tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198184732024-03-12T23:53:59.093-05:00Nicole NowosadNicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.comBlogger1510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-61946350884749832802017-01-31T08:47:00.000-06:002017-01-31T08:47:04.553-06:00Jillibean Soup - Wood Plank project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good morning! I have a SUPER easy wood plank project to share with you, using a 12x16 wood plank from the Mix the Media collection by Jillibean Soup.</div>
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My house doesn't have a lot of room on its' walls for home décor, but at certain times of the year, I always find room to add a little something on top of a cabinet in our front entrance. I made this really easy DIY piece with just a few supplies.</div>
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I used the 12x16 wood plank (in raw pine) by Jillibean Soup. It is perfect for adding your own color too, just do a light sanding and add some acrylic paint! I used the Witty White Happy Hues paint by Jillibean Soup and let it dry. </div>
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While it was drying, I cut the images for the wood out of black adhesive vinyl. The designs are both from the Silhouette online store.</div>
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Once it was dry, I lightly sanded the edges of the wood before applying my vinyl cut design. I should have distressed it a bit more, but it still looks pretty decent in the end.</div>
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As you can see, I simply added on my vinyl to the dry wood surface once it was completely dry. There are some tricks to getting it on (check out YouTube for tips), but once you get the hand of it, it's pretty easy!</div>
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I added in some bling to the center of the snowflakes for a little sparkle and I was all done! I figure this is something that can stay around our house beyond the holidays since we have "winter" for almost 4-6 months of the year! HA!</div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-78826442769545847052017-01-27T10:30:00.000-06:002017-01-27T10:30:22.565-06:00Jillibean Soup - Let It Snow layout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello! This month on the Jillibean Soup blog, the DT was challenged to use the new<a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200"> Day 2 Day</a> planner items on non-planner projects!</div>
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I started my page by grabbing some of the great <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day planner stickers.</a> I used those as a grid for the bottom of my page, and as you can see, I added in some stamped rectangle in the same size for the remaining spots. Those were stamped using the <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/product&path=200&product_id=1421">Day to Day planner stamps</a>!</div>
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I filled in the top of my page with some Mini Placemats (diecut shapes) from the Sew Happy Sunshine Soup collection - I thought they kind of looked like snowflakes. I added in some star sequins and some cute little puffy stickers from the <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day planner collection</a> too.</div>
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A die cut title completed the whole page quickly and easily! (from the Silhouette store)</div>
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Stop by the <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup blog</a> today to see how some of the rest of the team took on this months' designer challenge!</div>
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WINTER is <strike>coming</strike>. Yep, I said it, and now it's full on here. We have been so lucky in our city as it hasn't really been cold. If you didn't know, I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. We are known across the country for our cold winters. We are known as Winterpeg. HA!</div>
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As I type this, it is snowing big fluffy flakes outside, and really, it is about time. As much as I don't like the snow, I really don't mind it either. It is just here so darn long!</div>
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Because it gets do darn cold, we don't actually venture outside enough to take photos most of the time. Winter photos are pretty rare here, which is pretty strange. </div>
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I managed to have one of my daughter on a "warmer" winter day last winter and decided to use it for a challenge on the <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/">Shimelle blog</a> on "snowflakes"</div>
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I used the Frozen Windowpanes cut file from my digital cut file store - <a href="http://justnick.myshopify.com/">JustNick studio</a> for this page. I like the modern rounded snowflake look and wanted to use that with some non traditional winter colors on my page.</div>
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You can see that I backed most of the cut file with various pink and blue toned papers, along with some vellum in spots too. I like leaving some empty spaces on cut files like this one, so that background pops through a little.</div>
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I added some tags and smaller diecuts along the top of my page, adding a title and some glittery asterisks from a Thicker set. They seemed to remind me of small snowflakes.</div>
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I really love how it all came together. Filling a background like this one is a little time consuming, but I love the result in the end.</div>
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I really must try to remember to get outside more this winter on the days that I am able ! Snow is quite pretty and I need to take advantage of that more!</div>
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The winter season is always a busy scrapping time for me. This month, I have been finishing the details on my upcoming classes with Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine for the Crop and Create events that are happening in Toronto, Moncton, Calgary and Abbotsford!</div>
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If you are thinking of attending one of these events, I would love to see you in class!</div>
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Here is a sneak of my upcoming class - Big, Bold and Beautiful, featuring the Amy Tangerine collection Oh Happy Day.</div>
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FYI, there is quite a bit of fussy cutting in this class and it makes the projects so pretty! Just love those pretty flowers so much in this collection.</div>
