Weekend Crop

I met up with some friends at a local store for some much needed scrapping time. Not only was it a lot of fun, I did get a few things done:

What I've been working on.

Here are some of the layouts I have been working on lately. Most, if not all, of the sketches are from Scrapbooksteals.com by Kristy Lee or other guest sketchers. I have them all printed out and in a binder for easy access when I need them.

(Please excuse International being spelled wrong. I just now realized it. I better go fix it. )

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Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" Baby Album

I have the tendency to by paper collections because I love the manufacturer. That is the case with Fancy Pants Designs. I love their collections and have quite a few hanging out in my scrap room. Quite a while ago I purchased the "Little Sprout" layout kit from Scrapbooksteals.com.  I knew that because it was from Fancy Pants, it would be great quality. Unfortunately, I just don't have enough hours in the day and it sat unused.  As I was looking through my stash, I came across the "Little Sprouts" Journal Notebook. (Enter brilliant idea!)

I am always needing baby shower gifts and a baby girl mini album is the perfect answer!

 I left the cream square blank so it can easily be customized with the baby's name.

These are some of my favorite pages. There are 24 journal pages in the notebook and spots for 28 photos so I just couldn't include them all. :)


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Supplies:
Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" Journal Notebook
Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" Layout Kit
American Crafts Cardstock- Vanilla and White
American Crafts Glitter Ribbon
Inkssentials "Glossy Accents"
Pebbles Dots- Jewels, Buttons, and Dots
Scrappin' Supplies Rhinestones
Assorted Buttons
Creative Charms Jewels

Adding Dimension with Kiwi Lane Templates

Today I am over on the Kiwi Lane Blog sharing a tip on how to add dimension using your templates. Be sure to check it out.

Let me just say that I really love working with the templates on a regular basis and there is always something cool to do with them. If you don't have any yet, they are so worth it!

As promised here are a few more pictures of today's featured layout featuring WeR Memory Keepers Crazy for You collection.

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Scrapbooksteals.com Jade Series

Another Mojo series has ended over at Scrapbooksteals.com. As always, it is a lot of fun. Here are my interpretations on all the sketches.

 Jade 1a

 Jade 1b

Jade 2

 Jade 3

Jade 4

Jade 5

Jade 6

Jade 7

Jade 8

Jade 9

Jade 10

Kiwi Lane February Blog Hop

 Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!  Thanks for joining me today for the Kiwi Lane Designs February Blog Hop. I am so excited to have you here! I just want to start out by professing my love for Kiwi Lane Templates. That's right, I love them. My name is Staci and I am a KLD Template addict. If you are visiting me today, you are either already a KLD addict, or soon will be. :) I love the ease, quickness and versatility of the templates. I love being able to lay them all out and design my own page. The templates make layout design so easy. For my layout, I pulled out my Clara Lane, 12 inch strip, and Sweetheart templates.  I grabbed some black paper and my pics to lay out my design. I used the back side of my pictures to design placement because I didn't have the Photo Set. (I have the Photo Set now and let me just say that it is wonderful. I highly recommend it.)

After it was all laid out, I grabbed a pair of scissors and Authentique's Carefree collection and got to work. Before using the templates, my 2-pagers would take forever. Laying everything out makes doing a 2-pager so much easier and faster. After getting it all designed, I was able to get it cut, inked, glued and finished within the hour. For me, that's pretty fast.

Templates Used:
  12 inch strips- 1 inch
  Clara Lane 1 a&b,2 a&b, 3 a&b
  Sweetheart 1, 3, 4, 3T, 4T

Other Supplies:
  Authentique "Carefree"
  American Crafts Thickers and Ribbon
  Doodlebug Jewels
  Colorbox Ink- Charcoal


Are you sold on the Kiwi Templates yet? Come on, you know you want some. :) For a chance to win a $25 gift code to the Kiwi Lane Shop, be sure to leave a comment on each of the 13 blog posts. One lucky winner will be chosen from the comments. If you just can't wait to get your hands on some, just head over to the shop and take a look. You won't regret it. If you still aren't sold yet, keep hopping along and check out more wonderful ideas.

1. Kiwi Lane http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/

2. Cathryn Hanson http://www.catscrapcreations.blogspot.ca 

3. Staci Jones http://www.scrapbookingischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/ <-- You are here.

4. Rebecca Keppel http://www.myclutteredcorner.com/ <-- Next stop

5. Melissa Dehne http://abitofscrappygoodness.blogspot.com/ 

6. Jessica Arrant http://errantscraps.blogspot.com 

7. Charissa Miller http://www.akihasmommascraps.com 

8. Sherri Thompson http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com 

9. Kristy MacKeen http://www.mamasanity.blogspot.com 

10. Sherri Funk http://faithandscraphappiness.blogspot.ca 

11. Roselyn Riley http://prettylittlepackages.blogspot.com/ 

12. Lisa Anderson http://scrappingobsessions.blogspot.com

13. Leslie Prinkki http://www.scrapsofmine.blogspot.com

Thanks again for visiting me today! Be sure to follow my blog using Google Friend Connect. I am giving a wonderful prize package away (including some Kiwi Lane Templates) as soon as I reach 50 followers. Have a great day!