my favorite path.

Hey! Just got a new haul from Paper Issues. I filmed a video HERE if you're interested. I ordered some of the new Vitamin Sea collection from Fancy Pants. I was dying to use it on some recent vacation photos.

I found inspiration for this page from this month's challenge at Scrap the Girls. This is a photo of me on vacation in Playa del Carmen in December. I edited my photo in a free program to look like a film strip and then used the same photo, but cropped each one slightly closer.

You can see my process video for this layout HERE. This was a fun page to make. I added some Scrappin Happy Studio flair + sequins to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Halloween 2019..

I don't have kids so I dress up my dogs every year for Halloween. I can't help it. They look so cute. Last year I found Minnie & Mickey mouse ears. The dogs didn't exactly love them & it's always short lived.

I used the Echo Park Magical Adventure 2 collection on this page. I used some fussy cutting, a  Paige Evans cut file, and Thickers. I have a process video HERE.

Thanks for looking!

sand + surf [Pretty My Page].

 

Hello again! Today I'm sharing a vacation page I made using THIS cut file from Pretty My Page. I explain my whole process in my video HERE, but basically I wanted to re-create the blues from my photo with distress inks on my cut file.

I duplicated some of the words, resized them, and cut them out on white cardstock. I left the cut file on the Silhouette mat to do my mixed media. I started with darker blues to mimic the sky and worked down to the turquoise colors. I used my heat gun to speed the drying process and then removed all the words from my mat.

I adhered them onto white cardstock using small Glue Dots, keeping the darker colors at the top and working down to the lighter colors.

I love the way this page turned out. It's not my usual style at all! I embellished solely with the stickers from Maggie Holmes' Sunny Days collection. Thanks so  much for looking!

love you [Stick it Down].

I am 2/2 so far on completing challenges for Stick It Down! Loved the February single page sketch that Laura made.

I have a process video for this page HERE. It came together really quickly. I used the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Midnight collection. I don't have many 12x12 papers left from this collection.

This cut file is free at Paper Issues. I thought it was perfect for this sketch. I was also inspired by their February 'sweet talk' challenge to scrap about love. This photos was taken at my brother's wedding last September and I love it. Thanks for looking!

I love puppies [Pretty My Page].

Hey friends! I'm super exciting to be guest designing with Pretty My Page! I love their cut files and today I'm using the diagonal heart mesh cut file.

I used some 6x6 papers from the watercolor pad by Craft Consortium to cut this diagonal cut file to fit my 8.5x11 size page. Here's how I fit the 6x6 papers on my Silhouette mat to cut my heart cut file:

Using some Magical Unicorns sequins, I made a few of the hearts into sequin shaker pockets. I did not do a process video for this page because I'm still coughing a lot, but I talk about my process for making sequin shaker pockets in THIS video.

These cute puppies are my brother's new Wire Fox terrier puppies, Chloe and Wrigley.

Thanks so much for looking and thanks for PMP for allowing me to work with this gorgeous cut file!

supplies
cardstock: Bazzill Blackberry Swirl
flair: Scrappin Happy Studio
stickers, die cuts, alpha stamp: Elle's Studio
ink: Versafine (onyx black); Studio Calico (clean slate dye ink)

young love.

This page is a re-do. Do you ever do those? I don't very often, but I was flipping through an older album the other day and thought I could do better with this page. It's a polaroid photo from 7th grade. I got inspiration from the February White... With 1 challenge using azure blue.

 I thought the January release from Elle's Studio with the pretty blue was perfectly fitting for this challenge.

 There's a process video for this page HERE. Thanks for watching!

supplies
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Broken China)
cut file: Paper Issues
die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio  (You are Loved)

highlight of today.

One of the reasons I prefer all inclusive resorts is that it's basically an open bar! Drinks and food are included. You don't even have to think.

This page was inspired by sketch 194 at Sketch N Scrap.  Instead of three larger photos like the sketch, I used four smaller ones. I used really small photos; they were Snapchat photos so they were shaped oddly anyway. I arranged them in a loose grid design. I kept the paper placement of the sketch similar, except I used 3x4 journal cards instead of strips of paper.

I used a free cut file from Paper Issues to cut some drinks for embellishments. I backed them with the beautiful watercolor paper from the Craft Consortium 6x6 paper pad. I tucked a couple of die cuts and added some sequins to finish my page.

