Sharing some new layouts!

I've decided that I need to keep myself busy!  And what better way to keep busy than to scrapbook! 

I thought I'd come on tonight to share my most recent layouts. 

Page Title: Love

Templates Used: 

Madison Avenue

Tiny Tags

12 Inch Strips

Springtime

Tiny Springtime

Photos

Photos Mats

Page Title: Thankful for You

Templates Used:

12 Inch Strips

Scallops

Springtime

Tiny Springtime

Photos

Photo Mats

Page Title: Life is Lovely

Templates Used:

Scallop

12 Inch Strips

Photos

Photos Mats

Page Title:  Just a Beautiful Day

Templates Used:

Clara Lane

Wacky

Wildflower

Photos

Photo Mats

Springtime

Tiny Springtime

Page Title: Happy Life

Templates Used:

12 Inch Strips

Photos

Photo Mats

Bracket

Scallop

Springtime

Tiny Springtime

Tiny Tags

Thank you for visiting!

Jill

Yes, I am still here!

Yes, it's been awhile since I blogged.

A LONG while!

Things happen.

But today I decided to come back.

Yes, I'm still creating and scrapbooking.  I think I'll be doing that forever! It's a part of me, a part that I love! 

Years ago someone said I needed a hobby, and i got one.  I'm lucky it's one that I enjoy doing every single day.

It brings me joy!

And Joy is something that everyone should have :-)

So....would you like to see a few layouts that i created in the past year?

Some of have seen them, some have not, but I love them!

So to answer a few questions...

Yes I still create.
Yes I still am an Instructor with Kiwi Lane (5 years now!)
and Yes, I still have my Etsy Store where I sell the layouts that I create!  (link is up in the top right)

It was a good day to start back up again, don't you think?

Jill

Kiwi Lane Designs September Product Release Photos!

BOO! 

I'm SO Excited for this Release!  New Paper and New Templates!  AND i have a project in mind already that I will be sharing! 

Introducing the NEW September Releases from Kiwi Lane Designs! 

To place your orders please go to the following link:  

https://create.kiwilane.com/parties/385

SEE BELOW FOR SPECIAL SEPTEMBER PARTY FAVORS FROM ME! 

*** EDITED TO ADD INFO ABOUT PARTY FAVORS FROM ME!!! ***

Hmmmm....so yesterday i posted that i am having an Online Kiwi Lane "Birthday Party" for me...how about some Party Favors? All orders over $50.00 will receive one of the NEW September release items from me! Choose between the NEW A La Carte Bat or the NEW A La Carte Cauldron. Let me know which you choose and at the end of the month after my party closes you will receive your choice personally from me! And Remember, all orders over $35.00 receive free shipping! Free Shipping! Free Gift From Me!

Here's a link to my "Birthday Party": https://create.kiwilane.com/parties/385

*Orders need to be exclusive to this party and cannot be claimed by other Get Together Orders.

**Free A La Carte Template Bat or Cauldron will be personally mailed by me, and not Kiwi Lane.

***Orders NEED to be placed through the Special Birthday Party Portal located above!  :-) 

My Etsy Store....

Did you know that i have an Etsy Store?  Yes, i do!

Did you know that i sell my Kiwi Lane Designs Layouts in my Etsy Store?  Yes, I do!

Do you need a Link to my Etsy Store?  Here you go! One Grey Cat Designs

And when i say i sell my Layouts in my Etsy Store, what i mean is that "I sell them!".  Whenever you see a layout here on my Blog, or on one of my Facebook Pages and it doesn't have photos on it...that means it's going into the Etsy Store.  What does this mean to you?  It means that you can purchase a "Beautiful" Scrapbook Page that was lovingly created by me!  :0) Each layout comes in it's own cellophane bag that it's placed into right after it's completed!  All packages come via First Class Mail, with Delivery Confirmation to you!

Just thought i'd put that infomration out there!

Have a great day!

August Project Share Time!

Just though I'd pop on and share my latest projects.  Only three...yes, only. 

I have SO much more planned though!  I usually link my blog to my Facebook Groups and Posts so if we are friends on Facebook they will be shown there also.  

 "Happy Fall"

Thought I'd get a jump start on Fall Layouts.  This layout uses the following Kiwi Lane Designer Templates:  12 Inch Scallop, Nature, Tiny Nature, Tiny Tags, Tiny Floral and Springtime.

"Just Us" 

When I purchase paper i think of what i'm going to make before i get it....usually. lol.  This paper is from Teresa Collins.  And I LOVE it...i thought it would look great as a "Save the Date" photo page.  And that's what i made.  Kiwi Lane Templates used for this layout include 12 Inch Sunnybrook Lane, Tiny Sweetheart and Springtime. 

"Happiness"

I LOVE this page!   I think it has something to do with the Banner and the Colors i used here.  But to be truthful, when i first started it I didn't care for it at all. lol.  I was at a Scrapbooking Retreat and just took some paper out of my Paper Bin and started to create...this is what came of that!  A Layout i LOVE!  Just goes to show you that when you start a layout that you don't think is going so great at the beginning, the outcome is what matters!  Just keep going!  Kiwi Lane Designer Templates used for this layout include:  12 Inch Madison Avenue, Tiny Tags, Floral, Tiny Floral, Sweetheart, and Springtime.

If you like my layouts, they are available for purchase in my Etsy Store (Link in the Upper Right Columnunder the Kiwi Lane Link).  AND if you would like to purchase your very own Kiwi Lane Designer Templates you can purchase those on my Kiwi Lane Website (Link to the Right....up above the Etsy Link) or just type in KiwiLaneGirl.com

Thanks for Visiting!  and for looking at my Layouts! 

Two...okay, Three New Projects (Yes, Kiwi Lane was used)

So i'm just now really getting back to myself.  And well, I thought that I'd just post a few projects that I've been working on....these are on display at Scrappin' Goodtime in Corsicana.  So....if you're in the area you can stop by and see them in person (so much prettier in person!)

Here's a Card I made using KaiserCraft.  I used the Betsy's Couture Collection...and yes, that's the Banner Template from Kiwi Lane (see...i had to use it!) and then I made a rose using the Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone Die.  (I seriously LOVE that die!)

Here is a two page layout I made again using KaiserCraft.  (Yes, I do LOVE KaiserCraft too!)  This Collection is called "Oh So Lovely" and it truly is!  And yes... i used my Kiwi Lane Design Templates on this layout too! (and again I also use the Tattered Pinecone Die...see i can use it on LOTS of projects!) 

and yet again, another layout using the "Oh So Lovely" Collection from KaiserCraft.  Notice that i Some scrapper's think you can't put a banner on a boy layout....i don't know why!

Now I"m off to begin working on my NEXT project!  This time I'll be using the "Little One" Collection from...you guessed it!  KaiserCraft!  

Happy Scrapping! 

Jill

I'm "Fusing" My Kiwi Lane....

**** Updated Blog Post with More Photos can be found here: http://brought-to-you-by-the-letter-j.blogspot.com/2016/01/more-photos-for-my-kiwi-lane-designer.html


Last week on Facebook I wrote on my Wall that I was re-organizing my Kiwi Lane Designer Templates.

Let's face it...what I was using wasn't working for me. Yes...the photo below is a plastic container filled with Kiwi Lane Templates.  (Not all of them....but some!).  It just really wasn't working for me and i had to find a solution. (This is the photo that I posted to Facebook)

I knew there was a better way for me to organize my Kiwi Lane Templates, I knew what I had to do, and I knew that it would take me some time to complete.

I thought what would be the easiest, most portable way to organize my templates?

Well, the first way would be the Design Tray that Kiwi Lane sold. I always had high hopes of being able to afford a Design Tray...especially when I first started to collect my templates.  But a friend of mine who purchased the tray said that it wasn't really portable, that it was too big, and that the tray needed a lid to go over the top in case it toppled over in your car on the way to a Crop or Convention.

The second idea I had was peg board.  Well, peg board would work at home, but it wouldn't be very portable! (lol...everyone would see me coming though!  Hey, look! there's Jill with her Kiwi Lane Templates!).

The Third idea that i had was a binder.  I thought all along that binder would be a good idea! (yes...before the peg board, but you have to explore every avenue!).  But just using regular page protectors really wouldn't work because the templates would get all jumbled up...and i really wanted to get away from the metal rings.  So i tried my soldering iron to make customized page protectors for my binder...and it worked.  For awhile!  BUT THEN I FOUND!

The Fuse.

Okay, this isn't a review of the Fuse, but I just had to share that I LOVE the Fuse!  The Fuse worked so much better on the page protectors than the Soldering Iron.  The iron would melt the page protectors to the point of where sometimes they would look like they were tearing.  But the "Fuse" fused the page protectors together at the just the right temperature.

So now that you know what I used....how about seeing how my templates look?

Now you have to know this...I"m not done yet.  Hopefully I will be done by the end of this week (I ran out of Page Protectors).  I'm going to post a followup post to my blog with my completed project...which includes tabs on the side so that I know what template set is where...and they are organized by the "type" of Template.  Please note...I"m sharing "some" of the photos.  I have a lot more of 12 Inch Templates in the binder than what is shown and  to post photos of each of them would just be repetitive, for now, what you see is a "Sampling".  Same goes for the Accessories.  But after the project is completely complete I'll post more photos of the "Project"  (this weekend, hopefully!)

After starting my project I thought what could I have done to make it even more convenient of me?  Yeah, I should have put them in alphabetical order....but i didn't.  But look at them!  They are organized!  And I'm happy!

Enjoy!

Jill