Family Mini Album

Hello friends. I'm excited to let you know that I'm the guest blogger on Wilna's blog today. I'm sharing a mini accordion album, hope you'll stop by to see my full album and tutorial. 

Love You

Hello friends! My blog has been quiet this past week, I've been working on assignments for Jillibean Soup for the summer trade show taking place in Atlanta next week. Jillibean Soup is debuting 3 new awesome collections, I always feel so privilege to create projects to represent the company and the new lines. 

You can see all the reveals on the Jillibean Soup blog.

I do have a project to share today, this layout was created on the fly, with leftovers of mini album projects. I didn't have many supplies from the Oh Darling collection, I used most of them to create a mini album, which I'll share at a later date. So while cleaning up I came across these supplies, there was no point in putting them away, so I decided to do a quick layout. The focus is on the chipboard embellishments, I have very little pattern paper on this layout, the top portion of this layout is covered with journaling cards. I think this layout came together is less than an hour, which is always a bonus for me. 

  

Guest Designer with S&CT Magazine

Hello friends! I'm excited to share that I am featured on the SC&T blog today, I've been a fan of the magazine since the beginning, I even wrote an article many many years ago. I was thrilled when Catherine asked me to contribute to the blog, the timing was perfect, I had just completed this layout and knew it would be perfect to share.

I hope you'll stop by the blog HERE to see the full reveal and to say hi!

Good Heart with Chic Tags

Hello friends! I'm sharing a new layout on the Chic Tags blog today. I used the Cloud 9 collection to create this layout, I did add some rubons and alphas from the Good Tiddings collection. I also love to use the chipboard frames by Crate Paper on my projects. I have a huge assortment of these frames and I use on a regular basis on my projects. Hope you will stop by the Chic Tags blog. 

February PL with 2Peas

Happy weekend friends!  Today I am sharing a new PL spread on 2Peas in a Bucket. This year I decided to do a monthly format which has been working out great for me! I hadn't designed my February PL so this is what I decided to do for my assignment. I hope you will check out the full reveal on 2Peas. 

Love You Video with 2Peas

Hello friends! Today is an exciting day, I'm sharing my second video for 2Peas!! I always get nervous when I create and share videos, it's probably because it is all new to me. I had fun making this one, although it take s a while to do my set up, in the end I'm always happy with how the process went. 

Here's a preview of my layout, you can see the full reveal on 2Peas. Hope you'll check it out.

Moon & Back

Hello friends!! Feels like I haven't posted in a long time, I'm happy to share a layout I created a little while back and thought it was time I share it. I used Maggie Holmes latest collection for Crate Paper, I really like the gold accents in this collection, the horse was just too cute to pass up. I love this cute picture of Brianna, it's hard to believe that this was one year ago. 

I'm all over the frame trends, I love to layer them, add embellishments, journaling, etc… I wanted the frames to be the highlight of my layout, to help showcase the adorable accents that complement the picture of Alexia. It's such a fun and playful picture of her, I really wanted to achieve this with the layout as well.

PL Spread with 2Peas in a Bucket

Hello friends! Over the weekend I shared a new PL spread on 2 Peas in a Bucket. This spread showcase a milestone using a large picture. Even though this was a bit challenging at first, I really love the end result. 

You can see the full reveal on 2Peas. in the meantime here are some close ups of my spread, hope you enjoy!

It's a big day with 2Peas in a Bucket

Hello friends! I have a new project up on 2Peas in a Bucket which features the April moodboard! I just love this month's inspiration, the colours and the images were my source of inspiration for this layout. I hope you will stop by to see the full reveal! 

You're Amazing

Hello friends! I'm here today to share with you glimpse of a project that went up today on 2Peas in a Bucket. We were challenged with creating a layout that incorporates children voices. For a while I was stumped but all along the answer had been staring me in the face!!! You see, I had this love note from Danika, it was sitting on my scrap table where I would read it over and over, the lightbulb finally turned on and I realized that I had to include her note on a layout. Here's the original note;

So using pattern papers influenced by the March moodboard, I recreated the heart envelope and I asked Danika to write her note on a tag. This way, her love note will forever be preserved and I still get to keep the original on my desk.

You can see the final project on 2Peas in a Bucket. 

2nd Merry Christmas with Hip Kit Club

Can you believe that I still have some Christmas inspired layouts to share!? I went all out this year with my Christmas themed projects, I've never created so many layouts about this wonderful Holiday. 

The inspiration for this layout was the awesome Crate Paper velum paper, I just adore the gold doilies and knew they needed to be the focus of my layout. I adhered the velum on white cardstock and stitched some extremely uneven whimsy circles in the centre of the doilies. 

I layered my picture using a lot of die cuts from the Crate Paper collection. I started with the mat for my picture then just randomly added layers until it look right to me. Lately I find that I've been spreading my layout over the page, always ending with a small embellishment, like I did to the right of this layout. I find this style creates a nice flow on the layout. 

So as you have noticed, I haven't created a 12x12 layout in a long time and i'm not sure I will again. I find I am able to be more creative with the smaller format. Which is an odd thought because the 12x12 format just offers more options but for some reason I often struggled to find balance between filling up my page and still leaving white space. This smaller size just works for me and honestly, it speeds up my process by 50%. Its a win win situation for me. 

Cards with Hip Kit Club

Morning friends! Hope you all had a lovely weekend, our Elf on the Shelf has made its first ever appearance and the girls loved him. I'm sure you will see him in some upcoming layouts. 

Today I would like to share the cards I created with the September Hip Kit.

The first 2 cards feature chipboard shapes by Crate Paper. I added a lot of layers with the chipboard, some fun accents with gold and a splash of colour with pink. 

The next one is a simple card, I would even say it has a masculine feel to it, perfect for that special guy!

