Gardeners' Digest scrapbooking blog hop (June 2013)
Welcome to the June Gardeners’ Digest, with updates from the Garden Girls! Since last month, Glitter Girl has finished her mini series on scrapbooking weddings and moved on to a few new ideas, including an episode with printables and paperclips and this week’s adventure wherein she goes a bit crazy with different embellishment motifs!
Here’s a look at Glitter Girl’s latest adventure, and you can find her new video weekly here at Two Peas.
This project from Garden Girl Lilith Eeckels has inspired me to get back to some interactive layouts soon. I love how she compromised between a single and double layout by adding a section to a single page that folds out to include more, and the photos, colours, and design are just beautiful. See more of her project here.
Plus if you want some drama in a scrapbooking video, don’t miss Wilna’s latest In the Mood to Scrap. I always love all of Wilna’s videos and projects, but this particular episode is amazing as Wilna worked around one of the biggest accidents to happen while filming: spilling an entire bottle of mist on her layout!
Plenty of new items have arrived at Two Peas lately, and my favourite is probably the entirety of the Travel Girl collection by October Afternoon. Can I pick an entire collection as my favourite product? I’ve also been excited to see the new Project Life collections arrive in the store even though I don’t keep a weekly Project Life album. I just want to use the cards on my standard 12×12 pages, and to help with that, I’ve split several collections with friends so we could each have a variety of the cards rather than a full set of each colour scheme. I do think the full core kit (plus page protectors and an album) is a great way to introduce a new scrapbooker to this hobby, and it would make a fabulous gift! But if you’ve been scrapping already, you’re probably a fan of the variety, so splitting the kits with other scrapping friends (either in real life or online friends you can swap with by post) makes for a great way to get just enough and not have to commit to just one design. My favourite collection was midnight, but this week I’ve been working with Honey and Blush, and they are both lovely too! The bright colours are great and mix well with other collections. Plus Two Peas has the coordinating 12×12 papers for the collections, and I’m looking forward to working with those soon.
If you’re a big Christmas scrapper, definitely check out the sales at the moment. In the 75% off section, there is a lot of Christmas stuff, including some really fancy embellishments that have gone from pricey to bargain with that discount, plus there are papers and other themes too. Definitely worth a look.
Want a little help with your shopping? One comment left on this post by the end of the month will receive a $10 Two Peas gift certificate to buy whatever you fancy. Make sure you include a valid address in the email box when you leave your comment. Good luck!
Now it’s time to hop on over to the next Garden Girl, and that’s the lovely Janna Werner, who will have more fun to share with you! Enjoy! And you can find the full list of links on the Two Peas blog. Don’t miss Jamie Sorenson’s pregnancy album series while you are there – if that’s something you might want to make (for yourself or a friend!) she is sharing some fabulous tips and her album is just delightful.
Gardeners’ Digest is a monthly update from the Garden Girls, the design team at Two Peas in a Bucket. To keep up with the Garden Girls throughout the month, check out the garden gallery any time!
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