Day 12: Sending Mojo Love

CTMH is issuing a weekly challenge using the hashtag #jrlcreativechallenge on Facebook and Instagram. This week's challenge is to use one of the bazillion cute projects in the Annual Inspirations book to jumpstart your own project. I chose a cute gift bag from page 117.

I thought that my inspiration photo fit really well with this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. I embossed some Tropical Blue CS from my stash with the Chevron embossing folder. Then I sanded...and sanded...and sanded some more to bring out the chevron. I punched a piece of Canary Cardstock with an arrow border and backed the punched area with gold shimmer trim. then I embossed lines on either side of the shimmer trim and sanded all around the embossing and edges.

Then I stamped the clouds and drew in the border line. I colored my banner and hot air balloon using Shin Han alcohol markers. I masked the basket of the balloon to fill the basket with hearts. Golly, I love this adorable hot air balloon stamp set! It was a lot of fun to color (and I'm a lazy anti-colorer).  I popped up the balloon on foam tape and added a few touches of glitter gel to finish it off. I'm linking up to the Paper Issues: Enamored with Enamel linky party 'cause I love hearts and arrows! 

Day 11: Peter Pan Party Invite

So we are coming up on Ben's 7th birthday and he's randomly decided that he must have a Peter Pan party. Now, he's a fan of Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and he's seen Hook, but this party must be Peter Pan themed. Until a day or so ago he's never even seen the actual Peter Pan movie (thank you Sarah!), but he's a boy who knows what he likes. Even if he's never seen it.

So the invites must be going out, and since I'm crunched for time they needed to be simple. And since I'm me...they needed glitter. And Fussy cutting. I do not have a Peter Pan cricut cartridge, so I went off to Pinterest to find some downloadable help. I pulled this cute Neverland Map and a Peter Pan Shadow (pinned to my Partytime board if you need them).

I edited the map with PicMonkey. I added a swoopy shape over the bottom half, turned it green and took the transparency down to 50%. Then I added in the text. I did the title first in White, and then a duplicate text in Black so I could stack them. Then I typed in the party details. I mounted the whole thing onto Desert Sand CS and added a band of Gold Shimmer trim. I fussy cut the Pan shadows and glued them onto the invite. Finally I added some stardust glitter gel (for Tink's sake). 

Ben was thrilled, friends will be invited, and now I'm moving on to researching gluten free, dairy free cupcake options. And cupcake toppers!

Day 10: Hopscotch PML Mini Album

I wanted to share with you another PML Mini Album I whipped up on Saturday. I am loving these little hybrid album/greeting cards!

This is the front cover - a variation on my fav "Choose Happy" motto. Flip that open and you get:

I trimmed the elements out of the pocket scrapbooking cards, I added lots of arrow washi tape for fun, so I'm linking up to the Paper Issues Enamored with Enamel linky party. Flip down again and:

I alternated the direction that the flaps open up, so when you open everything you get:

I tucked some of my favorite photos inside, photos that always make me smile. I figure they'll be a little more protecting inside all the acid free cardstock. Flip every flap open and you'll see:

Fold it all back up and I put another quote on the back. These cards are full of goodies!

You'll find the instructions to make a fun pocket scrapbooking mini album for yourself right here. I've got another album done to share with you soon!

Day 9: Heartstrings Scrapbook Kit

While I was updating my page kits buttons last night I realized that I'd never actually posted the Heartstrings pages on the blog - just sent them to my sweet Club members. I love the pink and Lagoon colors in these pretty papers!

And here's the full pages from the Heartstrings Kit.

I printed these pics all on Studio J using the new Express Collection for drop and drag photos. It was great for all my weird square instagrams! You could totally do four 4x6 vertical photos instead. 

The paper wasn't too girly for my sweet Max tuxedo pics. I added a little flip out album (tied with the bow there) to fit in more pics of my little fancy ham.

I refuse to shy away from "girly" papers when scrapping my boy adventures. We were in a sweet cupcake shop, and the boys were so well behaved (for once). Ok, except when Ben licked his crumbs off the table. Doh!

Find this kit and many more over on my no commitment Monthly Memories Club page.

Day 8: Hopscotch Monthly Memories Scrapbooking Kit

I'm excited to share the first of two 6 page scrapbooking kits I'll be releasing this month. 

These Hopscotch papers are only available while supplies last through the end of March. Hopscotch is so bright and cheerful. It was fun to find photos to work with this happy paper.

Monthly Memories kits start at about $15 for the Basic Kit supplies. The I Want It All kit includes a few more embellishments for those who prefer a more detailed scrapbook page. I like the lumpy bumpies! 

To get your Monthly Memories Hopscotch kit just head over to my website and order what you need from the "bring list" below. 

I'll email you the full color instructions with complete cutting guides to make the pages a breeze to recreate. 

Remember, the Hopscotch papers are only available while supplies last though the end of March!

Hopscotch Basic Kit:

X7194B Hopscotch Papers

X7194C Hopscotch Complements

Hopscotch I Want It All Kit:

X7194B Hopscotch Papers

X7194C Hopscotch Complements

Z3016 Hopscotch Assortment

Z3038 Junebug Puffies

Additional Supplies Used:

Indian Corn Blue Ink for distressing

White thread/needle for optional stitching

Sanding Kit

3-D Foam Tape

Black fine tipped journaling pen

Check out all the Monthly Memories 6 page scrapbooking kits available here.

Consultant kits to teach this workshop available here.