hello Santa.

I was digging through some old photos for the geneology challenge at Paper Issues this month and I found this gem of my brother when he was little.

I'm using the Document December kit from Elle's Studio for this 8.5x11 page. I don't typically do a dedicated 'December Daily' album, but I still love all the bits and pieces that come in the kits. I just cut up the journal cards and use them on my layouts like embellishments or patterned paper layers. You don't have to limit them to pocket pages!

Thanks for looking!

fall.

One of the challenges at Paper Issues this month is to use the word 'fall' on your page. I found this cut file and got right to work.

Everything on this page is Elle's Studio - some of the 6x6 Sweater Weather paper pad and some of the October 2018 kit. The woodgrain, the white with green leaves, and the text paper I used to back my cut file are all journal cards. I may not do Project Life, but I still use cute journal cards :)

Thanks for looking!

November Scrap Our Stash blend a sketch challenge.

This is our challenge this month and I've made some adjustments. Firstly, I scrapped 8.5x11 size and really enjoyed it. Secondly, I rotated the sketch on the left and used the strips of paper horizontally instead of vertically as shown in the sketch.

So this is what my inspiration looks like, if that's helpful.

Here's my page:

I started with the cut file and knew I wanted to expand it across the two photos. I chose the photo placement from the right sketch. Then I layered the paper strips as I mentioned above. For my finishing touch, I added some pennant and banner cardstock stickers.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
papers, die cuts, stickers: Bella Blvd (Island Escape)
cardstock stickers: My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach); Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Shine)
cut file: The Cut Shoppe 
ink: Tim Holtz distress inks (Peacock Feathers; Broken China)

Christmas Joy.

I was in the mood for some holiday scrapping tonight so I pulled out this photo from 2001. Back when we all got together for Christmas and all of us cousins were younger, we would have to take a photo of all of us in front of the tree. Every year.

I used a lot of new Elle's Studio goodies on this one. Their new 6x6 paper pad and some of the new journal tags and embellishments from their Document December kit. My title is a cut file from Paper Issues.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
cardstock: The Paper Company (Metallic Cover Jade)
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Merry & Bright)
cut file: Paper Issues
wood veneer, labels, die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio

God gave me you.

Scrap the Boys has a fun challenge this month - you get to scrap YOU with your boy! Of course, I printed off a wedding photo and scrapped my husband :)

This is all the new Midnight collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. It's just beautiful. I ordered mine from My Little Scrapbook Store here in the US (CVS can be hard to find!) and I'm not affiliated with them in any way, BUT they do have some still available (I may have just placed a second order!).

The cut file is FREE at Paper Issues (my favorite source for cut files and they're ALL free!) and I used some sequins on the little flower buds.

Thanks for looking!

Easter 2015.

I'm working on the album I'm making for my brother for Christmas and I found this photo of his dog at Easter a few years ago. That had me searching through my Silhouette library to see what Easter bunny cut files I had. This one is free at Paper Issues.

I smeared some gel medium inside the ears and just plopped some sequins down. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the ears the dog is wearing have silver sequins on them. So I tried to repeat that in this design. Hopefully they'll stick!

Thanks for looking:)

supplies
cut file: Paper Issues
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (In the New Year; Sunny Winter)
die cuts, project life card: Elle's Studio 
patterned papers: Crate Paper (Heart Day)
other: Faber-Castell gel medium

outdoor adventure.

This is an 8.5x11 page for my brother's album. I'm making an album for him and his (new!) fiancee for Christmas.

I'm playing along with the 'grid lock' challenge this month at Paper Issues. Lots of random Elle's Studio bits on this one + a cut file from Paper Issues that I made into a shaker for some fun.

I also pulled out some Studio Calico stamps because I haven't done stamping on my pages in a while.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
stamp: Studio Calico (Fun in the Sun)
die cuts, stickers, patterned paper, journal cards: Elle's Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Holly Berries; Picking Wild Flowers) 
cut file: Paper Issues

so adorable.

I'm back with an 8.5x11 page, playing with this month's moodboard challenge at Scrap the Girls. This moodboard makes me think: princess / party / soft, pretty colors.

