BLOG HOP! Elle's Studio & Perfect Paper Crafting (& GIVEAWAY!)

Welcome to the Elle’s Studio & Perfect Paper Crafting blog hop! 

We have lots of inspiration for you at each stop in the hop, using their amazing rulers and Elle’s Studio products! 

If you haven’t heard of Perfect Paper Crafting, you must go check them out right now!

These rulers allow you to cut perfect borders around your photos without measuring! 

You can go from 1 inch borders all the way down to a 1/16 border! Besides the amazing rulers, 
they also have mats and boards; and tools that turn your markers into airbrushes!  

Whether you scrapbook, make cards or do mixed media; you will find these 

patented tools help you to make your creative masterpieces "Perfect"! 

  

Perfect Paper Crafting is also doing a special discount on their tools just for 
you guys this week!  Use coupon code Elle5% to get 5% off your order! 

I have worked with chipboard and paper a long time and am used to measuring things out, 
measuring again and then cutting...I am a planner...Seriously, I am a Virgo.
And it was an adjustment, only because I was not used to having such an easy tool at my disposal!  
So, after trying out the rulers a bit, I decided they were perfect for the project 
I have been putting off for almost a year.  I wanted to do a mini-album  
for my daughter's First Communion.  And couldn't get myself motivated to do it...

So, not to sound too cheesy, but this was the perfect storm!  
I love the Serendipity line, perfect colors & neutral theme...coincidence?? ;) 
and then the Perfect Squares & Perfect Layers tools just made it, well, perfect.

I knew I wanted to do more than just one LO for this event,

but I am a little picky, and a bit pf a perfectionist...Perfect storm.  

Perfect squares for cutting my own chipboard, which my husband brought 

home from the office (yay, re-purposed!) and these tools helped get all the 

papers which I cut specifically for this project to be a perfect fit!  

I love matting my photos, in fact, I pretty much always do it, since I add so many layers, 

I need to draw attention to the photo!  And here, I did it, not only for that reason, 

but to place a hierarchy on the photos that were more important...

Flowers on the table and a little twirl in her new dress, without knowing anyone was watching!

  

with the Godparents & Grandparents

with Mom & Dad & with monogrammed/dated beautiful gifts.

I added extra layers to mat this photo to emphasize the importance

with Gigi & finally the veil and halo of flowers pinned in place...

The Serendipity collection was absolutely the perfect fit, since it was soft colors with 

a mix of graphics and neutrals, and lots of perfect sweet tags and labels for the event!  

I wanted to document this for anyone to look at and appreciate, but really, 
it will be for my daughter later, which is why there isn't a lot of journaling. 
I included an envelope where I wrote a note to her from her father & myself...

I also used lots of the fabric tapes, mostly the lace tape, from Love My Tapes, 

which is what I think what was missing, when I was planning this project.  

I needed an embellishment that wouldn't be bulky, 

would be feminine and would obviously fit with the occasion!

This last photo is another of my favorites with her holding her new necklace so I used the
double mat to emphasize it.  The Perfect Layers made it easy and actually helped inspire it!

Perfect Paper Crafting will be giving away a $50 gift certificate and 

Elle’s Studio is giving away a complete collection of Day to Day & Serendipity, 

so make sure you stop at each blog and leave a comment to be entered to WIN! 

You have until midnight April 15th to enter, winners will be posted on Friday, April 19th . 

  

Here’s a list of the other stops on our hop – 

leave a comment at each one to increase your chances of winning! 

Elle's Studio

Perfect Paper Crafting
Pam Sparks  

Ellie Augustin  

Jenny Gropp 

                      Jenni Calma  (you are here)

Eva Uyeunten   

Keri Babbitt  

Wendy Ramlakhan  

Martha Bonneau  

Roxie Glaza   

Sarah Hill  

Laura Lynn  

This is the back cover which has the envelope & card with a little private note
to my daughter enclosed...I love the thought of her reading it to her daughter one day...

Close-up view of the cover...Her middle name is Rose...had to include it somewhere! 

Thanks for stopping by, check out the other fabulous projects on the Hop 

and be sure to leave comments for a chance to win awesome stuff!!

And come back, or "join me" for future potential awesomeness!

Have a great day!!