Halloween House with Michelle McCord

Isn't this Halloween House just darling? And there's still plenty of time to make one before the happy haunting season begins!

At the very least I am going to make some of these supercute pumpkins. You can find a complete tutorial HERE in the wholesale gallery.

Thanks for the inspiration Michelle!

Reading Readiness with Cindy Liebel

To give the chipboard buttons the look of real buttons, I used glossy accents by Ranger. A very simple and easy technique you can also use on stickers, too. I also added pattern paper to the bracket chipboard to frame my title and photos. For the title, I used the school bingo card "read", which went perfect with my photos. I machine stitched around around the texted pattern paper and the scallop stickers for more added depth to my page. I love love the mini alpha stickers so much that I couldn't stop using them so i continued with what I wanted to say around my page.

Many thanks to Cindy for the awesome inspiration!

To see more of Cindy's work check out her blog and gallery at Two Peas in a Bucket.

August Contest Winner!

Congratulations to AmyA, this month's contest winner! I loved her entry "My Cowboy" because it so captures the essence of the old west. Don't you think she used Sherriff's Office perfectly?

Amy, send me your address at doris.sander@gmail.com and I'll get your prize in the mail!

September Updates!

First off, don't forget to enter the August contest! It ends tomorrow evening, so get those links posted! We love to see your creations!

We've got some additions to the gallery!

Keisha's is loaded with six inspiring layouts . . .

Ranjini has two lovely additions in hers . . .

and there's one more in Doris's gallery! Enjoy!

Back to School with Lisa Truesdell . . .

I created a page for each of my school age kids, featuring a back to school photo and their signatures. I kept the design and accents mostly the same, but tweaked each page a little so they aren't identical. I love how Jenni's new releases mix so well with her older products, and I think I'm going to be using her memo notepads a lot in the future.

To add a little interest on Alex's page, I punched stars from patterned paper and added them over the stars on another pattern.. I also tied baker's twine through vintage buttons and added them to some of the stars. I also used some yellow mist over the text paper to add a little color.
On Ben's page, I added aqua into the color scheme to change it up a bit. I stitched lines on the red patterned paper for a quilted look, and tied baker's twine into a bow. Vintage stars and Jenni's pearl flowers accent the page.

I plan on making a second page for each boy featuring a photo of them with their teachers and some info about their favorite parts of school. This basic design is flexible enough that I should be able to easily adapt it and add a page for each school year to create a cohesive album.

Thanks for the inspiration Lisa aka Gluestickgirl!

Tomorrow's inspiraton . . . new September JBS Mercantile from Keisha!

Dina!!!

Don't you just love new Dina Wakley layouts? I sure do!

This one features Jenni's new silver butterfly rub-on.

And this one showcases the new Halloween Bingos. So fun!

If you're not yet a follower of our blog you might want to become one . . . we have TEN guests and two tutorials planned for September! I'm really looking forward to sharing all the inspiration with you!

Happy September!

I hope you've had the chance to enjoy the September gallery. I have to say I found it way inspiring. I just keep going back to peek at it again and again. I think this layout by Michelle is exceptionally darling. Please let us know if you have any gallery questions for our design team; we're always so happy to answer them.

There are still September kits available and a few of the add-on which included lots of vintage and exclusive pieces like the sunny daisy and lovely regency lady above.

Jenni also added lots of fun vintage finds to the store Monday night. Most of those flew right out, but there are still a handful of this classic back to school add-on left. And don't forget that all the new JBS summer product is now available for purchase at Mercantile!