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Inspiration to Carry You Through the Weekend...

We had a few technical glitches yesterday so we went ahead and extended our Sprinkles Pre-Order sale through today at noon EST for inspireME members only. Be sure to head over there and take advantage of this crazy awesome deal! Go ahead, we'll wait....

There. Now that you've taken care of that...let's turn our attention to some inspiration... 

Perhaps you're one of the lucky ones who will spend a portion of the weekend creating, and we wanted to give you plenty of eye candy to carry all the way through till Monday morning...

Our designers have been busy, and they're all anxious to use their new collections. {We hope you are too! Have you started stocking up?}  

First, take a look at this altered frame by designer Erin Blegen:

Erin's project makes very good use of Royal Christmas, and so does this unexpected layout from designer Nina Ostermann. Nina went for "Royal Christmas goes Summer" with this adorable page:

And Tomoko Takahashi dove into her Park Drive stash and emerged with this beauty: 

Is that gorgeous? And we love how Tomoko mixed and matched several collections together to bring it to life. 

This beautiful altered frame by the fabulous Jaz Lee is certainly a piece of art, and we have fallen completely in love with the details: 

Our website is stocked with beautiful, inspiring paper and embellishments so be sure to swing by and supplement your stash today! 

Happy weekend!

Wonderfall Inspiration {Mini Tag Book}

We're so excited we were able to offer "Wonderfall" as part of our "In Case You Missed it Monday"... if you were one of the lucky ones to snag the line for 20% off (or if you have some hiding in your stash), you might want some inspiring ideas on how to put it to good use. 

We're so happy to oblige. 

Check out this adorable tag book from Designer Anabelle O'Malley:

The Wonderfall line has such rich, vibrant colors, perfect for autumn, and the way Anabelle put this little book together is so inspiring. 

Anabelle says, "Wonderfall is a wonderful and versatile Fall collection. I decided to create some tags using it. At first I thought I'd use them as gift tags, but then decided that I'd add a couple of photos to make it into a 'Thankful' booklet. I couldn't be more thankful for my loving hubby and my sweet boy. I plan on displaying my booklet alongside some of my Fall decorations as a reminder of how lucky I am."

Each page is wonderfully unique, making this sweet little book of tags a great addition to autumn decor, a sweet gift or just a simple reminder to focus on the things that make you happy. 

Even if you didn't catch our sale (we're so sorry!) you can still shop the Wonderfall collection on our website! Don't miss it!

Stuck on Stickers

This week we're taking a look at some of the fun ways you can transform your stickers, and today we've got two gorgeous Park Drive projects to inspire you. 

First, let's look at this beautiful mini album from Designer Larissa Albernaz: 

We are absolutely smitten with the texture all over Larissa's album, including both the right side of each page and the cover iteself. Notice how she's used a few different kinds of the Park Drive stickres. 

Larissa's Classic style lends itself to a bit of artistic playfulness, like doodling right on the sticker or outlining it with a thin marker, like a fine tipped Sharpie. 

Another way to make your stickers stand out is to mat them on cardstock and adhere them with a foam square or other dimensional adhesive. 

Our Sentiment stickers are perfect touches for adding both design elements and journaling spots... sometimes they're so perfect, you don't need much more! 

Here's an image of the whole beautiful book--you can see lots of adorable stickered additions throughout the whole thing. 

What about using other products, like papers and punches, to create elements that resemble stickers? That's just what Designer Emma Trout has done on this beautiful layout: 

The little punched butterflies and circles have the look of stickers, but they're actually punched patterned paper. Outlined with a fine-tipped black marker, Emma's punched elements have the same look as Larissa's stickers...and it works just as beautifully!

Adorn with some sweet pearls, and your hand-punched embellishments really pop. 

What's your favorite way to use stickers? We'd love to see! In the meantime, head over to our website and stock up on our Mini Message stickers...then see how you can transform them!

 

 

A Trendy Challenge

Today is the last day of our TrendWatch series, and we're pretty excited to end with a bang.

That's right. A challenge...for you. With a really great prize!

But first, we have two more trends to tackle, and that means gorgeous layouts to inspire you to create. 

Like this one from Jaz Lee. Jaz chose to show use the insanely popular trend of using die cuts:

Die cuts have been around since scrapbooking began, but they've "grown up" quite a bit. One of the most popular (and fun) hot trends right now is the use of die cut text, like Jaz's adorable title block and layers. 

What a great way to make your layers even more interesting! And die cutting from your patterned paepr is an easy way to add that little something special...

Another trend we've fallen head over heels in love with is the use of masks. With the addition of mists, paints and all things artsy, masks have become a really creative way to make a layout shine.

Tomoko Takahashi's gorgeous project is proof:

This layered, artful creation is absolutely stunning, and so much more interesting to look at thanks to the negative space provided by misting over a mask. 

