Jenny Lee’s Trinkets

My best friend just opened up her very own Etsy shop!   Everyone, say HI JEN!  ;)

It seems she blames me for her new obsession and I think that is GREAT!  ;)  Love you Jen!  Please take a moment to stop by her shop and check out her gorgeous designs.  You might even recognize one of the models!  ;) ;)  Here are a few of her things!  All images are clickable to her store!

Gorgeous!  Make sure to share with your friends too!  There can never be too much loveliness in this world.  :D  Thanks for stopping by!

And of course we need some digi-scrappin’ too!!  :D

Layout by me and is created with all Vinnie Pearce products.

Pocketful of Sunshine!

Guild Membership includes the monthly Guild kit and the monthly issue of the Artisan Notebook. Here is a sneak peek at the May Guild benefits:

This very special kit takes its theme from an early, sunny spring day with a dash of sophistication. The contemporary color scheme of gray and yellow is combined with delightful garden-themed elements to create a one of a kind kit that is perfect for featuring your most special spring, outdoor, Mother's Day and even wedding-themed layouts. It includes 13 backgrounds, more than 55 elements (most come in both shadowed & un-shadowed versions) an upper and lower case alpha and a set of Ready-made (tm) layouts.

A  favorite digital scrapping technique is the use of extracted photos and this month we celebration EXCITING EXTRACTIONS.  From fantasy layouts to out of bounds to combination layouts, we have incredible layouts to inspire you.

This month meet the talented Sylvie of Sausan Designs and learn from the master of extractions, Miss Behaving, in her multi-page tutorial.  Enjoy a tutorial on duotones by co-editor Amy Head and an amazing tutorial using the pen tool by Julie Mead.  We have two tutorials from our editor, Stacey Jewell Stahl – one that includes a free gift and another that gives step-by-step instructions on creating a digital pop-up book complete with tips on perspective shadowing.

Our challenges this month include:  Just Write (journaling), Making Headlines (title), Pigment of your Imagination (color), Scraplift Tag (paper to digi) and Recipe for Design (photo/layout challenge).  Our creative teams rocked their extractions in all of these while focusing on the theme of the challenge.

Sarah Barber is back with another article on Artist Trading Cards and Mary Jamieson provides another Memory Jog for your album.  Our hybrid project is wonderful, and so are all of the exciting layouts in our Inspiration Station article.  This month is the final Stretch A Sketch article by the talented ChrissyW.  We wrap up our coverage of the Amazing Digi Scrap Race – Season 5.

Our photography section includes Project 365 photos, a fun photo chain, a fun twist in Nancy Morin’s Photo Clinic and portrait tips in our Portraits Plus article.

GOODIES:  Sarah Barber provides a coupon for a May purchase, Stacey Jewell Stahl provides a background paper for her tutorial and Dee Bee Designs gives our readers a mini kit.

Here is a closer look at the kit:

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Come Chat with us!

Made by me with Sausan Designs kit, Cloud 7!

A little layout….

This month’s Guild kit, Water Color Wonder, and FREE Gift from the Artisan Notebook, Pop Art Palooza.  Check out how I created this photo in the May issue of the Artisan Notebook, on e-stands May 1st!

PUBLICATION CALLS!

MAY!

The May theme at the Artisan Notebook is all about “Exciting Extractions”! Simply extractions, cut outs, out of bounds, they are all welcome! If you have any layouts that showcase extractions, please them to amyeileenhead@msn.com! Layouts should be 8x8 inches, 150dpi, and under 1.5mb!

SUBJECT LINE SHOULD READ MAY ISSUE!!!

Please include information in the the following format, ALL information must be included to be considered.

Layout name
Your name and Username
About the photo:
Technique
Journaling
Credits

 

Deadline for Submissions is March 26!

by codys

 

 

JUNE!

The theme during the month of JUNE at the Artisan Notebook will be INSPIRED BY.... what or who inspires you!  It could be a person, a color, a layout, wallpaper, nature, magazine ads or movie covers!  Send us your layouts and tell us what inspired YOU and why!   If you have any layouts, please them to amyeileenhead@msn.com! Layouts should be 8x8 inches, 150dpi, and under 1.5mb!

SUBJECT LINE SHOULD READ JUNE ISSUE!!!

Please include information in the the following format, ALL information must be included to be considered.

Layout Name, Your name and Username, About the photo, Technique, Journaling, Credits.

Deadline for Submissions is April 5th!

by wvsandy

JULY!

July 2010: Tantalizing Titles, Jaw-Dropping Journaling.
Sub-theme: Art Journaling
DEADLINE for submissions: May 14.
EMAIL SUBJECT LINE SHOULD READ JULY ISSUE!!!

If you have any pages you would like me to consider, please email them to me at amyeileenhead@msn.com. They should be at 8x8inches and 150dpi. Please send along the following information as well! ALL FORUM SECTIONS SHOULD BE FILLED!!!!

Layout name
Your name and Username
About the photo:
Technique
Journaling
Credits

Thanks!

by frani_54

ONGOING CALLS!

Do you have any layouts that feature a HOT TREND or a HAPPY ENDING?  If so, please send them along in the same fashion!  Subject line should read HOT TREND or HAPPY ENDING!  Thanks!

If you have any pages you would like me to consider, please email them to me at amyeileenhead@msn.com. They should be at 8x8inches and 150dpi. Please send along the following information as well! ALL FORUM SECTIONS SHOULD BE FILLED!!!!

Layout name
Your name and Username
About the photo:
Technique
Journaling
Credits

Thanks!

by tinamarie

ARTISAN NOTEBOOK PUBLICATION CALL!

