ISSUE 13, March 2022

Welcome to my March newsletter!

Oh my goodness, did your February just wiz by as fast as mine? Not that I'm sad about it. I'm so ready for spring! Who knows, maybe I will even dive into a bit more color this season! :) 

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INTRODUCING ANOTHER NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER!

I'm so happy to introduce my newest design team member, Peggy (The Paper Bumblebee) from The Netherlands. This is her first design team project, for which she used my "Secret Forest Society" backgrounds and ephemera printables. She also made a very interesting open spine. You can watch part 1 here and part 2 here.

In today's Junk Journal Snacks episode playing in my personal junk journal made by Nadja. I'm having fun with some mixed media experiments :).

BRAND NEW IN MY SHOP!

My latest kit is called "Boho Birds". It's a kit showing my longing for spring with lots of vibrant birds, florals, feathers and dreamcatchers. In addition to my monthly background pages, ephemera pages and clip art, I of course also created the monthly planner kits: March monthly, weeklies and trackers with backgrounds, planner pages without dates, fun planner notes, and of course my monthly planner freebies. 

EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK

WHAT'S ON MY DESK

I still love playing in my new planner! It feels organic and authentic and I'm documenting my journey with words and visual elements with a combination of physical embellishments and digital papers. It's such a joy! :)

FREEBIE

Join our new 5-Items Digital Challenge! Luise Heinzl, Ronda Winstead and I are hosting a new 5-items digital swap which everyone can enjoy using our freebies. Make sure you check the playlist to get Luise's and Ronda's freebies as well! Enjoy! :)

A VIDEO YOU MISSED?

Do you feel overwhelmed with your craft supplies as well? I only have a small area in my living room for my craft supplies and need to declutter regularly to stay on top of it. I started a declutter/organizing series sorting through my craft supplies. Maybe it will inspire you to go through your supplies as well...

FEATURING Ronda from Illinois

In this section I like to present projects created by my viewers.

Here is some info Ronda sent me:

"My name is Ronda Richardson from Illinois in the United States.

I couldn't make jewelry anymore because my hands wouldn't cooperate. I was so depressed because I couldn't create anything. I tried DIY for a while but it was getting boring, so I started exploring YouTube. I ran across a few journaling/scrapbooking channels and decided to try it. Everything I made turned out grungy, so I kept exploring the web and found a few more. And then I found 49dragonflies and Luise Heinzl.

My favorite style is, of course, grunge. Urban grunge to be more specific."

Ronda was inspired by my paper flower video and has been hooked making these, as well as butterflies and dragonflies since :)  CLICK HERE FOR THE TUTORIAL

LOOKING FOR MORE INSPIRATION?

Thank you so much to all of you who have treated me to some coffee in the past couple of months! Your generosity helped me afford an iPad with the Procreate software. This enables me to make more digital art for you! You are the best!