completed my theme cj...

so here is the finished product of the 'my theme' circle journal swap that i have been hosting. the swap started back in december and has been a long and exciting swap. i have enjoyed this cj the most out of all the ones i have either hosted or participated in. i loved having each person pick their own swap and seeing how each one has turned out. i'm a little sad it is over!! but on to the next cj, i guess! and maybe i'll have to do this one again in december!

here are all the entries in my cj. everyone is so unique and amazing. the ladies that participated are all amazing.














joanne




sherri



ellie




patty




roxie



cheryl




mary

my town...

this is my last entry for the "my theme" circle journal swap that has been going on for 6 months. i'm sad to see it come to an end. i will post my completed journal tomorrow. this entry is in joanne's journal, which the theme was "my town". i don't know much about the city i live in now, so i did the city i grew up in.




my town
stamps: inkadinkadoo, green grass stamps
cardstock: night of navy, riding hood red
ink: onyx black & vintage sepia versafine, riding hood red

a-z of me...

another entry in the my theme circle journal. this journal is sherri's and her theme was "the a-z's of me". what a hard thing to come up with!!




a-z of me
stamps: stampin up, kim hughes-chf, maryse carrier, magenta, stamping bella, memory box, heidi grace
cardstock: wild wasabi, unknown patterned paper
ink: onyx black versafine
other: bic markers
font: fonts for peas summer sweetness

shoes...

i condisder myself a shoe girl. that is, i love to get new shoes. i had a time in my life where i had probably 20 different colors of low top chuck taylors. the yellow ones were my favorite. but now, it's all about flips. i love them. i don't go overboard, like i used to. now i have only a few pair. but the ones i have, i love. so when i got the latest circle journal in the "my theme" cj swap, i was all set on what i wanted to do. and i had this great new flip flop punch! then i did my 2 pages and hated it. so i had to redo it. this is the result. i'm still not liking it much, but i had to send it on it's way.



got flips
stamps: purple onion designs, stampin up, imaginisce
cardstock: morning marigold, buckaroo blue, rose red, purely pomegranate, soft sky
ink: onyx black versafine
other: bic markers, flip flop punch

patty's cj...

this is my entry for patty's circle journal in the my theme cj swap. her theme was flowers and i was stumped. so i went for simplicity. it let me use stamps i had forgotten about but absolutely love!!

flowers
stamps: maryse carrier, magenta
cardstock: pale plum, perfect plum
ink: perfect plum, elegant eggplant
other: prismacolor markers, bic markers

my secret obsession...

here is another entry in the latest circle journal swap i'm in. this is roxie's cj. the theme is 'my secret obsession'. i didn't know how to stamp and create a page revolving around my true secret obsession, which is the real world on mtv (i'm a junkie!), so i went with my crafting secret obsession.

my secret obsession
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: paper salon
ink:vintage sepia versafine
embellishments: ribbon, staples

childhood memories...

here is an entry in the latest circle journal swap i'm in. this is cheryl's cj. the theme is childhood memories. it was a hard one for me. not because i didn't have a fantastic childhood. i did. i loved my childhood. it was a blast. it's just hard to figure out what you want to put on a 7x7 page. this is what i created.

childhood memories
stamps: wildflower stamps, studio g
cardstock: fancy pants, close to cocoa, really rust, ballet blue
ink:vintage sepia versafine
embellishments: frames-fancy pants, ribbon, brads

mary c's cj...

it's circle journal time! this is the swap that everyone got to create their own theme for their cj. mary c's theme was 'images of christmas'. we had to pick our two favorite christmas stamps and do a layout with them. i went for simple. i love this santa! he's so cute.

images of christmas
stamps: memory box, rubber moon
cardstock: kiwi kiss, riding hood red (su); patterned paper-sweetwater
ink: riding hood red, kiwi kiss, black craft ink
other: karen foster rubons, clear embossing powder, sizzix texture plate, mini pom poms, glitter

a new circle journal...

well it's finally finished. i'm hosting another circle journal swap over at the shack and it's the first mail day today. i didn't realize when i picked this theme how hard it would be do create my cj! but i finally did. i love the papers...they are from we r memory keepers. very fun! and i was inspired by an idea from friend sarah that i should be using more of my embarrassing large collection/obsession of ribbons and fibers. so i found this funky turquoise fiber i had received in a swap (probably a few years ago!) and it worked perfectly i think!! i had a fun (or frustrating!) time trying to come up with what to do for each month, but i like how they all turned out. i left it unbound for now, since i have no idea how big it will be when it's returned to me!

what i {love} about
stamps: studio g, hero arts, ctmh, autumn leaves, fontwerks, imaginisce, chf, 3 scrappy boys
paper:we r memory keepers, close to cocoa (su); kraft (bazzil)
ink:
jardin moss (palette)
old paper distress ink (tim holtz)
vintage sepia, onyx black (versafine)
cool caribbean, summer sun, riding hood red, pink pirouette, tangerine tango, always artichoke, blue bayou (su)
embellishments: rubons-scrapworks, jenni bowlin, american crafts; ribbon, twine (su, making memories, american crafts); unknown ribbon
fonts: ld woodland, ld distorted drusillus, db journal doodles
other:: weeds and wildflowers designs digital images

here is a link to sherri's circle journal. she's so on top of the game already!!!

a sneak peak...

i never knew that sneak peaks were so poplular!! especially this time of year with craft and stamp companies getting ready for the "big" trade show!!! so i thought i would post a sneak peak of the circle journal i've been working on. i fell in love with this paper at roberts and had to buy it. i'm so glad i did!!! it's from we r memory keepers.