The best part is, you can experiment and play...go ahead and stretch those creative wings. This month, we're challenging you to use Webster's Pages (anything you want!) to create a layout that uses one of the trends we showcased this week. Scroll down for a recap! 

So, what will you choose? 

Here are the details on this challenge: 

1. The layout must use predominantly Webster's Pages.

2. You must upload your layout to the gallery at InspireME on or before midnight EST on September 20th. Your layout title must include the words "August Trend Challenge"

3. Once you've done that, come back to THIS POST and comment with a link to your layout. The winner will receive the collection kit of her choice. 

Good Luck! And Happy Trending! 

Trend Watch: Chevrons

You might already know we have a thing for chevrons. 

Our love for them is well documented, like in this Palm Beach pattern and now, this new Halloween overlay with the chevron'd owl...so it's no surprise that this is one trend we're happy to show off. 

And show off we will, thanks to two of our fabulous designers. Look at this gorgeous, chevron-filled layout from Designer Iris Babao Uy:

Serving as a photo block and design element, these rows of chevrons take this layout to a whole new level. 

Iris didn't just add chevrons to her incredible layout, she textured the chevrons  and then added them, and the results are simply stunning. 

Anabelle O'Malley also got a little funky with the chevrons, adding the nifty little triangular elements in several different spots on this layout. Just look:

We especially love the negative spaced chevrons behind the photo highlighted by the white-on-white chevrons that surround it. What a clever idea! 

As if those weren't enough (and they are!), Anabelle also tacked down some black chevrons with her sewing machine, drawing the eye right where it needs to go...to the adorable picture of these two handsome boys. 

How about you...have you tried your hand at a chevron-inspired design lately? We'd love to see! 

In the meantime, head over to our website where you can shop all our new (and old!) collections anytime! 

Trend Watch: Mixed Media Doilies

There are so many fun trends to try out on your next scrapbooking project, we couldn't even come close to covering them all...but we're sure having fun with the ones we ARE covering! 

Today we have a special treat, an off-the-wall project from the newest member of the Webster's Pages family, Erin Blegen.

Mixed Media has taken off...and while it may seem intimidating at first, we promise, it's really easy to get started! Here, Erin shares some quick and easy steps to creating this mixed media canvas:

Gorgeous, right? Webster's Pages products are PERFECT for mixed media. 

Step 1: Mix red and pink gelatos together, applying color to the edge of the canvas. Spritz the canvas with water and use your finger to blend colors together. 

Step 2: Apply gesso. Erin simply scooped some up with a folded scrap of photo paper and scraped it across the canvas. Some punched bits of paper got mixed in with the gesso, but Erin says, "the smattering of confetti was okay by me!"

Step 3: Lay a mask across the top of your canvas and spritz brown mist, then pink mist over it. Do this at the top left and bottom right corners. This gives your canvas a bit more depth and dimension. (And any mask will work well!) 

Step 4: Add papers! Erin hand-cut a section of this paper: 

She crumpled the paper and then added it to the canvas. Next, she cut the hot air balloon from the B-side of th paper along with some of the flowers on THIS SHEET, our Margaret paper. A few banners, a touch-up of gesso and the canvas is photo ready. 

Step Five: Add some texture paste to the upper right and lower left areas of the canvas, giving the canvas that last bit of detail to make it even more interesting. 

Now you can add the photo, frames and even a bit of journaling like Erin has done here. 

Use gems and pearls to doll up the hand-cut elements and then step back and admire your handiwork. 

So tell us...Have you journeyed into the world of mixed media yet? We'd love to see how you're using our products to embrace this artistic creative outlet!

Trend Watch & Guest Designer {Wendy Sue Anderson}

There's few things we enjoy more than seeing our products being put to great use...and today's post is chock full of inspiring projects...what better use could there be? 

We're so excited to welcome the fabulous Wendy Sue Anderson, our August Guest Designer. Wendy's clean, beautiful style is a perfect match for the two collections we sent her: Once Upon a Halloween and Park Drive. 

You can see more over at inspireME, but I had to share a few of her projects here.

First up, look at this gorgeous Park Drive layout: 

This week, we're talking about hot TRENDS, and Wendy Sue has a couple right here on this page. The paper cut into ribbons is a hot look we all love...and a great way to show off some of the gorgeous Park Drive patterns. Then, of course, twine is still around and better than ever, especially when you mix it with a Perfect Accent like this one here:

Wendy Sue also had a blast with Once Upon a Halloween, as you can tell by these adorable treat bags she whipped up: 

Wendy says: 

I always love putting together little treat bags for my kiddos or for friends for all of the holidays.  For these little bags, I created banner pieces to embellish the fronts – the premade cards made it super easy!  My favorite part, though, was trimming down the transparency overlays and tucking them inside the cello bags – I love being able to see the design through the bags – and STILL being able to see the sweet treats that are inside!

