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Happy Friday, everyone!  I'm so excited to be featuring Katie Rose here on the blog today!  

My name is Katie Rose.  I live in a small town on the coast of New Hampshire with my husband and our 3 kids...2 boys and a little girl, who keep me on my toes.  I've been scrapbooking for about 12 years.  I think my style changes a little every year, but I always try to keep the focus on my photos.  I am currently really into the anchor trend and I also love arrows.  I use them on almost every page!  Lately, I am really inspired by quilt designs on my layouts.  I find tons of them on Pinterest.  When I'm not scrapbooking I actually run a business.  I co-own a childcare center for 120 kids with my sister.  We are in our 12th year of business and I am now able to do my work from home, which leaves me some extra time for scrapbooking!  I am super excited to be featured here on Come On Get Crafty...thanks so much! 

 And here's what Katie created...

I just ADORE what Katie created using products from the Come On Get Crafty online shop!  Be sure to check out Katie's blog to learn more about her and see more of her inspiring creations!  

 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!

I love the new American Crafts Mayberry collection in the shop, especially the Raspberry Bits tags which are backed with burlap and full of dimension and texture. So adorable!

On this layout, I used two tags along with a standard 4x6 photo to create a simple grid design.

I used the empty space in the tags for embellishments and journaling.

Shop items used: American Crafts Mayberry Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad, Raspberry Bits Tags, Cupcake Wood Shaped Buttons, Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Collection: Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Pebbles Lakeside Collection: Postcards paper

You can find all of these supplies and lots of other new goodies in the Come On Get Crafty shop!

Hello everyone!  I'm here today to share my "Everyday life. Documented." spread for Week 23 with you...

I've been staying up-to-date with my pocket page spreads by setting a few "ground rules" for myself and my process.  One "rule" is that I set aside time every week to work on my spread, usually on Sundays. 

Another "rule" is that I collect and gather all of the items I plan on using before I print out my photos.  This helps me determine what my color scheme or "theme" is going to be and that way I don't get halfway through my spread and end up searching for certain items or embellishments in specific colors or accents that I don't have on hand.  This is a HUGE timesaver for me! 

The only other "rule" I have is to have fun and not stress over my spread!  Some weeks I only have an hour or so to create, while others, I have an entire afternoon.  I try to keep it simple and to the point.  If I'm lacking photos or don't feel like journaling a lot one week, then I don't :)

Shop Items Used:  American Crafts (Mayberry Lemon Pockets & Cards, Mayberry Orange Soda Chalkboard Stickers, Mayberry Strawberry Lemonade Patterned Paper), Basic Grey (Candy Buttons, Mint Julep Woven Labels), Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe (Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Tiny Tablet), Pebbles (Lakeside Chalkboard ABC Stickers, Phrase Stickers, Paper Pad), Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Arrow Stickers), Webster's Pages (Sweet Note Alpha and Tag Stickers)

I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Happy Saturday, everyone!  It's time for another sketch challenge here at the Come On Get Crafty blog!  

Check out how our fabulous creative team used the sketch...

Suz said, "I really loved playing with this sketch and knew right away what photos I wanted to scrap with and what COGC shop products I wanted to use as well.  I initially started out with the idea of rotating the sketch 90 degrees and pretty much stuck to that design arrangement.  I decided to use the Freckled Fawn wooden "remember" frame to highlight one of the photos and thought it would be fun to use the chipboard heart and make it into a strawberry by adding a small amount of the "B" side of the Lily Bee Lollipop paper as the stem."

Shop Items Used:  Freckled Fawn (Wood Veneer "Remember" Frame), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers, Tiny Tablet, Label Stickers, Lollipop patterned paper), Crate Paper (Pier Paper Pad)

 

And here is Nicole's beautiful layout using the sketch...

Shop Items Used:  Studio Calico (Snippets Chipboard Stars), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Lemon Drop patterned paper, Pink Mint patterned paper, Alpha Stickers), Fancy Pants (Down By The Shore Paper Pad & Tape Stickers), Freckeled Fawn (Wood Veneer "Remember" Frames)

And here's what I came up with...

I was really inspired by the colors and the playfulness of the Sweet Shoppe Collection by Lily Bee Designs and I thought they would be perfect for a layout using some photos from my son's last day of kindergarten.  I also really liked the Chipboard banner pieces (also from the Sweet Shoppe Collection) and used them throughout my page.  

Shop Items Used:  Lily Bee (Pinwheel Picnic Basket Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Licorice Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Lollipop Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit-Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Arrow Stickers, Atlantic Sequins), American Crafts (Mayberry Strawberry Lemonade Paper)

Now it's your turn to show us your take on the sketch!  Link up your creations using this sketch here by June 22, 2013 for a chance to win a $5 Gift Card to the Come On Get Crafty shop!  And don't forget to post your creations to our Flickr Gallery  and be sure to "Like" us on Facebook!  

