sunday . . .

8.08.2010

Well everyone - what are we up to???? Anyone scrapping?? I have been - just a bit :) Finishing up my Magpie Club sketch & sample (hoping to post that in the next day or two) and working on a some sketches for a few other things . . . listening to Pandora - anyone else use that??? Do you know about it?? If not - CHECK IT OUT HERE!! I love it - I can create my own radio station based on an artist or a song. I am currently listening to a station based on Joshua Radin - love him :) It's awesome & free - unless you are like me & use the service WAY too much & had to buy a plan :) Anyways - I highly recommend it!!

Alright - I will be drawing a winner for yesterday's MME Halloween goodies tomorrow - so if you haven't commented on yesterday's post get to it - you have another twenty minutes :) I so enjoyed reading all your traditions - it gave me lots of good ideas for my own growing family :) Thanks so much for sharing!!

On to my top 10 picks of the CHA Summer season (#6 - #10 - in no particular order) . . .

#6 The Girls' Paperie - Okay first of all the women behind the designing Margie Romney-Aslett - seems like an absolute sweetheart - I only know of her through her blog - but she writes in such a way that you feel you know her - reminds me of a down to earth blogger like Stephanie Howell - love her too :) Anyways - I wasn't sure about her first 2 collections but once I saw them in person - I fell in love. Heavenly vintage - but not too over the top vintage - just enough for me :) She has 2 new collections coming out . . .

Toil & Trouble . . .

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and Tinsel & Twig . . .

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#7 Echo Park Paper - This one is a newbie - but they are coming out with a collection monthly - how awesome is that??? I have only played with their first collection Summertime (which is fabulous by the way) but I have Walk in the Park and Life Is Good & Happy Halloween are on their way to me as we speak :)

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#7 - Jillibean Soup - Okay - if you know me you know I LOVE Jillibean Soup :) I have every single collection they have made & have followed them since the beginning. I was fortunate enough to be a guest designer for them last month & even had the honor to have them use one of my projects in their booth at CHA!! Their products keep getting better & better :) JBS came out with some adorable new embellishments this go around but what really caught my eye were 2 of their collections . . .

Atomic Soup (click here) - did you know I taught science - yep - I did - only for 2 years then I switched to math :)

& Christmas Chestnut Soup (click here)

**sorry no pics for these but for some reason all of their graphics were coming up too small**

#9 October Afternoon - Okay - I love them - I mean you can't go wrong - a great mix of color and distressed - just perfect for me who likes to dabble in a bunch of styles :) And the stickers - LOVE them :) Can't wait to see the reveal of their other new lines . . . for now here is Seaside . . .

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#10 Cosmo Cricket - Okay - who doesn't love Cosmo Cricket - totally cute & fun & whimsical - I don't think anyone would ever consider me cutesy - just not a descriptor for me - but at least my pages can be when I use these goodies :) And I LOVE the elements sheet they include in the collections - I totally use them up - perfect for layering :) Two collections really caught my eye this time around - one was Togetherness - so adorable . . .

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and the other - Mitten Weather - the purple threw me for a bit since I usually am one to boycott purple - but I still loved it despite the purple :) So sweet & cutesy & perfect for winter/holiday scrapping!!!


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Now - yesterday I gave away Halloween goodies - why not move forward a holiday to Christmas :) If you are interested in winning a Mitten Weather crafting kit as seen above, please comment with your favorite holiday movie/show. As a child my brothers & sisters & I had quite a collection of holiday movies - especially Christmas. I think my favorite would be 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - you know the cartoon with the mouse who breaks the clock & has to fix it before Christmas - love that one :) Anyways - can't wait to hear all your favs!!

ttyl - julie :)

42 comments:

  1. Uh Oh....first one to comment. Cosmo Cricket is my absolute FAV line! Right along with Jillibean Soup....love them both! I don't know if I can pick just one movie....if I gotta I guess it's Christmas Vacation.....lol. The Griswald family makes me feel like mine is normal.....lol

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  2. Loving the purple in this line!!!! I'm a forever fan of purple. My fave movie was "Frosty the Snowman". Peanuts was a close second though!! :)

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  3. I know a lot of people that don't like purple, especially in scrapbooking, but I like it! I just love the Mitten Weather line.