Initially I didn't think I could pull off a monochromatic page... it's one of the February challenges at Paper Issues. I really surprised myself with this one!

There's a process video for this one too :)

Thanks for looking!

supplies
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Gold Summer Sunset)
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Shine); Craft Consortium (watercolours)
journal cards, die cuts: Elle's Studio

happy.

I loved this sketch from Laura for Sketches in Thyme.

I used lots of Elle's Studio stash goodies on this one. The photos is mid-1960s of my dad and my aunt.

Thanks for looking!

you can find love [Challenge YOUrself #74].

Hi friends! I'm sharing my layout for Challenge YOUrself today!

I chose to do a wedding layout with the Happiness collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. This cut file is by Paige Evans. Fun fact: This Mariah Carey song used to be my favorite song.

Here are a couple of close up photos.

I used my vintage typewrite for the lyrics.

 I used foam adhesive to give my butterflies some lift.

Thanks for looking!

love.

I just love this photo of my Bentley and I bought this plaid paper from Echo Park specifically to scrap this photo. I found this free cut file at Paper Issues and my page came together quickly.

This is for the 'eye candy' challenge at Paper Issues. I used flair, glitter enamel dots, silver and white ink splatters, and a gold title. Plus, Bentley is eye candy too ;)

There's a process video for this one as well. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Fancy Pants (Home for the Holidays); Echo Park (Little Lumber Jack)
mist: Studio Calico Mister Huey's (Shine); Shimmerz Vibez (Snow Storm)
enamel dots: Pink Fresh Studio
flair: Scrappin Happy Studio

vacation happiness.

Hey friends!

I have a process video up for this page. I forever love this paper collection and it was fun to scrap one of my recent vacation photos. We went to Mexico in December and I love this cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

I made this page for the Paper Issues Go Go Gadget Girl challenge. I used my Silhouette & my WeR Memory Keepers QuickStik to adhere my sequins.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (Happiness)
flair: Scrappin Happy Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Happy Vibes)
mist: Shimmerz Coloringz (Freshly Squeezed; Dark Stilletto)

winter fun.

Sharing a layout (and there's a process video!) made with sketch 192 from Sketch N Scrap! This was a fun page to do and I followed the sketch closely, just making the exception of using only three photos (instead of four). Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Bella Blvd (Santa Squad); Elle's Studio (Love is)
stickers: Elle's Studio
flair: Scrappin Happy Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Winter's Mist)

L O V E

Playing along with the January Bingo challenge at Scrap Our Stash today! This my newly married brother and sister in law the morning they left for their honeymoon! I love their shirts :)

I used my new Elle's Studio goodies again. Love all this stuff! I found a cut file at Paper Issues to make into a shaker for my title. I used up some Tweaky Teal, Easy Breezy Beautiful, and Ride the Tide Spiegelmom Scraps sequins. (None of these sequin mixes are available any longer!)

The colors of my page look weird on screen and I'm not sure why. For my Bingo, I used four patterned papers, sequins, banners, washi, and then I don't have layered stickers so I tried to make my own with my hearts. Thanks for looking!

other supplies
cardstock: Bazzill (Tropical)
washi: Doodlebug

XO.

My precious boy! I got my January Elle's Studio order yesterday and could not wait to play with this new collection. It's so pretty!

I'm playing along with sketch 404 at Sketches in Thyme and the split personality January challenge at Paper Issues. I "split" two patterned papers. I also "split" the two photos from the sketch - one photo and one tag. I sized this sketch down to 8.5x11 size as well. Thanks for looking!

sparkle & shine.

 

I'm playing along with Stacy's January challenge using cardstock, enamel dots, and stickers. I found this cut file (free!) at Paper Issues and made some shaker sequin pockets. I used Oh Christmas Tree (vintage sequin mixes no longer available) and Country Christmas.

Behind some of my ornaments I used Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine and some Shimmerz. Then I added a bunch of Elle's Studio holiday stickers, acrylic pieces, wood veneers, and labels. I don't have many enamel dots (literally four almost empty packs!) so I used some really old Prima Sugar Dots.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
Shimmerz Keep Palm Coloringz; Shimmerz Precious Metal Paint
enamel dots: Prima