November 15 Garden

Seriously, life has been SO busy. On top of everything else, I decided that now would be a great time to clean, purge and re-organize my studio. Good thinking, huh? Hopefully, this will all be done by Thursday, so I can share some photos of my space on the Garden Girls blog over at Two Peas. 

But in the meantime, hope you can check out the mid-month garden. The theme is "stickers" and the seasonal focus is Thanksgiving. Here are some of the ones that caught my eye this time around:

• Giving Thanks by Gennifer Bursett - Love this. Love the colors, the fonts, the soft, retro feel. And take some time to read her journaling. I especially love this one, "That Steve doesn't think housework is my job." I'm lucky that way too. Good thing or we'd both be disappointed. :)
• Hiccup Hiccup by Brooke Starnes - So sweet. Love the title rotated to 90 degrees.
• My All Day by Jennifer Gallacher - A GREAT idea for using up those extra American Crafts flair.
• So Thankful by Stephanie Dagan - did I mention I love Stephanie's work? Everything she does is magic. 

Here's a sticker layout (more info here):

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies:

• Cream, blue, dark peach cardstock
• Porcelain 12 x 12 Double Dot patterned paper by Bo Bunny Press
• Grandparents 97% Complete stickers by 7gypsies
• Sparkle Haute ribbon by American Crafts
• Heart deco pins by Heidi Grace
• Hugs 'n' Hearts clear stamp set by Hero Arts
• Peach chalk ink by Colorbox
• Lemonade glazed brad by Basic Grey
• Apron Lace border punch by Fiskars
• Scallop Sentiment border by Fiskars
• Corner Chomper corner rounder by We R Memory Keepers
• Silhouette diecutting machine by QuicKutz

A few things to note:

I used my Silhouette to cut all the hearts in the blue portion of the layout. Then I stamped some of them with flourishes (super hard to see in this photo), and a few are attached with foam adhesive.

The hearts on the dark peach paper are all stamped with images from one set, the Hugs 'n' Hearts set, which is currently 30% off at Two Peas.

I don't think the Heart deco pins are available anymore. I bought them a few years ago, but there are some other options here and here.

And here's a seasonal layout (more info here) :

©Two Peas in a Bucket

A few things to note:

I cut the title with my Silhouette. The font is English, and I just changed the spacing in the text settings, and then selected the weld feature so that it would cut one complete shape rather than eight separate letters.

I stamped behind the title with a flourish from the Fancy Pants Pollen Dust set. It's not available, but I noticed a few other Fancy Pants sets on Two Peas, and - joy! - they're on sale!  

Supplies:

• Aspen Indian Summer paper by Basic Grey
• Cedar Indian Summer paper by Basic Grey
• Russet Indian Summer paper by Basic Grey
• Indian Summer Elements Stickers by Basic Grey
  
• Indian Summer Buttons by Basic Grey
• vellum
• Pollen Dust stamps by Fancy Pants
• Pinecone ink by Tsukineko
  
• Silhouette diecutting machine by QuicKutz

And don't forget to check out the second week of the DIY Holiday Gift class at Two Peas! This week, Kelley Purkey made a clever Envelope Advent Calendar (I love the idea of sending this to someone special with a little giftie envelope for them to open everyday) and Shannon Tidwell made a funky Christmas Card Display.

Comments

[Sara Rossi]

Love the LO's Mary! Your details are amazing!! Try to find some time in the craziness to relax! Good Luck cleaning out your supplies!

[Rhonda Steed]

Great pages!! You make me want a Silhouette so BAD!!! You do such great stuff with yours!

[Laura T.]

Love the layouts. I don't own a Silhouette, but I hear all about all the great things you can create with one.

[Mary MacAskill]

Im pretty cheap about buying tools, but this is one that I sure dont regret. I mostly use it for cutting titles, but I keep eyeing all the new downloads they make, and there are some really cool ones!

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[Mary MacAskill]

Thanks Sara! I seriously need to take the weekend off and just sleep! LOL! But I DID finally get my little studio cleaned out and all kinds of stuff (Scenic Route, AC packs, stamps I dont use) purged to eBay boxes. I am such a packrat where scrappy stuff is concerned. Its sick, really. Im willing to bet its a problem for most of us scrappers. :)

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