HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY/PERFECT PAINTS

Shouting HAPPY BIRTHDAY to those of you who are celebrating, and getting older! I have been making cards to send to my friends. Making cards for my friends gives me so much joy. I love receiving their text that they received their "beautiful" card and that I made their day. It's why I love this hobby.

To begin, I selected a few floral die cuts, decorative brads, tag, stencil, and two Polishing Plasters in the colors of Jack Frost and Organic Sugar. I chose these colors because they are light colors and I thought they would blend nicely together. Next, I taped down the stencil over watercolor paper. I like to use watercolor paper instead of cardstock because it has a nice texture and it's thicker. However, you can use regular cardstock with Polishing Plaster and it will not bulk up.

I used a palette knife to apply the Organic Sugar Polishing Plaster down first. Then, I used Simon's scraping tool to make the Polishing Plaster even...this is a great tool to remove the excess Polishing Plaster and the end result is a smooth surface! And you can put all that excess Polishing Plaster back in your jar for another project!

After that, I repeated the same steps using the Jack Frost Polishing Plaster. I just added little dabs all over so that I could blend some of the green through the stencil.

I love this stencil set from Taylor Expressions because I can save myself time by making two card backgrounds at once! All I need to do is cut it in half once it is fully dried...and I have two mixed media card bases!

Once the card is fully dry, I embellished it with paper, die cuts, decorative brads, and an embossed sentiment in gold.

Doesn't the polishing plaster look beautiful in the background?! I just love it so much. It's kind of subtle and I love it! Thank you so much for visiting today!

Nic

HALLOWEEN/TRINITY STAMPS

Hello, friends! I'm excited to share my Halloween layout with you today. I used a variety of Halloween stamps, and dies to create this super fun layout!

To begin, I stamped the Halloween sentiment across the top of the layout in gray, orange, and purple ink. Next, I added the tiny sentiments below the Halloween sentiments for fun.

I used a blending brush and the same colors through the Tomodache stencil to create some patterns at the bottom of the layout.

Once I was satisfied with the background of the layout, I applied purple ink to white cardstock and cut the circle out using the circle die from the Full Moon Die Set. I followed the same process using black ink and the web die from the You Donut Scare Me Die Set. I tucked the web slightly behind the photo.

Isn't this such a fun layout? I really love all the Halloween sentiments at the top of the layout. It really makes the layout pop.

Thank you so much for visiting today! Be sure to click here to check out all the fun Halloween products in the shop! They are perfect for scrapbooking layouts, and cards.

Nicole

THANKFUL/A CHERRY ON TOP

Hello, friends! I'm sharing this beautiful fall layout I created using 49 & Market’s newest collection, Vintage Orchard. I love this collections so much. It’s just beautiful…

I cut the green paper down to measure 8 1/2×11 and the yellow floral print to measure 7 1/2×10. I tuckd a variety of die cut mats behind the photo to add texture and dimension.

I popped the “thankful” sentiment up using foam squares and then glued down the leaves, tucking it slightly behind the tag. I added the butterfly rub-on to the tag and cut the apple die cut in half so that I could tuck it above the title.

You can never have too many butterflies on a layout… And I adore the bumble bees in this collection!

Here’s a close up of the layers behind the photo. I just love playing with layers. What is your favorite product from this collection? We’d love to know. Visit here, to shop for this beautiful collection, and thank you so much for visiting today!

Nicole