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I used Polka Dot Pixel’s houndstooth and craft papers to make this creepy spider card. spellbinders pinked circle nesties, divine twine in licorice, alphas by Jenni Bowlin, Frame from chatterbox (how many years have I had that?!) the spider is from target and mounted with A/C this to that pop dots.

paperazzi – houndstooth paperazzi – craft solids by Polka Dot Pixels

Look Mom, No Hands!

the words my heart had hoped never to hear from one of my own children…

Hand Doodled Frames & Push Pins by Jenny Dipzinski Autumn Assortment by Betsy Tuma

hikers

I seriously love Michelle Underwood’s kits. Her patterns are always modern with a bit of shabby. this one is no different. I love the gray/blue/yellow combo and the banners are gorgeous too. I need to make something else to use those rolled up flowers too! Sweet Serenity Page kit by Michelle Underwood

I also got some good news this week, I have been invited to be a member of the Creative Charms Design Team.  I am excited for this new opportunity! :)  I also have a tutorial up at Tattered Angels and at Design House Digital.  Both are Halloween projects :)

Thanks for stopping by, I’ve got so many more projects to work on and I want to get outside with the boys to play!

Love Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

FAMILY fun fun fun

I always love Michelle’s fun, happy, colorful kits and the Go Fly a Kite kit is no exception.  I absolutely love that kite and banner.  JoHanna’s template makes this layout quick, easy work!  our family took a hike together to Makapu’u Lighthouse and it was a fun family day :)

Basic Principle Vol. 6 by Jo Hanna Go fly a kite Solids, Go fly a kite Page kit, Go fly a kite Alphabet by Michelle Underwood

tweet, tweet

this little bird from Sugar Pop reminds me of all my zillions of tweets… I love the inky pretty papers :)

Delightful Day Full Kitby Shelley Castillo

I have many more layouts to share in the next few days so I hope you’ll be back! Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

I have two tutorials up right now, the first is over at Peppermint Creative on Miss Mint’s Blog, a project seen in Simply Handmade last year:design your own reusable shopping bag.

I also have a Glimmery Card tutorial up at Tattered Angels’ Educator Blog: Recycled Security Envelope flower card.

More news from Tattered Angels, This month marks the launch of Tattered Angels “Glimmer of Hope” Philanthropic effort. Glimmer of Hope will feature causes that are dear to our staff, designers, educators and customers. Tattered Angels will take these causes into consideration for product development and philanthropic efforts.  Product released for such promotions will be available for limited release and portion of the proceeds will go towards research or non-profit organizations supporting this cause.  This month’s effort for Autism Awareness comes with the Special Edition Glimmer Mist: Piece of Heart is a limited edition color that sells for $5 and is only be available on the Tattered Angels site.

and one last nugget for Tattered Angels fans in Australia, or those who want to travel to Australia:

Now for some digi and hybrid goodies to share:

a layout of my mom and me at my cousin’s wedding a few weeks ago.  I love Michelle Underwood’s girly kits. makes me wish for a little girl to scrap….

It’s the little things page kit by Michelle Underwood

I took these pictures of Jordan as we waited to eat a birthday lunch.  Outside the restaurant, I asked him to smile and he just made funny faces. always a comedian. Shelley Castillo’s (soda pop) colors just make me happy and reminded me of my silly boy. Elements are gorgeous and from Michelle Underwood. background paper, kraft from Jen Martakis, with a white wash. ever fave, white curled frames by MaryAnn Wise

Some Fun by Shelley Castillo It’s the little things page kit by Michelle Underwood Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis Curled Photo Frames White by Mary Ann Wise

I absolutely love wilna’s coffee cup album, and you don’t even need a coffee cup, because a digital one is included. Its easy to put together and you can add as many or as few extra embellishments as you like. i’m sending this one with some easter pics to Troy :)

CoffeeCupAlbum: My Garden by Wilna Furstenberg

I fell instantly in love with Michelle Underwood’s stickers from the Best Days of our life… I recolored this little mushroom and used Kerry’s curly mats *love* to create this hybrid thank you card :)

Curvalicious Clipping Masks by Kerry Stewart, The best days of our life Extras , The best days of our life Page kit , The best days of our life Solids by Michelle Underwood

I have lots of scrap to get working on, and a little bit of news coming up that I’m excited to share with you soon. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
Love Love and Blog You Later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Back when I first started on Miss Mint’s Hybrid team I had one layout featured on the gallerystandouts.com blog.  I was pretty excited about that but never really followed the blog. You know, so many blogs, so little maid service. ha ha. anyway.  I was rambling through some blogs last week and came across a link to gallery standouts and followed.  I added it to the many on my Google reader and a few days later, i saw my pal Amy‘s LO featured there. I was like, hey that’s a cool layout Amy… and as I scrolled down, I saw my own it takes a village layout featured as well. I was pleasantly surprised.  Then two days later I saw my welcome to the family layout featured.  ps. i’m now reading the gallery standouts daily. ha.

