Come check me out at The Paper Variety!

Hello---

I wanted to share with you that I am a Guest Designer at The Paper Variety in March!

They had the COOLEST challenge---you had to choose three in a row on their tic-tac-toe board...each square is something you need to do on your project:

I chose:  complete a layout, include stitching, include a diecut.

Here is my layout:

The die cut is my circle, and the stitching is in the upper right hand corner on the green paper.  I also used a punch on the lime-leaved transparency, which is neat---it actually worked!

There's sort of a story behind this layout though...

I was reading a magazine from 1948 (the same magazine that I used to make my post-it holder, here) that my mother gave me when I saw an article entitled “How’s your social security?”  I honestly thought it was about retirement, so I thought it would be interesting to look a little closer---then I discovered it was talking about one’s social status in junior high!  It was a quiz!  Since my daughter is in junior high, I had her take the quiz, and I made a little booklet that explained the quiz, interpreted her results, and included two of the questions.  The results proved she was “just about normal”.  I just thought the whole thing was soooo funny I had to use it.  I used an acid free spray on all the elements from 1948 and hid some journaling explaining the quiz.

I love anything vintage, especially from the 1940's thru the 1960's...

If you haven't been to check out The Paper Variety, you MUST!  They have excellent challenges and a very talented design team.  Abby is just about one of the sweetest folks I have ever emailed with!   I'm so honored that Abby and Suzanne asked me to be a guest designer.

Thanks so much for stopping by!