    I remember watching a lot of holiday movies/shows a lot when I was a kid. Some favorites of mine were cartoons like A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Maybe I can get my siblings together during the holidays and we can watch them all again. That would be fun!

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  4. Another great bunch!! My favorite Holiday movie is definitely It's A Wonderful Life. It's one of those feel-good movies I can watch over and over. :) Thanks for the chance to win!
    - April W

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  5. I LOVE all of your favorites! How cutesy (lol) are they all??? :)

    I'm not sure if we had a holiday movie for Christmas besides "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and that is almost a Halloween movie! LOL. However, every year I try to watch "Hocus Pocus" for Halloween. It's my all time favorite movie and I really don't even know why! LOL.

    Thanks for the chance and I hope you and that baby are doing fantastic today! :)

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  6. Thanks for the chance to win the perfect giveaway!

    Every christmas we are looking the movie "The Sea-Wolf" with Raimund Harmstorf. The hole family loves the movie!

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  7. I love all of the collections you picked for the rest of your favs!
    I really like the movie Miracle on 34th Street,both old and newer version.

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  8. FINALLY! A Holiday line that I MUST have!!! Thanks Julie, I hadn't seen Tinsel & Twig, so excited!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. My favorite holiday movie as a child was Frosty the Snowman. I always enjoyed watching the Peanuts and the Grinch as well.

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  10. I love that Mitten Weather collection!

    I have so many favorite Christmas movies, it is hard to pick just one. But if you are going to make me choose, I'd have to go with The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Can't go wrong with Dr. Suess!

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  11. I have to say our family started the tradition of watching Polar Express Christmas Eve so that has to be my fav holiday movie. Thanks again for the chance to win some fab goodies. :0) Staci

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  12. I like a Christmas Story and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
    Also, you will LOVE A Walk in the Park by Echo Park. It is GORGEOUS and so much FUN!

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  13. Love all of these lines, too!

    A favorite in our house is A Charlie Brown Christmas.
    -Karen

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  14. My all time favorite Christmas movie * Its A Wonderful Life * I love that purple .... Thanks for the chance ...Penni

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  15. Oh a definite favorite for me is It's a Wonderful Life!! I just love the message behind the movie. It just isn't Christmas unless we have watched it. I love OA's seaside. And the new CC stuff!! The purple in there threw me in the Mitten weather. I can't wait to see it in person!! I will be stalking the stores for all the new goodies from CHA!!!

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  16. I love all versions of "A Christmas Carol", but my favorite is the musical version with Albert Finney. Can't wait for these papers to hit the stores.

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  17. I love that Christmas Chestnut! So yummy!

    I think my favorite movie was Rudolph the red nose reindeer, and it has to be the old one where you see actual puppets and not a digital image of the charactors....I have a dvd copy and my kids love it too....still makes my cry..LOL

    Thanks Julie. I had so much fun creating a layout using one of your super yummy sketchs you did a short time ago, gosh I love that one, I'm going to do it again. :):)
    Take care of you and baby!

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  18. The grinch, for sure! We love Dr. Suess!!!!

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  19. love these lines- Cosmo Cricket- yum!

    Favorite christmas movie: Miracle on 34th Street is an old-time classic for my fam and I would have to add my husband's favorite which is It's a Wonderful Life and Polar Express if fabulous too.

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  20. Griswold's Christmas - love love love it! Makes me laugh so hard I snort!

