll see the side, which will still be fun. Go ahead, have a little party on your next page!

 

 

 

And the technique I chose for my second layout, I grabbed my trusty fringe scissors. You could do this same technique with regular scissors, but the fringe ones make it go a lot faster ... and the cuts are more uniform. I love how the fringe scissors kind of curl the paper automatically. This adds a lovely bit of texture and dimension. And if a little fringe is good, a lot is great!  (This is kind of my motto with everything in scrapbooking.)

 

 

To create the fringe border on this layout I cut several strips of patterned paper.  I usually cut them about 3" wide and then I have plenty of room to fringe and overlap them. Plain strips of paper would have been okay, but the fringe makes the paper an embellishment. 

 

 

 

I hope you'll play along with the challenge over on the Bella Blvd Blog!

Bella Blvd Guest Day 2

Come visit me for Day 2 over at the Bella Blvd Blog!  The Challenge today is to use patterned paper from four or more collections...

 

My layouts...

 

a few products I used that are available now... (click on the image to shop)

 

 

 

and 

 

Visit tomorrow for another share from the Bella Blvd Blog as well as another edition of Gardener's Digest!

 

Guest @ Bella Blvd

I'm doing a fun Guest spot over at the Bella Blvd Blog all week long...come see me!!  We're doing Challenges each day & the Bella DT is playing along too!!

 

Here's my first layout...using Cute Cuts... 

 

 

On this layout I used products from the Making the Team Collection.  Here are a few of them....

 

 

 

 

 

Our Real Life Tink: The Layout

 

 

 

I've had this idea running around in my head ever since I made this layout. 

from November Products You Love Class @ 2peas

 

Now I'm wondering what else I can trap under some masking tape!  To create the Tink layout I dumped a bunch of sequins on the page and started taping. I let the tape overlap the edges and pressed it down on the sequins as I went. Once the sequins were covered I peeled the layout off my table and wrapped the tape around the back.  I attached a few sequins on to the top of the tape,too, for a little extra sparkle. 

 

Click on the image to shop!

 

Of course some have sold out since I made this, but if you click 'Request & Notify Me' you'll get a nice little email when they are back in stock!!

 

I've got a fun giveaway coming later today, so be sure to check back!!

 

 

Sweet Tweets: The Layout

Today a new crop of Garden Girl layouts went up in the Garden.  I had one go up using a bunch of the fun Doodlebug Sweet Cakes products.  Who doesn't love cupcakes and polka dots?!

 

Sweet Tweets @2Peas

 

 

Here are a few things I used and loved, for the rest click here.

 

Sweet Cakes 12x12 Kit

 

 

 

Cupcake Doodle Twine

 

 

 

Chalkboard Scallop Tags

 

 

Flashback Friday

I was just looking for a photo in my iPhoto files and came across this layout. It was one of those layouts that you are so proud of when it's done that you just keep going back and looking at it. It makes me happy to look at it even now. Even though it's only a little over a year old, still a bit of a flashback.

 

I used my Silhouette Machine to cut the gumball machine & filled it up with circles punched from a bunch of fun patterned papers.  You can read more about it here. 

Now Silhouette has an even fancier machine out...the Cameo.  Looks like it's out of stock right now, but you can click to be notified when it's back in stock. 

Memory Keeping Mondays: "Then & Now"

It's my turn again for the Memory Keeping Mondays weekly video segment over at 2peas. I have to say, as much as I usually dread having to make a layout on camera, I am always rather happy with the results. As I mention on the video, creating this way is pretty much backwards for me. I don't plan out a layout...sometimes I start with an idea, or a product I want to use...but I usually just start sticking stuff down and seeing where it takes me. So for me, this takes a lot of thinking, which I don't normally associate with scrapbooking.:) But it's always good to push ourselves and try things differently, right?

Ok, enough talk, here's the layout...

 

Memory Keeping Mondays: "Then & Now"

 

I decided to follow the "Then & Now" theme for the month with my layout. I even adopted the theme as my title. A "Then & Now" layout doesn't have to span a huge amount of time. With kids big changes happen in just a few short years....or even months. I know we will get a laugh out of this layout when he's 18...what a comparison layout I'll be able to do then! So join me on this challenge this week to do a 'Then & Now' layout whether it's a picture from waaaaay back, or just recent enough to notice a change. Maybe you could do a layout about your weight loss, a child's vocabulary improvements, from dating to married life, or from married to single, hair styles of past & present, or maybe you have a piece of clothing or furniture that is still being used 'then & now'! I should dig out a picture of me in this velour jumpsuit, ha! (you have to watch the video for the reference:))

 

 

 

 

Ok, now for a few of the products I used that I think you'll like too:

(click the caption to be taken to the store)

 

OA-Wax Bottles (B-Side)

Studio Calico Mask

 

Triangles Mini Canvas

 

Elle's Studio Tiny Tags

Corrugated Cardstock

Flag Smash Clips

 

 

Amy Tangerine-Truffle

Happy Days Layered Stickers

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

 

Flashback Friday

 

Two of My Greatest Loves @ www.twopeasinabucket.com

Today I'm flashing back to February of 2008. The photo was taken December of 2007.  Before our third greatest love arrived. We have a big canvas of this photo in the hall upstairs.  It makes me smile everytime I look at it. They were being so goofy that day, making it as hard as possible to get a picture of them...now I'm so glad I have a picture of their goofiness.