Gorgeous! Of course, that's not all. Our designers were so inspired by Wendy Sue! Her inspiration layouts and a few trends made for some gorgeous creations, like this one from Kay Rogers:

Kay shows off her hexagon crush with this layout featuring Once Upon a Halloween. Hexagons are huge right now, and we're all pushing aside our bad geometry memories to pull them onto our pages! What a fun idea to mix up the shapes a little bit. 

Finally, you can see another hot trend right here on Emeline's layout: 

Emeline explains, "Ombre is the graduation of saturated colors to lighter shade. Ombre dyed hair and ombre nails are really popular and liking what I see in a lot of fashion magazines, so I translated the gorgeous effect of blending a combination of colors from a darker to a lighter shade." 

The results are just perfect, and prove that we're all perfectly in love with Wendy Sue's style! 

For more of her projects and to see how the rest of our designers were inspired by Wendy Sue, head over to inspireME...You'll walk away with tons of happy inspiration. 

Trend Watch: Paper Feathers with Diana Brodeur

Do you follow the trends or make your own way? Do you jump right in with what's new and hot or do you take your time trying out the latest? 

This week, we're tackling some of scrapbooking's hottest trends and showing you how to execute them Webster's style... thanks to our local TrendSpotter, Anabelle O'Malley, we pinpointed some of today's hottest trends...and believe us, they are all inspiring! 

Today, we've got an adorable Park Drive layout from the fabulous Diana Brodeur showing off a fun and funky trend...can you spot it? 

That's right. Paper feathers. Easy to create with a little hand-cut fringe effect, and these feathers come to life with just the right amount of texture to add tons of visual interest. 

We also love how Diana worked a visual triangle in to this layout, using three yellow paper feathers to flank her kitty cat photo. 

Perfection!

What are some of your favorite trends? And have you caught on to the feather craze yet?

Don't forget to click the paper image below and start shopping today for the gorgeous new Park Drive collection...it started shipping last week and we can't wait to see what trends you tackle on your next project!  

Step-by-Step with Trendy Triangles {And Our New Park Drive Line}

We are thrilled to have our lovely Classic Designer Anabelle O'Malley to share a little step-by-step in how to incorporate one of today's hottest trends into your scrapbooking. 

Triangles!

We see them popping up all over the place, so today we get to create alongside Anabelle to pull this trend into our pages!

Take it away, Anabelle...

I have been loving the trend of using triangles on layouts lately! I recently found an awesome inspiration photo on Pinterest and it sparked me to create a page using Park Drive. 

 

Here's the inspiration photo:

Photo Source

And here’s my page:

Let me show you what I did…

I decided that I wanted my flags to be triangles, so I cut a bunch of them from the paper. I made two different sizes.

Next, I took twine and wrapped it around the cardstock. I taped it down on the back and stitched around the edges to hold it in place.

Then, I adhered the flags to the page. I added some with foam adhesive for added dimension.

I knew that I wanted to use some of the Park Drive trim to layer under my photo. But, I didn’t want to keep it yellow on here. So, I got out my spray mists and misted it green.  I love changing the colors of things. So easy to do! 

I added a couple of more Park Drive trims to the page and layered my photo on top of them.

I used snippets of the yellow trim, some of the Perfect accents and bits of twine to accent the little flags. Then, I added a strip of the circles paper to the left side of the page. I like how the rounded edges of the half circles add a little visual interest to all of the straight lines and angles on the page.

I finished off with a die cut title and added some letter stickers. It was a quick and fun page to pull together. 

So, as you can see, Park Drive and triangles really do go well together.

We agree! And you can create this gorgeous layout for yourself, just head over to the Webster's Pages website and pre-order your Park Drive goodies today! 

Inspiration Week {Jamie & Tomoko}

This week, we're excited to show you little peeks into the minds of some of our designers, in hopes of finding out what inspires them! 

Here's Jamie Harder to tell us more about her creative process...and read on to see her project AND learn a bit about Tomoko Takahashi's inspiration...

Websters Pages from Jamie Harder on Vimeo.

Isn't she adorable? Thanks to Jamie for sharing a little bit about what inspires you!

Here's a closer look at her gorgeous layout, and of course, the papers that inspired her design.

Jamie's Clean and Simple style is lightly layered and absolutely beautiful. We love how she's incorporated such lovely details and still kept her design true to her style. 

Also notice how she's used the positve and negative parts of this stamped butterfly. Perhaps for the rest of us, our inspiration will come from Jamie's creativity!

Tomoko has a Classic Webster's Pages style, and we love looking inside her creative mind to find out how she came up with such a gorgeous design. 

Tomoko says her inspiration was the original photo: 

The bubbles in the photo have a lovely rainbow color so Tomoko tried to express that same color by converting her photo to black and white and coloring the page with beautiful rainbow colors.

Look at all the gorgeous details Tomoko included in her layout. We're completely smitten! 

How about you? Do you relate to Jamie and Tomoko's sources of inspiration? What about these layouts inspire you?