Pretty Little Studio and Tombow USA Blog Hop!

 

Hi and welcome to the Tombow USA and Pretty Little Studio Blog Hop! Get ready for two days of beautiful vintage inspiration! You probably came here from Jennie Garcia's Blog but if you happened to stumble across my blog go to the Tombow USA Blog (on Friday) or Pretty Little Studio (On Saturday) to start!

Tombow and Pretty Little Studio are a match made in heaven.  Each of the Tombow products compliments the Pretty Little Studio products and allows them to shine in your projects!  For my first project, I created this layout using mostly the Baby Claire Collection.  

 

 

 

Pretty Little Studio Products used:

3" Gold Foil Alphabet

Baby Harper Vellum

Baby Kade Vellum

Baby Chase Paper

Baby Annie Bingo Cards

Baby Mia Journaling Cards

Baby Words Stickers

Catmint Tabs

 

 

The Tombow Xtreme Adhesive is amazing for vellum and layered looks.  It is extremely strong and a little goes a long way!  My favorite Tombow adhesive to use on the narrow die cut pieces is the Aqua Liquid Glue, the pen tip side.  It is perfectly clear and it's so easy to apply it just where you want it. And of course, Foam Tabs are a must use for dimension. Last but not least, the Mono Multi Glue is perfect for adhering the 3 dimensional embellishments like flowers and sequins.

For my second project, I created this card using the You and Me Collection from Pretty Little Studio on a Clear Scraps Heart Card and the Tombow Adhesives. 

 

I love love love how the Tombow Xtreme adhesive is perfectly clear.  It provides a super strong bond without showing...I LOVE that!!

 

To win, visit and comment on the participating blog posts. You have until April 14 at 11:59 EST to comment. A winner will be picked randomly and announced on April 15 2015.

The Tombow USA prize includes: Tombow Xtreme Adhesive, NEW Tombow Adhesive Dots, NEW Tombow Foam Tape and the Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue!

The Pretty Little Studio Prize includes: PRIZE CONTENTS: 3 Clear 4x6 Transparencies (Jade) (Arrow, Words, Heart Polka) 6 Die-Cuts You & Me, Tabs You & Me, Mini Shipping Tags You & Me, Best Friends PL 3x4 Cards You & Me, Convo Hearts You & Me, Arrow Flair Gold Mine, Gold Note Flags (Die-Cut), You & Me Clouds.

 

Remember to “Like” Tombow USA and Pretty Little Studio on Facebook.

Here is the line up in case you get lost.

Friday, April 10:

Tombow USA Blog

Aimee Maddern

Beth Watson

Agnieska Piskorz

Daniella Hayes

Carole House

Jennie Garcia

Jeanne Jachna

Pretty Little Studio Blog

 

Saturday, April 11:

Pretty Little Studio Blog

Jennie Garcia

Lisa Spiegel

Jennifer Priest

Monique Liedtke

Latrice Murphy

Tessa Buys

Tombow USA Blog

Pretty Little Studio April Sketch

Happy April!!  This month at Pretty Little Studio, we were challenged to create a layout using this sketch inspired by Jessy Christopher.

This is how mine turned out...I had so much fun creating a background with modeling paste and mists...and I used a mash up of products...You can read all about my process over on the Pretty Little Studio Blog.  

 

And a close up....

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope to see you playing along with our sketch challenge!

Sharing for February...

I have a few scrappy shares for February....

for Pretty Little Studio...oh how I love the Marigold collection...so perfect for my girlies...

and for My Scraps and More...From the Simple Stories I Am collection...I honestly wasn't sure about this line at first but the more I work with it the more I love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sharing for January...

Sharing some of my January Design Team work for Pretty Little Studio and My Scraps and More....

First up, Pretty Little Studio...this  is from the new You and Me line...

and a Holiday Cheer page..

And a few for My Scraps and More...

mostly Crate Paper...because it's my favorite!

 

 

and another Crate...I love how I used the same paper but it looks so different!!

another...

and one last one...the book folds out with her memorabilia and little photos.

Some fun shares!

First up, the best news I've heard in weeks- I've been invited to join the My Scraps and More Design Team!!

You can see the announcement Here!  I'm so happy to be part of a non manufacturer design team again...it's fun to design with mulitple products (although you all know I love me my Pretty Little Studio!).  Audrey's store has only the BEST new products and the MOST kind and sweet forum I have even had the pleasure of joining...so it's just making me giddy to be able to design for them, too!

After I found the site I played along with their Thanksgiving challenges and created a few pages...

 

and this one...

and a couple others that were shared over at Pretty Little Studio already...including this one that is one of my recent faves..

and now I'm knee deep in designing with the fun new Clear Scraps products...lots of really cute new stuff there (but I am sworn to secrecy, lol).  You'll get to see them after they debut at CHA.  So back to work with me...I have lots of projects to do!  Have a great day!

