dots and stripes (and a giveaway)…

I love both of them – dots and stripes I mean…and when you put them together in the perfect shades of the best colors…perfection!  That’s exactly what Echo Park Paper Company did in a recent release – two different color sets – metropolitan

and candy shoppe. 

I love how all of the colors coordinate not only with each other, but also with so many of their other collections.

Now is probably a great time to share a little bit of fun news with you…though it hasn’t been “officially announced,” I joined Echo Park’s in-house design team a couple of months ago – and I’ve been working on some fun “behind the scenes” projects.  If you subscribe to their monthly newsletter, you may have seen a couple of my projects in their “consumer project” section of their last two newsletters (June and July).

Here’s an image July’s newsletter:

I know that image is teensy…here’s another little peek:

If you’d like to see a better image, along with instructions for this layout, click here to see the pdf they put together for their consumers (that would be YOU!).

In honor of my love for all things dots and stripes – and my love for these two great paper collections – I’d love to share some with you!  I just happen to have an extra set of Candy Shoppe Dots & Stripes paper (the same set I used on the layout in the newsletter) that I’d love to give away to one of my blog readers.  Just leave a comment on this blog post telling me the last patterned paper you purchased or your all-time favorite pattern (polka-dots anyone?!?) to scrapbook with.  Be sure to leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win.  I’ll choose a winner on Monday morning!

Also, if you can’t get enough of Echo Park Paper and ideas, you just HAVE to check out their new Project Gallery on Flickr!  You’ll find lots and lots of fun ideas there!  You can also check them out on their blog (here) and on  Facebook (here) – I know they share lots of ideas…and host some fun giveaways too! :o)