Paper Garden Topiary

I am so happy that my tutorial to create a paper garden – topiary tree was featured in the May 2011 Artisan Notebook in the Hybrid Corner.

It uses digital items from the following kits by Jenn Barrette:
Papers from Petite Mademoiselle, Best.Birthday.Ever, Blah Blah Blah, and Cuppycake Love by Jenn Barrette
Papers and elements from So Happy Together by Shawna Clingerman and Jenn Barrette.

I really love how this project came out – probably one of my favorites ever.

July 2011 DST Featured Designer–Traci Reed!

 

Traci Reed is a most fantastic designer – I love so many of her products, it’s hard to restrain myself from the add to cart button! This month’s kit is called Daydreams and Jelly Beans and is available to Gold members. Love it. Her designs are available at the Sweet Shoppe.

Here’s the card I created – I just love how all the patterns came together. I used a card template by Colleen Swerb from NSD and the flower tutorial Cristina created for the April 2010 ScrapMatters newsletter (wow, was it that long ago?)

And here’s a detail photo of the flower – I’m never going to be able to fit this one in an envelope!

DST July 2011 New to You Designer–Irene Alexeeva

 

This month’s featured designer is really fun and I love the kit. My favorite element is the crown – so I had to make sure it was front and center!

Using Let Them Eat Cake by Irene Alexeeva:

Andilynn Designs CT Call!

It's time for a CT call!
Andilynn Designs is looking for some enthusisastic, talented scrappers to join her CT.
Requirements (on average):
3 layouts/month
1 team project/month
1-2 enables per month
Call ends June 27th! So, send your applications to andilynn AT scrapmatters DOT com AND/OR andilynndesignsct AT gmail Dot com.
We so look forward to hearing from you! Good luck!

Summer Soiree Papers by Tinamarie

 

Tinamarie has some new blending papers out called Summer Soiree – I think they would work perfectly for soft interesting backgrounds or to use for photo blending.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty!

DST – Featured Designer – May 2011 – Paislee Press

Sigh, I just love Paislee Press – Liz’s byline is “embrace you inner minimalist” – and that’s just what she makes me want to do. When I create, I like putting stuff all over the place – I’m not a super clusterer, but most of my creations are not sparce. And Paislee Press makes me want to be simple but beautiful.

Her kit for Digishoptalk as a featured designer is called Huntington:

 

 

And here are the fold-over stationary notepapers I created:

 

 

 

 

 

I’m excited to use them!

DST – New to You May 11 – Studio 4

I’m not really a glitz and glam kind of girl – so initially the new to you designer kit for this month proved to be a bit of a challenge. But as with many kits, when you look a little closer, you can find inspiration in a variety of ways – the colors, the patterns, and some of the elements!

Here’s the kit – Girl’s Night Out:

 

And here’s my card: