Christmas Tags || PLS + The Cut Shoppe Team-Up

Good morning, everyone!  On Monday morning I was on the Pretty Little Studio blog to kick off the first day of our week-long product swap with The Cut Shoppe!  

I decided to go in a different direction with my project.  This time of year is so busy, so I try to combine as many tasks as I can.  For example, I needed some gift tags for presents and I thought this team-up would be the perfect opportunity to create them!

I selected 2 tree cut files from the Cut Shoppe: the brand new "Tree Farm" file and the older "Trimming the Tree" file.  I really love the graphic trees and thought they would be a cute way to dress up my tags.

I selected a variety of papers to cut the trees from and then happily embellished!

I'm excited for the opportunity to dress up my gifts!

My Creative Scrapbook Guest Designer

Hi, everyone!  I am so excited to have the opportunity to guest design for My Creative Scrapbook for a few months.  My Creative Scrapbook is a monthly kit club that offers a wide variety of kit options to choose from.  For November's projects, I worked with their main kit, which was chock full of fun Fall-themed products from companies like Echo Park and Simple Stories.  I was asked to create 4 projects with the kit.  Here's what I came up with:

I'm guesting for My Creative Scrapbook again this month and will be back later in the month to share my December projects with you!  Thanks for stopping by!

Comfy Fall Attire || Pretty Little Studio

Hello, everyone!  Today I am sharing a layout that was featured on The Pretty Little Studio blog a couple of days ago.  It was made with our featured product: die cuts!  I am a big fan of die cuts recently.  They just make scrapping so much easier.  For today's layout I used a few different die cuts from the Oakley Avenue collection.

I also used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe that I backed with a few different papers from the collection.

Here is the final layout:

Die cuts made it all come together quickly! :-)  (on a side note...how pasty white are my feet?!)

Cardstock: Bazzill; Cut File: The Cut Shoppe; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Jillibean Soup

Good morning, everyone!  Happy Gilmore Girls Day!

In addition to hunkering down and watching Gilmore Girls all day, I am joining a few other members of the Jillibean Soup design team and we are participating in Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  Today is the final day of sharing tags and I am so excited that I was able to participate.  You can find all the details of this event and play along here.  There are a few fun prizes up for grabs, so I definitely recommend checking it out :)

Here is my tag created with some fabulous Jillibean Soup products:

You can't really tell from the photo, but the kraft and white polka dot background is actually created with some Jillibean kraft tape.  I then used one of their fabulous stamp sets and my gold embossing powder to create some sparkly snowflakes on top.  Finally, I layered on an old-school journaling sprout, some wordfetti wood veneers and my fave Jillibean Soup product: adhesive sequins!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to check out the rest of today's tag inspiration here!

Ink: Versamark; Embossing Powder: Recollections; Everything Else: Jillibean Soup

Happy Thanksgiving + A Jillibean Share (or two)

Good morning, everyone!  Happy, happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you have a safe and happy day filled with lots of love!

I am popping in quickly to share two projects that I had on the Jillibean Soup blog this week.  Both of these projects used the Healthy Hello Soup collection, which is one of my faves.  I love the colors and patterns so much!

Here is my layout...love these silly photos:

And here is a card I made for my Mom for her birthday recently:

Thanks so much for stopping in...hope your day is wonderful!

Layout: Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Date Stamp: American Crafts; Everything Else: Jillibean Soup

Card: Cardstock: Bazzill; Watercolor paper: Unknown; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Jillibean Soup

Quick Share!

Hey, everyone!  I just realized that I never shared a layout that I made a few weeks ago.  I've been stalking various scrapbook companies for awhile to get my little hands on the You Are Loved collection from Bella Blvd/Illustrated Faith.  It was designed by the talented Steph Buice and it is gorgeous!  I finally got it and I had to play right away:

I expect I'll make many more projects using this collection...its just so much fun!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Bella Blvd

A Paper Issues Challenge

Hi, everyone!  I am popping in to share a layout that I made just for fun.  Paper Issues is having an online crop on their Facebook page, and they a wide variety of challenges posted.  I've never participated before, but I decided to give one of them a whirl...to be fair, it was a challenge that was right up my alley....so it wasn't that challenging for me...oh well!

The challenge: create a layout where the design is just on the edge of one side of the layout.  Here's what a came up with using the new Addison collection from Bella Blvd:

The colors in this collection are some of my faves!

Happy Saturday!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Enamel Heart, Plastic Clip: Bella Blvd; Stickers: Bella Blvd, Cosmo Cricket; Mist: Heidi Swapp, Studio Calico; Wood Word: Heidi Swapp

Beach Baby (PLS)

Hello, everyone!  I am popping in to share my most recent project for Pretty Little Studio.  Today I had to share a Thursday Tip for you.  My tip: fussy cut those pretty papers!  :)

Fussy cutting is one of my favorite techniques.  I love embellishing my page, but I also like to keep my pages flat so they fit into my albums without creating too much bulk.  As soon as I got my little hands on the pretty Flower Crown paper from the Summer Vibes collection I knew I wanted to cut it up and use the pretty flowers all over the paper.  I combined the fussy cut flowers with some of the die cuts from the collection and a cut file from The Cut Shoppe to create a bright, happy layout.

Here is the final project:

Do you ever fussy cut pretty papers?

Thanks for stopping in!

Cardstock: American Crafts; Mist: Studio Calico; Cut File: The Cut Shoppe; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

My First Jillibean Soup Layout!

Hi, everyone!  I am popping in to share my first layout created as a member of the Jillibean Soup design team.  I was over the moon when I found out I'd been selected to work with them.  Their products are amazing and right up my alley!  For this layout I used the Healthy Hello Soup collection and pictures of my cute niece:

Love the bright, fresh colors and patterns in this collection!  

Thanks for stopping in!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Jillibean Soup

Pretty Little Studio || Hello Fall

Hello, everyone!  I wanted to share a layout that I created with the super-fun, super-cozy Oakley Avenue collection from Pretty Little Studio.  I live in Florida and we don't really have seasons here...haha...but I really love this collection so I've been asking my sister-in-law to send me all her Fall photos of my nieces and nephew.  This one of one of my nieces in the corn pit made for a cute scrapping opportunity.

I added some watercolor to my cardstock first, then layered on paper (some torn, some not) and then embellishments.  I fussy cut some of the pie charts from one of the papers in the collection to sprinkle around.  The end result is kinda fun:

What are you creating with the Oakley Avenue collection?  

Cardstock: Bazzill; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

Another Hip Kit September Share

Hello, all!  Happy, happy Friday!  I realized that I never shared a second layout that I made with the September kit from Hip Kit club!  The first layout I shared was very girly, so I decided to make a very "boy" page for my second project.  While my first layout was a bit out of my comfort zone, I was totally in my element with this one:

These kits are the bees knees and I'm hoping to get some more play time with them soon!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper; Chipboard: Crate Paper, Pinkfresh Studio; Die Cuts, Skinny Washi: Simple Stories; Alphas: Pinkfresh Studio; Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps; Staples: Tim Holtz; Watercolor: Shimmerz

XOXO || PLS Card

Hello, all!  Apparently I am big on the "XOXO"s this week.  HA!  I am popping in to today to share a super quick card that I created with the Oakley Avenue collection over at the Pretty Little Studio blog.

I love having random, all-occasion cards lying around in case I need one at the spur of the moment.  With all the cute die cuts included in the Oakley Avenue collection, it was easy to whip up a cute card to add to my stash.

I created this card by layering a doily over my favorite patterned paper, followed by a few die cut frames and topped with a label and sentiment.  Easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping in today! XOXO!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

XOXO || PLS Layout

Good morning, everyone!  Happy Friday!  I am up on the Pretty Little Studio blog today to share a layout I created with today's feature product: number tags!  Every time I imagined using number tags on a project, I could only think of using them in a December Daily or a planner, so I made it my mission to use them on a scrapbook layout.  Granted, I still used them to express a date, but I think that's okay... ;-)

To create my layout I used a cut file from Just Nick Studio that had been lightly misted and decided to focus on the bright and happy color scheme of pink, orange and yellow.  A lot of the PLS collections have papers that feature these colors together, so it was easy for me to mix and match to create a happy layout highlighting my beautiful niece:

I love the cheeriness of the whole thing.  It reminds me of Summer...I'm not a fan of cold weather so I'm desperately holding on to anything that keeps me feeling warm. LOL.

Thanks for popping in today!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Cut File: Just Nick Studio; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

A Quick Halloween Layout

Good morning!  Happy Fri-YAY!  Unfortunately for me, I have to work all weekend, but I am hoping that everyone else enjoys some fun weekend time.

I wanted to pop in and share a recent Halloween layout that I made.  I found this cute sketch from Citrus Twist kits and immediately had to use it:

I pulled out my fave Bella Blvd Halloween products and quickly whipped up this layout.  

Obviously, I kept to the sketch pretty closely...but why mess with a good thing?!  :o)

Thanks for stopping by!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps; Enamel Shapes: Doodlebug Design; Everything Else: Bella Blvd

Oakley Avenue by Pretty Little Studio

Good morning, everyone!  I am popping in to share a layout that I made with the newly released Oakley Avenue collection for Pretty Little Studio!  We just had our product swap with Just Nick Studio last week, but I had a bunch of Just Nick Cut Files that I still wanted to play with, including the fun leaves cut files that I used on today's layout.

I decided to scrap a photo of my dog, Moose, wearing his new Fall collar.  Since the Oakley Avenue collection is Fall-themed, I thought it would be perfect to combine with the leaves cut files:

I also sprinkled in some sequins, some fussy cut leaves from the Leaf Love paper and some Fall Words stickers.  Kind of gives the effect of falling leaves, right?!  ;o)

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Happy Wednesday!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps; Cut Files: Just Nick Studio; Typewriter: We R Memory Keepers; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

Playing with my September Hip Kit...

Hey, everyone!  I wanted to pop in and share a layout that I recently made with the September kit from Hip Kit Club.  The kit is full of the Gather collection from Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper and bits from the Simple Stories Posh collection.  I definitely don't think the kit is in keeping with my normal style, but it's been fun playing outside my comfort zone a little bit. :)  Here's what I whipped up:

Pretty simple, but sweet.  And...Eric recently bought a We R Memory Keepers typewriter for me as a little (BIG) surprise and I'm having so much fun playing around with it!!

Thanks for popping in!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Ephemera, Chipboard: Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper; Brad Stickers: Simple Stories; Typewriter: We R Memory Keepers; Mist: Heidi Swapp

Pretty Little Studio - Just Nick Studio Product Swap

Good morning, everyone!  This week, Pretty Little Studio is teaming up with Just Nick Studio for a fun product swap!  My layout was up on the PLS blog yesterday and I had SO MUCH FUN making it!  

Just Nick has so many great cut files to choose from that it was a really hard decision to decide which ones to play with.  So...I picked out a few and will be sharing layouts with PLS products and the fun cut files all month long.  :)  But for my first project, I decided to go with the Doodle Daisy background.  I cut it out, backed it with different shades of Sundress Vellum from the Summer Vibes collection, and then cut it in half to frame my photo:

I really love how it turned out.  I popped up the file with pop dots to add a bit more dimension.  This cut file is SO FUN and I think it pairs so nicely with the bright, vibrant colors from the Summer Vibes collection...a winning combination in my book!!

Thanks for popping in!  Check out the PLS blog and the Just Nick Studio blog for more inspiration from both teams!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Cut File: Just Nick Studio; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Date Stamp: Shimelle for American Crafts; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

October Creative Scrappers' Reveal

Hello, all!  Happy October!  Yesterday was the first of the month, which meant there was a new reveal over at Creative Scrappers!  This was also my last layout made for the design team...I'm sure I'll still play with the sketched from time to time.  They are always so fantastic!  Here is this month's sketch:

And here is my layout:

The sponsor this month is Cocoa Vanilla Studio and I had so much fun playing with their pretty products.  I think I need to get some more of their stuff in my scrap room stat!  :)

Make sure to stop by the blog, see the who reveal and join in for your chance to win some CVS fun stuff!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Flair: Cuts 2 Luv; Wooden Letters: American Crafts; Everything Else: Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Banner Card || Pretty Little Studio

Hello, everyone!  Happy, happy Friday!  Today's product feature on the Pretty Little Studio blog is Cut-Aparts.  As you are probably aware, there is a wide variety of cut apart products in the PLS store.  I love them all and I use a cut-apart product on almost every PLS project I make.  They are just so versatile and fun.  For this project, I decided to use the You & Me Word Flags.  Since they are already banner shaped, I decided to make a banner card (really thinking outside the box on this one :-P):

I love the way it turned out...plus it's a perfect way to use up some of those scraps that we all have laying around! I added a sprinkle of buttons and sequins to tie it all together.