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I really feel that these 2 projects (a single and double page spread) are totally my style and super fun. I am excited to share how you can create these projects quickly and easily too!</div>
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Ah, my girl, so grown up now already - almost 8 in March! This single page is my fave!</div>
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The Toronto event is sold out - but we would love to see you in Moncton, Calgary or Abbotsford too! We often have ladies travel far and wide to the events and it's always a treat to meet up with folks we have met online! Hope to see some of you there... if you are coming, I would love for you to let me know in the comments :)</div>
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I am off to Phoenix, AZ today for CHA 2017! I am excited to see all the new collections, meet up with old friends who just "get" what we do! An exciting trip for me! I should be sharing some video on the Scrapbook and Cards Today Facebook page as well as on their Instagram (@sctmagazine). Please stop by and say HI if you happen to check out the video!</div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-12308811117872304562017-01-16T09:51:00.002-06:002017-01-16T09:52:07.706-06:00Fancy Pants Designs sneak peek!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello! Just quickly stopping in to share a sneak of a project I have up on the Fancy Pants Designs blog today using the lovely Golden Days collection.</div>
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While this collection was made for fall, the coral color is perfect for a lovey themed project too</div>
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I used the<a href="http://justnick.myshopify.com/products/heart-is-full-background"> Heart is Full background</a> from my digital cut file store JustNick for the background.</div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-420544541897057592017-01-16T09:44:00.001-06:002017-01-16T09:44:43.341-06:00Fancy Pants Designs - Joy Parade! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello hello! For the last 2 weeks we have been sharing projects on the <a href="http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/life-is-amazing/">Fancy Pants Designs blog</a> using the fun new collection <a href="http://www.fancypantsdesigns.com/products/joy_parade">Joy Parade</a>! </div>
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I created a bright and colorful page using this collection - I managed to use a lot of the bright, vibrant paper on my page.</div>
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I used some simple strips of patterned paper around the exterior of my page to draw the eye to the photos in the centre! A really great way to add a big impact of color and still draw the focus to the photos that you are using. Quite often the "stuff" we put on the page detracts from the photos! Not good, right?</div>
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This is a great way to easily mix up patterns too. Just use all that pretty color and pattern in smaller doses rather than large pieces mixed together.</div>
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All in all, I love how this page came together. I find it really is about the idea to get the page going. Quite often for me that is a shape or size in my mind and then things just happen!</div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-89751991510635682352017-01-13T10:45:00.000-06:002017-01-13T10:45:03.434-06:00Jillibean Soup cards - Day 2 Day collection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Did you know that Jillibean Soup has come out with a new planner collection! Yup, it's true - it's called <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day</a>! Now, if you are like me and not a planner person. ie. use a planner but don't "decorate it", then you try to find ways to use these items in other ways right?</div>
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Well, I created these 2 cards using some items from the <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day collection</a> along with some other items by Jillibean Soup.</div>
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Check out those awesome clear stickers. Great for planners yes - but also great for card sentiments and to add to layouts too.</div>
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For this card, I used a lot of the <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day planner stickers</a> as the "paper" for the card front, adding foam adhesive in behind each sticker to add a little dimension.</div>
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It's a really simple card, and NO STRESS! I like projects that happen that quickly! Stop by the blog today to see how our DT also used the <a href="http://www.jillibean-soup.com/wholesale/index.php?route=product/category&path=200">Day 2 Day collection</a> to make a whole lotta cards this month! </div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-39511306315039474222017-01-12T10:25:00.000-06:002017-01-12T10:25:06.617-06:00What we love about Lucas - Shimelle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello! Anyone out there? I took a bit of a break from blogging and only posted my projects on Instagram or Facebook, but wonder if that works for people? It's a tricky slope for me, wondering if people do read blogs anymore.. or are we saturating our social media "feeds" too much with scrappy stuff? I don't know.. what do you think?</div>
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At any rate, I have a project to share with you today as part of my catch up that I made for the as one of the contributing designers for the <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/">Shimelle blog</a>. Our topic was all about embossing... and this is what I came up with!</div>
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I used one of the papers in the True Stories collection for most of this layout. Well, I ended up with more, but the intention was to use that one sheet - it's a multi color thicker striped paper green/blue - and that was it. In the end, I usually add more! HA!</div>
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As you can see, I trimmed that paper up into strips and then embossed the different colors with two different embossing folders - both polka dots to they work well together, but different sizes to make it a little more interesting. I added in some polka dot papers with other colors in there, to bring in a little of that red from my photo. I added some simple journaling strips to each of my embossed strips and then added some small embellishments throughout.</div>
