Dear Jen

so i have decided to change up mondays.
i am going to start a weekly post to
answer any scrappy questions you may have.
it doesn't matter how weird or bizarre..
just pm me and i will answer it on the
following monday.
....so get those questions in....
having troubles with a title? matching
paper? oraganizing? i'm here to help!!

watch for the first questions next monday!

Some sneaks

I thought I'd share some sneaks of the MSS July kit. I've gotten three layouts made with it so far, but plan on making more this weekend.









Do you have scrappy plans for the weekend?

New Arrivals

For those of you who don't know, I've been super sick since June 1st with a kidney disease. Fun times. So, with that I haven't been at the shoppe a lot.
But I'm slowly getting better (they're guessing another 2.5 weeks till I'm 100%), but today I managed to put out some new stuff for you all.

- new Studio Calico Documentary
- new Jenni Bowlin
- new Maya Road (and restocked the turquoise mist)
- Webster Pages trim
- new Echo Park
- American Crafts This and That adhesive
- restocked American Crafts page protectors
- new Martha Stewart punches

enjoy.

The love of the game

I made this layout using mostly products from the May kit, with some extra Crate Paper products thrown in. I chose my favourite photo of my son from his soccer season and had it printed as a 4x6. Then I chose six other shots and made a collage in Picasa. I cut up the collage and alternated the photos with squares of patterned paper, added some stickers (and stitching, of course!) and voilà, a layout to forever document my son's love of the game, without having to use "sports themed" supplies (of which I'm not a fan).

Thanks for looking!

brownies in a jar?

oh yes, you read that right! if you're wondering what i'm talking about, check it out over here.

here's a little teaser:

Colour all around me

By now its no secret.
i love colour. the more the merrier...
i love lots of colour in my scrapbooks,
and in my scrap space.
i find that seeing all the colours keeps
me inspired, but also simply happy.
so the next few photos are some examples
of the "happy" in my house

well first you've all seen my scrap space.
but i love it so i'm showing it again.
i love buttons, and have my big jar at the
centre of my table, but i wanted to see my faves.
so i but them in a frame.



i got this shadowbox at a yardsale,
and wanted to put something colourful in it..
these beads are only temporary, once i find the
perfect thing i'll switch it up.

the next couple shots are of my mm rack...i love it so much!
i love seeing all the little "things"



can't forget my paper rack..
i always put my favourite papers on the
top of each shelf, so i always have lots
of lovely to look at!

these 3 canvasses i painted awhile back, before i
started scrapbooking. you can switch up the order
and they will still blend together! i was clever eh?

some pretty flowers above my bed!

a little colourful art peppers the whole apartment.

...and i couldn't forget my girls' room!
they have their share of colourful stuff.


hmmm..i even had a photo of my bathroom
with the colourful shower curtain...doesn't want
to load..oh well...

i guess my point to this post is,
surround yourself with the colours you love most!
it'll boost up your happy!!!
happy monday!
jen

June Online Crop

Do you need some scrappy inspiration? Looking for some challenges to get your mojo going? Want to win a prize?

Then look no further than our June online crop.

It's easy and fun. Click on the link above to check out the challenges posted by our DT. Complete a challenge and post your layout in the MSS gallery. Then link that to the appropriate challenge in the forum before Sunday, June 13th, at midnight CST. From all the people who enter, names will be drawn to win prizes from the Shoppe.

It's as easy as that.

Happy scrapping!