Nicole Martel

Good morning, friends! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I'm popping on to share this 6x8 layout I created using the Perfect Match collection. I have a little bit of this stash left in my collection and thought I would go ahead and use it!

I love the die cut with the sentiment. I decided to cut it down into strips, leaving part of the sentences out and using the part that works for my layout. I popped the big "LOVE" die cut up using foam squares to add dimension.

I layered two hearts together and stapled them together, placing the ric-rac die cut behind the hearts.

I placed the tab above the photo and added the "true love" sticker to the tab.

I think this turned out really pretty. It brings a smile to my face when I look at it. Thank you so much for visiting today!

Good morning, friends! Nicole here, sharing a fun scrapbooking layout to get you in the mood for St. Patrick's Day! I'm going to share a few fun ways to use Matte Shimmering Acrylics to your projects. For this layout, I am using papers and stickers from Simple Stories' St. Patrick's Day Simple Set.To begin, I used a paint brush to apply Spring Green Shimmering Matte Acrylics to the watercolor paper. Next, I used the paint brush to add water all over the watercolor paper to create a nice Spring Green background for the layout. After the paint was completely dry, I taped down the hearts stencil. Next, I grabbed a palette knife to pull the Frosted Pine Polishing Plaster through the stencil. I've been itching to use this fun Pot of Gold stamp set from Trinity Stamps...and thought it would be fun to color in the images using markers with a touch of Beehive Shimmering Matte Acrylics to make the coins sparkle!I abosluletely love all the texture and color on this layout. Isn't this fun! As you can see, mixed media doesn't need to be complicated...Play and experiment...and repeat your favorite techniques over and over again.I hope you found this layout inspiring. This was such a fun layout to make and I enjoyed playing with the Shimmering Matte Acrylics and Polishing Plaster.

Hello, friends! I'm sharing a layout I created using Simple Stories' For the Record collection. I had some scraps leftover from my SNAP Binder project and I wanted to put them to good use! To begin, I cut the blue notebook patterned paper to measure 81/2x11. Next, I cut the orange patterned paper to measure 4"x11 and mounted it across the top of the layout. After that, I placed the 6x8 patterned print at the top at an angle to create an eye-catching design.I matted two 3x4 photos onto patterned paper and mounted them down, slightly overlapping one another. Next, I added all the pretty embellishments!I added a little journaling to the journaling tag and placed it at the bottom to fill in the white space. Next, I added a few more die cuts, enamel dots, decorative brads and a foam sticker to add dimension. I love how everything looks together. What do you think? Have you used the For the Record collection yet? What are your favorites? We'd love to know! Thank you so much for visiting today.

Nicole