Trying for Cosmo

I'm trying out for Cosmo Cricket's DT!! Me and probably 1000 other super talented people –yikes! They are looking for a cardmaker, an altered artist and a few “layout lovers”. I consider myself a layout lover, since that is why I got into scrapping. This last month the June Polka Dot Whimsy kit was filled with Cosmo Cricket so I got to work with it for my DT work for PDW. It was just too juicy, perfect, sweet for my pages – just the ticket! I just gotta love what Cosmo's got–they've got some kind of magic with designing paper and scrapbooking supplies I tell ya!

Please wish me luck as I offer up some of my past creations using Cosmo Cricket's products. At the end of this post I've included some of my all-time favorite projects, some with Cosmo and some without, just to give a better idea of how I like to work. Much of my work with Cosmo Cricket has been for classes so the projects are a bit simpler, focusing on just a handful of techniques, due to time constraints for class projects (there's only so much you can teach well in 3 hours, you know!).

The folks from Cosmo will be checking out all the entrants' blogs to see what we have to offer. Wish me luck!! So without further ado, please check out some of my Cosmo Cricket creations plus a few of my faves:

I created these cards for the Polka Dot Whimsy DT with the June 2009 kit. This first card was for my sister. She graduated Nursing School this past June and I wanted to give her a unique card:

Just for fun, I created this card with cupcake liners, a chipboard flower, and a rubon quote:

I create layouts more than any other type of project, since these are what I make for myself and for most of the Design Teams I am on (stores and such). Here are a few layouts I've made using Cosmo Cricket:

I created this page for Polka Dot Whimsy, using the June 2009 kit. I love that the patterns and colors of Cosmo Cricket's lines cna be used for ANY theme. Here is used the Early Bird line of paper for a Christmas themed page.

I created this page using “Honey Pie” and a Becky Higgins sketch from her book Page Maps as a sample for an LSS here in CA.

I had a blast creating this page, using the “Early Bird” Collection. I cut one sheet of paper to 6×12. Then I cut around the flowers on one corner of each sheet and used that across the middle of the two pag spread.

Another page for the June 2009 Polka Dot Whimsy Kit, using the “Early Bird” line plus some other goodies. This page is about my kids making hand-painted flower pots at an Earth Day Festival with my husband.

I cut a crazy border onto a 12×12 sheet of paper from the “Early Bird” line. Then I filled the center with photos –just fun. Yes, those are crazy, silly girls from my old Girl Scout troop.

When I saw the “Ever After” line from Cosmo Cricket I knew it would be perfect for this book. I created a 4×4 coaster book to celebrate children, gardens, and Spring. The vintage feel of the paper was perfect for this tiny book.

This was one of my most succesful classes to date, taught at several LSS last Fall. I remember gong into Collective Journey and the manager Christine was telling me all about these new paper lines from Cosmo Cricket … once I saw “Mr. Campy” I knew I HAD to make a class around it!! The paper was too stinking cute and the colors so “campy”. It matches all of my camping pics plus it isperfect for those vintage camping pics we all have in our stash from our childhood and beyond.

 

Birthday Party Hat Mini Book:

I taught this as a class at a local scrapbook store here in California. It was super fun to work with all the different sized pages and elements, such as gift cards and greeting cards.

These are a just few of my favorite layouts right now. Some are old, some are new…

It sure was fun taking this little trip down memory lane but after several hours of working on this blog post, it is time to go create something else. I can't wait to see who they choose for the Design Team and I have my fingers crossed. We shall see! It's best to be optimistic and hopeful because you never know what tomorrow will bring. So until tomorrow,

Author: Jennifer Priest

It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.