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I have a project up on the Fancy Pants Designs blog <a href="http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/life-is-amazing/">today</a> using the bright and vibrant Joy Parade collection.<br />
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Here is a quick sneak peek for you since you were kind enough to stop by the blog today:<br />
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You can head over to the Fancy Pants Designs blog <a href="http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/life-is-amazing/">HERE</a> to see the entire post. I will be back soon with the full project and process video for this page!<br />
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-22435766137622981462017-01-10T09:23:00.000-06:002017-01-10T09:23:01.221-06:00Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine winter issue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The winter issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine was released on December 9 - have you had a chance to check it out yet?</div>
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Each issue this year, a different designer created mini books for a special article in the magazine. This issue, it was my turn.</div>
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I used the Pink Paislee collection <a href="http://www.pinkpaisleestore.com/default.aspx?PageID=830&CategoryID=971">Take Me Away</a> for this valentine themed album. I cut all the pages on my Silhouette Cameo and added some thinner chipboard between the paper layers to create the book. I like making my own albums from scratch, and sewing them together on my sewing machine. A lot less adhesive and the stitching adds a fun texture.</div>
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Throughout the album, I added in some tags and ephemera from the collection and attached onto the jump ring that I used to hold the album together.</div>
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Since there was not a lot of room for journaling in the album, I ran some vellum hearts in my typewriter and added my journaling on them. It gets the job done without adding bulk.</div>
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To watch me flip though the album, I created little video! Check it out:</div>
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Happy New Year! I am way behind on blogging this week but didn't want to forget to post about this month's cut file freebie over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog!</div>
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Here is the January freebie:</div>
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I simply chose to use the 2017 for my title along with the "right now" and a few stars to my page. A cut file is simply a good starting point, and doesn't always need to fill in a complete page right!<br />
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I used the Dear Lizzy Saturday collection for this page. I love the pretty yellow, navy and green colors in the collection!</div>
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Here is a close up of the cut file portions on the page:</div>
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That's it for me today! Here is a link to grab this download for FREE <a href="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2017/01/free-cut-file-tuesday-with-nicole-nowosad.html">link</a> </div>
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Well, Christmas is over and New Year's Eve is around the corner. I have one last DIY project to share with you from our holiday season that I created for the Fancy Pants Designs blog this month.</div>
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I started with a plain Jane candleholder. Pretty basic, fine... but totally boring! I really love the gold foil star vellum in the Merry & Bright collection and had a bit of an idea.... and got to work.</div>
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I measured the height of my candleholder and then trimmed my vellum down so it fit that height. I wrapped it around and luckily for me, there was a very small 1/8" overlap. This was good, as I did need some of the vellum to overlap so I could adhere it together.</div>
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I used some Ranger Glossy Accents to that overlap and held in in place a few minutes until it was stuck together. This took maybe 2-3 mins, so not too long. I added some gold glitter washi tape from the Millie & June collection along the bottom edge.</div>
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Next, was to cover up that overlap! I added a swag of craftiness I had in my stash, and tied it all together with some ribbon. I glued that to the vellum and then tied on a tag from the Merry & Bright collection tag pack. I love the pop of red it gave and that gold foil embossing is just so pretty! </div>
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Happy Holidays! December is here and I am all ready for Christmas in our house. The tree us up and even most of the gifts are wrapped. I have been working on some holiday themed projects for some DT assignments and wanted to share this one with you today that I created for <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> this month.</div>
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I started with lots of the Holly Berry Borscht collection by Jillibean Soup. I also used a cut file from my digital cut file store - <a href="http://justnick.myshopify.com/">JustNick studio</a>. This is the Holly Background 2. I cut the background from a white brick paper in the Soup Staples III collection and then popped the whole thing to my background with foam adhesive. I had intended to fill those empty holly berry holes with red paper, but I like the way they are open and the background popping through, so I went with it!</div>
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I die cut some holly leaves and berries from more Jillibean Soup papers and added them to my page, after I added my photo and the journaling card. I LOVE using holly and berries in my holiday projects - something different than the standard trees I see on a lot of pages. </div>
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I really love how this one came out! The background really pops with those fun holly leaves in the patterned papers! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate!</div>
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Hello hello! I had a project hit the Fancy Pants Designs blog the other day, and thought I would share it with you! </div>
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Fancy Pants has come out with some fantastic rub-ons to co-ordinate with their Merry & Bright collection, and I thought that they would look great on some clear ornaments I picked up from the local craft store.</div>
