TJ Designs Projects!

Here are some cute projects using some of our favorite TJ Designs products from the By the Sea and Bathing Beauties Card Kits and Vintage Sea Collage Pack. Each project is 8″ by 8″ featured on a scrapbook cover. I have always enjoyed decorating the covers of a special scrapbook designed for a certain trip [...]

New product from TJ Designs!!

Hello blog world! After a couple months with no blog posts I’ve decided this is unacceptable. Who wants to read a blog that isn’t updated? Well let me update you on TweetyJill: these last few months have put us in such a whirlwind and the phrase “we have some catching up to do” is quite [...]

Back to School Project

Yes, we survived the hurricane! Just a few days ago our studio hometown Sarasota, FL, had one of the first hurricanes of the season barreling towards us. Luckily, we were spared with no more than a little wind and rainfall. Our local school kids enjoyed the prolonging of the first day back to school however! [...]

French Inspired

This French Inspired mini book was created by Design Team artist Wayne Dieleman using TweetyJill stamps and papers. Each page is unique and features vintage photos of the artist’s family. Thank you for this creative piece Wayne!

Materials:

6 pages cardstock 3.5″ x 7″
1 strip cardstock 3.5″ x 10″
Journey to France Rubber Stamp Collection TJ Designs
Scrapbook & [...]

A Summer Update

It is about time for a blog update! After a much needed two week vacation in the northern woods of Minnesota, I am back in the studio, as well as back in sunny Florida, and in working mode! Here are a couple of fun photos from my trip…
For those of you that are lucky enough [...]

Mendy’s French Girls!

This project was sent to me by Design Team member Mendy Mitrani. She used TweetyJill papers and stamps and some cute vintage French girl images to create three darling ATCs. Thank you Mendy!
Materials:

3 playing cards
Patterned papers from The European Collection Scrapbook and Collage Papers by TweetyJill Publications
Vintage Collage and Journey to France Rubber Stamps by [...]

Altered Mini Book

This project was created by design team member Sue Roddis. Sue is one of our many international artists, living and working in the UK. She calls this project, My Heart Has Wings Folded Book.
Materials:

8″ x 8″ square piece of paper for each section, from Lynn Perrella Series by Somerset Artist Papers
Purple and Cream Cardstock
Black Inkpad
Pronged [...]

ME Home Companion Project

TweetyJill is excited to have the opportunity to feature a special project on ME Home Companion’s website. Congratulations to the designer, Linda Beeson, for this project being selected! TweetyJill has been advertising in ME Home Companion’s magazine for awhile now, and this opportunity was given to us as one of the advertisers. Please check out [...]

Father’s Day Project

Here is a cute Father’s Day project created by Design Team member Linda Beeson.

Father’s Day Decorated Tin
Materials:

Patterned Paper by Fancy Pants Papers
Rub-on Words by Making Memories
Black dye ink pad
Ruler Rubber Stamp from Vintage Collage Collection by TJ Designs
Mod Podge Decoupage by Plaid
Twine
Tools: Tag punch; Scissors; Circle Template by Coluzzle; Measuring Tape

Instructions:

Stamp patterned paper with ruler [...]

Kitty Love!

Sometimes I find myself overwhelmed by the amount of art and craft products at my disposal in the studio. I can easily come up with a creative project or gather photos for scrapbook pages, but when it comes time to create, I often throw my hands up in the air in frustration. I will start [...]