Have I ever told you that I am an obsessive paper nudger? This means that I will arrange, rearrange and nudge elements, papers, pictures etc for a long time before I will declare a page done. On this occasion, I did this one with the small pictures first, then said, what if I made on picture really big? and reworked it a little bit. and the result? two slightly different versions of the same layout. seriously. I have a hard time resisting the large picture.

HOME in the islands

the title comes from a song home in the islands by the brothers cazimero

• vacate – the kit  by Polka Dot Pixels

 OCD tendencies

I am constantly looking at groups of things, establishing patterns and order.  When I came upon this display of Kitchen Aid Mixers at the Navy Exchange, they were not in ROY G BIV order and I felt compelled to rearrange them, so I looked around and then did it.  it’s silly, I know.

• Stars & Rockets: Value Bundle by Tickled Pink Studio
• Just Painted Alphabet by Tickled Pink Studio

I also made another card for the Gallery Idol competition (that I did not make the cut for, but am wildly cheering on my pal Laura O’Donnell)

aqua divine twine, maya roads chipboard alphas and onesie, tattered angels glimmer glaze and mist, American Crafts Patterned Paper, Hero Arts mini clothes pins, Tim Holtz tiny attacher.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Here are my latest two peas projects I have to share with you. I know I shared some of these cards the other day, but I forgot to tell you that the patterned papers are from Tricia Chapman. I love these dots! :)

• Dots of Love by Tricia Chapman
• Paper Trey Ink Sentiment Stamp, Paper Trey Ink banner die, you die.
• Hero Arts/Basic Grey Stamp
• Versafine Black Ink
• Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos
• Creative Charms Gradient Gems
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Neenah White Cardstock
• Maya Road Stamps
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Pearl
• Cotton Candy Divine Twine
• American Crafts MixTape, Foam Adhesive, Thickers, Precision Pen Black
• Washi Tape

lefty paper to digital challenge: here.

• Distress Brush Set 02 by Vinnie Pearce
• Dash & Dot – TRIMS & BORDERS by Vinnie Pearce
• The Apple Of My Eye – ELEMENTS by Vinnie Pearce
• Bracket Masks by Vinnie Pearce

family

• Home is where the heart is page kit
• Home is where the heart is Solids
• Home is where the heart is Alphabet
• by Michelle Underwood

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

Mixed Media Sampler Sets in Red, Yellow, Blue and Green encourage you to spread your creative wings and experiment with mixing mediums! Each set includes a Stamper’s Big Brush, Gelato Metallic Stick, Pastel Pencil and Art GRIP Aquarelle Watercolor pencil. Experiment with mixing colors and mediums or layer different mediums to create depth and details. Or try using your rubber stamps with the different mediums to see which effects you like the most.

Color Gelatos are creamy sticks infused with brilliant color. The color slides easily onto papers and can then be dissolved with water to create watercolor effects, or left to dry for vibrant bursts of color. Try stamping with the Color Gelatos, or apply a field of color and use a stamp to remove the color. Color Gelatos work wonderfully on flocked papers and embellishments too! Color Gelatos are acid-free and odorless.

I am excited to share my projects that I made using these products. I received a mixed media sampler and color gelatos in the red family. Because the Gelatos are water soluble and Glimmer Mist are water based, I decided to try my hand and using them like water colors.  I put a little gelato color on my acrylic stamp block and used my Glimmer Mist with a brush to mix up some pretty shimmery color. I stamped up some images from Hero Arts, some from Paper Trey Ink, and some from Maya Road with black versafine ink and then the best part, I just played with it. Colored more images than I needed, just to see how I liked the different color combinations.