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The rub-ons made for a super easy project - quite simply. I placed the design over the clear ornament and used my rub on tool to stick it all together! This one here is my favorite - it's using one of the rub on titles in the Merry & Bright collection:</div>
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Sorry for the glaring photo - hard to do with gold foil and clear ornaments! I some other sentiment rub ons on a few other ornaments and then on the last one, instead of rub-ons, I attempted to add some bottle brush trees to the inside of the ornament.</div>
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It was quite easy really. The trick is to have to correct size of bottle brush trees that will fit down the neck of the ornament. These ones in the Merry & Bright collection are the smallest and fit the best! I simply added a glue dot or two to the bottom of the wood tree base and then stuck them inside! I added some fluffed cotton and a few gold glitter balls I had in my stash to add some sparkle.</div>
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I am pretty happy with how they turned out ! A really quick craft to do when you are feeling crafty, but are short on time this holiday season!</div>
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Playing a little more catch up here on the blog....Today, I have another <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> project to share using the Hardy Hodgepodge and Chit Chat Chowder collections!</div>
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Truth is, this layout came in the midst of a major no-mojo period... I just had NO desire to get paper to paper and had to get a project completed. I decided to go to fail safe plan for scrapping. Use those scraps up! I grabbed various papers from both collections and just punched a whole lot of 1" circles!</div>
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As you can see, I created an almost scale like pattern on each side of the page. I started on the edges and worked my way overtop each row. Came together pretty quickly once I had all the circles punched out. In the end, there always seems to be more circles punched out than I needed, but I am okay with that. Toss those back into the scrap pile to use up on another layout or card.</div>
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I am up on the blog today with a fun DIY home décor project, using a Jillibean Soup wood plank and a cut file from my digital die cut store - <a href="http://justnick.myshopify.com/">JustNick studio</a></div>
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I am not a huge home décor person, but once the holidays hit, I love having some small homemade projects around to decorate our home. We don't have a lot of wall space, so this makes things difficult, but a project like this can hang our even be sent out on a ledge or lean against a wall, if it's big enough!</div>
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I die cut the Holiday Wreath from JustNick studio out of Silhouette stencil material. I laid the entire thing in place and then removed the portions that I wanted painted. I like to use a paper piercer for this, so it's easier to remove. Now, it's time to paint! I dab it on in layers so that too much isn't applied all at once - that makes the paint sometimes bleed under the stencil and can create quite the situation.</div>
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I really love how this one turned out. It's really a simple project that would make a great gift too!</div>
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Long time, no speak! I meant to share this last week, but I had a few other things going on and missed it. I was asked to participate in a fun holiday themed Youtube video hop of sorts!<br />
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I was up on Day 6 and had to use 6 of one item on my page. I chose 6 different patterned papers and created this page:<br />
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I also used the free cut file for December 6 over at JustNick - Frosted Windowpanes. I used those 6 papers to back most of the cut file as you can see here.</div>
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Let's talk outdoors. Over on the Shimelle blog, we were challenged all about using those outdoor photos. For me, quite the challenge.</div>
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Truth is, those photos can be sometimes quite busy and not super attractive to scrapbook right? But the memories are still what they are and deserve to be captured! I tried to come up with a different way to do just that... and so this is the result:</div>
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I wanted to include little bits of journaling so I typed some up and then added it below several fussy cut polaroid frames from and earlier Shimelle collection.</div>
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The winter issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine is out TODAY! You can view it online for FREE on their website <a href="http://www.scrapbookandcards.com/">here</a></div>
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I have two projects in this issue... here is my super seasonal one that turned out kind of cute using some fun Doodlebug Designs papers.</div>
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Feeling festive?? I am ! I dove deep into the holidays this year and made a few holiday themed scrapbook pages and wanted to share this one with you today! </div>
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This is one I made for the <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> blog using the Holly Berry Borscht collection and some scraps of paper!</div>
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This tree came together with a series of simple strips of paper in varying sizes. I layered them up together, largest on the bottom, to smallest on top, while trying to switch up the width and color of those strips along the way.</div>
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I decorated my "tree" with some of my favorite May Arts natural twine, adhesive sequins and <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> wood sprinkles and a little bit of machine sewing too.</div>
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I couldn't resist a little sparkle and shine, so I added in a gold foil diecut title from <a href="http://justnick.myshopify.com/">JustNick Studio</a> to the bottom of the tree, a glitter star punched star and a few rounded half circles of gold foil throughout the tree itself too.</div>
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I love how this one came together and how it made a small dent in my never-ending pile of scraps I just can't seem to get to the bottom of. I hope you are inspired a little to make a tree of your own, for the holidays or otherwise!</div>
