SRM Stickers Design Team!

I am so very happy to share that I have been invited to join the SRM Stickers design team! I have been on their design team twice before, as well as the challenge blog design team, and I am absolutely thrilled to be returning once again! Susan is one of the sweetest, smartest, and lovely people in the papercrafting industry, and I love that I get to support her company in this way.

The announcement is on their blog today, which you can read here. I'm sharing a new layout, too:

Since she turned one a couple weeks ago, I've been really nostalgic and scrapping a lot of baby photos. I think she might actually fit these sunnies now ;).

I used the Valentines border stickers for this page. The "I love you" and "xoxo" and pennant banner come from this sheet. I especially loved the red border stickers and how they brought out the red in the floral patterned paper.

I decided to just go with just her initial for the title. I didn't have a red alpha that matched the pretty red of the stickers (they were all too dark), so I decided to paint a blank chipboard "A". When the paint dried, it was still a bit too dark, so I used some Glossy Accents to make it shiny. I was happy to see that the Glossy Accents brightened the "A", too :).

I am seriously in love with these Pinkfresh Studio arrows. I've been hoarding them, and now I'm almost all out!

So, watch this space! More SRM Stickers projects are coming. Thanks for stopping by today, and if you haven't already, be sure to check out SRM. Have a good one!

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Pretty Little Studio and Pinkfresh Studio Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Precocious Paper! If you're new here, my name is Tessa Buys and I design for Pretty Little Studio. I'm a huge fan of Pinkfresh Studio, too, so I am really excited for this team up of companies and designers. If you arrived from the lovely Jenni Calma's blog, you are in the right place. If you've just happened upon this hop and would like to join us from the beginning, start here.

I'm fairly sure that Melissa of Pretty Little Studio designed the Baby Claire line for my Adlyn. The adorable papers, die-cuts and tags are sheer perfection for scrapping my baby girl. This page is all about her turning 6 months old.

I love how hip the Pinkfresh Studio goodies make this line feel. I love juxtaposing vintage looks and modern trends, so the addition of the gold metallic, scallop puffy stickers makes me super happy. I love, love, love the brad stickers - I always ruin a nail pushing back the prongs of regular brads, so these are great ;).

My favorite Pinkfresh things to play with were the ombre airmail washi and the gold foil striped alphas. So much fun!

My favorite Pretty Little Studio goodies on this page are the flair (just darling) and the word stickers. I'm crazy about the typewriter font and the simply cute addition they are to the page.

When all was said and done with my layout, I used what was on my desk to create this card:

Again, I love those scallops! I trimmed the bottom one to fit in the space. And that Pretty Little Studio paper - gosh, I love bows and roses!

If you'd like to get your hands on $30.00 of Pretty Little Studio and $30.00 of Pinkfresh Studio goodies, be sure to leave a comment here and on every other stop of the hop before September 15th. And if you missed yesterday's line-up, be sure to start that hop here.

If you don't think you're the lucky type, and you'd rather just buy the goodies now, please use these coupon codes to place your orders:

Thank you to Pinkfresh Studio for the chance to design with your amazing products, and, as always, thanks to Pretty Little Studio for this gorgeous line! Enjoy the rest of the hop and thank you for visiting! Please tell Magda Bolinska, your next stop on the hop, hello for me! Tessa

In case you get a little lost, Tuesday's line-up:
Pinkfresh Studio… http://pinkfreshstudio.blogspot.com/
Jennie Garcia... http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com
Marie-Pierre Capistran… http://mpcapistran.blogspot.com/
Els Brige… http://bestamped.wordpress.com/
Monique Liedtke… http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Jenni Calma… http://papercardinal.blogspot.com/
Tessa Buys... http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/
Magda Bolinska… http://mumkaa.blogspot.com/
Tina Walker… http://adogslife-thirteen.blogspot.com/
Margareta Carlson… http://www.paperpilekitten.com/
Sindi Jeffers… http://sindiscraps.blogspot.com/
Taheerah Atchia… http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/
Pretty Little Studio… http://prettylittlestudio.com/plsblog/

Apple Candles - SRM Stickers

Hello! I love that as fall approaches, pumpkin is all the rage. My Pinterest feed is already filled with pumpkin desserts, drinks, muffins and pancakes. I love a good pumpkin recipe, but let's please not skip over apple season! Apples are the star of the show over at SRM Stickers' challenge blog this month. Here is my take:

I found these cute apple-scented candles in mini mason jars at my local dollar store. I removed the label from the top and tied some gold and ivory Twinery twine around the lid.

My stem is a mini spool. I bought a bag of them at Michaels a while back - they are perfect for winding shorter bits of washi tape and twine :).

I trimmed a piece of cardstock to fit, then adhered my SRM Sticker sentiment to the far right of the paper. I glued the left end of the cardstock to the spool, wrapped it around once, and secured it with a bit more glue. I cut a notch in the end of the paper for a finished look.

Last, I trimmed a leaf shape from wool felt and glued it to the back of my stem. I plan to give these to a couple of friends I've been thinking about lately.

If you'd like to join in on the challenge, please visit the SRM Challenge Blog here. Besides apples, there are other ways to join in - a color palette, a card sketch, and themes.

On another note, In case you haven't seen, Pretty Little Studio and Pinkfresh Studio have teamed up for an awesome blog hop today and tomorrow! My project will be part of tomorrow's hop, so I hope you'll come back and take a look then. In the meantime, you'll love today's line-up! Start here for great projects, giveaways, and awesome discounts from both companies.

Have a great day! Tessa