So I have a photo of my cousin's daughter turning five earlier this year and it's super cute. I thought it would match perfectly with this moodboard. Make Paper Art has a free cut file on their Facebook group so I cut these candles on my Silhouette and made a shaker.

I used the Springtime Bliss and Cotton Candy Land sequin mixes for my candle shaker. Everything else is from the 'More than Words' collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Thanks for looking!

your hand in mine, we walk the miles.

I'm playing along with one of this month's scraplift challenges at Paper Issues + the music challenge that Stacy has this month. It's not a song I am familiar with (not a huge Zeppelin fan), but I chose the lyric 'your hand in mine, we walk the miles' because I thought it was perfect for these wedding photos of us.

I used my typewriter to type the lyric onto a little label to tuck behind my photo. I love this cut file for a pretty, soft accent to a wedding page so I just added a tiny bit of mixed media behind the two photo focal points.

Here's Angie's page that we lifted:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, stickers: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (Midnight)
cut file: Paper Issues
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Springtime Bliss)

love you.

This cut file is one of my favorites. I want to make shakers out of the hearts over and over again. Luckily for me, I have the coordinating sequin mix from Spiegelmom Scraps for this new Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection.

I turned the top heart into a shaker. The bottom heart I decided to cut the photo to fit. It's not the best photo - it's dark - but it's my brother lying on the floor with his dog, Vanilla, and it's really sweet. I'm making him and his girlfriend a scrapbook for Christmas this year so this page is for their album.

This page is made for one of the scraplift challenges this month at Paper Issues. Here's the original:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, stickers: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (Midnight)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Pick Your Plum - designed to coordinate with this collection!)

November Scrap Our Stash Golden Globe challenge.

While I didn't choose paper with stars, I did find some embellishments with stars in my stash. One of the sequin mixes I chose (In the New Year) has little tiny gold stars, as well as, larger gold stars. I also pulled three black acrylic stars from my stash. 

I used my typewriter to include the quote on a label die cut from Elle's Studio. I made a shaker house out of the 'home sweet home' house cut file.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Simple Stories (Domestic Bliss)
die cuts: Elle's Studio
cut file: The Cut Shoppe
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Easy Breezy Beautiful; In the New Year)

family.

I got the new Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection this week and I was dying to use it! This is the second page I've made today. This one is inspired by this month's sketch at Let's Get Sketchy.

This summer I asked Paper Issues to make some wedding cut files for me to use to scrap our wedding and this is one! The CVS papers are super thick so I actually cut this one with the 'coverstock' setting. I may try using this setting on some other of the more intricate cut files I have because my Silhouette seems to struggle with anything intricate.

Also, I'm not sure if this was intentional or if ya'll are aware, but the Pick Your Plum sequin mix from Spiegelmom Scraps matches this collection perfectly! So of course I had to make a little shaker for this page. Not affiliated in any way - just wanted to share! :)

Thanks for looking!

haul video: Midnight collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio

our vows.

Do you ever have an idea in your mind and you get to make it actually work?! That's what happened here!

I wanted to turn our vows into a cut file. I had no idea if this would work, but this is what I did. I typed our vows in a Word document, then took a screen shot. I opened that file up in Paint, cropped it, and saved it as a .png file. Then I opened that in my Silhouette and cut it out.

It actually took two tries and I had to adjust my cutting settings. I don't love this font, but the scripty font I wanted to use was too delicate. Overall, I'm super excited that I got this to work because I really wanted to include our vows in our scrapbook.

I was making this page to for the November 'winged things' challenge at Paper Issues so I added the butterflies. I found that I actually have a few stickers that are birds and butterflies and I probably will not use any of them.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper:
stickers: Prima (Amelia Rose)
flair: Scrappin' Happy Studio
rhinestones: Kaiser Scrapbook

happy.

I struggled with these Halloween photos of my cousin's kids because of the pink that Zoe is wearing and how non-traditional these Halloween photos are. When I got past the idea that I had to use Halloween themed items, this page came together quickly.

I used inspiration from the cut file challenge at The Studio Challenges this month.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
cut file: Paper Issues (open leaves background)
paper, stickers, die cuts: Pink Paislee (Pick Me Up)