Thanks for stopping in.  I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Buttons: Studio Calico; Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

Another Felicity Jane layout

Good morning, everyone!  I found a bit more time to play with the September kit from Felicity Jane!  I'm seriously soooo in love with this kit.  I really feel like it is my personality in a box :)  Lol.  I know...I sound like a weirdo.

Anywho, for the most recent layout I created, I decided to use a sketch from Citrus Twist.  I just recently pinned a whole bunch of their super cute sketches to my Pinterest board.  Here is the sketch: 

And here is my take on it:

Seriously, though...the colors in this kit?!?! Swoon.

Doilies: SpiegelMom Scraps; Everything Else: Felicity Jane

Felicity Jane Layout

Hello, everyone!  I wanted to pop in and share a layout that I recently made with the September kit from Felicity Jane.  I've been eyeing their kits for a while now.  I love that they are full of completely exclusive products!  When I saw this month's kit, I decided to give them a try.  All the stars in the kit were just screaming my name...and when the box arrived...swoon!  It was packaged sooooo pretty.  Obviously, I'm a sucker for all things paper and packaging :o)

Anywho, I whipped up a quick layout:

Aren't all the patterns so fun and pretty?  I can't wait to get back in my scrap room and play some more!!

Thanks for stopping in!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Everything Else: Felicity Jane

LOVE Summer || PLS

Good morning, everyone!  It's back to the grind again as another work week it's gracing us with it's presence..why do the weekends go by so fast?!?!

On the plus side, I am up on the Pretty Little Studio blog this morning sharing my second layout created with the Summer Vibes collection.  It is the perfect collection for catching up on the scrapping of all those Summer photos or tropical vacation pictures.  For today's layout, I decided to scrap a photo of my adorable nieces at the lake for their Summer Vacation.

I decided to hand-cut the large "LOVE" title from different patterned papers, throw in some super messy stitching, and combined them with the Die Cut Gold Metallic Letters from the Here Comes the Sun collection.

I sprinkled around some of the Summer Night die cuts and used scraps from the patterned papers to create borders along the sides of my page.

I think the page turned out bright and vibrant, which reflects the feel of the adorable photo that my sister-in-law took of her girls.

And now I'm off to pout because it's Monday and because I have to wait almost a whole year until my next Summer vacation!  :-P

Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio

A Layout for FUN

Hey, everyone!!  Happy weekend!

I wanted to pop in and quickly share a layout that I made just for fun...I've been doing that a lot recently and I've really been enjoying myself. 

I made this layout with the July kit from Hip Kit Club.  The kit features tons of exclusive papers and embellishments and I LOVE IT.  The kit is just my style...the layout I made is a little different from my normal style, but I actually think I really like it...

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Chipboard: Bella Blvd; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Everything Else: Hip Kit Club

Scraplift Saturday || 9.10.16

Good morning, everyone!  It's time for another *exciting* edition of Scraplift Saturdays!  LOL!

I chose to scraplift this layout from earlier in the year:

I loved the giant title and the wavy paper strips.  I changed it up a bit by placing the title on a diagonal and I really like the effect:

What do you think?  Pretty simple, right?  I'm totally in love with the Healthy Hello collection for Jillibean Soup and this Open Alpha cut file from The Cut Shoppe.  I'm sure you are tired of seeing those alphas on all my projects...ha!

Thanks so much for popping in!

For layout 1 product supplies, please visit it's original post.

Layout 2: Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Staple: Tim Holtz; Everything Else: Jillibean Soup

This is the Life || Pretty Little Studio

Good morning, everyone!!  I am  up on the Pretty Little Studio blog today with a product feature!  Today's product feature is Journaling cards...and since I just got the Summer Vibes collection in my hands, I had to use it IMMEDIATELY!  I love the bright colors and fun patterns of the collection.  

For this layout I used the Let's Go journaling cards.  I really liked the patterns on them and I wanted to make sure they stood out on my layout so I kept my overall design very simple:

I created a few little cluster of embellishments around the layout to spice up the design a little bit:

And I added some random borders along the sides of my layout...it's kind of become "my thing" recently.

Thanks for popping in today!!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Enamel Dots: Doodlebug Design; Stples: Tim Holtz; Everything Else: Pretty Little Studio