• coloring directly on the paper and then adding water or glimmer mist with a brush
• misting the paper and then adding the gelato directly to the wet paper
• applying gelato to the block and spraying the block and using like water color
• wetting the brush and then putting the brush on the gelato and then painting
• used water too for no glimmer

I put a stripe of metallic gelato on this dictionary page

added some water with a brush

repeat with more colors

• metalic gelato on this doily and used a wet brush to get the color wash all over
• add washi tape strips
• add thickers cool
• stamp are so with versafine black
• add thickers u

• add stitches
• adhere to patterned paper
• adhere stamped cut out image with foam adhesive

What I liked:

• versatility of the gelatos, I love water color so this was a fun thing to play with.
• shape of the aquarelle pencils and the paint brush- they were very comfortable in my hand.

What I didn’t like:

• I wanted more colors. but I guess that means I really liked it, huh? I think I need that blue set too. ;)

I hope you’ve enjoyed my projects and are intrigued and want to try these goodies because I have 2 sets to give away!  If you want to play, please leave me a comment. I will draw for a winner in one week, Thursday July 7, 2011.

Two (2) winners from OHScrap! will receive

• Mix & Match Mixed Media Sampler
• Color Gelatos & Clear Stamp kit

Prizing courtesy of Faber-Castell

Open to US & Canadian mailing address only

http://www.designmemorycraft.com

@DesignMemCraft

There is a twitter party today, if you’d like to hear more about these products and chat with Claudine Helmuth  and extra chances to win more goodies, more info here.

If you’d like to add my feed to your reader, follow me on twitter, be my friend on facebook, you can do so with these links.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Peppermint Creative

milk carton: Milk Carton Template, Hoppy Easter Papers, Hoppy Easter Elements

card: Miss Mint’s seabreeze limeade papers, color coded papers solids, Valentine’s Envelope Album, American Crafts Scalloped velvet trim, Paper Trey Ink Label stamp & Die, Kraft Cardstock, My Little Shoe Box Mini Alphas, Lemon Divine Twine, buttons, Creative Charms Gradient Brads- orange

pop corn box: Miss Mint’s school zone papers , school zone elements , pop corn box template

Tutorials: Mini MnM tubes,, Egg Hunt Invite.

Did you know there are photography tutorials and challenges at Peppermint Creative?  I entered the silhouette and gadget challenges earlier this month.  The current Click a Pic challenges can be found here.

Design House Digital

I created this layout of Jordan and his agent pig using Gen Bursett’s Sweet Child of Mine collection and her Blueprint #1.  Journaling: We have been playing angry birds on the iTouch for a while now.  While out shopping the other day we found these angry birds and a pig.  When we were about to build a fort and throw the birds, you said NO! You told me that this pig was a good pig and an agent for the birds.

I have a tutorial: how to use words strips to make hybrid cards. There are several more cards in the tutorial, check it out :)

Creative Charms

My time with Creative Charms comes to an end this month. To say farewell to all the outgoing design team, we’re having a blog hop with giveaways on April 29.

Two Peas in a Bucket

hi card: I used Laina Lamb’s spiral flowers trio, October Afternoon Thrift Shop Papers, Silhouette, manila tags, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Turquoise and Peach Delight, foam Thickers, foam adhesive, mix tape by American Crafts, Mini Attacher by Tim Holtz, Kraft Cardstock by Paper Trey Ink
congrats card: Laina Lamb’s folded flowers 2, October Afternoon Thrift Shop Papers , Silhouette, Gradient Gem Brad by Creative Charms, foam Thickers, foam adhesive by American Crafts, Washi Tape, Kraft Cardstock by Paper Trey Ink
homegrown: Take Note Page kit by Michelle Underwood, Joy Solids paper pack by Michelle Underwood , Transformers v.1 by Lauren Reid
malasadas: Leave Room For Sweet Bundle by Edeline Marta Hip Chick page kit by Michelle Underwood

Scrapbooks, Etc.

I got a request for a digital layout that will be in the February 2012 issue of Scrapbooks, Etc. This is my second publication with them, and of course, I’m over the moon excited! :)

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for reading all the way through!