I want to share with you what I’ve made lately with my twopeas goodies…

I love these templates byVinnie, it helps speed along the process. I also love these travel epoxies and Wilna’s Somewhere papers and elements. :)

Journaling: after a rough first part of the flight, Jordan finally fell into sleep peacefully.

Give Me Simple Templates 04 , Distress Brush Set 01, Travel Chic Stickers by Vinnie Pearce

Somewhere out there, Somewhere out there – Alphas by Wilna Furstenberg

another awesome template by Vinnie, Super sweet aqua and red papers by Jen Martakis, elements by Michelle Underwood.

Journaling: while watching the Olympics Jordan pulled out his sleeping mat and declared that he is a sledder, just like sonic, in mario and sonic at the Olympic Games on the wii. Feb 2010 ps, is sledder the word for a person riding a sled?

Give Me Simple Templates 02, Distress Brush Set 01 by Vinnie Pearce

Love One Another ADD-ON Papers, Love One Another, Notebook Basics by Jen Martakis

Prep School—Overlays by Carina Gardner

Beautiful Ending Page kit, Vintage Holiday Memories Page kit by Michelle Underwood

I am SO in love with Michelle Underwood’s happy spring colors in this i heart spring kit. those trees, clouds and everything. just happy! I also LOVE Erica Hernandez’s templates. This one was a sized for 8.5×11 and I just expanded to 12×12. and Wilna’s letters, again. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of those.

Journaling: i love listening to my iTouch. I have hours and hours of music to make me smile, dance and groove through the day. it’s just a bit of happiness in my pocket!

Letter Template Value Pack III by Erica Hernandez

I Heart Spring Solids, I Heart Spring Page kit by Michelle Underwood

Somewhere out there – Alphas by Wilna Furstenberg

Thanks for stopping by! :)  Check back again next time when you might get to see some new minty goodies, some glimmery goodness, some cards for operation write home… and of course some pictures from our daily life.  I appreciate you!

Love Love and blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy.

journaling: we had so much fun blowing bubbles on the driveway today.  You really had me giggling though, because you couldn’t really figure out why you were having such a hard time with the bubbles.  You were blowing with a ffffff sound and I thought you were so cute!

I used several new kits to create a layout featuring 4 of Jalen’s fourth grade faves:

DigiKit – Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis,  DigiKit – Tea & Coffee Alphabet by Kenner Road, DigiKit – SchoolBox Alphabet by Kenner Road, Digi Kit-LOVE
by Wilna Furstenberg, DigiKit – Text Me by Stacy Marks

Journaling: jalen’s computer teacher asked him to bring in a flash drive with pictures of 4 of his favorite items.  They could not be video games.  Jalen chose a book, Herbert’s Wormhole, his Mancala Game, a Chess set Dad got him in Singpore and a new Lego power-miner.

Digi Kit-LOVE by Wilna Furstenberg is so sweet, I couldn’t resist those hand drawn elements and that pinky greyish paper to document firstborn love :)

and a  layout to commemorate a first cellphone… hee hee, the times we live in:

DigiKit – Text Me by Stacy Marks

Journaling: Normally, I would consider 9 years old a little young for a cellphone.  But this year, Jalen and Jordan started at different schools running on different schedules.  With only one parent driving in high traffic areas, I wanted to be sure that I could call Jalen on a cellphone if I was running late or just needed to give him a call.  His 9th birthday was coming up right before the start of school so we jumped in and picked up a cute phone.  I tried to teach him how to text, but the phone did not have a keyboard and it was a lot of work.  I took it back and exchanged it for a phone with a camera and a keyboard so he could text and email pictures easily. It turned out that phones were not allowed at his new school, but I decided to let him keep the phone anyway. he is allowed to text and send pictures to dad while he is deployed.  It has been a great tool to help keep Troy in our daily routine.

and the last, but not least: antique adventures in alabama.

DigiKit – Honeychurch by Kenner Road, DigiKit – Creased Kraft by Jen Martakis, DigiKit – Basic Stitches No1 by Mary Ann Wise

journaling: We stopped off at the antique mall in town. It was the first time I had been in there, and I was immediately sucked in. I fell in love with this 10ft long church pew (for $250). I really wanted it, but 1. how would i get it back to the house, 2. where could I put it? 3. how would I pay for it. Obviously, it stayed there. but look at it in all it’s glory. ha. i also drooled over the tobacco desk, the wooden/glass umbrella store case, the curio cabinet, the old sewing machine with wooden case. amd the typewriter, oh the typewriter. We finally walked out of the antique store with two stamps and a wooden Coke case (2+ hours later) It was so nice walking around with Troy.

thanks for stopping by! :)

Love Love and Blog you later where you just might see 5 more hybrid cards with minty origins,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy