Favorite

Hello everybody! I am sharing my very first layout using the July Clique Kit. I love the pretty papers and embellishments in this kit. And I really like the Pretty Little Studio paper, flair and transparency. Fun kit! The colors make me so happy.

I tried to keep this layout simple by adding some yellow and blue Shimmerz mists in the background. I added a 1/4" border around the edge of the white cardstock using a ruler and a black pen. And because I couldn't get enough of the pretty transparency, I cut the "always" image out using scissors and added a puffy sticker on top of the transparency and adhered it to the bottom of the layout.



I cut the flowers from the Pretty Little Studio cut-apart paper and used a foam square to make the middle of the flower pop off the page. The leaves are actually Altenew stamps!

 

I used the transparency to cover one of the die cut tags above the photos. And I tucked strips of paper "branding strips" slightly behind the photos.

 

We hope you love this month's kit as much as we do! Thanks for visiting today.

-Nicole

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Just a little adventure

Hello friends. I am sharing another layout using Crate Paper's Oasis collection and my 2" circle punch from Stampin'Up. It's been awhile since I used my circle punches on a layout so I decided to have fun with them; create something fun... I love mixing patterned paper together so this layout was perfect for me. I used my 6x6 paper pad to punch out several circles to use at the background of my layout.

 

I decorated the center of the circles with another 1" punch of patterned paper, stickers and word stickers. Love the pink Cadillac!

 

 

 



I matted a few 4x6 papers behind the photo at different angles, then I tucked the "summer" tag slightly behind the photo and added the floral chipboard at the bottom left-side of the layout.

I added the "Love, Love, Love," sticker at the top and used a small piece of foam square to make the edge of the sticker pop off the page.

Since the flower looked too plain on the corner, I added the "Just a little adventure" sticker.  I love how it changes the look of the photo mat.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Nicole

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Gamer

Hello scrappers! I have a masculine layout to share with you today. For this layout, I used Pretty Little Studio's Ain't Life Grand collection by Ashley Horton. And since the photos are from Skyzone, I decided to use the Gamer cut file and note tabs.

I sprayed the cardstock with orange, blue and lime mist from Shimmerz Paints. Love how vibrant the mist looks on this layout. The orange wasn't as orange as I planned, but it still worked.

Initially, I was going to mat the photo collage using a few tabs but I did not cut it right and so rather than throw all of the pieces away, I used the naked piece as my mat because I liked the mesh look. I used the arrow from one of the tabs at the bottom right-side of the photo collage as well.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Adore

 

Pinterest Inspiration

 

 

Good morning scrappers. I have a pretty simple layout to share with you today. This image from Pinterest inspired me to scrap a large photo! I've held on to Jamie's wedding invitation because I wanted to create a layout with it and this layout was the perfect opportunity! I printed the photo on a letter size cardstock then trimmed it down to the same size as the invitation.

 

 

Since I didn't want to overwhelm the layout with too many embellishments, I decided to create a cluster at the bottom right-side of the photo using a few cut-aparts, sticker words and die cuts.

 

 

I added two cut-apart banners at the top of the photo to help pull it together.

 

The next time you scrap, try using a larger photo with a few die cuts and cut-aparts from your stash. These embellishments go a long way!

 

Pretty Little Studio With All My Heart: Cut-Aparts/ My Heart/Flags, Labels/Loving You, Adore You Word Flags, Die-Cuts/Lovebird Words, Makes Me Smile, Floral Bouquet, Stickers/Happy Hearts, Love Story Words        

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TGIF

Hi everyone. I finally used my Exclusive summer kit by Clique Kits. I played with lots of goodies from Crate Paper's Oasis collection. So fun! My favorite pieces from the collection is the flamingos and the die cut tags. Well, I like it all... really, it's such a pretty collection that is so different from other summer collections. For the base of my back of the white cardstock, I used a patterned paper from Maggie Holme's Cute Girl collection. I wanted to bring out the colors from the adorable unicorn floatie.

 

 

As you can see, I like playing with lots of layers on my layout. Die cuts and stickers are my favorite and I am always using these embellishments on my projects.

 

 

 I really like the touch of gold against the bright colors on this layout. It really makes the layout pop.

 

Another favorite embellishment of mine is word stickers. I can't get enough of them! I use different phrases that focus on the journaling and photo.



What do you think? Isn't this collection so pretty? What is your favorite type of embellishment? I'd love to know what your favorites are these days.

And here is another layout I created using the same collection. Love the retro feel to this collection.

Thanks for visiting today!

-Nicole

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Fur-ever

Good morning scrappers! Have you checked out Creative Memories online store lately? I stopped by their website a few weeks ago to stock up on tape runner refills and foam squares. While I was at it, I decided to look at their paper packs to see what they had and immediately fell in love with the color palette for the Fur-Buddies Paper Pack.

