Hey there, stampers! I hope you enjoyed the first day of sneak peeks yesterday! The Baker's Dozen and I are back today with more inspiration using the newest TE products for the May Release! All of the new products will be available at the TE web store on Thursday, May 8th at 7am PST.
Today we're showing off the newest additions to our Pockets & Pages collection for preserving your memories in the pocket layout style. We also have a new and very versatile Banner Stacklet shape, and a set of stamps and dies perfect for the Mr. Fix It in each of our lives!
But first, you'll want to get in on our latest giveaway! And if you haven't commented on yesterday's post, there's another great stamp set and die up for grabs right here!
Today we're giving away All the Fixings with coordinating dies & Pegboard!
Enter to win by leaving a comment on this blog post before Wednesday, May 7 at 11:59pm PST. One entry per person. Each comment will also be automatically entered into our Grand Prize drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate to the TE Store! Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Thursday, May 8, 2014.
Introducing:
All the Fixings with coordinating dies
Pegboard
Pockets & Pages Journaling - Graph
Pockets & Pages Journaling - Notepaper
Journal Tabs - Day
Journal Tabs - Month
Pockets & Pages - May Script
Leave a Little Sparkle
Banner Stacklets 3
For my first card I used the two products we're giving away today, All the Fixings with coordinating dies and the Pegboard die. Everybody needs a handy-man in their lives and for me that handy-man is my father-in-law. He has built countless things in our warehouse, refurbished an old wood entertainment center into a fabulous play kitchen for Madi, and in his most recent project he built a gallery wall like this one for me to put all our family pictures without having to hang frames on the walls. Thank heavens for Marv who can bring all my Pinterest dreams to life!
Speaking of Pinterest, during one of way too many hours spent pinning I came across this card which is where I drew my inspiration for the card I designed.
I started by cutting the pegboard from Kraft cardstock. Then I trimmed all of the tools from a combination of colored cardstock and metallic silver cardstock. I pieced together the tools and hung them from the pegboard with mini silver brads. Then I cut out my own makeshift work table from brown cardstock. All of the pieces and the card base are distressed around the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.
The sentiment I chose will make this the perfect Father's Day card for my father-in-law. And I'm looking forward to seeing what other uses I can find for this cool pegboard. Perhaps we need some crafty tools to hang next!
My next project is near and dear to my heart because it features our sweet Madelyn when she was 9 months old. She's so grown up and independent at two and a half so I cherish these little baby memories. All of the new Pockets & Pages products this month gave me the perfect opportunity to complete another memory for our scrapbook:
There are so many little elements and new products on this layout so I decided to take several closeup photos to give you a better idea of everything that went into this page. But first, I must note that everything was pulled together crisply and cleanly with the help of our Pockets & Pages Essentials 3x4 and 4x4 die sets. I use these on every pocket layout I make!
Here's a closer photo of the new Mischief Maker - Americana. I stamped the images onto a piece of white cardstock and then cut masks out for each of them. I also cut masks with the Cloud Duo die and the two small cloud dies sold with Sky's the Limit stamp set. With all the masks in place I chose a Copic marker and airbrushed the background. Then I removed the cloud masks and lightly airbrushed over the top so the contrast wouldn't be quite as stark between the white clouds and the blue sky. I colored the images with Copic and then added the grass border die cut along the bottom.
This portion of the layout uses the Patriotic Prose - Brave stamp. I inked the stamp with Memento Dew Drops in Nautical Blue and Love Letter and embellished with a cutout from the Star Stacklets and two small star sprinkles from Doodlebug.
As I've gotten more involved with pocket scrapbooking I discovered a void in my collection (gasp!). I own several sets of pre-printed journaling cards, but I often couldn't find the colors or style I wanted for my particular layout. This left me searching for items I could use to create my own journaling cards. I wanted something larger than our previously released notepaper and grid paper stamps and so this month we're releasing the Pockets & Pages version of these two stamps and they're generously sized at approximately 4.5" square.
In addition to the notepaper and grid paper designs, we have two Journal Tabs stamp sets with coordinating dies to record the day or month on your layout. Here I've embossed the July tab with Rouge embossing powder and cut it out with the coordinating die. To finish of my journaling card I added a firework from the Rocket's Red Glare stamp set.
Here's a look at another use for the previously released Fab Frames die. I embellished the corner with another Star Stacklet cutout and Doodlebug Sprinkle. So... do you think I went a little nuts with the Sprinkles?
That's it for my sneak peeks today! The rest of the Baker's Dozen gals have their own inspiring creations to share with you so make sure you hop along to check out the goodies!
Charmaine Ikach
Courtney Kelley
Jeanne Streiff
Jen Shults
Joan Ervin
Kendra Wietstock
Kerri Michaud
Sankari Wegman
Shelly Mercado
Stephanie Kraft
Taylor VanBruggen
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4th of July Pocket Layout
*pockets & pages - fab frames
*pockets & pages essentials - 3x4
*pockets & pages essentials - 4x4
*banner stacklets 1
*cloud duo
*sky's the limit plus coordinating dies
*grass border
*scotch adhesive dot roller - permanent
*scrapbook adhesives - 3d foam squares small
*doodlebug 6x6 pad - patriotic parade
*copic markers
*memento love letter full pad
*memento tuxedo black full pad
*memento nautical blue full pad
*doodlebug sprinkles - red, white & blue stars
*project life journaling pens
*zing! embossing powder - rogue opaque
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