sunday . . .

3.14.2011

The past week & a half in pics . . .

Time with cousins . . .

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First hand-holding/playdate . . .

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Cutie pie . . .

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Early St.Patrick's Day celebrating . . .

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My little Leprechaun . . .

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Renovations at the beach house underway . . .

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Now, on to some scrappy . . .

I have had lots of fun playing with the new Jillibean Soup lines - I am a HUGE fan of this company & have all of their collections - way back to their beginning lines!!! Their new birthday-themed line, Spotted Owl Soup, is adorable & such a perfect color scheme for my little man :)

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I am totally in love with their new 12 x 12 diecut sheets & their 12 x 12 cardstocker sticker sheets. Oh & of course their alphas - I think I have 12 packages of the corrugated ones - love 'em!!!! Here's a close-up of some of these fab embellies & my title work . . .

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I also decided to use some of the new Dutch Mustard Soup & Blossom Soup to dress up this wood tree. It was definitely a bit time consuming to work through this project between the hand-cutting for the tree & hand-cutting of all the leaves but I really enjoyed it :)

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Here is a quick close-up . . . yes, I stitched on the green leaves - crazy, right??


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This will look perfect in my scraproom with my green walls :)

My second assignment for BlueMoon Scrapbooking was up on the blog this week. My March kit had a handful of the new Graphic 45 & Websters Pages papers. I think these companies produce such gorgeous products but I always feel as if I struggle a bit when working with them - just a bit different from my regular style. I really liked how this layout turned out though - I used the papers in small doses & really liked the effect . . .

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A quick close-up on the journaling . . .

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And the title work . . .

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Don't forget - BlueMoon is hosting a sketch challenge right now - use the provided sketch & post your layout in their gallery for a chance at winning $40 to spend in the BlueMoon store - seriously awesome people - get to it - all the details are here :)

Also - if you haven't yet heard - Pretty Little Studio is revealing a new collection called April Showers . . . check out the sneak . . .

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Head on over to the blog & leave a comment to be in the running for an 8 x 8 pack of these new papers!!!

Before I go I wanted to answer a quick question asked by Barb in regards to my faux stitching on some of pages - it is super easy - first I draw straight lines around the object to be "sewn" leaving gaps here & there. I draw these free hand & don't worry if they are not perfect but feel free to use a ruler if you'd like.

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Then I go back and draw zig-zags where the gaps are - it's that simple - promise :)

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By the way - my FAVORITE pen to use is the Pigma Micron from Sakura - you can find it online or at Michael's - I have them in all different sizes but my favorite to use is 03.

Hope that helps Barb!!!
Alright - hopping off to finish up some scrapping :)
ttyl - julie :)

12 comments:

  1. Fabulous layouts and thanks for sharing the cute pictures. Your family is really sweet.

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  2. Love all the new pics and those layouts are gorgeous Julie!!!
    - April

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  3. P.S. I meant to ask...do you take pictures of your projects or scan them?? They always look fabulous so I'd love to know! Thanks. :)
    - April

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  4. Gorgeous work with the Jillibean, my friend ♥ I wish you luck with the DT call- you would be amazing there!!

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  5. Such cute photos from your week! And your work is fabulous!!!!

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  6. Wow Julie Nicholas is really such a cutie. And seeing you doing so fantastic scrappy things with two kids in the house lets me hope I could do that too.
    Greetings from Germany
    Julie

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  7. Ok... you are SO good at enabling!!! I NEED Jillibean's new birthday line. It is a completely embarrassing thing to admit, but I have yet to scrap any of Ben's birthday photos... 4 years of birthdays. I haven't found the "right" papers. But, these are it!!! Especially this year!! Ben, too, had cupcakes - Toy Story themed, and lot of blues and greens!!! Your pages and tree are just wonderful!!!

    Loving all of the photos!!!

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  8. That tree look fabulous! LOVE it! Great layouts too! Love your designs!

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  9. Your LO's are amazing! I so want some "Spotted Owl Soup"! Yummy!! Your LO really shows off the beauty of these papers. I might have to scraplift the design of this LO and I LOVE how you stapled the alphas. I love how you used the busy G45 and Webster's. I have a really hard time with Webster's especially. Your St. Patrick's Day boys are just too cute! Regarding the font, they were stickers from the Echo Park "Little Boy" line. Thanks for your lovely comments on my LO. I was unsure of this one so your feedback meant a lot. :)

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  10. julie i just love your work!
    i love how you layer your tags!
    i am trying to get better at layering! thank you for the inspiration!
    and nicholas is so cute!

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  11. I always smile when I see photos of your family and of your art. Your life is crazy good indeed! :))

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  12. Julie, your projects are amazing, as always .... love the little tutorial and those St. Patty's day pics are the cutest ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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