It's been awhile since I spotted a cat collection that I like! Of course I bought it and I've already scrapped my fur-babies, Jessica and Toby using this fun paper. They have stickers to go with the papers too!

I used the kitty paper as a border for the base of my layout. Then I cut a triangle using the grid paper design and adhered it to white cardstock. I used a ruler to draw a 1/4" border around the layout using a black pen.

 



 

The stickers are really cute. I love layering the stickers together. At first, I wasn't sure where to place the cute kitty, but I knew I wanted to add him to the layout so I settled for adding him on top of the house. :)

I used a black pen and ruler to draw lines below the photo so I could hand write my journaling. There's something to be said about using your own handwriting, then typed journaling on a layout... I prefer writing my own, however, If I have a lot to write, I'll type it.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Don't forget to stop by Creative Memories' online store to take a look at what's new! I am tempted to buy a few more paper packs and stickers...

-Nicole

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Story

Happy Wednesday all. I have a quick and easy layout to share with you today. I love this photo from my sister's wedding. We were all goofing around, having a good time taking a few fun shots after we got done taking formal photos. For this layout, I decided to use the floral die cuts to create a fun border at the bottom of the photo.

I used foam squares to layer the smaller die cuts onto the larger die cuts. They help the flowers pop off the page nicely.

I used a ruler and pilot pen to hand-write my journaling at the bottom of the layout.

 

 

 

Pretty Little Studio: With All My Heart Die-Cuts: Floral Bouquet, Be Mine, Lovebird Words, Stickers/Love Story Words, Cut-Aparts/My Heart Flags

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Nicole

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Always

Hi pretty ladies! I have another wedding layout to share with you today using the With All My Heart collection. Surprise! :) After today's post, I'll have one more wedding layout then I am moving on to a different collection. LOL... I promise.

I really like this picture of Matt and Jamie's best people... Isn't it great? And the best man, Tony isn't too bad to look at either.

I matted the photo using the You & Me Paper. I love this paper. I only had a little scrap left so it didn't quite cover the entire photo, but I made it work. To help pull offset the mat, I used vellum tape, a large die cut title and a sticker flower so that the photo wasn't just hanging.

I used the rectangles from the cut-aparts, With You to decorate the bottom of the photo. I decorated the rectangles using stickers, flag banners, die cuts, word stickers and a few florals.

Pretty Little Studio With All My Heart Paper: You & Me,  Cut-Apart/With You, Adore You/Word Flags, Die-Cuts/Be Mine, Foral Bouquet, Makes Me Smile, Frames/Flutter, Stickers/Love Story Words, Love You, Vellum Tape/So Lucky.

Thanks for visiting today!

-Nicole

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Me

Hi everybody. Nicole here with a layout I created using goodies from the shop! If you haven't been to the shop, you might want to take a look. We have some fabulous product marked down! And yes, everything used on this layout is available in the shop, but hurry because they might not be available for long.

 

For this layout, I decided to use the Pink Paislee "Cest La Vie" paper pack, acetate alphas, stickers and Jillibean Soup's vellum foil tag.  

 

 

I really like the patterns in the acetate paper that comes in the paper back so I decided to use the vellum tag to cut part of the patterned from the acetate paper to layer on the tag. I must say, it looks so pretty!

 

 

I cut several pieces of patterns, sentiments, shapes from the cut-apart paper and acetate to use as die cuts for this layout since I did not have any on hand.

 

 

I love patterned paper because the possibilities are endless. You can mix patterns to create a fun background for your layout, cut the paper into a patterned using a Silhouette or cut bits and pieces/sentiments from the patterns to use as die cuts for your layout.

 

 

 

Before adhering the acetate embellishments to your layout,, make sure you peel the plastic film off... Let me just say, I did not...

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting today. Be sure to check out the shop today for some great deals!

-Nicole

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You Make Me Happy

Good morning friends! This month, we've teamed up with PageMaps! I've been a fan of PageMaps since Becky started sharing her sketches with the scrapbooking community. I love her sketches! This sketch is so inspiring and I couldn't wait to use it to create a layout using photos from my sister's wedding!

I used Clique Kit's June kit. The Cocoa Vanilla Studio papers and embellishments look so good with the photos! I just love how this turned out.

I used the Leaves 3 and the Remember digital cut files from the shop. I wanted to keep my digital cut files small to blend in with the layout nicely.

 

I cut a small heart to add to the center of the bow, layered over the doily die cut. I stapled the love banner at the top of the photo and added a clear blue acrylic star. 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting today!

 

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