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"No Place Like Home" Frame by Lisa L.

Junkitz Expressionz "Fall" and Patterned Paper "Earth Chunky Stripes" was a perfect choice for this warm fall frame.  

I made a template out of cardboard, wrapped it in patterned paper and added some “home” expressionz.  I finished it off with a "Home Sweet Home" twill around the corner.  It is just waiting for a fall picture of our house.  

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Dinner Mini Book Seating Tag
 by Lisa L.

When I began playing with the Junkitz line, I knew that it would be perfect for a Thanksgiving dinner seating tag.   I wanted something meaningful and different.  I came up with a design that holds a little mini book inside.  The outer tag indicates the guest’s name and says “thankful for you” and inside the mini book cover says “because” followed by blank pages.  

The idea is to have one tag at each place setting.  At thanksgiving    dinner, each guest rotates their seating tag one seat clockwise.  That guest writes inside why they are thankful for that person.  The tag is rotated again and so on until it returns full circle to its owner.  Your guest can take the seating tag/mini book home as a truly thoughtful memory of thanksgiving.  

 

 

 

 

True Beauty Layout by Lisa L.

I combined three different Junkitz Earth Tone Paperz with Bo Bunny Russet Red Fine Weave to create this layout about autumn.  The journalling explains my inspiration:

“I believe that when beauty surrounds us, we begin to stop seeing it.  Such is the case with the pond across from our home.  So I took a walk with my camera and just randomly began snapping away.  When I returned home, I was amazed at Nature’s beautiful palette sprung on the world.  TRUE BEAUTY:  there all along, but only recognized this day.  Thankful.  

Neat find:  I found an old standup desk calendar at an antique store.  I took it apart and have been using the metal numbers on layouts.  One of the squares said “Change Month” - perfect for this layout about a month full of change.

 

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Horse Ride by Sonda T.

 

 

 

These papers by Junkitz are perfect to coordinate with photos of my daughter horse riding.  They are already scratched and distressed.  How cool is that?  Even the background piece *looks* like a barn door.  For my title I covered a stencil letter with pattern paper and stamped horses over it.  The button letters are held on with mini brads.  And, to remember the name of her horse I used Doodlebug rub-on letters for his name.

 

 

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Fall...a season of thanks by Emelyn

This was Jasmin's first trip to the Pumpkin Patch and it was such a beautiful day! I wanted to use
some bright fun paper to go with the bright sunshine in the pictures.  The new Rob and Bob papers
were perfect for this and the mix of orange and browns made still made it perfect for Fall photos.
 As a bonus, I was able to use the Doodlebug Ribbons which matched so well. 

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Thanksgiving Blessing by Emelyn
WOWWWEEE!!  I am soo loving these papers from Basic Grey.  The color combination is beautiful with
the hints of golds, greens, and purple!  When I saw this paper, I knew it would be perfect for
Thanksgiving pictures!  The papers from the Fusion line is so pretty and sweet.  I was inspired by
the heart patterned paper to handcut the big heart and mat it with purple cardstock.  I also used
the new epoxy words by Tim Holtz as a perfect accent!  

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LunchPail by Peggy S.

You know how some years are tougher than others? This year has been quite challenging for my family. We have certainly had our share of ups and downs this year. I decided to take advantage of this month’s newsletter theme to remind myself of all I have to be thankful for. I was thrilled to get my hands on one of the Basic Grey lunch pail kits. I used it to make myself a prayer journal titled “Abundant Blessings.”

 

 

 

 

 

I love the new Basic Grey lines and chose papers from the Fusion line to embellish the outside of the pail and the included cards. I had fun with the included chipboard accents and love that they are already covered with adhesive on one side, making it so easy to cover with coordinating paper.

 

 

 

 

I have started with the cards family, friends, faith, and create. I will add journaling about all the things I have to be thankful for in these areas of my life including the fact that I get to create pages and altered items for a website that I love being a part of. These fun lunch pail kits can also be used for planners, recipe boxes, school records…… the list is endless and so much fun!
 

  

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Your Photos OUR Way by Mary H. and Jen K.

We hope you enjoy our new featured section. Each month members of the newsletter team will swap photos and share their creations. This month, Mary and Jen scrap Sondas Photos.

Princess by Mary H.

I love kits and coordinating products.  They make scrapbooking easy and yet the end result is always one that makes me happy.  This is true for the layout I did for Sonda with her beautiful picture from Disney.  The layout uses only products from the Kaleidoscope Princess line and some artificial flowers.  My favorite picture out of those that Sonda sent was the photo of her daughter and Cinderella both smiling into the camera.  So I enlarged that photo to a 5 x 7 and matted it with the solid pink from the Princess Dots/Hot Pink Kaleido Paper .   I used the Princess Kaleido Title with the word "pretty" of the Princess Kaleido Words .  The Princess Kaleido Quote and the Princess Flower Kaleido Cut made perfect accents.  I cut the Princess Flower/Aqua Kaleido Paper and Princess Dots/Hot Pink Kaleido Paper into triangles and used them with a couple of strips of the Flower paper for an interesting background.  The bright, fun colors went perfectly with the joy on Baylee's face and the coordinated product line made scrapbooking my first Disney photos easy. 

 

Baylee's Magical Memory by Jen K.