Be Inspired by Treasure Island

The day is here! the Sale is on!! 

 

Be sure to get in on the big deals while you can!

 

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Be sure to get the latest inspiration from our Literary Challenge...Be Inspired by

Robert Louis Stevenson's

 

Treasure Island

 

 

thanks for stopping by...see you soon!!

 

andrea

 

 

Big Sale Countdown Continues!!

Some of the things on sale will be our grid paper... this is what you can do with the 8 x 8 size...create baby photo books!

turn a package of 8 x 8 grids from this...

...to this two sided album that can stand up to be displayed! It's ready for the recipient to complete!! What a gift idea!!

 

or make a pre-completed gift!

Maybe you'd like a baby album that you can add a photo a day of the new baby everyday for a year and keep track of monthly achievements too? We've got that too!


Lots of colorful grids and tiles...I made these layouts so the new mom can just pop in photos on top of the various mats.

Some Doodlebug Design pattern paper is a perfect match used to coordinate a full year...

 

 Our bright color palette of 12 x 12 grid papers and our Calendar Pages.

Used the Cricut to cut titles.

 

 Using an EK success punch to trim a photo to the size that will fit into the calendar layout I can have a photo a day of baby without a lot of work. Not sure when Baby will arrive? I provided the new mom with a set of stamps, ink and a calendar to start baby's year whenever she needs to begin!!

Then there's also the RTC paper...now in more colors and sizes!!
Mini Albums are a cinch with RTC.

from this...

...to this!

Just a few of the goodies that you can check out at snap-n-crop!

take a peek...
 

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Need some inspiration for layouts? We have a whole section of patterns with examples to inspire you, and we even have FREE downloads that coordinate with our grid patterns like the alphabet used here...

that's all for now...but I'll be back with a few more ideas soon!!

 

thanks for stopping by...

 

andrea

Stay-Vention Sale at Mosaic Moments!!!

Coming soon!!





Yes, folks! It's time for the BIG sale!! Mark your calendars!!

More details as the week progresses!!
andrea

Small Town USA

Greetings!

Ready for some more ideas for scrapping your July events?

Great you've come to the right place!!

Let's begin with the very latest Challenge on Mosaic Moments Grid Paper: Stars & Stripes.

 

This two page layout features numerous techniques including glitter, glitter paper, pop dots, banners, tags, wooden stars, chevrons and a FREE downloadable alphabet to use on your Mosaic Moments Grids.  To see all the products in the store 

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to see the layout and all the details

CLICK HERE

 



Here's a few things I started with to make the layout.

see that FREE sheet of letters?

and here it is in the layout title

The Alphabet Tiles fit the 1" space exactly and are easy to punch out with a 1" square punch. I wanted to use the Cobalt Blue tiles to mount them on so I trimmed a little more off to show a narrow blue border. The "small" banner was cut using a Cricut and 1/8" ribbon used to hang each letter.

the July Literary Challenge was to be inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
My inspiration was the Tea Party and I chose to do a layout on the tea services that have been passed down in our family.

 

 

This title photo is my favorite of the page and this view includes many of the things I love on the page.
To see the rest of the story in photos and details click here.

Would you like a fun way to include your toddler in enjoying their summer photos? Then you might want to jump on over to www.MosaicMoments.com and find this treasure!

 
Details and instructions HERE 

My granddaughter loves looking at the pages I'm working on, but then they aren't exactly designed for a toddler to hold them and touch. Until now. I used the Mosaic Moments RTC paper to create a mini album of photos we took last summer of her at the zoo! Using textured animal prints from Anna Griffin I put together a fit in your hand book that she can touch and read all she wants to. I included some secret storage for tags with more photos and story that includes things she said and did along the way that day. I want to help her to remember her day and what she did...and now she can't wait to go again this year!!
How many times to you make pages for your kids albums that you hope that some they will enjoy and appreciate? Why not try this idea to get them more involved and remember the things they've done as little bitties...right from the start!

 

 

I'll be back later this week with news about our upcoming sale at the store...you won't want to miss this once a year bash!!

There will be lots of new items being added in the days ahead!!
 

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thanks for stopping by...

 

andrea 

July! Time for summer fun!

Greetings! Hope everyone has enjoyed their Independence Day Celebrations! Are you ready to scrap those memories?  I hope so!  This week we have featured on Mosaic Moments a few ideas for putting a beach page together using our terrific grid papers. There are also some great new colors to expand your collection that are perfect for summers activities so be sure to check them out.

For the article go HERE to see the up close details, but I thought I'd show one tip not shared there.

I used Shrink Film on the page for some of my embellishments. You might remember "Shrinky Dinks"  from the '80's...now it's back and you can buy sheets that you can run through your ink jet printer! This will let you print a variety of embellishments  using all the neat things in your digital scrapbooking kits on your handmade layouts. Think of the possibilities!!

The pieces I chose for this page came from a digital kit from FOREVER JOY called Surf Shack. I had printed a sheet of paper to use in the layout on matte presentation paper, the elements on a sheet of shrink film. To get my printer to actually recognize the sheet and print instead of kicking it through each time, I attached a plain sheet of computer paper with a little bit of dot adhesive and it printed on the shrink film wonderfully.

Because you need to make the image larger to accommodate it shrinking 50% I did a few size tests.

The square on the left is cut to 2 1/8" the one on the right was 2" before it shrunk to 3/4".

Below, the one on the left is the 2 1/8" square has shrunk to just shy of 1" square.

 

 

These are the images I printed on the sheet. The round flair buttons are sized to fit in a 2 1/8" square and will shrink to just about an inch and will fit nicely on the 1" paper tiles on the page.

The surf boards were printed at 4 3/8" in size and as you can see in the close up below...

 

 ...they shrink to just under two inches, and the ink intensifies!  

 

 

If you have an idea to include shrink film embellishments in your layouts I'd love to see what you do...post your layout on The Story Board at www.journella.com we'd love to see your summer pages!! Not sure what The Story Board is...take a peek and then come share your creations with us!!

 

 

 

Taking a trip over to the Story board you can also follow up on these recent Challenge posts including two literary challenges, Pride and Prejudice, and Alice in Wonderland (sneak peak in the screen shot above!) We also worked on a Black and White photo layout too, so stop by and visit a while.

 

There's lot's more coming in the next few weeks, so I'll keep you updated on all the latest new products and details.

 

glad to have you stop in for a visit...

 

andrea