Love Love and Blog you again real soon,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Two Peas in a Bucket

white light

• Messy Doodle Alpha – Outlines by Jenny Dipzinski
• Old Timey Photo Frame Single by Erica Hernandez
• Yummers by Lauren Reid
• Bliss Alpha by Lauren Reid
• Joy Page kit by Michelle Underwood

Gingerbread Cookies

• Yummers by Lauren Reid

a little note hybrid card

• Merry Christmas Baby – Word Art by Jo Hanna
• Hero Arts Stamp Brown ink
• American Crafts Foam Adhesive
• Paper Trey Ink Kraft Paper

Hybrid Gift Tags

I added the text in Photoshop, printed on plain cardstock, handcut with scissors and wrote the name with my sharpie.

• my life 365 – pinked dotted tags by Polka Dot Pixels

Hybrid Gift Tags

I created these labels in Photoshop. I printed at 8×8 on textured white american crafts cardstock and cut with my tonic trimmer.  so so cute, if I do say so myself. and the mostly white background keeps the ink use down. love!

• Joy Page kit by Michelle Underwood

Hybrid Book Plates

This year I ordered book sets for my 10 nieces and nephews.  the little kids got board books and the older ones got sets like Wimpy Kid, Gregor the Overlander, Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games.  I created these personalized book plates for them too.  My boys are getting books too. ;)

• my life 365 – apothecary labels by Polka Dot Pixels

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Peppermint Creative

Miss Mint has also released some new Christmas goodies.  I am completely smitten with her Cookie Alphas and frames. Here is one Christmas Layout and one from the last release I forgot to post.

Christmas Cookies

• Jolly Gingerbread Element
• Jolly Gingerbread Papers
• Jumbo Bracket Mats – Christmas
• Gingerbread Cookie Alphabet
• Gingerbread Frames

Star Gazer

• stitched felt alphas
• soopa sunburst papers
• houndstooth heaven papers
• text around the circles
• P365 Months Tickets
• techno geek
• scalloped edge stickers
• sweet cheeks paper(kraft)

I also have a few tutorials up on the Minty Blog, check it out! *click pics for links to the posts* :)

Creative Charms

This month’s deals:

Kit of the Month – Nouveaux Vintage – 125 Pieces

• Ivory Vintage Velvet Poppies
• Classic Grey Vintage Velvet Poppies
• Vintage Brown Vintage Velvet Poppies
• Amber Vintage Marble Brad
• Light Green Vintage Jewels
• Amber Vintage Flower Button
• Antique White Gradient Pearl Stickers
• Brown Vintage Velvet Ric Rac

Regular Price – $21.00

Sale Price $14.99 (30% Off)

Deal of the Month – Winter Wonderland – 131 Pieces

• Blue Pure Blossoms
• Blue Gradient Gem Stickers
• Winter Medley
• White Flared Flowers
• Blue Flared Flowers
• White Gem Garden
• Blue Gem Brads
• Blue Bells
• Blue Vintage Velvet Ric Rac
• Snowflake Ribbon

Regular Price $17.00

Sale Price $6.99 (60% Off)

I will have my new creative charms tutorial coming up next week.

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On the home front, we’ve been busy making cookies galore.  I tried a new recipe this year that I found through the Pioneer Woman’s blog.  These sugar cookies are so delish and easy we’ll be making them throughout the year!  I will be substituting coconut extract for the almond though.  We also made our Gingerbread houses.  This year instead of one large house we made 3 houses to have a village on our dining room table. :)

I had a little giggle because my pal Marnalicious mentioned that it looked so Christmassy with the wreath and the Christmas tree in the background… I admitted, I had to drag the dining room table about 3 feet over to get the tree in the shot ;)  That’s Jordan’s house on the left, Jalen on the right and Troy and I in the middle.  Jordan says he’s the only one that is perfectly sized to go in the door to the house.  I just say our doors are sized like hawaiian hale, you have to bend over to come in to show you mean no harm ;)

We have also been hiking with Aunty Marnalicious and Aunty FabuLisa and sometimes Aunty Maile.  It is a good habit I need to do more often, I have to work off these cookies before I end up having to buy bigger shorts!  I am done with my shopping and Christmas Card and Calendar designing.  I am waiting on UPS  and USPS to deliver the last packages from Amazon and I’ll get those babies wrapped up.  We went to Target today to print up the Christmas Cards and Calendar prints.  Over the next few days I’ll be putting together the calendars and addressing the Card envelopes. I am finally feeling like I can come up for air, whew!