#Wonderfullife

Hi there...it's finally feeling a little fallish here, and when I say that, you have to understand that here in Los Angeles, we don't really have fall.  The day's temperature may start out coolish at upper 40's or 50's which gives you the illusion of a crisp fall day, but in the end, the day ends up at 80-ish degrees.  Finding moments where fall happens are pretty rare but I did take a second to kick a couple of leaves together for this photo, lol.  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.  

This layout is a mashup of products...die cuts that I cut apart from the Marigold Collection, feathers, banners, stickers and words, also from Marigold, mashed with die cut leaves from the Happy Halloween collection.  (Wood paper from Teresa Collins)

I just love how cutting up the die cuts enabled me to create this fun border, inspired by Wilna Furstenberg and her Art and Design Class. (The cameo cut title is also from Wilna)  Don't be afraid to cut up the die cuts.  It's using products in unique ways that make our layouts our "own"!  Hope I've inspired you to think outside the box a little today and that you are enjoying Fall wherever you are!

 

Clearly Fall Card

Hi there, Lisa here today to share a Fall Friendship card I created using Clear Scraps Ornate Send it Clear Card and  Leaves Embellishment and Pretty Little Studio papers and Flair.

I simply cut my patterned paper to fit the back of the card and using a denim needle on my sewing machine, sewed it to the back panel of the card.  I chose to keep the front panels clear this time and let the background do the work for me.  I used my favorite Zip Dry adhesive for the leaves...and added an adorable Flair from the Marigold Collection. Twine from The Twinery and some thread top it all off for a simple but elegant look.

And a peek at the inside, just waiting for a special message...

 

Thank you for stopping by today!!

Spooky Little Layout

Hi there, today I'm sharing a spooky little layout I recently created using a Clear Scraps Spiderweb Mixer and the new Pretty Little Studio "Trick or Treat" papers and embellishments.  

 

 

A close up of the mixer used as a mask, then glittered for the page...

and another close up..

I just love this new line...it's SO cute....be sure to stop by the Pretty Little Studio Store and pick yours up today...and here's a link for the spiderweb mixer .  Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Pretty Little Studio and Pink Fresh Studio Blog Hop

 

 

Pretty Little Studio is so excited to join with Pinkfresh Studio today to inspire you with some cute creations. Pinkfresh Studio is known for their unique embellishments which are so fun and colorful. And mixing them up with Vintage inspired Pretty Little Studio products definitely has created awesome projects. We have a list of designers from both companies here who are so thrilled to share their projects with you. Make sure to visit each blog and comment on each blog to enter a giveaway-don't forget the Pretty little Studio blog!  One winner will be chosen for each day and winners will receive 30.00 worth of stuff from Pinkfresh Studio and a 30.00 GC from Pretty Little Studio. This is going to be 2 days of blog hoping fun! Winners will be announced on 9/15. Good luck!

 I selected the Color Block Triangles and the Retro Brad Stickers as well as a Mint and Gold alpha from Pink Fresh Studio to coordinate with the Marigold Line from Pretty Little Studio and here is the result!

 

The Pink Fresh products work so well with Pretty Little Studio...a match made in heaven!!  I was pretty inspired so I made a card, too.  I used this Umbrella card from Pink Fresh mixed with Marigold again for a cute little card for someone feeling under the weather or a little down....

 

 

What a fun partnership this was!  Thank you so much for stopping by! Please leave me a comment for your entry into both giveaways, you won't want to miss out on these!! Below you will find the entire hop order in case you stopped here first or are lost...you should have come here from Ashley Horton's blog and your next stop is Clare Prezzia's blog.  

 

 

Pretty little Studio… http://prettylittlestudio.com/plsblog/

Amanda de Jong… http://somethingsorta.blogspot.com/ Agnieszka Piskorz…. http://scrapbooking-mirabeel.blogspot.de/

April Joy Hill… http://damitaprilurcool.blogspot.com/

Carole House…. http://carolehouse.wordpress.com/

Ashley Fowler… http://isweatglitter.wordpress.com/

Keri Babbitt…. http://kensigtondesign.blogspot.com/

Ashley Horton … http://www.ashleyhortondesigns.com/

Lisa Spiegel….. http://lisaspiegel.typepad.com (you are here!)

Clare Prezzia … http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/ (this is your next stop!)

Lisa Wilkinson… http://www.createfor7.blogspot.com/

Pinkfresh Studio… http://pinkfreshstudio.blogspot.com/

 

Have a wonderful day and good luck!!

It's Official, I'm back!

I'm super excited to be asked back for my fourth term with Pretty Little Studio.  I just love working with the products and the design team girls and Melissa (the owner) are nice as can be!  You can see my intro over on the Pretty Little Studio Blog today :)