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Project Life, 2013: If making a cover page is this much fun and uses up this much of my stash, I am in! 

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Pebbles, KI Memories, Echo Park, Studio Calico + Wood Embellishments: Studio Calico + Spray Ink: Studio Calico + Flair: Ormolu + Chipboard Hearts: Studio Calico + Banner Embellishment: Pebbles + Phrase Card: Pebbles + Fonts: Dock 11, TW Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold, Pacifico + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette

I tried last year and failed miserably after one week. I am sticking to it this year, though, I swear! I have a set Sunday morning time to work on it uninterrupted and have lots of stuff I need to use up, so here I go!

Top Ten of 2012

I can't remember how many years I've been doing this now, but close to the end of the year I do a post sharing my top ten layouts of the year. Here they are, in no particular order:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Crate Paper + Wood Embellishments: Crate Paper + Ribbon: May Arts + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Fonts: Pacifico, AL Uncle Charles

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Wood Embellishments: Studio Calico + Letter Stickers: Jillibean Soup + Brad: October Afternoon + Die Cut: October Afternoon + Spray Inks: October Afternoon, Studio Calico + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette

Patterned Paper: Pebbles + Stickers: Pebbles + Phrase Card: Pebbles + Punches: Fiskars, The Paper Studio + Font: Typenoksidi

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Brad: October Afternoon + Chipboard: October Afternoon + Journaling Card: October Afternoon + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Fonts: Pacifico, AL Uncle Charles

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd + Flag: Bella Blvd + Letter Stickers: Bella Blvd + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Font: Typenoksidi

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd + Chipboard: Bella Blvd + Stickers: Bella Blvd + Twine: May Arts + Buttons: Bella Blvd + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Font: AL Uncle Charles

Patterned Paper: Studio Calico + Stickers: October Afternoon, American Crafts + Stamp: American Crafts + Ink: Staz-on (Tsukineko) + Fonts: Pacifico, Typenoksidi

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Flair October Afternoon + Stickers: October Afternoon + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Font: Typenoksidi

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper + Wood Embellishments: Studio Calico + Flair: October Afternoon, Ormolu + Washi Tape: October Afternoon + Paper Clips: Studio Calico + Foam Letter Stickers: American Crafts + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Font: AL Uncle Charles

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Flair: October Afternoon + Washi Tape: October Afternoon + Sticker: October Afternoon + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette + Fonts: Pacifico, Typenoksidi

Tell me which one is your favorite in the comments below! I would also love to see other people's top tens, so if you've done a similar post, please leave a comment linking me up.

Happy New Year!

Last-minute Christmas Ideas

I whipped up a couple of things for today's last-minute Christmas ideas feature at write.click.scrapbook. Here's the art - you'll have to check out the post at write.click.scrapbook. for the details (too busy watching "Love It Or List It" and baking cookies today to write a whole lot here! :)

Patterned Paper: Echo Park + Washi Tape: Bella Blvd, Freckled Fawn, My Mind's Eye + Holly Embellishments: American Crafts + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Washi Stickers: Crate Paper + Patterned Paper: Crate Paper + Punch: Fiskars

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Crate Paper + Washi Sticker: Crate Paper + Punch: Fiskars + Baker's Twine: Divine Twine

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Label Stickers: October Afternoon + Ribbon: May Arts

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Letter Stickers: American Crafts + Ribbon: May Arts

Unusual Pin-spiration for Christmas

Last week I whipped up a quick card for October Afternoon's Christmas message using this piece as my inspiration:

I pinned this image awhile back and loved the idea of the text-filled silhouettes against the solid background. I translated this idea to my card:

I used my Silhouette to cut a Christmas tree shape from the subway art text-print paper from the Make It Merry 8" X 8" paper pad:

and then cut apart the yellow text sticker from the Word Stickers sheet to form both the tree trunk and the label at the top of the card:

 
I added brad ornaments:

and a sentiment from the Little Flyers set:

When my tree was done, I stuck the two pieces of the yellow sticker to my black cardstock card base, added pop dots to the tree and adhered it to the card base, and I was done!

 

 

Recap of Mid-season Releases

With the winter Craft & Hobby Association trade show around the corner, I decided I would throw together a little recap of my favorites from the mid-season releases. In no particular order:

Crate Paper's Fourteen Collection

  
While I am not normally sucked in to Valentine's lines, they had me at the heart-shaped maps:

Echo Park's Photo Freedom Today's Story Collection

Love all the fun and colorful bits here, especially the maps and speech bubbles:

Studio Calico's Darling Dear Collection

My favorite piece from this line is the heart chipboard set:

 

Pebbles Family Ties Collection

 My favorite product from this line is the journaling and phrase cards book:

I've already seen some CHA sneaks starting and am bookmarking those to a Pinterest board. Stay tuned for my 3rd time around doing an armchair attendee week. I'll be blogging during CHA January 12-15 right here at Right Side Up. 

Check back here on Monday for some last-minute Christmas ideas!

Simple Packaging

This week is all about cards and gifts on the Pebbles blog. I used my Silhouette to create some fun embellishments to dress up packages wrapped in brown paper (cue "The Sound of Music"):

Christmas set:

Hanukkah set:

Be sure to check out the Pebbles blog all week this week for ideas!

 

Quick Update/Quick Project

We've been sick here on and off here since Thanksgiving. That put everyone a little bit behind the curve, except for Eli, who has somehow (knock on wood!) avoided both the stomach bug and the evil virus. Hanukkah was a bit of a blur so we're hoping winter break gives us that much-needed down time and family time. 

I contributed a gift card holder to yesterday's October Afternoon blog post. Here's my project, but be sure to check out the blog to see Lexi's fun project as well.

Will have another quick post tomorrow and am hoping to get back to more regular blogging over the break.