New Echo Park in the LCOM store now!

Echo Park has come out with a couple of new releases, and they're fabulous as always!

Summer Days is my absolute favorite. Perfect for all of the fun summer pictures that you'll be taking this year (or of all the ones you still haven't scrapped from previous years!).



The Summer Days chipboard is the perfect addition to this collection! Just think of all of the fabulous possibilities! Ah, it just gets my creative juices flowing!


If you love this as much as I do, you'll need to hurry as I can see this selling out quickly!

Sisters

Here's my last post using Cosmo Cricket's UpCycle. I've had such a blast with this collection, and I know I'll be digging back into these goodies soon!

For this layout I wanted to use the scraps that were left over from my other two layouts. Since upcycling is the process of converting waste materials into something useful, I found this very fitting!



Supplies

Papers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Borders
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Redesign
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Elements
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Revolve
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Remake


Other
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Stickers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Bling Bling
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Buttons
American Crafts Thickers
Maya Road Trinket pins
Bakers Twine

Ladies Night

It's time for another layout using the uber fabulous UpCycle! Seriously, if you're looking for a collection that is bold, girly and a bit retro, you need to get your hands on this! One thing that I absolutely love about this collection are the matching embellishments. The butterflies & doilies, as well as the package of buttons make it super easy to add that little extra to your page - no need for digging through jars of buttons and getting those punches out! Everything just works so perfectly!

I did a bit of misting on this page, which warped my paper a bit, so don't mind the lumps and bumps (I'm still trying to flatten it out, LOL).

(Click photo to enlarge)

Supplies

Papers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Borders
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Redesign
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Repeat
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Revolve
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Remake


Other
Cosmo Crickt's UpCycle
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Stickers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Bling Bling
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Butterflies & Doilies
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Buttons
American Crafts Thickers
My Little Shoebox letter stickers
Bakers Twine

Universal Adventure

Time for another LCOM post!

When I received this collection kit, I knew that it would be perfect for our recent trip to Universal Studios, Hollywood. I love the color combination that UpCycle has - it has to be one of my favorites! Absolutely perfect for all of the fun and colorful photos that we took!





I just love the look of baker's twine on my pages, but I wanted to try something different with it. I took the wood veneer hearts by Studio Calico, and wrapped the twine around the heart. I love how it turned out, and it'd work with any of the shapes that Studio Calico came out with!


Papers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Borders
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Redesign
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Repeat
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Reverse


Other
Cosmo Crickt's UpCycle
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Stickers
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Bling Bling
Cosmo Cricket / UpCycle - Butterflies & Doilies
Studio Calico / Wood Veneer - Hearts
Maya Road / Resin Blossom - Brown
American Crafts Thickers
My Little Shoebox letter stickers Bakers Twine

California Dreaming

I've been really busy lately, but I did manage to head to a weekend crop and was able to get a few things accomplished (yet not as much as I had hoped, but that's always the way it goes, right?!). Here's one of the pages that I made. I used the Hello Sunshine line by American Crafts. I pulled the purples and pinks from my dress (even though you can hardly see it!) and I love how bright and cheery the outcome is.

American Crafts - Hello Sunshine
American Crafts Delights
Studio Calico hearts
American Crafts Thickers
Bazzill Cardstock
Baker's Twine from the Twinery
Maya Road Trinket pin

A fabulous way to spend a weekend!

Leave some love, and be entered to win!

Everyone loves some praise, so head on over to the LCOM blog, look at some amazing inspiration by the marketing team, and leave some love! If you do, you could win a $5 gift certificate to their shop, which always has the latest and greatest scrappy supplies!

Gift Opening

Paper Secrets is having a birthday celebration and I'm hosting a sketch challenge! Here's the sketch, and I hope you join us!

Sketch courtesy of Pencil Lines

And, here's what I did with the sketch. I'm totally loving the look of ink splatters - and that little ring? I inked the little plastic piece left over from my ATG tape. Talk about recycling!