Chasing Paper Dreams

Elle's Studio | January 2015

It's that wonderful time again for the monthly Elle's Studio Reveal! Once again, Elle had a fabulous line up for this month that included the Project kit, exclusive stamp set, and wood veneers! 

Here's my projects for this month. I created a layout using one of the digital files and I created a pocket page.

And as always, here are the links to shop away!

Elle's Studio January Exclusive Kit
Elle's Studio A Bushel & a Peck Stamp Set
Elle's Studio Lots of Love Wood Veneer
Elle's Studio Winter Notes from the Day Printable
Elle's Studio Lots of Love Printable
Elle's Studio January Cut File
Elle's Studio 12x12 Cut File

Thank you so much for stopping by and have fun shopping!!!

Elle's Studio Blog Hop Winner!!

Good Morning!! Thank you to all who hopped along and visited my blog during the blog hop! The winner is.... Shawn M Such fab news! congratulations on this well deserved accomplishment! Posted by: Shawn M | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 at 08:56 PM Please contact me at melissamann1981@gmail.com so I can get your prize to you!!

Elle's Studio Blog Hop!

 

I am so over the moon happy to be on the Elle's Studio Design Team for 2015! I have worked with the team over the past year as a member of the contributing design team and have always loved working with Elle's products. She designs such fabulous product that is always super easy to work with and works well with other manufacturers! They have got a great team on board for this next year and I can't wait to see everything that they all come up with! Here's the 2015 team!
...and here's the links to each member's blog!

 

Alissa Fast http://alissafast.typepad.com/

Daniela Dobson http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/

Danielle Flanders http://danielleflanders.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Chapin http://jenchapin.blogspot.com/

Jessy Christopher http://www.jcchris.com/

Jill Sprott http://wordplaywordwork.blogspot.com/

Kay Rogers http://rogerskk.typepad.com/

Lisa Dickinson http://lisadickinson.typepad.com/

Meghann Andrew http://www.meghannandrew.com/

Melissa Mann http://melissamann.typepad.com/

Michelle Wedertz http://michellewedertz.blogspot.com/

Pam Llaguno http://organizedbypam.com/blog/

Rachel Izakowicz http://seizethestamp.com/blog/

Stephanie Buice http://mybitsofsunshine.blogspot.com/

Toni From http://tonifromdesigns.blogspot.com/

There is also an awesome line-up for the blog contributors this year! We are super excited to have Paige Evans joining the group! 

Here are the links to the blog contributor's blogs:

Jenni Hufford http://huffordhouse.blogspot.com/

Waleska 

Megan Klauer http://meganklauerdesign.blogspot.com/

Paige Evans http://www.paigeandchris.com/

Every  month, Elle's Studio has a brand new project kit and add-on's that become available on the 10th.  These items are always super popular and sell out pretty quickly so make sure you get there early to get your goodies! Here's a sneak peek of one of my gallery projects for this month :-)

Now, the really fun part! To kick off this great year with Elle's Studio, I got to pick out four of my favorite products to give away! Here's a picture of what I chose! All you need to do is leave a comment by January 6th. The winner will be posted on my blog on January 7th!  Make sure you visit all the blogs for a greater chance to win!

Thanks so much for joining in on the blog hop!

Bella BLVD Guest Designer!

I was super honored to be the December guest designer for Bella BLVD! They sent me a HUGE box of goodies to play with and I created the three layouts below with their product.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek! You can see the full write up on the Bella BLVD blog here!

 

Lawn Fawn | Inspiration Week December 2014

Happy Wednesday!

I can't believe it's already December! This year has truly flown by! It's also time for another Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week and I'm up on the blog today with a couple of layouts showcasing the new "Stitched Circle" dies! These dies are FABULOUS!! I LOVE that there are so many stacking sizes of these!! 

For this layout, I cut out four of the big stitched circles on different pattern papers. I placed them in the middle part of my white cardstock and then layered a piece of handcut vellum over top. I placed strips of corresponding pattern paper on the bottom and top of the white card stock. I used the scripty "joy" die and cut a bunch of them out and placed them at the bottom and stitched them down. Lastly, I filled in each of the big circles: a picture, journaling, my title and a flair badge and sequins. 

For this layout, I layered a piece of pattern paper, kraft card stock, and another piece of pattern paper cut in smaller blocks. I rounded the edges of the top pattern paper. I cut out a bunch of stitched circles and placed nine of them in a grid pattern. I stitched these all down with vertical and horizontal stitches using my sewing machine. I placed a picture in three of the circles and cut the pictures using the stitched circle dies. I layered some of them with more pattern paper cut using the dies; and on two of them, I cut down some of the 3x4 cards using the dies and then stitched around the yellow heart. I cut my title out using my Silhouette Cameo and used the "Honeyscript" font.

And as always, make sure to check out the blog for other inspiration from the rest of the team! They always knock it out of the park!

Thanks for stopping by!