Tree Peony

Hey everyone! Power Poppy has another fantastic digital stamp for you today! This time is an amazing Tree Peony!

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Isn’t that absolutely perfect! I adored painting it with my watercolours!

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I painted it up with my paints and even filmed the process to share with you!

Hop on over to the Power Poppy Blog and see what some of my other fantastic team mates made with this stamp!

Thanks for stopping by,
hugz,
Jessie

Smile Today

Smile Today Jan Hip kit 1

 

Hey everyone! I was simply thrilled to get my hands on the December and January Hip Kits (I live in Canada so Kim ships to me every other month saves me a little money).

I thought these pages were so simple and soft and I have been wanting to scrapbook this photo from my sisters wedding and it all just worked together so well.

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These die cuts we got in the Heidi Swapp package made a perfect title, I was a little worried at the start as they were slightly bend and twisted from in the package but once I sprayed them down they worked wonderful!

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The background paper is Canson watercolour paper, I used Golden Titanium white acrylic paint to give me more of a contrast between the paper and the paint the white and off white look lovely together, especially after I added the Heidi Swapp colour shine to it.

The patterned paper that is backing the layout I think is from the December hip kit, but I can no remember for sure. If you need to know leave a comment and I will find out for you.

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Products used:

Hip Kit January Kit

Hip Kit January Color Add on

Hip Kit January Embellishment Add on

Canson Watercolour paper

Heidi Swapp Color Shine- Blush Coral

Sewing machine white thread

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz,

Jess

Lucky to be Cousins!

Lucky to be cousins

Hey everyone! I am here again with another layout to share with you all. I finally received my December Kit from Scraptastic on the 7th of January (Christmas slows all the mail down). I loved all the papers included in this kit!

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My son and my niece are truly lucky to be as close in age as they are (3 weeks apart). I just felt this photo was perfect to show that. Just a simple lunch out with me and them playing at the table.

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The background of this layout is Canson Watercolor paper. and I used Lindy’s stamp gang sprays to add colour (colours will be listed at the bottom of the post.

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Products used

Scraptastic December Heartbeats Kit (the kit is sold out I can not find it on the site so I just linked to their site, if you really want to know what papers I used leave a comment and I will get the info for you.)

Canson Watercolour Paper

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabios – Pink Ladies Pink, Pineapple ParadiseT-bird Turquoise

Black Sharpie Fine Tip Pen

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz,

Jess

Best Family Ever

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Hey everyone, I am usually a one or two photo’s on a page type person, I just seem to find more photos difficult to work with. So this layout has EIGHT, that’s right count them!

These photo’s are from back in August of 2014, my sister got married and everyone came up for the wedding, my parents rented a suit in a hotel across the street from the venue and we all hung out in there having a couple of beverages before the wedding.

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I used the labels to list the people in order in the photo (you never know who may look at these and not remember everyone by their appearance at that time, or if I will always remember. Also I find I enjoy having names listed when there are many people in a photo.)

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So on the bottom of the layout I used smaller photo’s to have closer looks at some of the people that were there, as well as all the children that were there.

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Products Used

Kraft Cardstock

Crate Paper – Love Notes – Checked out

Crate Paper – Open Book – So Treasured

Crate Paper – Open Book – Little Notes

Pink Paislee – Solstice – Maldives

Crate Paper – Open Book -Bookmark Paper

Simple Stories – 24/7 – Good Stuff

Thickers – Journal Font – Black Foam Glitter

October Afternoon – Daily Flash – Red Alpha

Studio Calico Label Printables

Crate Paper – Oh Darling – Vellum Shapes

Project Life Chipboard

Daily Flash – Snap Caps – Girl Talk

Scraptastic Exclusive Flair, Wood Veneer, and Cork

Project Life – Kraft Edition

Studio Calico – Tiny Stars Wood Veneer

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz,

Jess

Infinity Christmas 2014

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Wahoo, I am on a roll two blog posts and its only the 4th of January, and I have a few more that are ready to go, maybe I will keep up posting this year (fingers crossed).

This is a photo from my instagram from Christmas morning, one happy little guy with his new video game.

So I started this layout by adding gesso and Izink’s to the backround then splattering some gold mist.

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Layering up some of my scraps from the December Hip Kit and adding some tissue paper from my stash finishing the base for the photo to lay on,

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Embellishing with different bits and pieces from the kit brought this layout together rather fast, and the Elle’s studio grey letter stickers were perfect because there are so many of every letter I had no issue making the words I needed.

