Land of OZ by SherrieJD

Have you seen the new Enchilada of Awesomeness available at SherrieJD's store?  If not and if you're a fan of OZ you seriously need to check this out!  Sherrie has broken this collection down into multiple smaller kits as well as bundled the whole deal at a deep discount, so you can get exactly what you want.

Here's what I made:

And here's what I used:

And here's The Whole Enchilada:

By the Numbers by FineCrafted Designs

Have you seen this new kit by Finecrafted Designs?  It's called By the Numbers and it's got some super fun stuff included.  Sometimes I need to creatively decompress and make something just for fun, not anything that goes into a book or on a wall or anything like that, just something to give me a pinch of creative freedom.  This was the kit that gave me that opportunity.  And I LOVE what I made : ))

Here's what I made:

And here's what I used:

By the Campfire by Blue Heart Scraps

For December my Designer Partner over at Ginger Scraps has been Blue Heart Scraps.  Her style reminds me a lot of true paper scrapping and that can really spark my imagination.  I decided it would be fun to make a wall hanging with a very neat quote I saw in Latin in a book I just completed.

Here's what I made:

And here's what I used:

Feelin' Groovy (Collab Duo) by Craftastrophic Designs & Joyful Heart Designs

Today is mine and Leonard's 12th anniversary.  Sometimes it's hard to believe it's been that long and other times it seems like it was just yesterday.  Time is such a weird thing.  Anyway, I thought I would make a little something to celebrate, maybe I'll even end up printing this and putting it on the wall.

Here's what I made:

And here's what I used:

My Baby Wrote me a Letter by Finecrafted Designs

I have a sweet little artistic kit to share with you today.  Finecrafted Designs has a new release called "My Baby Wrote my a Letter" and it's available at Deviant Scrap.  I thought it would make a pretty journal page, so this is what I did with it:

And here's the kit preview:

A Primitive Christmas by Crowabout StudioB

When I saw this kit, I thought I was in trouble.  I'm not ready for Christmas!  I don't have the Christmas Spirit and I don't want it... at least not for a few more weeks.  I didn't think there was any way I was going to be able to do anything with this kit.  Then I opened it.  Ahhhhhh it's beautiful.  There is so much to it.  It's so versatile it can be used for plenty of other things...

Like this page that I made:

And here's a preview of the kit:

Wings of the Phoenix by Beth Rimmer

Wings of the Phoenix isn't a new kit by Beth, in fact it came out while I was on vacation a while back and I didn't get an opportunity to work with it until recently and it certainly came in handy for my Round Robin page swap for Fifi!  I love how this turned out.

Here's my page:

And here's Beth's kit:

Art (Doll) Therapy by Beth Rimmer

I'm running behind on this one.  The amazing and talented Beth Rimmer released a new kit, Art (Doll) Therapy, while I was on vacation, so I'm playing catch up... I couldn't miss out, it's SO FUN!  Art dolls seem to be quite the rage lately, and I can see why.  There is so much to be expressed through these little beauties.  The page I made actually holds a lot of symbolism.  I didn't have much to write, but I had a lot to say.

Here's my page:

And here's Beth's newest kit:

Vintage Paris Art Studio by Finecrafted Desings

Evelyn of Finecrafted Designs has out done herself, yet again.  I am so fortunate to be a part of this amazing team of talent.  Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky.  Evelyn's latest stroke of creative genius is Vintage Paris Art Studio, a fun kit that brings you right into the studio with some of the most amazing artists in history.

Here's the page I made:

And here's the kit:

Street Dollies by Clementine Design

Clementine has the must unique style of all the designers I work with.  She's extremely eclectic yet a little old fashioned and this always shows through in her work.  Clementine's newest kit is called "Street Dollies" and it is a hoot!!  When I set out to work with Clementine's designs my pages just fall into place.  I know I've said this before, but it feels like something is working through me.  It's like my emotions just jump right through my fingers and put the page together all on their own with absolutely no input from my brain.

My page using "Street Dollies" is a little eerie.  I'm not entirely sure what it means.  Nothing is meant by it.  At least not intentionally.  Maybe there is something lurking beneath the surface that hasn't come to pass and I don't know about it.  Not sure really.  I just know that the moment I saw each one of these elements I knew I would be using them.  And very little editing was done to them by me, it was like they came to me just the way they were meant to be used.  Look at the monkey, how he's looking up at the 2 girls, that look on his face, is terror or knowledge?

And here's a little preview of the kit:

His Spirit Moves Me by Finecrafted Designs

A new collection has just been released by Finecrafted Designs.  It's beautiful with a realistic Christian theme.  Not being particularly religious I was concerned that I might have trouble working with this kit, but all of sudden I was struck with inspiration and here is what I created (click the image to go to my gallery):

And here are the items from the collection that I used to make this beautiful page: