Inspiration Thursday

Welcome to a new series I like to call: Inspiration Thursday! Each week on Thursday, I will be sharing with you a little creative inspiration from my creative team, as well as layouts from around the web. If you have been scrapping with my products, please be sure to add them to my flickr group- you never know...you might see your layout featured here on my blog!

First up, a little Project Life inspiration:

From Jude:

From Anna:

Next up is more inspiration for my Candy Cane Lane Papers and Elements:

From Terri:

From Justine:

A few more project to feature with Fresh Start:

From Sarabeth:

From Terri:

From Justine:

And finally, a very cool hybrid album from Justine, using You+Me:

I also spent some time perusing the gallery at TLP today, and found this layout using A Very Vintage Christmas by 1girl1boy:

This one using Fresh Start by Simply-j-studio:

December Daily- Day 8

Getting caught up! And since I'm getting so behind- hold your breath- I'm switching back to Digi! I am still going to print them out in the 8.5x5.5 format, but I need to get caught up, so these pages will just printed out and slipped in the page protectors. I love hybrid but with the pressure of Christmas headed our way, my hubby's bday on Friday, and because I'm a few days behind- I made the decision that I'd rather go digi than not finish.

My December Daily page for day 8 is all about what's on our Wish Lists!

The left side shows two instagram pics of what Mommy and Daddy would like for Christmas (yes that is a Silhouette Cameo you spy). The little banners and the green paper strip are papers from my Candy Cane Lane Paper Pack. The little tape is from my Very Vintage Christmas kit, and the red paper on the circle tag is from my Modern Merry Paper Pack. The frame was doodled by me.

 

On the right side, we have the what the girls would like. Candy for Jules (insert eye roll here), and Weebles for Lilly (even though we have no idea what she'd really like since she can't tell us yet). I then created the On My Wish List word art.

 

The journaling reads "Daddy | a diecast corvette car that is a replica of a Dale Earnhardt car. It's been on hi s wish list for a LONG time. Mommy | a Silhouette Cameo to make all my crafty dreams come true. Jules | candy. If you ask her what she wants for Christmas, every time hands down, she wil tell you candy. This kid. Lilly | Weebles. Well, okay we don't REALLY know if that is what Lilly wants because she can't tell us, but Mommy thinks she'd like  a fun toy like this that is all her own. "

Font is Veteran Typewriter. I hope you are enjoying my December Daily posts! I'm trying to keep up!

More Projects To Share

My Hybrid team has been hard at work again, and I have a few more project to share using A Very Vintage Christmas.

From Terri:

From Cara:

AND the winner of the giveaway for this kit (bethieJ) has shared this adorable project:

Aren't these ladies the best? They are true masters of hybrid goodness!

Tutorial:: Journaling Around An Embellishment

Today I am bringing you a video tutorial (my first one!) showing you how to create journaling around an embellishment on your page (as seen in the this layout):

The tutorial is shown using photoshop CS4.

To enjoy the video at full size, after you click play, click on the little computer screen icon in the lower right corner. Otherwise, you won't be able to see what I'm doing. Oh- and please ignore the random sounds of my cranky one year old in the background. ;-) Enjoy!

You + Me:: A Preview and Giveaway

You + Me, the first digital scrapbook kit by Amy Jaz Designs is arriving this Friday! In anticipation of it's launch, I am hosting a Giveaway to "win it before you can buy it"! See details below...

To enter the giveaway to win "You + Me", simply leave a comment below. Extra entries can be earned by:
1. Like Amy Jaz Designs on facebook. Come back here and leave a comment letting me know you became a fan.
2. Tweet about the Giveaway, and leave a comment below with your link to your tweet.
3. Blog about the Giveaway, and leave a comment below with your link to the blog post.

The Giveaway will end and the winner will be selected on Thursday, October 27th at 9:00pm Pacific Time. Good Luck!

Big News!! New Products!

