October Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

I am so thrilled to be this joining the Studio AE blog hop this month!  This is what this month's fun set looks like...

 

 

It's called December Joys by Ali Edwards and it's available here.  Aren't the mix of fonts cool?!  Here's my layout I created using the set...

 

So there's a bit of a story with this layout... I had planned to just have the layout be titled December Joys and maybe diecut a subtitle that said "Christmas at Grandma's" or something.  With this in mind I had stamped the sentiment from this set that say "Christmas is awesome" on my background paper in the bottom, left hand corner...

The only problem was when I started to type the journaling I realized Christmas really hadn't been all that awesome this particular year.  Now the sentiment that I had already stamped sounded more snarky than sincere.  Well, with a bit of reworking and Ali's "It's OK" set to the rescue (the Studio AE set from December 2011) I was able to put a whole new spin on this layout.  I love how Ali's stamps embrace life's down sides and together these two sets really fit the moment perfectly.

On my date tab, I used the "December" from this months kit paired with the date stamp from Ali's new Sentiment Tabs set.



I created the tree for this layout using Technique Tuesday's awesome new Chevrons Two Step stamp set.  This really is the best Chevron set I have seen out there.  The possibilities are endless with all the background patterns you could create with 6 unique chevron prints that all nest together! 

Earlier this month I shared an additional layout using this fun set which can be seen here and a card which can be seen here.  Love all the different looks that can be created with this one set! 

Make sure to check out all the wonderful projects using this set today at the following blogs:

Mendi Yoshikawa (you are here)
Tobi Crawford
Daniela Dobson
Nichol Magouirk
Ali Edwards
Laura O'Donnell
Sharyn Tormanen
Teri Anderson

Technique Tuesday will draw at random for a $25 gift certificate from all comments made during the blog hop!  The winners will be announced on the Technique Tuesday's blog on October 13th.   :)

Thanks so much for stopping by. 






Other Supplies Used:
Echo Park's Season's Greetings Collection Patterned Paper
My Favorite Things Die-namics Tab Die
Black Vinyl (for title)
Versafine Crimson Red, Spanish Moss & Onyx Black Ink
Colorbox Chalk Ink
Recollections Pearl Brads
Queen & Co. Pearl sticker
DMC embroidery floss
Buttons- Craft Supply