    Like all of your picks - you have great taste! :)

    -Kristin

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  21. I just have fallen in LOVE with Mitten Weather and would love to win it! And I have to say that I just love your layouts. You give me such great ideas so thanks for blogging!! My favorite holiday movie growing up was/is White Christmas with Bing Crosby! My mom would put that in and pop some popcorn and we would all sit and watch it! I love my Christmas classics!

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  22. I'm digging the purple:) My favourite holiday movie growing up was Miracle on 34th St (the old version)....but now hubbie and I always watch ELF (with Will Ferrell) each year:)

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  23. You choose a lot of the same ones I did! Great stuff, so exciting! I love a Christmas Story, it is soooo funny!

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  24. We were really into "Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"

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  25. Oh Julie I got goosebumps just thinking about holiday films - has to be White Christmas for me. When she was just a toddler, my daughter & I fell into the tradition of decorating our tree with White Christmas playing in the background. My daughter is now 18 but we will be doing the same this year - it gets our Christmas off to the perfect start. Jx

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  26. Julie, thanks for sharing these new lines! I can't wait to see some of these in the LSS. I think my favourite holiday movie is The Grinch Who Stole Christmas - what a classic! Seeing all of these fall and winter patterns is getting me excited for the seasons to change...even if I don't really want summer to end. :)

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  27. Thanks for a chance to win!! My absolute favorite christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life"!

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  28. My favorite Christmas movie is probably Home Alone. I remember watching it with my dad when I was younger and can still hear his hearty belly laughs from all of the crazy antics. Another favorite is Love Actually. It's a good chick-flick!

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  29. I, too, use Pandora & LOVE it! You have a lot of my favorites from CHA here. I love Jillibean Soup, October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket and the new Echo Papers Collection.

    My favorite Christmas movie is "Mickey's Christmas Carol."

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  30. My favorite Christmas movie is "A Christmas Story". Who doesn't love that little boy? All he wants is that Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. His Mom says "NO..you'll shoot your eye out"! LOL. A classic boy-Mom conversation!

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  31. my fave xmas movie is still it's a wonderful life but Elf comes a close second (and it makes the girls giggle too) :D

    loving your collection choices :D

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  32. Love that "Life Is Good" collection by Echo Park Paper! I recently got the "Summertime" collection but have yet to play with it. Our favourite holiday movie is "A Christmas Story" - "you'll shoot your eye out!!". It's so funny and we watch it every Christmas Eve. :-)

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  33. Every Easter I watch "The Sound Of Music." Even though i have the DVD--I still have to watch it every Easter when it is on TV. A childhood favorite at Christmas, I believe was only on HBO, was Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas. I remember as a child, almost crying at one point in it. Imagine my joy at finding it 20 years later on DVD!

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  34. "A Walk in the Park" collection is awesome. Can't wait to work with it. I took a lot of pictures so far this summer that I will be able to use. One of my favourite holiday show as a child was "The Muppets Carol". I will have to find a copy so I can share it with my daughter.
    It's great to hear from you!! :-)

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  35. My favorite Christmas show is "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol!" I still love watching it.

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  36. I so totally love the new Echo Park paper. I'm totally with you on that! The October Afternoon stuff is super cute too! My poor wallet is going to be in pain! LOL

    My favorite holiday show is The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

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  37. Lots of gorgeous scrappyness! My favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story.

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  38. Love all of your picks from CHA. My newest favorite is watching The Polar Express with my kids. From when I was young, Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph are still my favorites that I look forward to watching every year.

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  39. I always have to watch Christmas Vacation, I know it's not a warm and fuzzy but sometimes, in the height of the season, you just need a good laugh. It cracks me up every single time!
    I love how Cosmo added purple to the holiday line this year - awesome!

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  40. My favorite without a doubt is Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

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  41. My favorite Christmas program has to be A Charlie Brown Christmas- I remember waiting with such anticipaiton for it to appear in the TV guide and would then plan everything around being able to watch the show- Wonderful memory that one is...

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  42. just popping over from AMM to say hi. love your work and it looks like we have the same taste in manufacturers

    xx

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