Oh, and I have a little funny story to share.  I sent out a care package to my girlfriend lala.  The post office left one of those we tried to deliver your package but now you have to come pick it up at the post office…. and they said it was from Joscie Rhymes. heee. of course I listed on the return address: Joscie, rhymes with bossy Cutchens. ;)

I hope you are all doing well out there and having a good Holiday season.  Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you.

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

This past week I got to work with a few cute kits too!

PEAS

I love Wilna’s water color text alphas. so so gorgeous!  and these peas, I could not resist!

• Out Of Africa – Alphabet by Wilna Furstenberg
• Holly Jolly Christmas by Jen Martakis
• Snap It 12×12 by Edeline Marta
• Floriade ~ Embellishment Set by Design by Anita

Thanksgiving Hybrid Place Cards

• Thanksgiving Placecards by Laina Lamb
• Granite 2 Oz. Glimmer Mist Spray by Tattered Angels
• Saffron Glimmer Glazeby Tattered Angels
• Circles Foam Tabs by American Crafts
• Basics White Paper Pack by BasicGrey
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool by Silhouette

I have a tutorial on how I made the Dad Place cards on the Tattered Angels Educator Blog.

Hybrid Snowflake Card

I cut this snowflake on my silhouette using Laina’s snowflake shapes. The rosette is the new tim holtz die and the gems are by creative charms (gradient gems)a silver doily and glitter glue to finish it off :)

• Snow Flakey by Laina Lamb
• Tim Holtz Paper Rosette Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool
• Gradient Gem Sticker – BLUE

TTV* kit smitten

Dianne Rigdon’s now I lay me down to sleep kit is full of sweet dreamy papers. My favorite is the cloudy aqua one *no surprise there, right? perfect for some TTV (through the viewfinder) fun from last summer.

• Now I lay me down to sleep Kit by Dianne Rigdon

Thanks for stopping by! I’ve got lots of scrap to get done now!

Love-Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

October 31st card

Tricky by Shelley Castillo, Cat Die Cut Shape- D-Cut by Deena Rutter, Stamps by Studio Calico, Popsicle Glimmer Mist.

Happy Halloween Card

Not So Frightful by Jen Martakis

I can’t wait to get started with the new goodies today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

EEK!

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

Peppermint Creative: Miss Mint’s Mr. Postman Papers. Paper Trey Ink: Flower Die, cardstock. Spellbinders: Petite scalloped circle die. EK success: corner rounder.  American Crafts: this to that adhesive.baker’s twine, button, craft felt.

Peppermint Creative: Miss Mint’s Mr. Postman Papers. Paper Trey Ink: Flower Die, cardstock, Fillable Frames #5 Stamp. Tsukineko:Versafine Red Ink. Spellbinders: Petite scalloped circle die.  American Crafts: this to that adhesive.baker’s twine, crochet trim, button, craft felt.

Journaling: I like to play a social networking game using my GPS enabled smart phone called foursquare.  I “check in” via the app on my phone whenever I go places.  If you check in the most, you become the “mayor” of a place.  One of my mayorships is at the Post Office.  I am there quite often sending packages to Troy, Kam or other friends across the globe.

Peppermint Creative:Miss Mint’s Mr. Postman Papers, Miss Mint’s Mr. Postman Elements, Miss Mint’s Punch Labels USA, Miss Mint’s Fat Plastic Alphabet – Aqua

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

my secret admirer dropped off some beautiful *NEW* Glimmer Mist on my doorstep!! okay, it was actually the fedex person! ;) #scrapbook

I want to show you these goodies!

aren’t they pretty? So rich, I love ‘em!  I created a layout and posted the tutorial the other day over at the Tattered Angels Educators’ blog, check it out. ;)

(here’s a sneak peek)

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