Designer Friday

I can't believe it's Friday already.  This week flew by!  I hope you're not in a rush to get to your weekend plans because I have a handful of gorgeous projects to share with you today.

First, Anna designed this beautiful page with one of the most recent Fabric and Felt Flower additions to the shop - the Pink and Lagoon Paisley Bouquet:

Anna altered the lagoon-colored flower by removing the bottom layer, then added that layer elsewhere on the page.  Brilliant :).  I also love the addition of purple - very sweet!

Next, Amanda has been busy with a new set of Sweet Spots that coordinates with the upcoming March Sampler, "A Walk in the Woods."  This grid design is just gorgeous!

And speaking of "A Walk in the Woods", Mandie got to play with the March sampler and she created this sweet baby boy layout (click to view larger):

I intended the colors of this sampler to compliment more masculine projects, but I didn't realize how well it would work for sweet baby boy photos.  Sigh, this is just too adorable :).  Mandie used SEI's Chick A Doo line.

I'll be sharing even more from the design team tomorrow, so stay tuned :).  I've had a wonderful (big!) response to the samplers and new products in the shop over the past couple of weeks, and I hope to get all caught up on those orders today.  And I apologize for being a bit of a tease with the details of my etsy-versary celebration - Monday, I promise!  Have a great day! Tessa

Hair Clippie by Mandie

Need a sweet hair accessory for Valentine's Day?  Design team member Mandie has an adorable project to share with us today:

Product: Sweet Dots Fabric and Felt Flower

Mandie says, "I simply covered a clip with some cute red ribbon, then ran a line of hot glue and stuck my flower into it! But I also wanted a fun way to present them as a gift...."

"I created this card with my Hello Kitty Greeting Cricut Cartridge and instead of cutting out the flower that goes on her head I just skipped that step and clipped on the flower clip that I made instead! Now I have a beautiful gift to give to a special little girl :)."  Super cute, Mandie!  I love the idea of using a hair clippie as a, well, hair clippie on a papercrafting project :).

Not only do the Fabric and Felt Flowers make great hair clips, but also the Lace and Felt Flowers and the Rolled Fabric Flowers (when backed with felt).  Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll be sharing two fabulous layouts from my January guest designer, Irini, tomorrow, and then it's back to sharing my own layouts on Thursday.  And I have to say THANK YOU for your wonderful response to yesterday's post.  I am really busy in the shop now!  Have a great day! Tessa

Designer Friday!

I love Fridays.  I especially love them because I get to share with you what my talented design team has been up to.  Mandie created one of her fabulous signature double-page layouts with three sets of my rolled fabric flowers - Hunter Green, Red, and Caramel:

Mandie said, "When I saw the flowers in my package I knew they would be PERFECT with the Echo Park Merry Christmas papers that I have been hoarding!"  I knew they'd be perfect, too - that's why Mandie was sent these particular blooms :).  You can really see the shine in this photo:

Windy is ready for gift-giving after using fabric and felt flowers from the Country Christmas Bouquet and Christmas Scroll set.

"I think these would make great gift bags and gift card holders for teacher, co-worker gifts or for anyone you might be delivering a small gift to," Windy says.  I agree!  The kraft paper compliments the flowers so well, and the result is simply elegant.

Thank you, Mandie and Windy, for some fantastic holiday inspiration!  How are your holiday preparations coming along?  If you'd like to place an order for any holiday gifting, scrapping, or decorating, I can ship on Monday :).  Use this coupon code for 10% off your order: DESIGNERFRIDAY2 (good through Sunday).  Shop here.

Have a wonderful day! Tessa

Designer Friday

Happy Friday all!  I have two beautiful cards to share with you today, from designers Windy and Mandie.  I love how easy it is to dress up a card with a Precocious Paper flower - a little patterned paper, a sweet sentiment, and the embellishment does all the rest for you.

