Paper Flowers

I saw this paper flower bouquet on the American Crafts blog today. Beautiful. Wouldn't these flowers be beautiful for a graduation centerpiece or a baby shower?  You can download the tutorial here.

Fonts!

Hey there! Linda here. I'm the new old DT member. Old because, 1) well, I am old, and 2) I'm a returning DTer.

Enough about me. Let's talk fonts, shall we? We, scrapbookers, love fonts. I will bet that most of us have hundreds of them saved in our computers. They are so much more accessible now. Way back when I first started working as a graphic designer (see #1 above), fonts were very expensive and hard to acquire. Now, there are hundreds of sites offering thousands of them little suckers at affordable pricing, or even free!

Alas, it's easy to overdo it. Yes, you can OD in typefaces. More is not better (unlike, more cake and crème brûlée, which is always better). Too much of a good thing, and the layout is suffering from type sneeze. And while some fonts might seem like the right choice for a project (beachy font for beach themed page!), do remember that journaling is there to be read. So make sure it's legible.

When dealing with fonts, less is more! Stick to two per layout. One for the title, and one for the journaling. Yes, just two. You can do it!

Here are some of my favorites (the ones I totally overuse, and I'm not sorry):And hey, Quicksand is free!

Do you have favorite fonts you like to use again and again?

May Sketch w/ Design Team Projects

Here is the fun sketch that we had this month from Amy...thanks Amy!



And here are the interpretations of the sketch from the design team. Everyone amazed me with their creations as usual!

For a fun twist I created a card using the sketch this month:



Laina's layout is such a classic...love her style so much and how she used those scalloped circles to create a border along her photos.



Love how Amy split up and took advantage of that circle Lily Bee die-cut for her layout based on the sketch. Perfection!



Linda had the same idea using one of the other die-cuts...I love how clean looking this page is with all the little bitty details thrown in like those buttons with the blue embroidery floss bows. Love it!

May Gallery

The May Gallery is up and WOW is it a good one! I am so impressed with the entire team and the diversity of pages this month.

Linda Barber our newest (but Mosh Posh alumni!) member created simple, stylish pages. How great is this page and photos? I agonize for hours over my pages. She makes it look so cool and easy.


Amy's pages this month each had a different background that made her photos and paper really pop. I love how she stitched through the title on "Love Notes".


Jen created an adorable mini that makes me ache for summer to be here. Her album is so sunny and cheerful!


I got hung up on white this month and had a blast playing with the bright papers against the stark white background.

We hope you are inspired by the pages we made and shared with you this month!

A Little Sneak of Projects to Come...

from me anyways! Be sure to check out the gallery later this week for the entire team upload! You're sure to be blown away as usual with the teams creations. We are also very excited to be adding on to the Mosh Posh Design Team with the addition of designer Linda Barber. Her work is so beautiful, funky and fresh...you're going to be so inspired! Welcome to the team Linda!

Happy Thursday to you all!

Jen

Check it Out!

The May kit is certainly making ALL of my day's happy here lately! Thinking that you will be feeling the same!

Recovering from the Weekend...

I'm still playing catch up from the weekend. Whew!

Here is what is inspiring me today...
Paper Medallions - Check out the How About Orange blog. One of my all time favorites.


I don't buy a lot of Cricut Cartridges but LOVE the Create a Critter one. Bards and baby gifts for sure.

Paper Doilies - Mist them with glimmer mist. Ahh.....


Speaking of mist...How about trying it on rolled fabric flowers like Katy did?


Shopping for fabric at the Fat Quarter Shop...


Hope all you had a great National Scrapbooking Day on Saturday! I was busy working on my Mosh Posh May Kit pages! I can't wait to share with all of you.