My New Logo

What do you think? Simple and sweet - here is my new logo which will feature on some very exciting new signature collections sometime in the very near future (but I can't reveal anything just yet :)  If you liked the Butterfly Garden Collection ... you will LOVE what I have under wraps ... I've been working on some very exciting creations for months now, so stick around and all will be revealed soon!

Your Butterfly Garden Creations!

I've been collecting these for a while now, so thought I would show you some of the prettiest Butterfly Garden creations around!  All creations below incorporate the Butterfly Garden Scrapbook Collection (Gypsy Chick/Pink Paislee). Other materials may have been used as well.  Aren't these so pretty?!!

Butterfly Garden Layout by Gabrielle Pollacco

Butterfly Garden Layout by StarSallorScrapper.

Butterfly Garden Letter Box by Nancy Damiano.

Butterfly Garden Collage by Luuuuv2scrap at Scrapbook.com


Butterfly Garden Altered Box by Mammatiffy at Scrapbook.com

Butterfly Garden Layout by Gerry V. Ghent at Scrapbook.com

Butterfly Garden Mask by Steph Devlin at PinkPaislee.com

Butterfly Garden Layout by Paulien Vandenbosch at PinkPaislee.com

Butterfly Garden Layout by Jana

Butterfly Garden Mini Album by Ilene Tell at twopeasinabucket.com

Butterfly Garden Card Creation by Vio

Butterfly Garden Mini Album by Stephanie

Butterfly Garden Layout by Joycekers at Scrapbook.com

Butterfly Garden Layout by Mammatiffy at Scrapbook.com

Butterfly Garden card creation by MagdaLena at Scrapbook.com

Butterfly Garden Layout by Mona Pendleton.

Butterfly Garden card creation by Joanna

Butterfly Garden card creation by Stephanie Kraft

Well, there we go! Just a few of the amazing creations I've seen around and about online. It's wonderful to see all the fantastic creations you've created with the Butterfly Garden Collection! If you have one yourself, email me a photo and I will add it here. 

Free Printable: Butterfly Garden Gift Tags!

I have a free printable for you today ...  a collage sheet of pretty butterfly tags!

These images were sourced from a beautiful vintage book on butterflies ... and the tags were actually the inspiration for the whole Butterfly Garden Collection that I created and licensed to Pink Paislee!

These would make really pretty gift tags, embellished with glitter, ribbons and antique buttons! Have fun, and I'd love to see what you create with these!

To download on a Mac: Click the image above, then right click 'open image in new window'. This will take you to a larger preview. Click again, to get the maximum image. Right click, save to your computer.

If that didn't work for you, (I noticed blogger recently changed the way we view images), you can also DOWNLOAD HERE.

Terms of Use: Please observe PERSONAL use only. This image is under copyright.

Are you going to Spraguefest? :)

Have you heard? Spraguefest 2011 (October 7-10) promises to be a lot of fun this year with classes from Heidi Swapp, Carina Gardner, and the wonderful Jessica Sprague herself :) Registration is only $79 for a weekend of learning and fun ... You can check out all the details HERE.

I won't be able to make it myself for this year  :( ... but anyone that goes is sure to have a fantastic time. Are you going?

Butterfly Garden Gift Tags Tutorial - you will LOVE these! :)

I know this is really crazy ... but I've had my own personal copy of the Butterfly Garden Scrapbook Collection which I created for Pink Paislee, sitting unwrapped on my shelf since it was first published a few months ago!!  One of the reasons is that I've been so busy working to deadline on some awesome new collections and I just don't get time to play!  But the other is kinda silly ... I was afraid to create something with this collection because it looks so pretty in the packet I was afraid that if I took it out, and started making stuff, I could mess up. Isn't that crazy? I know!

Well, tonight (after months of hesitating), I finally decided to get down and dirty and just GO FOR IT! I've been dying to use the clear stamps anyway, so I just took them out of the packet and started to PLAY.  In fact my daughter Georgia and I started experimenting and then decided to make a fun little video about it. It was never meant to be published - OK?! :) It started out as a fun family video ... and here's what we came up with!

I hope you like this easy-to-make gift tag idea and get inspired to create some yourself :) If I can make something like this, then you can do it too!

OH, BTW ... this is my *first ever* crafting video, so *be kind* :):) and don't mind the quality (shot on my Blackberry phone in the bathroom with desk lamps). I promise, I'll get pro at this soon! :)

Here are some preview pics as well ... let me know what you think!

and here is the video tutorial!

Credits: Thank you to my daughter Georgia Rose for being the camera person. Thank you Tim Holtz for the inspiring products. Thank you Pugly Pixels for the awesome blog embellishments (doiley, washi tape, french invoice medallion). All other graphics by Gypsy Chick/Jodie Lee. The Butterfly Garden Collection Stamps and pop stickers are sold out. You may find these on ebay or etsy, but feel free to substitute these stamps for any other type of botanical type stamps and stickers. Have fun!

One Buck Wednesday Sep 8: Junk Mail Overlays

If you love the look of grungy postal marks, cancellation stamps and messy handwriting, then you'll love Junk Mail Transparent Overlays! These are on sale for just $1 TODAY at my JessicaSprague store! These add instant artistic flair to your photos or digital scrapbook layouts (check out some of the sample layouts done by the Creative Team at JessicaSprague.com here below).
Junk Mail Overlays 1
Junk Mail Overlays 2

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