This is my funkiest card of all 4, I did cut out 3 triangles, thought it would make a bigger contrast, perhaps I should have lined it with a brighter paper as opposed to white. The cute little phone was definitely my inspiration for this card.

3285 days with Hip Kit

Good morning fellow scrappers. I'm back today with a layout that I created for Hip Kit club using the awesome September kit. You might wonder what the title is about, well it's a birthday layout but I didn't want to use the typical birthday title, so since D is 9 it adds up to 3285 days, its different.

 The Hip Kit features a sunburst mask and mist, I decided to pair the mask with this lovely CP paper. I added a bit of stitching along the edges of the sunburst to add a bit more fun and dimension to my layout. 

I love chipboard and what I love even more is Crate Paper chipboard, LOL! Love to use them as layers and clusters that frame the picture. Yes it does make for a bulky layout but I don't really mind it, I just love the dimension it brings to a layout.

#loveyou with Hip Kit Club

TGIF!!!! I want to share a layout created for Hip Kit club using the September kit. After a recent discussion on a message board, I decided to try out 8.5x11 and this was my first layout in this new (to me) format. I have to be honest, I love the process of creating with a smaller format and another advantage to using this format, I am able to use my typewriter to journal directly on my cardstock. 

Love this colour combo of gold, navy and green. Funny how a couple of years ago I would have never used gold on a project but now I can't get enough!! Loved working with the September kit, the colour palette varies from soft pastels to warm hues like navy. It is such a fun and versatile kit. 

Sketch Class with COGC

Here are some previews of the projects I created for Come On Get Crafty online class, registration is still open, Nicole and the team has put together an awesome class. Lots of inspiration to be shared. Hope you will check it out ----> COGC Class.

Color Challenge with Chic Tags

Happy Sunday folks! We have a new color challenge on the Chic Tags blog today, I just love the color palette that was picked. The DT has done some amazing layouts, I really love how each one of them interpreted the color palette to complement their own scrapping style.

My layout is a bit more dark than usual but I really wanted to focus on using the sea glass green that was part of the color palette. I paired with Chic Tags products from the Everyday Life II collection and Crate Paper's The Pier collection.

I still love the Prima polka dot template that I recently received in a Hip2BSquare kit, I've been using is on almost every projects Ive created this past month. I added a small cluster of tags and some enamel dots to bring a punch of color to the layout. 

I hope you will join us on the Chic Tags blog --->color challenge, you have until the end of October to participate to win a $20 gc! So come on over and check it out. 

Together Time with Chic Tags

Today is a good day. I'm sharing my first tutorial on the Chic Tags blog. I decided to embelish the journaling card using DMC floss. It's a quick way to add a fun detail to an already fabulous card. All the details on my process is on the Chic Tag blog, I hope you'll stop by.  

Another fun technique that I used on this layout is layering masks, first I used the Prima polka dot 12x12 mask with gold Mister Huey mist. Once that was dried I used a portion of the Jillibean Soup placemat with dewey Mister Huey mist. I really like the subtle, yet fun effect this creates. 

I paired the Chic Tags with Crate Paper's On Trend collection. I recently found a small paper pad at Winners and boy was I happy to come across this treasure. I've been on the hunt for this collection for a long time, I was happy to finally have it. 

Good Co.!

Happy Friday! I'm so excited to be sharing my first layout for Write.Click.Scrapbook. The gallery was live yesterday, you can see it here WCS Gallery and I'm blown away by all the amazing layouts the team created.  Our challenge this month was based on creating a layout that reflect our "go to design", as you can see I created a layout that is very "me".  I do explain my process on the WCS website.

I used the awesome Hey You collection by Basic Grey, it is one of my fave BG release. I paired it with a CP paper for my background, which I embellished with chevron misted circles. Love the subtle effect of those circles.

I used a Silhouette cut file as a background to my title. I used a mist to color the cut file, I was going for a ombre color but that didn't really work out as I had planned. It's ok because I still like the result. I hope you'll take a moment to check out the gallery. 

Happy long weekend to all my Canadian friends and followers. 

Summer Lovin'

You know that moment when you create a layout and it just works, things come together like you had planned, techniques turn out great, the scrapping Gods are in your favour, well that's what happened here. LOL!! Ok, it's a bit extreme but I did this layout in about an hour and it just worked. I used the Hip Kit May kit which contained the awesome triangle template and teal embossing powder. To create the arrow pattern, I applied the mask to the cardstock then pressed down with a versamark ink pad, then applied the embossing powder, I think it turned out great. 

The title was created using my Cameo and some wonderful glitter cardstock by American Crafts. I loved the title cut as soon as I saw it on Anabelle O'Malley's stunning layout, and knew I had to use it. I layered the picture using Crate Paper's The Pier ephmera pack, love those packs of goodies, one of my good too item, so I was totally thrilled when I saw that Kimberly had included a pack in the May kit. 

I *heart* You

Happy Monday friends!!! Today I'm sharing a layout that I created for Crate Paper's July challenge - polka dots. How I loved playing along to this challenge, I love polka dots so this one was easy. The background paper was my inspiration, I decided to continue the circle theme by using various circle embellishments by Crate Paper. I layered chipboard, diecuts and sticker circles along the side of the picture. I decided to replace the usual layers under the picture with tags and clothes pin. I thought that adding additional layers would create a too much bulk, tags were the right option. 

I love pre-made accordion flowers, I find that making accordion flowers can be a tedious task (at least for me it is) so I'm always happy to see a couple of those flowers in embellishments packages. Again, I decided to type the journaling directly on the photo, I really enjoy doing this, it makes me think of the old polaroid pictures. Even if I didn't win this challenge, I still absolutely love the layout that I created!