january gardeners’ digest…

I am so excited to be able to join with my fellow Garden Girl design team members from Two Peas in a bucket to bring you the very first Gardners’ Digest – a new monthly blog hop series!  Each month we’ll be chatting and sharing inspiration about all things scrapbook related and we are so excited about it – I hope you are too!

To start off my portion of the January digest, I’d love to share a little peek of a project I have coming up in the Two Peas Garden in the near future:

I created a layout that focuses on different ways to use  pre-made die-cuts.  I had so much fun putting together my layout (which obviously has a Valentine/Love theme)!  I’ll be sure to let you know when it goes live so you can check out the entire layout!   I can’t wait to see what my fellow designers came up with for their projects as well…you can check out the Garden Girl Gallery for loads of fun ideas!

Speaking of the Garden Girl Gallery, I always find so much inspiration there.  Here’s a peek at just one of the many (many, many, many) projects I’ve been especially inspired by recently. 

(Click on the image to go directly to the project for more details)

This layout is by the talented Nancy Damiano – and she even shares her process via video in the Memory Keeping Monday series!  I love love love watching the other girls create their projects, I learn so much through seeing them work and hearing them share tips and tricks as they create…love the videos!  Speaking of videos, have you noticed there is now a direct link to ALL of the videos available at Two Peas (and they are all FREE!)?  Here’s the link so you can check them out: Videos.  There are NINE (!) different series (so far) and I don’t even know how many individual videos, but they are each packed full of ideas and information.  Check them out - I bet you’ll love them as much as I do!

After you’re done checking out the videos, you’ll probably be feeling really creative and in the mood for some new products…I know I always am!  Here are a few items that will be making their way to my home very very soon – maybe you’ll want to give some of these fun products a new home with you as well! ;)

It’s no secret I love journaling – especially hand-written journaling.  Little Yellow Bicycle always has fun journaling pockets in their collections and I am loving this new set of journaling pockets in their new Paradise Fresh collection.

I am loving the unique mix of colors in this “Paper Heart” collection by Crate Paper…and not just for Valentine’s Day!

How CUTE are these little Valentines from We R Memory Keepers (part of their new Love Struck Collection)? 

  

Oh, and these sweet little stamps from We R’s Love Struck collection too.  Seriously, for less than a dollar each – how could you go wrong?!?

And finally, a new tool to add to my collection.  I only invest in new tools when I KNOW I can get a LOT of use out of it.  It has to be versatile.  I can think of SO many uses for this new tab punch by Jenny Bowlin from Fiskars.  I can’t wait to start making custom tabs for my projects!

Thanks for stopping by – I hope you were able to find some form of inspiration here today!

Your next hostess is none other than the very sweet and talented Wilna Furstenberg!  Wilna is one of the newest designers to join the Garden Girl team and I am so excited to be able to learn more from her! 

Click on over to Wilna’s blog and enjoy!