This week’s inspiration comes from Janet aka JALong, who has been rocking the gallery lately with some gorgeous pages:

Apart from the stunning colors of the Pina kit, what I love about this layout is the way the extraction and stroking of the photo makes it stand out so wonderfully. One of the most stylish and effective extraction layouts I have ever seen.

(If you are an extraction novice there are plenty of tutorials available on the web - or for a wonderfully easy to follow guide try this tutorial by Cassie)

Here’s what Janet’s lovely page inspired:

Credits: layout by Jodi, Bluebells and Daffodils paperpack by Jesse Edwards, Curled photo frames and Stitching holes by Katie Pertiet, Stitiched by Anna (Cream), Distressed fotoframes and curled paper edges by Anna Aspnes, Worn page edges by LynnGrievseon.

Credits: layout by Kari, web corners 3 (coming soon), duct tape, Naturally Krafty Paperpack and Stitching holes by Katie Pertiet, Prep School mini-kit by Ali Edwards, School’s In pageset and Rock IT pageset by Anna Aspnes, Worn photo edges No.2 by Lynn Grieveson.

Credits: layout by Janet, stitching holes by Katie Pertiet, Angione papers by Jesse Edwards, Fanciful felt ribbons- Indian Summer by pattie Knox.

Hope you can join it too!

~ Lynn

Where I live the air is getting quite crisp, the leaves are changing color, and pumpkins are starting to show up on doorsteps - it’s FALL!  I thought it would be quite fitting to work on a fresh look for this layout by twischropp (Trudy)

Such sweet pictures and I love the warm fall colors used together here. Let’s see what our team members did with this one…

First up is this sweet page by Mel (aka Britgirl)- I just love the sun/clouds and the half hidden owl!

Credits: Layered Tissue Autumn Paperie, Hoot Elements, Absolutely Acrylic Autumn Leaves, Ali Edwards Layered Template No.05, Worn Page Edges, Things That Fly Felt, Cut-Ups Destination

More beautiful fall colors in this layout by Sarah (shhbabymine) and another adorable little owl - the trees are very funky and cool too

Credits: Hinged Frames No.02, Little Paper Leaves Curled-n-Flat, Simple Classics Halloween Kit, Essential Bases Paper Pack, Paper Bag Alphabet, Worn Strips, Hoot Elements, Autumn Crush Paper Pack, Little Folded Ribbon Bits, Fall + Halloween Hand Drawn Brushes, Stitched by Anna Brown No.01, and Die Cut Paper Pack No.02

And finally - this wonderfully spooky and sweet layout by Bonnie (aka bjwtville)

Credits: Tricked Out Photo Masks, Webbed Corners brushes-n-stamps, Posted Halloween Postage Stamps, Boo Kit, Simple Classics Halloween Kit, In the Post brushes-n-stamps, Worn Page Edges, and Felt Board Friends: Happy Haunting

Awesome pages and such unique takes on the original - Looking at these makes me want to head to the pumpkin patch this weekend and get some fall pictures to scrap!

Remember, we’ll continue to choose layouts for a fresh look from THIS THREAD, so keep on adding your submissions there.  I’ll be back in a couple of weeks with another Fresh Look! 

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Happy Thursday everyone! I think you all will agree that this week’s template is definitely terrific—

Loved Layered Template No 02

Kari caught this tender moment between brothers - how appropriate for a loved template!

She used Mindy’s 100% Boy kit
and Pattie’s Things That Fly Felt.

The soft and delicate colors in Anna’s FloraART Paperie No 10 and Katie’s Laced Love paper pack work beautifully with Heidi’s princess-themed tea-time layout.

How precious is Maureen’s layout - such sweetness! I love how she added Art Warehouse Fresh Stickers No 01 and Mindy’s Sweet Words Stamps - the results are just stunning!

And finally here’s my layout—my dad just arrived for a visit and my kids were thrilled. I snapped this photo as we arrived home from the airport and I’m so happy to have scrapped it already. I added In the Post brushes-n-stamps , Naturally Krafty paper pack No 04 , Agnione kit by Jesse Edwards and Falling for You by Mindy Teresawa - both coming soon.

I’m looking forward to seeing how you use this template - don’t forget to post in the Template Challenge gallery.

Is it me or are these weeks starting to fly by? I have this feeling I’m going to blink and it will be December before we know it… I hope you’re getting some good Autumn weather so you can capture the very best seasons colour for scrapping!  And of course who needs an excuse to start gathering wintery fonts? Not me that’s for sure…

This weeks challenge – mix n match – no two letters the same font or bought alpha.
I love this kind of look. I think I got into it when I used to paper scrap – always always running out of letters for titles! LOL So can you create a page where no two letters come from the same font or alpha? Take a look at my sample page here

See? It’s a good look! If you peek close enough you can see even my date and ‘Hugo’ aren’t made up of the same letters either.  It’s a brilliant excuse to open up all your favourite alphabets at once! I hope you all can take up this challenge, I cant wait to see the pages it inspires. Post them here in the JMT gallery for everyone to see!