Friends Become Our Chosen Family - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends. Happy National Scrapbook Day!

 I am here today with some scrappy JustNick Studios inspiration and a FREE cut file! I love using circle frames around my photos. Floral Ring 2 is a new digital cut file, so I thought I would use it to showcase a photo of my besties. I have been reorganizing my scrapbook room and came across these pretty papers from the Pink Paislee Take Me Away collection by Paige Evans. I didn't have any coordinating embellishments, so I combined it some rub-ons from Chic Tags ( I miss them bunches! ) and some brads from the We R Memory Keepers Chalkboard collection. I love how the black brads help create a visual triangle with the title. I thought the Simple Stories washi tape from the Love & Adore collection went really well with it too. Yeah for using some stash!



To add dimension to my layout, I layered some more flowers on top of the Floral Ring. These are from the Stems For Stephanie digital cut file.





I used one more cut file today. I just love this title, Friends Become Our Chosen Family. These wonderful women really are like family for me. They were neighbors but most have moved away, still we get together at least once a month.



Here the cut files I used today...







If you are interested in watching my process video, here it is ...

Thanks so much for stopping by. You can grab the FLORAL RING 2 cut file for FREE using the code: RINGFREE at checkout until midnight on May 7, 2017 only!

More free cut files are coming later today, so be sure to stop back at JustNick Studios.
~Marcia

Pi Day - Clique Kits

Hello blogging friends.

It's Clique Kits Pep Rally time! We have some awesome inspiration for you starting on the Clique Kits blog. This month's kit Origins featured the Simple Stories Life In Color and Carpe Diem collections. Take a look...

and here is today's line up...

Clique Kits https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/

Gia Lau https://giaaloha.wordpress.com/

Erica Thompson https://ericarosecreates.wordpress.com/

Lacey Gasper http://laceybugcreations.blogspot.com/

*Donna Espiritu http://www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com/

*Justyna Skowron http://www.made-by-justt.blogspot.com/

*Aliza Deutsch http://peopleofthescrapbook.blogspot.com/

*Kat Benjamin http://kraftykat9.blogspot.com

*Marcia Dehn-Nix http://www.onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/

Kim Oedekoven http://krodesigns.blogspot.com/

Sandy Gonzalez http://craftythought.com

Kim Allen http://kimsscrappyblog.blogspot.com/

*Leigh Ann Odynksi http://www.artfulleighcreative.com

Mariah Hechler www.fun2scrap.blogspot.com/

Sarah King http://scrappinmylittleroyals.blogspot.com/

I've felt like I am in a scrapping rut since returning from vacation in Hawaii. I stare at my papers and can't seem to decide what photos, what design, ... so when Erica shared this sketch I thought I should give it a go too. Especially since I loved what everyone else was creating with it. Here is the sketch by Sasha Farina for October Afternoon.

It's trendy and fresh, and just what I needed. Here is my layout...

I cut my paper with my paper trimmer, but it would have been so much easier to have used my Silhouette (if I had thought of it!). The diagonal cut was too long for my trimmer. 

This is my friend and co-worker Margaret whom I just recently lost to brain cancer. She was diagnosed in September, had surgery to remove most of her tumor, did chemo and radiation, but by January the tumor had regrown. 

Margaret and I met at the University where we were taking a computer science class. Near the end of the semester we discovered we were both going to work for the same company, Control Data. For the past 30 years, she was my lunch time workout buddy. Every time she traveled, she would bring me back something. Most of the time it was just a piece of chocolate :)  She loved to bake and was always giving me recipes as well as samples.

So when Siemens started this Pi Day bake off contest in 2012, you can't imagine her excitement. Of course she insisted I bake a pie too, so I did. Here we are with our pies :)

I am sad to say I don't have any pictures of us together! Friends for 30 years and not one picture together :(   In my defense, Margaret is not a picture person. She would not want to be in a selfie. While she had a cell phone for work, I never once saw her use it to take a picture. I had to beg for these pics from a lady in charge of the Siemens employee recreation club.

so let's talk about the layout already! I loved the clear stickers and those bright yellow hearts that were included in the kit. The brads were from my stash.

The die cuts in the ephemera pack were awesome too...

I loved that the Bella Blvd sticker sheet had lots of letters and numbers. I thought I was being oh so clever here with my Pi enumeration. That yellow chevron washi tape is from the May kit ... so be watching for it to come to you too. I really love how that washi tape looks on this layout!

So, leave a comment and you will be entered into our Pep Rally giveaway :)

Next stop is Kim Oedekoven .

Thanks for stopping by!

~Marcia

Book Club - Clique Kits

Hello blogging friends!

Clique Kits just revealed their November kit Tapestry and it is a beauty! It features the We R Memory Keepers Wildflower collection. One of my favorite papers from the collection is the one with all the houses. It's so perfect for family or neighborhood pics. Having just one sheet of this awesome paper I decided to fussy cut out a couple of houses so that I could use it on a couple different layouts. This photo is a pic of my book club buddies. This was taken a couple years ago when I threw a baby shower for one of our members. I came across the pic when I was gathering photos for another neighbor who is moving away.... all the way to Arkansas! We have been neighbors for 28 years! I am putting a scrapbook together for them so they won't forget us :)  Anyway... here is my layout ...

For me this is a very simple layout.... not much layering or clusters. I used this ledger paper for the background because it was perfect to journal on. I wanted to list some of my favorite books that we have read over the years. I like the neighborhood feel  it has...

I am not big on journaling, but really wanted to document some of the awesome books we have read. Are you interested in my list? I am an avid reader (or I should say listener because I listen to audio books when commuting to and from work. I also listen sometimes when I am scrapping. )  We chose a different book to read every month.... sometimes for very lengthy books we give ourselves longer. We have had some great discussions but really, out monthly gathering is more about connecting with friends, because all of these ladies have become very dear to me. It must be mutual, because even though 2 of these ladies have moved out of the neighborhood, they keep coming back for book club. I think Arkansas will be a little too far to come back though. :(     Some of my least favorites .... I couldn't even force myself to finish these .... Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Eat, Pray, Love

You still have a week to participate in the October challenge. You do not need to be a subscriber. Our challenge is always anything goes. So you all have no excuse to link up :)  Always a generous prize to be won too.

Thanks for stopping by,
~Marcia