Make it Monday - Me, Myself & I with Bella Blvd

Hey gang! If you didn't see the Bella Blv blog had an amazing weekend of inspiratio for National Scrapbooking Day.  Loads of layouts and giveaways!  Stop by and check them all out!  I used the Color Chaos collection which can be found in the Paper Issues store!  Grab my code SAYCHEZ on the side bar and save 20% on your total order.  Enjoy!

Make it Monday- PCHEZ & Office Suite

Goo Monday gang!  Have you checked out Office Suite by Fancy Pants yet?  I am in love with this collection!  The color palette is awesome.  You can grab some now in the Paper Issues Shop! (details below)

Here are a couple of my favorite pieces from the line..

Check out all the new Fancy Pants HERE

Grab my code and save 20% on your order too! 

Paper Issues Online Crop!

Paper Issues is having its first online crop! View the event on Facebook and share in the fun.  Parker on the Porch will be sponsoring!! 

Hip to Be Square with A Flair for Buttons & Paper Issues

Hey Gang! It's new issue Monday at Paper Issues and we have teamed up with a Flair for Buttons!  Hands down the best flair maker ever.  A Flair for buttons sent me a couple pieces and I mixed them with random swag bag mixtures.  I can't tell you the last time I used a piece of kraft cardstock.  I love the outcome!  

On to the details.  A Flair for Buttons is running a coupon code for our link party!  Use code IHAVEISSUES15 to save 10% off your total order through the month of February. Use code SAYCHEZ and save 20% off your order at Paper Issues. 

Suggested link up ideas: use 3x3, 4x4, 6x6/8x8/12x12 paper, photos and other square elements, use a grid design, use paper that has squares on it, favorite room in your house, quilt-like patterns, show off current scrapbooking trends (chevron, bokeh, woodgrain, arrows, etc.), square dancing, square root, baked goods because bars, brownies, etc. are cut into squares, city block, square brackets, square knot (scouting or boating), game boards like chess, checkers, Scrabble (and online variations), a square meal, use A Flair for Buttons products

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Paper Issues Link Party

Make it Monday- Pagemaps for December with Paper Issues

Good Morning gang! It's December can you believe it?  To kick off the last month of the year Paper Issues teamed up with Becky Fleck and Pagemaps to offer up some designs for this months sketches.  You can download all the sketches from their newsletter OR their website HERE.  I used Gossamer Blue for my sketch.  I am in love with the colors! 

Sketchy Saturday with Paper Issues

Good Morning!  Paper Issues new Sketch for Sketchy Saturday by Jen Chapin is live.  I played along this week and it felt good to scrap for myself.  I used Fancy Pants Hello Friend.  Helloooooooo I LOVE.  Pretty sure I need these glitter thickers in bulk too.  asap.  Stop by and play! 

Make it Monday with Technique Tuesday

Happy Monday gang!  Technique Tuesday reached out to me with some new stamps and dies and asked if I would create something for them.  Of course !  They have a new monthly kit club featuring their steel dies.  It is called Fresh Cut Studio Kit and they also have the Memory Keepers Stamp Kit that coordinates with these dies.  I received the Going places Dies and Stamps. 

My favorite stamp is the circle arrow. I used Dew Drops Brilliance ink in Galaxy Gold then punched out a circle in vellum and stamped my sentiment.

There is just something so crisp about a steel die, am I right? I used a mixture of Pink Paislee's Solstice, Webster's Pages Ocean Melody & Paper Issues September Swag Bag. You can stop by Technique Tuesday's Shop HERE and their blog HERE for all kinds of inspiration! 

Paper Issues- Link Party with May Arts!

Happy Monday gang!  It's new issue Monday at Paper Issues and this link party is sponsored by May Arts!  My favorite ribbon EVER.  Specifically this black and cream stripe.  They have had it for a few years because I have so many projects made with it.  I used an entire spool to create my wreath and I gave it a healthy dose of Glitter Dust.  

Stop by the Paper Issues blog HERE and link up your creation and win some May Arts! Some ideas for projects you may already have.

Ribbon and other fibers may be in the spotlight, but as always we have other ideas to get you thinking about what to link up. 

• Show us your mad sewing skills. Put the pedal to the metal and break out your sewing machine or stitch by hand.
• Add floss, thread, twine or ribbon to your project. You can tie it in a knot, you can tie it in a bow or you can use it in some other creative way.
• Go through your stash of fabrics and use a scrap or two...
• Kids are notorious for telling funny jokes and saying cute things. Document the funny things kids say.
• What says "cute" to you? Is it baby animals? Sweet! Babies? Awwww! Whatever it is, we'd love to see! Maybe you have some cute woodland animal stickers you could use as embellishments.
• Use a couple of buttons on your project.
• Tell us what keeps you in stitches and makes you laugh. Is it a funny movie, a comedy show or favorite comedian?
• Use May Arts ribbon.

Paper Crafter's Library and Crate Paper

I was asked to share a project over on Paper Crafter's library last week.  I am a dummy and forgot to post it on the correct day! Such is life these days.  So here is a layout I made using Crate Paper's Boys Rule.  My kid is awesome.  She is super girlie, yet so not.  I love that I can still use boy themed collections for photos of her.  Stop by PCL and check out all their inspiration! 

 

New Link Party Monday at Paper Issues with Jillibean Soup!

Happy Monday!  It's new issue day at Paper Issues.  Our newest link party "Tell me dies, Tell me sweet little dies" is now live and is sponsored by Jillibean Soup! 

What sorts of projects fit the Tell Me Dies theme? Here are a few ideas...

• Show us your mad fussy cutting skills.
• Use scissors or sewing notions as embellishments, maybe even sewing-themed paper.
• Use die cuts of all kinds — pre-made, from a manual die cut machine and/or an electronic machine. Be sure to check out the wonderful Jillibean Soup cut files in the Silhouette store.
• Put the focus on your journaling.
• Share a family story that's been passed down from generation-to-generation.
• Are bedtime stories part of the nighttime routine in your house (as in "tell me a story")? Is there a favorite, one you read over and over and over?
• Show us memorial pages about loved ones who are no longer with us.
• Create a layout that's all about you (as in "all about me")
• Use Jillibean Soup products.

our link party runs for two weeks! stop by, link up and win!