I am so excited to announce that I am taking the plunge into the world of digital scrapbook design! I have been a digi scrapper for many years, and it is actually what got me into designing invitations. Well, I am coming full circle, and will be launching my very first full kit next week (stay tuned for the details!).

If you have been wanting to try Digital Scrapbooking, but have not taken the plunge because you do not have photoshop or a digital editing software, get excited because next week I will be offering a giveaway for the My Memories Software! Here's a little video tour of how easy the software is to use:


Welcome to the Family! from Lisa Jurrens on Vimeo.

See you back next week with an awesome giveaway and my new kit!!

New Giveaway From Paislee Press- Snapshots No 3 Album Template

My Digital Scrapbbooking design hero- Paislee Press is doing a giveaway on her blog for her new album template- Snapshots No 3. I don't know about you, but I'd love to win this template. I need a swift quick in the rear to get me jump started on putting together a baby book for little Jazwinski #2, and I think this album template would provide the right amount of kicking-in-the-pantsing (do you enjoy making up words? Clearly I do).

While you are visiting the Paislee Press blog, check out the Sister Album that Liz made with this template. It is divine. I really want to put this on my to-do list for my girls when they are a wee bit bigger.

Good Luck!

Giveaway from Paislee Press and Leora Sanford

There are so many fabulous kits being released right now, that it's literally making my head spin! I absolutely adore anything put out by Paislee Press, and she's got another collab kit coming! "Correspondence" is a new collab kit coming from Paislee Press and Leora Sanford. Check out the preview below, and be sure to visit both the Paislee Press blog and Leora's blog to enter for your chance to win their new kit!

{52 Inspirations} Week 7- Learn Grow Discover

Some of my favorite photos from when we took Juliana to the Phoenix Children's Museum for her Second Birthday.

Here's the kit from this week:

Credits:
-Week 7 Kit of 52 Inspirations by Joanne Brisebois
-Flower and Heart Rub Ons- Katie Pertiet
-Rhinestones- Me

A New Collaboration Kit from Scooty's Designs and EH Studios

Exciting news! Scooty's Designs and EH Studios have teamed up for a new collaboration kit, and are giving one away! All you have to do is visit Scooty's Blog, leave a comment, and you'll be entered to win. Can't wait to see the full kit! Here's the preview of Sounds of Laughter:

Template Giveaway

Looking for another chance to win? Head on over to the Persnickety Prints blog for a chance to win these great "story telling" templates by Biograffiti. I've already for my chance!

{52 Inspirations} Week Five

I cheated a little bit on week 5, and scrapped a picture from week 6, but I had some really cute pics of Jules making a Build A Bear- a gift from Grandma and Grandpa for Valentine's Day. So here is the kit for this week:

Week Five- 52 Inspirations by Sue Cummings

And my layout:

Credits:
Week Five of 52 Inspirations by Sue Cummings
Ribbon- Morning Breeze Kit by Kitty Design
Rhinestone- Amy J Designs (aka. Me!)
Background Paper- Week 31 of 52 Inspirations by Vicki Stegall

{52 Inspirations} Week Thirty One

So I started working backwards AND forwards this week on 52 Inspirations! I don't want to get further behind, so I'll be working on the current week's kits as well as working on the early kits to get caught up.

So Week 31 was designed my Vicki Stegall, and I have to admit- I couldn't resist re-coloring one of the papers to charcoal grey, because yellow and grey is one of my FAVORITE combinations! So without further ado....

The kit/inspiration:

My Layout:

{52 Inspirations} Week Four

Week four of 52 inspirations is all about children. Well this wasn't a hard one for me to scrap! I chose to scrap three cute pics from my nephew's first birthday party.

Here's the inspiration kit:

Here is my layout:

Here are the other credits for this layout:
Background Paper- My own
Frames- Some Frames by Ange
Splatters, Word Art, and Lined Paper: Week 4- 52 Inspirations by Vicki Stegall
Paint Mask- Sue Cummings: Week 2- 52 Inspirations

My Disneyland Album

Check out my digital scrapbooking album from my recent trip to Disneyland!