Have a great weekend!  

 

 

Hello everyone!  Most of you are probably getting ready for summer vacation, or have already started the celebration...my kids have been out of school for three weeks already!  I've had to make some adjustments to my crafty schedule due to them being home all day and I've really been focusing on getting my projects done a little quicker so anything that saves me time is a plus :)  

So I'm here today to show you how I completed this layout in 30 minutes and I also challenged myself to use only one piece of patterned paper.  

Step 1:  Choose a piece of patterned paper and cut it into three pieces.  I chose this piece by American Crafts because I loved the design on both sides and the frame design on the opposite side made it really easy to cut...

 

I cut my paper about two-thirds of the way down and I cut the bottom "manufacturer" strip off so I could use the pattern that was on the other side.  Here's a view of the opposite side of the paper and where I cut it...

 

Step 2:  Use a piece of card stock and adhere each piece of the patterned paper to it...

 

Step 3:  Begin embellishing and add photo...

I sized my photo at 2"x3" so it would fit nicely in the white area of the green frame.  I also added a large tag, journaling card, a tiny bit of washi, and a few wood veneer shapes in the other frame spots.  

Step 4:  Add journaling and finish embellishing...

I added a few more embellishments, journaled in the far left pink frame, added a few mist splatters and was done!  This was such a quick and easy page to complete.  I hope you try it out and don't forget to check out all of the amazing products that are in the shop!  

Shop Items Used:  Pebbles (Lakeside Die-Cut Wood Veneer Shapes, Phrase Stickers), American Crafts (Mayberry Lemon Pockets and Cards, Mayberry Orange Soda Chalkboard Stickers, Mayberry Raspberry Mixed Tags, Mayberry Shady Lane Patterned Paper), Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Circle Stickers, Atlantic Sequins), Basic Grey (Mint Julep Mini Envelopes), LilyBee (Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers), May Arts (Twill), Divine Twine

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Please join the Come On Get Crafty team in welcoming Cindy Bell as our featured guest today on the blog.

Here's a little bit about Cindy:

Hi!  I'm Cindy Bell. I am a retired Stay-at-home-Mom and a brand new "Homesteader".  I am Mom to two grown boys.  One of whom is currently expecting his first child (my FIRST Grandchild!) with his lovely wife and the other who just graduated college.  My hubby and I decided to follow our life long dream this year and we purchased our retirement "homestead" in the lovely Virginia countryside.  He still has a couple of years left of work before full retirement so we travel back and forth between our "city" home and the "homestead"  weekly.  Besides beginning this new chapter of our life, I LOVE to scrapbook!  It makes me so happy when I get a chance to create and the finished product is something everyone in our family just loves!  I don't really have a certain style.  It all depends on what mood I'm in and how much time I have available.  Some of my pages are simplistic and others are what I like to call "artsy".  My favorite thing right now is the "Project Life" style of scrapping.  I find myself taking more pics of the everyday around here and taking the time to tell the story of went on in our life during that week.  I like to use all different styles and sizes of page protectors to convey my week through pictures and journaling.  With all the change that has been going on in our lives over the past months it has been great to look back through it all and see all that we have accomplished. 

Something you'd never guess about me....I'll give you two things... I have a secret love for music from the 40's and fifties.  I guess it's the ballroom dancing that makes it so fun to listen to.

 

The other is my secret sister language, scirish.  Pronounced sky rish.  It's a cross between scottish and Irish.  We start talking with this accent and we can't keep it straight. 

Here are three things Cindy likes to use on all her projects:

My ATG gun: who can live without it?
Chipboard stickers:  I love the dimension they add
Any kind of frame:  vellum, paper and especially wood veneer

 

 

 

 

 {shop items used: American Crafts Mayberry paper pad and Cupcakes wooden buttons, Basic Grey Mint Julep bottle cap stickers and canvas stickers, Jillibean Soup fresh vegetable soup label stickers, and Lily Bee sweet shoppe chipboard stickers}

 

You can learn more about Cindy by visiting her blog: Homemade Homestead

Have a great weekend! 

 

Coming in May to the shop...

 

 

{#1 Pebbles Lakeside Chalkboard patterned paper, #2 American Crafts Mayberry Cupcake wooden buttons, #3 Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe chipboard stickers, #4 Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe alphabet stickers, #5 Pebbles Lakeside wood veneers #6 American Crafts Mayberry Shady Lane patterned paper}