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Hello, hello! I am stopping in to share a holiday card I made for the <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> blog this month. I love the new Shape Shaker program and wanted to use one of the shaker cards for the center of the wreath on my card front.</div>
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I die cut a whole ton of holly leaves on my Silhouette Cameo and arranged them around the large open circle area. I did place the shaker insert in place (not glued), so that I could see where the leaves needed to stop so they didn't rub up too much on the plastic insert.</div>
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I added some <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> adhesive sequins and some punched circles for holly berries and then stitched the whole thing together, adding in some wood sprinkles to the inside of the shaker insert at the end to fill the center in a fun way!</div>
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Good morning! It's the first Tuesday in December, and that means that it is free cut file day again on the <a href="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/">Scrapbook and Cards Today blog</a>!<br />
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Since it's the holiday season, this one is holiday themed. Check it out:<br />
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I used the new Fancy Pants collection - Merry and Bright - for the die-cut ornaments. I cut out one of each from the set, using the Merry as my title for the page.<br />
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You can grab this file for FREE over on the <a href="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/">Scrapbook and Cards Today blog</a> today!<br />
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Don't forget that the new winter issue of the magazine is out this Friday December 9, 2016... and it's free to view online!<br />
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-84457099405984386262016-12-05T09:38:00.000-06:002016-12-05T09:38:00.150-06:00Simple Joy <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good morning! I am stopping in to share a card I made for the <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> blog this month in less than 5 minutes! Yep, I am telling you the truth - you can do this in 5 minutes!</div>
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I started off with some small scraps of Holly Berry Borscht paper from my <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> stash to make my hand cut letters. On the back of the papers, I drew out the letters and then made them into bubble letters, but drawing around the letters around 1/8" in pencil. All that was left to do was to cut those letters out and finish off the rest of the card.</div>
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I used one of the <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> Shape Shaker cards for my base - this one is the small circle. I used the circle as the O in my card, as you can see. I filled the shaker with a mixture of gold sequins from the Shape Shaker program and then added some mini gold stamped stars and a sentiment, using clear stamps from <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a>. </div>
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I added those hand cut letters with some foam adhesive and all done! It really was a super quick project and this is one you could replicate quite easily, and use up all those scraps you hoard!</div>
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It's that time of year - time to start prepping for the holidays and wrapping gifts! I love to try to make a few things DIY style and this year, I created these fun mini boxes and tags.</div>
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I used the new <a href="http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/">Fancy Pants Designs</a> collection Merry & Bright that is SO pretty, and totally gift worthy!</div>
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I diecut these boxes from a template on my Silhouette Cameo just from some plain textured cardstock. I adhered them together with some glue dots for stability - double sided tape would work great too. They were a little too plain, so I added some punched white cardstock trim and some <a href="http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/">Fancy Pants Designs</a> corrugated paper to decorate a little.</div>
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As you can see, I created little tags for each box using some scraps from my stash.</div>
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I like making unique tags for each gift, these are things that make DIY so great, as you can't find that in a commercial store! This one is simple just some stitched pennant shapes of paper and a piece of flair and a few buttons.</div>
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I hand cut the J and Y and added a large red button for my O. So easy and quick!</div>
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This one is just a series of strips of holiday themed paper from the collection, stitched together with a mini die cut, some puffy stickers and a few mini buttons too.</div>
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Nicole Nowosadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17789657639526055568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19818473.post-87382537540759394462016-11-30T10:44:00.000-06:002016-11-30T10:44:00.167-06:00I love right now - Jillibean Soup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been playing catch up a little here on my blog. I took a bit of a blogging break as I was out of town for a few weeks here and there teaching at some Crop & Create events for Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine!</div>
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I am hoping to get back into the blogging habit better now, and I have a lot of projects to share. </div>
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This is one that I created for the Jillibean Soup blog earlier this month using 2 of their newer collections - Hardy Hodgepodge and Chit Chat Chowder.</div>
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I found myself in a bit of a scrapping rut with all these out of town trips cutting into my scrapping time, so I reverted to a simple grid style layout for this page. It's a go-to when you are in a bit of a no-mojo situation!</div>
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To the center of my grid, I added my title, using some hand cut letters (my new addiction) and a wood wire word from <a href="http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Jillibean Soup</a> along with some corrugated letters that are new too!</div>
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