Product Shuffle: Jillibean Placemats

I was given this awesome Jillibean Soup 12x12 placemat to work with. You could cut it down because it is perforated or you could even use it as photo strips. I almost cut it down but then decided kept the way it is, I could use each individual square to decorate and/or include a photo of everyone from vacation. There were 10 of us total. 

I used the So Noted patterned papers and stickers by Carta Bella. I decorated each square individually but also left some sort of simple so it wasn't too distracting or overwhelming to the eye. I love how this page turned out.

A few weeks ago, I shared another page using THIS Jillibean Soup placemat. This time, I used it as a mask with some misting.

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Friday Faves

With so much stock in the LCOM store these days it is not difficult to choose some faves to share with you today.

The Soleil collection by Basic Grey collection would be fun to use on some of the summer photos I have yet to scrap.  And check out the awesome flair badges.

Also from Basic Grey the Paper Cottage collection has some fun bits and pieces that would make creating so much fun.  I love to pop stickers off the page using 3D adhesive, adding more colour and dimension to my page.  And I am a real sucker for stitched brads.  Truth be told, I love these ones so much I would have a hard time actually using them on a page.

 

These stamps would be welcome accessories in my scrap room any time.  With summer vacation only slightly forgotten these BoBunny guys would be great a page.  And the Prima ones below would be a perfect fit on any page.

Maya Road never fails when it comes to embellishments, and these little guys are no exception.

If you know my style, you will know that I am, more times than not attracted to muted, toned down colours with pops of bright.  So you may be shocked to know that my absolute favorite item in the shop right now is the bright and cheerful Grandma's Lima Bean Soup collection by Jillibean Soup.  Inexplicably, I was immediately drawn to the fabulous lush colour in the collection.  The alphas are the perfect size, and come in a variety of colours. 

Here is my first layout completed with the collection.

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All my faves and more can be found in the shop here.  Get ready, once you start looking, you won't be able to stop.

Happy shopping friends!

Friday Faves!

Hi there - Nicole here to share with you a few of my faves that you can find in the store right now!!

First up is  Grandma's Lima Bean Soup by Jillibean Soup

 Seriously what is not to love about this collection - the colours are amazing, and the doily, vintage feel with a modern twist is awesome! Here is a close up of a project I recently did using this line:

 Another fab find in the store is all the fun schtuff from Evalicious in the store! Such trendy and hip designs for your page - check out the fun options available:

How about these cute and fun stamps from Unity!

there are some pretty images too. Like these:

how cool would this be on a background:

Hope you are inspired to check a few things out - and enabled just a tad :)

Sparkle

Hi Everyone,
I can't believe it's actually the end of August! I hope all my friends along the East Coast of the US and Canada survived hurricane Irene safe and sound! We were lucky, never lost power but our town was hit pretty hard... lots of roads closed and school was cancelled! (that never happens) I decided to ride out the storm by scrapping my last project with My Mind's Eye's Hip Hooray Girl Collection. Since my last two layouts were birthday themed, I tried to create a layout with a different theme... I succeeded, almost! This picture is of my daughter at a friend's birthday party. It was on the third of July, so part of the fun was the lighting of sparklers. I just love her face in this picture!



To keep with the "sparkle" theme, I spritzed the background paper with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Party pink, and I also colored the Jillibean corrugated shapes with some sparkly mists. I added Stickles to the letters to make them sparkle as well!

That's all for now, I'll be back later this week with a fun project using Echo Park's Dots and Stripes collection. Until then, make sure to stop by the LCOM store regularly... all sorts of new goodies coming in!
Supplies Used:
PPs: My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray Girl: Confetti, Jubilant, Make a Wish, Party Time, Happy Day and Accessory sheet
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft
Jillibean Soup Corrugated Shapes: Butterflies, Hearts
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Party Pink, Chalkboard Peacock
Maya Mist: Metallic Salmon
Alphas: Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Handwritten; Bella Blvd Making the Team Alpha+Bits
Stickles: Stardust

Birthday French Toast

Hi Everyone, I'm back with some more My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray -Girl. This has been such a fun line to work with... the colors are so bright and cheery! They coordinated perfectly with this picture of my daughter enjoying the Cinnamon Swirl French Toast I made for her birthday breakfast last year!
I had fun with clustering embellies again... it's a new favorite thing of mine...I painted some Jillibean corrugated shapes and also created a flower using a Gluber and some Maya Road pleated ribbon. I just fell in love with that owl!

I also spritzed the background paper with some Glimmer Mist for texture. A few buttons and some twine from the Twinery and voila!

I'll be back at the very end of the month with one more project using Hip Hooray. In the meantime, make sure to stop by the store at LCOM... new goodies are coming in every day from CHA!!




Supplies used:
Card stock: Core'dinations Tim Holtz Pool
PPs: My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray-Girl Confetti, Happy Day, Party Time, Accessory Sheet; Scenic Route Graph paper
Chipboard: Jillibean Corrugated Shapes Hearts, Bazzill Chips Garden Flowers
Fibers: Maya Road Pleated Ribbon; The Twinery Blossom Light Pink, Caribbean Teal, Honeydew Chartreuse
Paints: Adirondack Pearl Metallic, Hazelnut, Shell Pink, Citrus; Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Chicken Feed, Malted Milk, Brown Sugar, Cough Syrup
Buttons and Pins: My Little Bit of Whimsy
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Turquoise; Maya Mist Lime Metallic
Tiny Type Handwriting
Gluber

Make a Wish

Hi Everyone, I'm back with some really fun papers from My Mind's Eye... Hip Hooray Girl! My daughter has a summer birthday, so I figured these papers would be perfect for me to scrap with... of course I'm only scrapping last year's birthday, not that caught up! Well.. someday maybe!
I loved the cupcake theme since that's what we made instead of a big cake.
I added some fun corrugated shapes from Jillibean that I painted to match the colors of the Hip Hooray collection, some twine and of course, there are a few Whimsies from my stash.

I'll be back later this month with some more Hip Hooray! Enjoy the last weeks of summer!




Products Used:
Patterned Papers: My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray Girl Jubilant, Make a Wish, Happy Day; My Mind's Eye Lush 2 Turquoise Polka dot
Card stock Die Cuts: My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray Girl Accessories
Alphabets: Jillibean Soup Corrugated Kraft Alphas, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Handwritten
Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup Corrugated shapes Butterflies and Hearts
Twine: The Twinery Caribbean Teal, Honeydew Chartreuse, Mandarin Orange, Pink Sorbet
Buttons and Pins: My Little Bit of Whimsy
Paints: Adirondack Pool, Citrus, Shell Pink
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Turquoise Blue

Cards

Cards
by Nicole Nowosad

Jillibean Soup - Blossom Soup

Corn Kernels

Lime Wedges

Cornmeal

Fresh Cilantro

Jillibean Soup - Cardstock stickers

Jillibean Soup - Diecut shapes

Bazzill White Cardstock

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I made a promise to myself this year to make more cards from scraps from my layouts - so I just couldn't resist using some of my Blossom Soup scraps to make some simple cards!

Both the diecut shapes sheet and the cardstock sticker sheets have the cutest phrases on them that are just perfect to be used on cards for a friend. I added in a little bit of white cardstock and some punches to make a doily shape for the first card and the bottom edge of the second card.

The sunny and fresh colours in this collection are perfect for feel good cards to send to a friend :)

Why not get some Blossom Soup and share one with a friend of yours :)