Taking time to sleep & play

This layout is made from some older papers I had from Basic Grey Kissing Booth collection.  I love the colors and paper in this collection.  Especially the little birds on the Oh Darling paper.  I wanted to cut some out to use on the layout but I didn't want to cut each one by hand. So, I bought the Pix Scan matt for my Silhouette Cameo and cut them out!

I used my sewing machine on the strips on the side.  I used some green silk ribbon in my bobbin, some pink variegated thread with a flowered decorative stitch, and then some variegated green thread for some straight stitching.  Hopefully you will be able to see it in the close-ups.

The picture is mounted on a cut file from iheartstudio, the birds were added.   I used some pink gelatos to color the right side. Then, some rubber stamping, journaling and ink splotches to complete everything.

A close-up of the stitching. You can see the silk green ribbon and the variegated pink flowers.

A close-up of the right side with the gelatos and stamping.

Third times a charm

I have been making LO (layouts) from a class I'm taking given by Wilna Furstenberg on Craftsy. This is a great class and so inspiring! I made two other LO from the original layout in class, using the stencil and the rest of the pieces so here is LO #3.  At the end, I will show all three layouts.

For this LO, I used the words cut out from the stencil and watercolored them.  To make them stand out more I placed them on some patterned paper by Studio Calico.  On the white background paper I used some spray mist and splatters by Heidi Swapp called blush. Then I used some picture frames on top inspired from this blog post by Wilna. Then I added some embellishments to finish.

Here are some close-ups

To watercolor the words I used my Gansai Tambi set and then put a nice white sparkle on top also from the set.  These are such beautiful and easy watercolors to use.  I love them and they are worth the investment... At least I think so, hee hee! :)

Here are all three layouts.  This shows how much fun and how different your layouts can be from a single starting point.  I love that! It just makes thing so easy and I think the results are lovely!

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Awesome day

I am taking Wilna Furstenberg's Craftsy class called Fresh Techniques for Artful Layouts, and it is fabulous. Here is a layout from lesson 2.

No nonsense

Hello...I have a scrapbook page that is colorful and easy to make.  I used a stencil called Flying Bird Doily by Balzer Designs for the background. I used Tim Holtz Distress inks to ink the stencil in picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, evergreen bough and mustard seed.

Here I added a cut file from iHeartStudio.

An embellishment cluster on the right side complete the layout. Bottle cap Basic Grey True Love, Love circle Kaiser Craft Tea Party, Fox tag Teresa Collins Nine & Co, Bird Kaiser Craft XO, Sweet tag & green bow American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neopolitan

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This matters to me

This layout was made for a class at Studio Calico called Color Theory.  This is a monochromatic layout using black, white and gray.  The layout is entitled this matters because it is a stamp I used on the layout underneath the flower cutout.  Its about my love of traveling and adventure and how much it matters to me.

Here you can see the stamping of "this matters" and the patterned paper from Authentique, as well as the cutouts from the class taught by Wilna Furstenberg.

Fun with paper strips

Here is a layout very much inspired by this one. I used the Simon Says Stamp February card kit on this layout as well as some print and cut files from iheart studio.

Full of life

This is part of the Color Theory class that I'm taking at Studio Calico.  This is made using complementary colors of the color wheel (red and green).  I love the hashtag cut files from Wilna's shop, I think they fit this layout well.

To start the layout I painted some green paint streaks on a scrap piece of paper. Then I placed them under the photo and added some embellishments. The cut files were added and finally some ink splatters and journaling to complete the page.