the possibilities are endless

ETM Kit Club layouts and a chance to win

Twizzlers wins this contest

(I prefer Red Vines myself)

Thanks for playing winner will be posted 10/28 by noon

A few months ago cute Kim Rose emailed me and asked me if I would be interested in doing some layouts for her kit club, and if I would like to offer my blog readers a chance to win one of her kits- and I said yes, and I got everything done on time. I know impressive.

The layouts came together very quickly and once again, I loved having the mix of paper and embellishments all put together for me. If you like this also, check out their kit club it is a great value.

In order to win a kit, you need to live in the US (sorry everyone else) and respond in the comments with an answer to the following question. The question is...

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Do you prefer red vines or twizzlers? 

Contest ends 10/25/09 at midnight MST

winner will be randomly selected.

For a second chance to win an Express the Moment kit, visit Kim's blog. 

Enjoy!

working on...

I have some good stuff happening this week

* Preparing for a Studio 5 segment that will air live this Thursday

and I am using goodies from one of my all time favorite scrapbook companies, Doodlebug Design

The project includes glitter and their new product offering from the plain and simple line.

 

* Learning how to shoot pictures on manual, yes you read correctly- and I am thrilled!!

* Working on a few Halloween layouts for  Express the Moment, kit club and will share later this week. 

* The weather has cooled dramatically here in Utah it is time for the Crock Pot to come out. Going to try these two new recipes this week

Dump and Go Cheesy Chicken

End of Summer Harvest Soup

* Enjoying looking at these home decorating sites for the everyday woman.

Between Naps on the Porch and The Inspired Room

Have a great week!

Scrapbook Round Up

These are turning out to be some of of my favorite posts to compose, maybe I should do it monthly? Let me know if that is a good idea--please

Lots going on in the scrapbooking industry that I think you will be interested in, mostly good.

Let's start with product stuff first

Welcome to the scrapbooking industry Carolyn Gavin- you may not recognize the name, but you will recognize her work. She designs the ecojot notebooks and now she has a product line with K and Company, and it is very bold and happy. A few of my favorite are below. 2peas has it for sale

These border punches from EK Success are innovative and easy to use.

It seems that I cannot keep these in my scrapbook stash, these simple shaped journaling cardstock stickers are so versatile to use on any type of scrapbook project. Great product Adorn It!

Scrapbook subscription kits seem to be going strong still, according to the awesome Scrapclub website, Paisleys and polkadots  is the newest kit club and one of the projects are featured in the image below, and it is quite fresh and cute.

For fun project ideas using the Glitz Halloween Hallow line, visit their blog. 

Bo Bunny has instructions for this cute altered project below.

Sadly Scenic Route is closing. I hope the best for Sarah Milne and her family. For those of you fans of Scenic Route, they are selling many of their products on their website at huge discounts.

Lain Ehmann is running her LOAD challenge for the month of October, check it out!!

cute Elizabeth Kartchner is teaching an online class that encourages you to journal and photograph you- looks fun. 

Paper Crafts magazine is running the World Card Making day this Saturday, read about it here and here

Scrapbookers that are inspiring me lately are these two ladies-

Jody Wenke and 2peas dianaj1012

a few layouts from these two talented ladies

from Jody

(love her creative titles)

from Diana

enjoy!

Layout trend

Can you tell I am missing my former job? One aspect of my job was to spot and track layout design trends. Now I am going to share these with you, my loyal blog readers. These are layout design trends, not product trends, I have always shared these on my blog.

You may already know about edged borders, paper curling, paper piecing, layering, and creative cropping-the two I am sharing have been around for a bit and are being duplicated.

Vertical lines & Cluster of wallet sized photos(with white border)

Vertical Lines

It has always been common and comfortable to line up photos from left to right, but some designers are doing it from top to bottom, and well when done well the look is edgy and inviting.

by the talented Emilie Ahern

Stephanie Howell, she is so talented and does a fantastic job with color and pattern

This layout is by Janna Wilson for April's Scarlet Lime kit. 

This one from Doris is simple and easy to follow since the title sandwiches the photo

Photo Clusters

This layout incorporates both vertical design and photo clusters. It is by Lisa Dickinson a pioneer of this design, it helps that she edits and crops her photos so well, and that is she a great photographer.

I think the photo clusters work best when they have a white border. Anyway, just recently discovered this perky scrapbooker, Nichole Duenke, check out her blog- fun stuff and fresh layouts

What trends do you see?

Kit heaven

Excuse me, but where have I been?

This site (scrapclub.com) is cool and very helpful, had to share

and they just posted about this kit from Scrapscription

I'm a Polka Dot!!

I have known Michelle Hill of Polka Dot Whimsy for a few years and have been a fan of her happy

and unique style. I approached her to ask if I could be a guest polka dot, and she said yes! It was so

much fun, in fact I am still using products from her kit. If you are looking for a kit club to join, try

PDW.

 

I recommend it.

Enjoy!