"Princess Face": Prima Marketing Trend Watch

Hello again! I'm back today with a layout created for Prima Marketing, focusing on the gold/champagne trend we've been seeing :) I must say, I LOVE this trend and it was a true joy putting together this layout.

"Princess Face"

I'm well aware that this silly photo of my daughter does not exactly represent a lady-like princess. But when I asked her to give me her best "princess face", this is what I got. Gotta love her ;). 

 Champagne and gold colors go beautifully with pastel pink and blue, which is what I combined here on my layout. I'm in love with gold at the moment, and being able to sprinkle some gold glitter throughout was way too much fun.

 To apply glitter to the flowers, I squeezed a drop of Glossy Accents onto my fingertip, sprinkled glitter on top, and then rubbed it along the flower petals. Worked like a charm!

Products Used:

 843212 Pixie Glen Collection "Devon"
844363 Almanac Collection 6"x6" Paper Stack
562915 Canvas Alphabet Stickers- Divine
563264 Tiny Alphabet Stickers- Divine
569990 Ingvild Bolme- Resin Feathers
570972 Bellas Brown
562670 Au Naturale
549053- Sugar Blooms Collection Sparkle
566647 Avante Cedar
565763 Frost Mini Sachet

Have you seen the sneaks of some of the new CHA collections from Prima? They're revealing a peek of one each day this week- so head on over to the Prima blog and check them out for yourself!

Have a great day :)

12 Days of Christmas Card Challenge from Prima!

Good morning! Have you had a chance to check out the 12 Days of Christmas Card Challenge from Prima? Play along and win! The rules are simple:

1. Just make a Prima-based card or tag inspired by one of our 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Pick anything you want that inspires you: the product, a technique, layout of card, or a color scheme.

2. Add your project to that day's post (use the blue button at the bottom.)

3. After the features are over we will pick 12 lucky winners to get a Prima prize in December!

(Contest entry deadline is Dec 1st! Open to all countries. Void where prohibited by law.)

Here is a tag that I created for Day 11, featuring crystals/gems/sugar dots:

"Holly Jolly" Tag

A handmade gift tag for the holidays demands something with a little "extra" to it. I wanted to create something elegant, beautiful, and full of BLING!

I layered different SIIP flourishes amid the lower layers of my tag, while adding bits of sparkle to my flower clusters, my centerpiece, and the bow treatment at the top.

 Prima Products Used:
846428 Holiday Jubilee "Holiday Memories" Paper
846442 Holiday Jubilee "Nostalgia" Paper
570569 Holiday Jubilee Flair Buttons
569976 Holiday Jubilee Resins
535896 SIIP&SIIC Branch Brown
535582 SIIP Swirls and Fimo Cream
565107 Crystal Sheet
570972 Bellas Brown
555993 Vinetta En Francais
556013 Charme Rose En Francais

I hope you can play along and that you're having a great weekend :)

Take care,

"Love These Memories": PaperHaus Tutorial

Hello everyone! 

I'm back again today with a layout created for the PaperHaus Magazine blog, and I have yet another tutorial for you, this time focusing on how to use die cuts/hand cut elements to create a collage-style background. Many paper collections come with those sheets that are just full of fun little things to cut out, just like the amazing "Lifetime" & "Engraver" collections from Prima. If you can't choose just one or two images (or die cuts) to use- why not choose them all?! Collage work is fun and there's really not a wrong way of doing it.

"Love These Memories"

 This is a photo of my niece Lilah and myself when my sister Kelly and her girls came to visit me at my new house for the first time last month. She helped me fill my bird feeders and I just loved having such a sweet little helper!

Let's get started on the tutorial, shall we?

Products Used:

Patterned Papers: Prima Marketing & Pink Paislee
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Embellishments: Prima Marketing
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Masks: Prima Marketing & The Crafter's Workshop
Stamps: Webster's Pages
Mists: Tattered Angels
Medium: Golden Modeling Paste
Other: seam binding, masking tape

I hope you were able to pick up a tip or two! Why not go and try your own hand at some collage work~ you just might love it :)

Thanks for stopping in!

"Cozy"~ Webster's Pages *NEW* Plum Seed Collection~!

Good morning :)! Last week I shared with you a card that I created for Webster's Pages using one of the new Adrienne Looman collections Citrus Squeeze. Today I'm here to show you a layout that I created with Adrienne's other collection Plum Seed, which is full of warm, inviting colors and patterns. 

"Cozy"

Even my little Gunner wanted to climb inside of this collection and cuddle up to it :)! Can you blame him??

As I studied this collection for the first time, I realized that there were lots of opportunities for fussy cutting which you quite likely know I LOVE. 

Take a look here at the layers I put together with just a few of the Plum Seed papers:

I love to discover "embellishments" in the patterns on paper. So many different ways of using them!

I was also happy to discover that- as always- this collection could be mixed and matched with other collections! Just look here- the frame from the Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack, the butterfly cameo from the New Beginnings Perfect Accents Pack, a sentiment sticker from Best Friends, and a Quick Picks bow & stick pin. 

The banner pieces were punched from one of the Plum Seed Mini Folders :)

Products Used:

Papers:

Plum Seed Collection

Embellishments:

Plum Seed Mini Folder & Card Set

Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack

New Beginnings Perfect AccentsPack

Best Friends Tags & Prompts

Quick Picks Solid Mini Bows & Heart Pin

Trims:

Plum Seed Mini Card Pack

Thanks to you for coming by my blog today! I hope your week is off to a great start :)- take care!

PaperHaus June Sketch Challenge~!

Good morning, friends! 

I'm very excited because today I get to share my very first project for PaperHaus~! It's time to take a look at the sketch challenge for the month of June, through which you could win yourself the opportunity to be a guest designer in a future sketch challenge for PaperHaus. How cool is that?!

I had a wonderful time creating my sample for the June sketch...

"Model Looks"

My baby Gunner sure looks like his daddy- and he is incredibly handsome! I often joke about Gunner being model material (haha!), but how can I not when he is just so darn gorgeous?! (does that sound vain of me? well, who cares!) 

I captured this stunning photo of my little guy on Mother's Day. He's so good at the serious look, lol.

Here is the June Sketch from PaperHaus:

And a little closer of a look at my layout:

I liked the idea of layering my banners and decided to incorporate one of the "Page Chains" from Blue Fern Studios. Such a cool piece!

I've obviously used a ton of Prima on this one {as always} including papers from Divine, Lifetime, and Lyric, as well as a bunch of Winter 2013 CHA flowers {with the addition of an older but very loved Script Vine}, letter stickers, and a sweet trinket.

I sure hope you can play along with us this month! See what some of the other PaperHaus Contributers have created for this month's sketch HERE~!

Oh! And make sure you mark your calendars- PaperHaus will be having a 7-Day Blog Hop that runs from June 1st-7th to celebrate the release of their Summer publication! I hope you can join us- there will be LOTS of goodies to be won, so you do not want to miss out!

Thank-you for coming by my blog today :)~ I hope you are all doing well~!

Webster's Pages 6"x6" Collection Pad Card Inspiration~!

Good morning! I have spent the last six days with my sister and her two girls visiting at my house and we have sure been busy with our houseful! We accomplished a lot over the holiday weekend and ate plenty of food, the kids made countless messes, got filthy dirty and sunburns, played hard, cried a good amount, but most importantly made some pretty special memories while we were at it :). I'm sad to see it end and as it always is when company leaves- it will seem all too quiet and normal. 

But I'm back to the swing of things today with 2 new cards that I created for Webster's Pages utilizing the 6"x6" Modern Romance Collection Pad. I love using this set of papers for smaller projects like cards and tags. 

Let's take a look at the first:

"Happiness" Card

Let me tell you, creating with Modern Romance equals happiness any day of the week for me! This card was a breeze to put together! I love layers, so I used a few different layers of papers, added some stamp work using the Doily Decor stamp, and then began building my embellishment stack starting with one of the gorgeous "Frame Accents: Pink" frames, a Blue Fern Studios Brigitte Butterfly, and then the Butterfly Charm.

Products Used:

{Papers}

Modern Romance 6"x6" Collection Pad

Modern Romance Sentiment Stickers

New Beginnings "Bless This Nest" Paper

 

{Embellishments}

Doily Decor Background Stamp

Frame Accents: Pink

Charm Bulk- Butterfly

{Trims}

In Love Trim Pack

Other Products Used:

Brigitte Butterfly Set

Here is my second card:

"Love" Card

I really had no idea where I would end up when I started this card with this gorgeous shoe image cut from the Girl Land collection. But slowly I worked at it and this is what resulted! I've combined the 6"x6" Modern Romance Collection Pad in there with the "Candlelight Dinner" paper from the 12x12 Collection Pack. 

