Double-Page Design

Looking for new ideas for double-page designs? Well...look no further than Double-Page Design!

This new eBook from Ella Publishing features twenty-one double-page spreads created by members of the Write.Click.Scrapbook. team (including a vertical two-pager created by yours truly!). There's a nice mix of paper and digital layouts, including anywhere from five to thirteen (yup, thirteen!) photos.

So...want a chance to win a free copy of Double-Page Design? If so, please post a comment here telling me what your biggest challenge is in creating double-page spreads. Be sure to leave your comment by this Thursday at midnight Mountain Standard Time. I'll do a random drawing from comments posted here and will announce the winner on Friday morning.

Perfect Fall Day

It's gorgeous out: warm, sunny, blue sky. In honor of today, here's a layout I did last month after our apple-picking trip:

Bazzill Basics cardstock, October Afternoon patterned papers and label sticker, 

Fiskars apple punch, American Crafts Thickers

Three Things That Are Making Me Happy Today

In no particular order:

1. Fall weather (finally!) and a new Banana Republic Italian Spun Ruffle Scoopneck sweater to go with it.

2. White Girl Cranberry-Mango Salsa

 

3. Red Colander Lamps (about 99% sure I'm getting a pair of these for my about-to-be-remodeled kitchen) 

 

What's making you happy today?

 

Yours Truly, Guest Blogging at Scrapbook & Cards Today

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My Summer CHA 2010 Wish List

Instead of brooding about the fact that I couldn't go to Chicago this summer (okay, so maybe I'm brooding just a teensy bit!), I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a little window shopping and highlight my top five must haves from the sneaks I've seen thus far. October Afternoon is a given, so I will skip right over that and give you my non-October Afternoon list:

1. Cosmo Cricket Togetherness: What can I say? I'm a sucker for cute, colorful, and whimsical!

2. Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Holiday Buttons: Vintage Yumminess! I think the Halloween ones are my favorite. I think I'm going to need at least two sets of each.

3. Studio Calico Elementary: As an educator, I am a sucker for all things school-themed. How cute are those composition book journaling cards?

4. Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli: Again with the bright colors. I love the camera paper and the film paper!

5. Basic Grey Wander: Travel. If you didn't catch my layouts on the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog here, take a peek and you'll know why I need Wander!

So, there you have it, my top five. If you want to catch a glimpse of CHA, tune in to the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog this week for updates from Emily and Paula.

Seaside Sneak Peek

With one set of grandparents walking distance from the Atlantic Ocean and the other set walking distance from the Pacific, we have countless photos of time at the beach. Therefore, I am thrilled that October Afternoon has released a beach-themed line: Seaside. I've been playing around with it for the last couple of days:

The keepsake bottles were a super-quick and fun project. See below for close-up photo and instructions:

1. Remove labels and adhesive from a Frappucino bottle (or another similarly-sized bottle).

2. Using a 1 3/4" circle punch, punch a circle from October Afternoon Seaside Boardwalk patterned paper and adhere to top of bottle cap.

3. Adhere an October Afternoon Seaside Shape Sticker to white cardstock and trim around the edges of the shape.

4. Punch a small hole at the top of the cardstock-backed shape sticker.

5. Thread a 10" length of jute through the hole in the cardstock-backed shape sticker and tie it around the neck of the bottle.

6. Fill the bottle with shells, sea glass, etc. (either collected at the beach or purchased at a craft store) and you're done!

A Fun Little Card

 I finally conquered the zig zag stitch! :)
 

October Afternoon Patterned Papers, Sticker, and Wild Card; Maya Road Trinket Pins