The May theme at the Artisan Notebook is all about “Exciting Extractions”! Simply extractions, cut outs, out of bounds, they are all welcome! If you have any layouts that showcase extractions, please them to amyeileenhead@msn.com! Layouts should be 8x8 inches, 150dpi, and under 1.5mb!
SUBJECT LINE SHOULD READ MAY ISSUE!!!
Please include information in the the following format, ALL information must be included to be considered.
Layout Name, Your name and Username, About the photo, Technique, Journaling, Credits.
Deadline for Submissions is March 26!

PUBLICATION CALL FOR APRIL!

During the month of April we are focusing on POP ART!  So grab you bright colors and get busy! 

stock photo

In the April issue we will be featuring layouts with a POP ART theme. This can be interpreted any way you wish! If you have any layouts you would like me to consider please send them along!

Send 8"x8" or 8"x10" layouts, 150 dpi, under 1 mb to amyeileenhead attt msn dotttt com by March 8th.

The subject line should read APRIL ISSUE.  PLEASE fill in ALL sections of the submission forum!  Thank you! :)

In the body of the e-mail, please include:
Layout Name
Your name aka user name
Link to your favorite gallery
About the photo(s):
Techniques:
Journaling:
Credits and fonts:

Thanks for stopping by!

Some recent layouts!

It has been awhile but I am going to do my best to get back into blogging! Here are a few of my recent pages!  All credits can be found with the original uploads on Facebook!

Thanks for looking!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season with family and friends!  :)

A little Christmas Cheer!

It seems that this week we have little time to breath while preparing for Christmas, entertaining family from away and trying to get some work done.  When I had to bake cupcakes today, I had no time to do anything fancy so I had to think of a way to make my cupcakes stand out.  Cannot have plain cupcakes people!!!  So I thought back to Thanksgiving when Elsie created these adorable cupcake picks and thought, I CAN DO THAT!  I printed some tags from this months Guild kit, Season of Delight, taped some toothpicks to the back of them and stuck them in the cupcakes!  Now when we are at the party taking pictures, people can add their Christmas wishes before they chow down.  :)  Thanks Elsie for the inspiration!

On Tuesday evening I baked this little gem for Connor’s Christmas party at school!  He told me that the class really liked Fred, which is what Connor named him.  He was a chocolate cake with butter cream for snow and everything is made from marshmallow fondant!

I made some snowball garland today, which took a whole ten minutes and four dollars!!!  :)

And I even took a few minutes to scrap while I was waiting for everything to bake… Seasons of Delight, this months Guild kit.

 

 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

A New Tree Skirt

When I was pulling out my Christmas decorations this year, I noticed that the red of my tree skirt had  bled into the white.  It must have gotten wet somehow?  So I thought it would be a good idea to toss that one and make a new one.  I gleaned what supplies I could from around the house and came up with this!  Otis is a pattern for a plushie and can be found here.

I simply cut up pieces of materials I had around the house to put him together.  A pocket from an old sweater, some burlap scraps, felt scraps, buttons, ribbon, trim, and the berries and garland I snipped from some other decorations. 

 

He  makes me happy!  :)

PUBLICATION CALL for the Artisan Notebook!

February's theme is all about Toys & Games! Send us your game pages! Anything goes! Traditional board games, your child's favourite teddy bear, or even your WOW obsession, it all goes! Send them along to me!
Send 8"x8" or 8"x10" layouts, 150 dpi, under 1 mb to amyeileenhead attt msn dotttt com by November 13.
The subject line should read FEBRUARY ISSUE.
In the body of the e-mail, please include:
Layout Name
Your name aka user name
Link to your favorite gallery
About the photo(s):
Techniques: (Including what program you use)
Journaling:
Credits and fonts:

Happy Holidays

Because it made me smile

And I know it will make you smile as well!  :)

How to make a Dollar Store Journal

In order to improve my son’s creative writing, we decided that we are going to write in a journal each night.  This can be anything!  A simple story.  A few lines about his day.  A cartoon drawing with some simple conversation.  Anything to get him writing more.  I thought it would be a good idea to create my own journal and write along with him.  So I created this one for him.  I simply bought a composition notebook at the dollar store, traced the front, cut out the paper, glued it on, glued on some ribbon and a mailing tag.

The other day I was at the dollar store and found this red, faux leather place mat.  I had no idea what I was going to do with it but I knew I wanted it.  :)  I ended up using it as a cover for a journal, check it out!  :)

What you will need:

composition notebook

place mat

strong glue  (or waxed thread, I used glue because I was lazy)

Velcro

Rip the cover off of your notebook and throw it in the recycle bin.  Place your notebook on the backside of the place mat.  Measure the place mat to where you want your cover to end, draw your line, cut off the excess.  I just kept mine just under half an inch on each end.

With your notebook on the place mat, line up where the spine of it should be on the middle of the mat.  Using a ruler, draw a line vertically down the mat, this is going to be your guide for your glue.    (If you want to sew it instead, use waxed thread, open the journal to the middle and stitch through the original binding holes, depending on how thick the material you are using is, you  might want to pre poke the holes with an awl first.)

Run a strip of glue down the line, place the notebook back in place, close the cover tightly, place something heavy on the book to help set the glue.

Next I took the scraps and made a closure for my journal. 

I cut a one inch piece of Velcro and glued it to the cover (or stitch it if you are sewing it), and the opposite end to the inside of the strap end.  If you have a sewing machine, it would probably be a good idea to sew it on if you will be opening and closing it a lot.  Better for wear.  ;)  I lined up the strap and glued it to the back of the journal.  I just made a little mark with a pencil on the inside so I knew how to line it up.  Wait 24 hours or so for the glue to dry completely before using.

Voila!  All done.   

I already had the glue on hand and the Velcro, so the total project cost me $2.  :)  Hope you like it!  If you make one yourself, link me up.  I would love to see it!