beautiful day.

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a page for Denise Boddey Designs. These photos are from my brother's wedding from one year ago. I found this FREE cut file at Paper Issues and I wanted to do some mixed media between a white cut file and a white background. I chose two packages of chipboard to feature on this page. I have the sprouts  chipboard and the small button leaves.

I share a process video HERE where you can watch how my background develops and how I colored my leaves. I heat embossed my chipboard pieces using WOW! embossing powders.

I love how this page turned out and how the chipboard pieces help embellish my floral cut file.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 supplies

sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Vintage Dowry)

enamel dots: Prima Sugardots

mist: Shimmerz Coloringz (Keep Palm)

embossing powder: Wow! Embossing Powder (White Puff; Neptune)

together.

This was for a scraplift Sunday challenge at Paper Issues. I converted my page to 8.5x11. I haven't done this size in a while and it seems so small!

 I dug out some patterned papers from my stash and embellished with Elle's Studio goodies. The card stock is daisy from Bazzill. Thanks for looking!

heart this.

Did you know inf you sign up for Chili's rewards program, you get a free birthday dessert? and this skillet chocolate chip cookie is sooooo good. I've gotten it two years in a row now :)

 Every single thing on this page is from Elle's Studio. Old + new. My mixed media background was made using distress inks and Shimmerz Coloringz (Freshly Squeezed). The sketch inspiration for this page came from my friend Laura at Sketches in Thyme. Thanks for looking!

remember.

 Hi guys! Today is our September challenge reveal day at Scrap YOUrself! For this challenge, we are THANKFUL.

I chose to document how thankful we were to have Vanilla in our lives. I rescued him on Black Friday one year. He was nine years old and had been dumped in a shelter. I actually let him go live with my brother and they were best buddies. But Vanilla was my sweetheart.

I used the Simple Stories Heart collection. It's so sweet & sad. The colors are gorgeous. & I thought it was perfect for this page. I embellished with some dog themed epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio.

Thanks for looking!

the best is yet to come.

I've had so much fun this summer watching my caterpillars. I planted a swamp milkweed last summer and had (what I thought then was) a successful season. This year, I've had so many more caterpillars and seen way more Monarchs in the yard. I go out and check on them daily to see how they're all doing :) This year, I actually became a certified Monarch waystation. But more on that later!

This page was for a September sketch challenge at Paper Issues. This is a free cut file from their shop. I used distress inks in Forest Moss and Peeled Paint to 'paint' my leaves. I embellished with Bella Blvd's Home Sweet Home collection. Thanks for looking!

 supplies

patterned paper: Simple Stories

Shimmerz: Coloringz (Keep Palm)

kitty.

 Here's one for fun of my Whitey cat. She's not really my cat, but it's a long story. 

I used the Chloe collection from Bella Blvd on this one. It's so cutesy!

look for rainbows.

I have a fun page to share today! This one was inspired by challenge 403 at Use Your Stuff - books. I thought I would use a quote from one of my favorite books that I read last year.

I did some mixed media on the background. First I used gesso. Next I took my distress oxide ink pads and swiped them straight onto the paper. Then I spritzed some water on them and formed my rainbow. I added some embellishments from my stash to coordinate with my rainbow theme. Thanks for looking!

love always.

I'm squeezing in one more challenge for the Paper Issues summer crop. This one was for the scrap heap challenge - to use three different manufacturers. The rest text paper is from Studio Calico (2013!), the heart paper is Amy Tangerine (Oh Happy Life) and my embellishments are from PinkFresh Studios (Joyful Days).

 I used some broken china distress ink + the packaging technique in one corner. In the other corner I used my mini bricks stencil from TCW + some transparent matte texture paste. The sequins are A Heart's Key from Spiegelmom Scraps. Thanks for looking!

summer lillies.

 Paper Issues has a summer camp going on through this weekend and I'm earning a badge for another challenge with this layout. This is for the packing list challenge where you are given a list of items and you have to use five of them. I chose yellow, Thickers, sequins, flair, a circle and a butterfly.

These are my lillies from this summer! All of these (except the red ones) are ones I planted last spring. I love seeing them bloom in the summer. I created my page with a FREE cut file from Paper Issues. I edited this cut file in Silhouette to turn the bottom half from waves into grass. Then I used peeled paint distress oxide and popped it up with foam adhesive. 

The 'sky' of the cut file, I wanted to make look like a gorgeous sunset so I chose distress inks in spiced marmalade and wild honey + Pink Stillettos Coloringz from Shimmerz. This is a totally different style than I usually do, but I love how it turned out. Thanks for looking!

Keaton.

I decided to start fostering again this summer and my husband thinks I'm crazy our first foster was a three month old puppy. Mostly I have fostered older dogs so this was an adventure.

Keaton had a high pitched, ear piercing bark and he used his voice non-stop. He was a super fast learner, picked up on our routine quickly, and was too rough with the cats. We had him for two weeks and he was adopted by a perfect family with two kids who will love him fur-ever.

homemade memories.

 Paper Issues is having an online crop and I decided to play along with some of the challenges. This one was for the talent show challenge - to scrap an accomplishment. 

So we moved into our new home in May 2019 and finally by October I had our main living room the way I wanted it. This is actually the first room that I completely finished... and I should admit that none of the other rooms are really "finished" yet. Except the upstairs bathroom. It's done.

This is all from the Let's Stay Home collection from PinkFresh Studios. I used Liquitex gesso on the background and then distress inks in Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough. Thanks for looking!

pool fun.

This page was inspired by sketch 431 at Sketches in Thyme. 

Thanks for looking!

supplies

patterned paper, stickers: Echo Park (Dive Into Summer & Summer Dreams) 

sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Gum Drops)

mist: Shimmerz Vibez (Snow Way Man); Coloringz (Pink Stilettos)

sunshine water beach [Challenge YOUrself #80].

Hello again friends!

This month's Challenge YOUrself challenge is one of my favorites because it's about your vacation! I work to vacation :)

I found a free cut file from Paper Issues + used the Unforgettable collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I have a process video HERE.

For a final touch, I added Ride the Tide Spiegelmom Scraps sequins and some flair from Scrappin Happy Studio.

Thanks for looking!

happy.

One more challenge for Paper Issues before July ends! This is for the Freedom of Peach challenge. I rarely use the color peach, but it is in this Celebrate collection from PinkFresh + Altenew. I found the invitation from my bridal shower from 2018 and I wanted to get it scrapbooked. It can be hard to put large ephemera on a scrapbook page, but I think it worked here.

Thanks for looking!

Future Mrs.

Today I have a layout inspired by the July 17 sketch at Lasting Memories. It's a two photo sketch, but I used one horizontal photo instead. I was looking through my Instagram and I realize I've been primarily scrapbooking one photo layouts lately but I have no photos to scrap. We haven't done anything all year because of Covid! I need some family gatherings and some birthday parties and some trips!

This photo is my bestie's engagement photo. We've been planning their wedding for next July.

Everything on my page is from the Celebrate collection from PinkFresh + Altenew, with the exception of some Scrappin Happy Studio flair. Thanks for looking!