Stampbook Saturday- Julie

I got the inspiration for today's Stampbook page from my Butterfly Happiness card. I started the page with the same basic layout as the card (adapting it to my 12x12 page) and the same papers because they totally worked with my picture! Talk about easy. I actually played around with the page for a little bit when I realized I could use the stamps in the same way as I did the card. If I had just done that to begin with, the page would have taken me 20 minutes tops to complete!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Dollar Find Friday- Altered Notebook

Join us tonight at 7 PM Pacific Time (9 PM Eastern) for our Friday Night Chat! We have so much fun and we would love for you to stop by :)

Today is my last day as the spotlighted Trendsetter and to end my week of FUN, I am hosting today's Dollar Find Friday post!! For today, I really went pretty simple...but if you haven't noticed, I'm not much of an altered item girl!! Due to my new financial situation, I have decided that making gifts for holidays and birthdays is going to be the most cost effective thing for me, so with that in mind I decided to alter a composition notebook for my niece Taylor. I already have Madison's done, and now Taylor's.....two down, a TON to go!!

Anywho, you can purchase the composition notebooks at the Dollar Store for a dollar..nice huh! I used Rich Razzleberry paper and cut out a pieced to cover the spine, and some Razzleberry Lemonade DSP to cover the front and back covers. To get an accurate size, I usually trace around the notebook and then cut it out...for some reason my ruler and I do NOT get along!! I added some Rich Razzleberry ribbon along with some white satin from May Arts. The glitter dots are from Gina K. Designs. For my image, I stamped my fairy from the There She Goes set, Fairy Good Day, on an MFT Perfect Panel and then colored it in with my Copics. I then layered it with RR and Gina K. White. I added some Sakura glitter pen to the flowers, star, tights, and her belt to make it sparkly. Taylor's name was stamped with RR ink using the TSG A-Z and 1,2,3 set.
That is it for me now, thanks for stopping by!!

Trendsetting Spotlight- Julie Lacey

It's Trendsetting Spotlight time! Each Thursday we feature a card made by someone who has participated in the previous week's TSG Challenge. Would you like to be in the Trendsetting Spotlight?? Join in the fun by participating in our weekly challenges posted every Monday!

Julie is no stranger to being in the Trendsetting Spotlight and she will always be a Trendsetter with her clean crisp style and this week is no different!! I absolutely LOVE what she did for last week's challenge Spooky Cracked Glass :) I love how she is able to create such a clean looking card while still using layers and embellishments. The grey is a beautiful base for this card and helps to make the moon stand out even more! The added color to the cracks in this technique are the perfect touch to really make the card unique.
Way to go Julie, thanks for continuing to inspire us with your Trendsetting ways!!

Wednesday's Trend- Ribbon!!

Hey everyone, it's me Jessie, here to bring you this week's TREND!! I know it won't come as a surprise to any of you, but the one thing that I cannot make a card without is ribbon...and spiral clips!! I said it in my mini-interview yesterday, and I meant it, that I wanted spiral clips to become the next big thing...and I keep waiting for it to happen!!LOL!! I can't remember what got me started using the clips, but I think it was the Hodgepodge Hardware kits from Stampin Up. Since then, I was hooked!!

I pick up my clips at a variety of places like Hobby Lobby and Joanne's, but I have been known to order them online as well. As far as ribbon goes, I am pretty loyal to Stampin' Up, but I have been known to enjoy a piece of May Arts from time to time....and don't forget the PTI ribbon, it is yummy too!!

Here are a couple of cards I have made using my signature spiral clips and ribbon...hope you enjoy!!

Trendsetter Tuesday- Jessie

This week's fabulous Trendsetter of the week is Jessie Rone! Jessie is such a sweet person and a great friend of mine :) Her cards are always fabulous and I find myself being inspired to actually start using my supply of much neglected ribbon lol!

Here is your chance to get inside the mind of this sweet Trendsetter!

TSG23- Monochromatic Mania

This week's challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week Jessie! She is challenging us to create a card/layout using a monochromatic color scheme. This means that you can only use neutrals plus one other color family like all shades of blue. This is a super easy challenge with beautiful results so I hope that you'll give it a try!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card/layout using a monochromatic color scheme and come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the Mr. Linky that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Oct. 12th).

The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG23 so we can check out your beautiful work!

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TSG22- Spooky Cracked Glass Winner: Chrissie

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Week In Review (Sept. 21-27) Winner: Julie

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1. Belinda Chang Langner 2. Michele L. 3. Chupa 4. Theresa Winslow

5. Jessica Diedrich 6. Annie 7. Annie 8. Chupa

9. Julie Lacey 10. Becky Sorensen 11. Wendy Bond

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Week In Review (Sept. 28- Oct. 4)

I hope that you all had a wonderful World Card Making Day! There is nothing better than a holiday that celebrates our favorite hobby!! Like we need an excuse to ink up?? ;)

The Trendsetters have been busy making beautiful TSG cards this week and you just may be the lucky winner that gets to choose one of these beauties to be delivered right to your very own mailbox!

What is Week In Review (WIR)?- WIR is where I showcase cards made by the Trendsetters and myself throughout the week. Not only to you get to see gorgeous projects made using TSG stamps, but you also have a chance to WIN one of these cards! Leave a comment on this post and tomorrow (Monday) I will choose a winner using a random number generator. That person will then get to pick out their favorite card and the Trendsetter that created it will send it to them :)

Gretchen

Jessie

Jessie

Jessie

Holly

Julie

Sandra Maki
Maki
Faith Jessica Jodi
Jessica
Jessica