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If you are looking for a kit to try, I highly recommend the Hip Kits, Kim seems to find the perfect balance between paper, and TONS of embellishments to meet any need you may run into on your layout.

Products used:

Hip Kit – November Main Kit (sold out)

Hip Kit – November Color Add-on

Shimelle Grey Precision Pen

Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine

Freckled Fawn Metal Hearts (Oh Deer Me kit) I can’t find them in their shop any longer

White Gesso (I used Artist Loft from Michaels)

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz,

Jess

Puddle Jumpin’

Puddle Jumpin 1

 

Hey everyone! Welcome to 2015, I hope this year treats you all well in whatever goals, aspirations, and just life in general. This is my first layout I have made this year. I did it yesterday before I began what I am calling the “great clean up of 2015”, but that’s another post for another day (if I ever complete the clean up).

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This is my son in the summer time, I have a low spot in the front of my driveway, and I honestly believe, he secretly hopes for rain so he can go out and play in the puddle.

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I really had fun with this layout and kept it very simple… I went into it with a goal. Aside from the 12×12 background paper, I only wanted to use scraps. Best part, I succeeded! I also got to use a bunch of my die cuts and stickers which was also exciting to me.

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Products used:

Heidi Swapp – September Skies – Open air

Basic Grey – Fresh cut – Orchid Alley

Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Alpha paper

Gossamer Blue – On My Desk – List Maker

Carta Bella – Baby Mine – (the blue with white polka dot paper)

Amy Tangerine – Plus One – (watercolour flower paper)

Silver Chevron Paper (I think its MME scrap)

Gansai Tambi Watercolours – #51, #62

Amy Tangerine Thickers – Charcoal Rubber

Amy Tangerine – Stitched – Die Cuts

Maggie Holmes – Open Book – Die cuts

Maggie Holmes – Open Book – Sticker sheet

Shimelle – Sticker Book

Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Alpha Stickers

Shimelle – Cork Stickers

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz,

Jess

Let’s Bake

Cookies

Hey everyone! Christmas is so close, and I am almost ready!! One of the last things I do to prepare is a bunch of baking and this past weekend that included a crazy amount of cookie baking (I think its my sons favorite activity). So here I am scrapbooking a few instagram pictures of the cookies we made on the weekend.

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I am a subscriber to the Hip Kit Club scrapbooking kit, and on the member forum on facebook, Kimberly gave us a weekend challenge and this is the layout I did for the challenge. The recipe that needed to be used for the challenge was using an image she posted as inspiration for the layout (that is where my stenciled backround came in to play), include a minimum of three fonts in your title, use stamping on your project (this is difficult to see on my layout but on the bright green paper I stamped falling snow in versamark and embossed it in silver), include gold or silver, and use a minimum of three patterned papers.

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It was a challenge for me to make sure I had everything included that is for sure! I rarely follow a recipe or sketch for my layouts, but it was fun to play along!

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Products used:

Hip Kit November Main Kit

Hip Kit November Color Add-on

Hip Kit November Cardstock

Wow Embossing Powder Silver

Simon Says Stamp Be Joyful Stamp Set

Dylusions Cut Grass Spray Ink

Studio Calico Alpha Stickers Green

Simple Stories DIY Letter- Aqua

Golden Light Molding Paste

Cotman Watercolor Sap Green

Crafters Workshop 12×12 Tiny Circles

Versamark Ink Pad

White Tissue Paper

Thanks for stopping by

Hugz,

Jess

Hey Punk

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Hey everyone! I have recently signed up for the Hip Kit Club monthly kits, Being as though I live in Canada, I have opted for shipping two kits together to save a few dollars, which means that I have just received the October and November kits from them (I actually got them a couple of weeks ago but have just started playing with them

I really do love these kits so far, there is a process video at the end of this blog post.

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Is it sad, that at the time of writing this blog post, I am only 3 layouts into these 2 kits and I can not wait to get my hand on the December and January kits.

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Surprise…

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Hey everyone I am here today to share a layout with you all, this is a little bit different of a share from me, you all usually get to see cards I make and things of that nature. But, I am also an active scrapbooker and Project Lifer, I have decided that once in a while I will start sharing layouts, or PL pages with you on my blog. Don’t worry it wont be as frequent as cards, and now that summer is coming to an end my blog will be alot more active.  I am not going to explain a lot about this layout as there is a video for this layout.

 

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