Windy created this beautiful card with an Autumn Leaves Dyed Cardboard Flower:

To create card:
1) make card from cardstock
2) adhere patterned paper rectangle and strip
3) adhere metallic pearls
4) adhere sentiment letters
5) adhere flower

Products used: flower: Autumn Leaves Dyed Cardboard Flowers, cardstock: Vintage Cream by Papertrey Ink, patterned paper: Curio collection by Basic Grey and Autumn Harvest by Making Memories, embellishment: metallic pearls by Mark Richards, stickers: Tiny Type by Cosmo Cricket

As part of the Attitude of Gratitude challenge, I love what Windy shares here: "Ultimately I am thankful for all that is in my life... the good, the bad and even the ugly....because all of that has made me and my family who and what we are today. And I have to say that I'm pretty proud them, because even though we are far from perfect, we live a pretty good life together and I'm extremely thankful for that."

From autumn to winter, we next have a snowy card from Mandie:

Mandie found beautiful blue snowflake paper in her stash to create her background with.  She  layered a light blue Lace and Felt Flower (this color coming soon to the shop!) onto a scalloped circle that she created with her Mini Monograms Cricut Cartridge.  Finishing touches include pretty satin ribbon and an embossed sentiment.

As for my Attitude of Gratitude thoughts for the day, today I'm grateful for my role as a mother.  After spending hours upon hours yesterday cleaning and doing laundry (our recently washed clothes were inundated by ants!), I reminded myself that even though my daily tasks may not be glamorous or fun, I love doing them.  I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to serve my family, love them, teach them, and be with them.  I wouldn't trade this job for any other in the world.

Thank you for stopping by!  If you get a chance, I have layouts featured today on the Scrapbook Circle blog (later today) and the Papercrafts Inspirations blog.  Thank you, Windy and Mandie, for sharing your creations with us.  Have a wonderful Friday, everyone! Tessa

Designer Friday

Happy Friday everyone!  I have two more wonderful and talented designers to share with you today, Windy and Mandie.

Meet Windy: I'm the mother of 5 year old Campbell and 2 year old Hadley, and the wife of wonderful Brian. We reside in Loveland, Ohio-- a suburb on the east side of Cincinnati. I've been scrapbooking for about 12 years, and started making cards a little over a year and a half ago. Since then I have fallen head over heels in love with card making, and have been fortunate to have my work published in Paper Crafts and Cards magazine. In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my family and volunteering in my community. If I can do something helpful and creative everyday, I'm a happy girl!

Windy has created a beautiful gift tag and photo frame - a gorgeous gift, don't you think?

Windy took a $1.00 frame from Michaels and transformed it with a Tim Holtz mask, walnut stain distress ink, and a Falling Leaves Fabric and Felt Flower.

Windy created the tag in much the same way, but altered the size of the Falling Leaves flower by removing the bottom layers of fabric and felt.

Meet Mandie: I've always loved crafting! When I had my first daughter 4 1/2 years ago my aunt introduced my to scrapbooking! She bought me a basket of supplies and I was HOOKED! Scrapbooking and paper crafting was that missing "something" that I had been looking for. I like to think that my style is still evolving and right now I mostly scrap two page layouts. I also feel like no layout of mine is complete unless it has flowers, ribbon and/or buttons! I also enjoy making cards with my scraps from past projects. Luckily my husband of nine years is very understanding about my love of scrapbooking! We also have a beautiful 1 1/2 year old daughter whom I am currently working on baby pages of! I love to scrap not only our family adventures but also the little everyday moments. I'm so excited to be a part of the Precocious Paper team!

Mandie is my go-to girl for two-page layouts, something I should play with more.  She created this sweet layout with a Primrose Lace and Felt Flower.

This fun layout includes my I *heart* Halloween Embellishments and an Orange Glitter Tulle and Felt Flower.  I love how the orange pieces of the Halloween set worked so well for a hayride theme.

Mandie used one of my favorite colors in my lace and felt line, Grass Green.  I love the way it looks paired with all those pretty fall papers and the deep teal background.

Inspired?  How about a little reward for my blog readers: purchase any of the products featured today and receive 25% off of those items.  Just type "designer friday" into the box during checkout (or convo or email me) and I will quickly send you a refund via PayPal.  You have through Sunday to take advantage of this offer.  Shop here.

I will be back later today with my layout for Scrap That Poetry, including one of my favorite Precocious Paper goodies :).  Thank you Windy and Mandie, and have a great Friday! Tessa