Products Used:

{Papers}

Modern Romance Collection Pack

Modern Romance 6x6 Collection Pad

Modern Romance "Candlelight Dinner" Paper

Girl Land "Perfect Fit" Paper

Other Products Used:

Shabby Layered Frame

Thank-you so much for checking out my cards today! See you soon :)

Showing Some "Romance" w/Webster's Pages & a Little Share :)

Good morning :)~ I'm here today to show you a card I created for Webster's Pages featuring the colorful and romantic Modern Romance collection. I know that some of you are just getting your hands on this range and are very excited about it! I've had the pleasure of working with it for a while now and I must say- no matter how many times I set upon a project with Modern Romance, it never gets tiring. The timelessness of Webster's Pages products is just one of the many reasons why I love them so much!!

"Romance"

The books/book ends piece was the inspiration for this card. It's actually set out about 1/2" from the rest of the card, but that's a little hard to see here. I built up the background of the card from there. It's a pretty easy setup; top-fold card, with some layered punched strips, a bit of fussy cutting, and some optional chipboard.

 Gotta LOVE Webster's Pages embellishments! Just adding a little piece like this one pulls the whole project together :)

Products Used:

{Papers}

Modern Romance Collection

{Embellishments}

Blue Bird Resin Embellishment

Other Products Used:

"Lattice Fence"

Thanks for checking out my project today! 

Before I go, however- I have a couple of things I'd like to share. First- I'm not much of one to make a big show of things and often if I'm featured somewhere I like to remain humble and keep it pretty low-key~ but I did want to share that I found myself featured on Ingvild Bolme's site yesterday :)

I simply love everything Ingvild creates- both her own projects and of course her amazing products which I love to use! So THANK-YOU to Ingvild for seeing something in me and sharing my work on her site :). You can see the other talents featured along with me HERE.

Secondly, a final reminder that the C'est Magnifique Kits blog hop starts tomorrow!

Lots and lots of goodies to be won. I will be giving away a RAK as well- so don't miss out, okay??

Until then, have a wonderful day and see you again tomorrow! Take care and all the best to you :)

"Delightful Friend"~ March Prima PPP

Hello everyone :). We've reached the end of the work week in my part of the world and I'm so excited to have my husband home at noon today and be here through Sunday. Lots of Easter goodies planned and a ham supper for the big day- cannot wait! So I thought I'd share with you my entry for the March Prima PPP before the holiday is completely upon us; I hope you enjoy it :).

"Delightful Friend"

This layout is a little bit different for me- in subject matter, that is. I'm sure you're used to seeing my work featuring the sweet smiling faces of my kids and nieces/nephews. I just have so many gorgeous pictures of my usual subjects that photos like this one get brushed aside. But for this project I decided to do something a little different- and focus on the "smaller" things in life- like this delightful little friend of mine :).

Here is the inspirational palette behind my design:

Green is my favorite color so I just couldn't resist this one! So many gorgeous options to choose from- and with a fresh stock of new Prima product, I was good to go!

I don't think I have words to describe how much I adore Ingvild Bolme's resins (anyone else wishing we'd had some new ones released this past CHA? Maybe summer CHA??)! I've lightly colored this piece with her new Pastel Green Chalk Edger pad before taking the clock hands from the Blue Fern Studios "Floral clock" piece and simply adding some microbead clusters and some Prima bling.

Flower clusters are such a joy for me to create. I love selecting the perfect blend of colors and placing them exactly where they belong.

This beautiful fellow came to visit a few times, staying for nearly 20 minutes at a time which allowed me the chance to take lots of photos of him and the kids the opportunity to watch him in awe!

The dictionary page is from an old English/French dictionary from the earlier part of the 20th century. Can't remember the date off the top of my head- but I remember feeling guilty the first time I tore into it. I LOVE anything old- but as long as I can use it to preserve memories and I can enjoy it in a different way- then I'm okay with it :).

I'm loving stamps at the moment. I used the "Delightful" stamp from the "Lyric" Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp Set to aid in my title work.

The beautiful chipboard piece peeking out from underneath it all is from the Blue Fern Studios "Double Dutch Flourish Set". Such a cool piece~!

Double Dutch Flourish Set

As always, thanks for coming over today. I appreciate you all! And I hope you have a wonderful Easter holiday :)~!

Take care,