New Favorite Layout

I don't know which I like better, the bright colors or the fact that I was able to make a dent (albeit a small one ;) in my Thickers stash!


Every Fourth of July weekend we go to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival here in Denver. An entire neighborhood's worth of streets are blocked off and filled with artists displaying and selling their work. Of course, in the four years we've lived here I've never been able to look at the artists' booths since we spend the entire time on the kids' street. The kids' street is filled with giant tents sponsored by the Children's Museum, the zoo, etc. Each tent is filled with tables and volunteers are available to help kids create anywhere from 4-6 different art projects in each tent. It's rare that we manage more than 6 projects total - the kids get so involved in their work that it's hard to convince them to move on to the next project. In addition to working on the communal mural seen in the layout above, the kids made yarn dolls. Of course, Eli had to do his own thing (with some tying assistance from mom and dad), hence the world's very first Darth Vader yarn doll, complete with red light saber:


I swear, I don't know where this kid gets his ideas!

Soon

I will have more new October Afternoon to post soon, but probably not this week. Just wanted to update all of you!

Some More Hometown...

Did another layout. This one uses that polka dot paper that I love plus a cut-out bit from a journaling card ("newsworthy") and word strips cut from the Norm's News newsprint paper. Hoping to have more new lines to show you tomorrow :)

Color Combo Challenge #80 Guest Designer

I was honored to have been asked to be this week's guest designer for the Color Combo Challenge. The colors in this week's challenge really pushed me to think outside of my usual scrapping comfort zone. I'm so grateful that I participated because I ended up with a layout that I love!

Here are the colors I was asked to work with, inspired by the Ink Coffee website:


And here's the layout I came up with:


At first, I wasn't sure that I had products in my stash that would fit the color combo, but a little digging proved otherwise. The B side of the Ryan Ave. paper from Scenic Route's Sumner collection was a perfect match for the reddish tone (I have no idea what that color is called! Anyone?) and the B side of October Afternoon's Patio Umbrella paper from their Daydream line was a match with the muted teal. Gotta love those B sides! The other two colors were, of course, much easier to match! Other products used here include Scenic Route lined paper, American Crafts foam Thickers, KI Memories lace cardstock, an October Afternoon stamp, and, of course Bazzill cardstock.

I'd love to hear from any of my readers who participate in this week's challenge!

More October Afternoon Coming Soon...

Didn't want to keep you all hanging! :) I'll have more Hometown to post tomorrow evening and on Tuesday I should be able to show you a few peeks of the three additional new lines being released later this week at CHA.

More Sneaks: October Afternoon Hometown

(If you're reading this post and haven't seen the Hometown collection yet, scroll to my previous post for sneaks of the whole line.)

It was so much fun to pair the yellow and black patterns together that I did it twice. I promise to be back sometime this weekend with projects using other some of the other colors and patterns from the line.

This layout uses the Hometown papers (I punched the yellow polka dot paper with a star punch), a rub-on from the Detours line (the title in the circle), and a stamp from the Story Time set (at the top of the journaling block):


This card uses papers and a journaling card from the Hometown line plus stamps from the Story Time set:


I'll be back with more sneaks later this weekend!

October Afternoon Hometown Sneak!

Guess what I have in my hot little hands as of today? That's right, Hometown, the newest line from October Afternoon! I have cut one piece already, so hopefully I'll have a layout and a card to share tomorrow, but in the meantime pics of the product will have to do....

Six new double-sided papers:


Journaling cards:


And die-cut shapes:


For more images of Hometown, please see Emily's blog.

I'll also share some cards I made last weekend with papers from the Daydream line and rub-ons from the Detours line, both of which were released at CHA Winter and are available in stores now.