Gossamer Blue | Happy Day

Gossamer Blue reveal is July 1 and I was so excited to share one of my layouts I'm giving a full share today :) GB has some fabulous kits for summer this month!  BUT, I guarantee you will be able to use the gorgeous papers and die cuts on pages that aren't just for summer.  My first layout features Fancy Pants and I was completely inspired by this layout by Claudia van Rooijen I found on...

Just Plain Happy

Hey friends, I fell in love with the Fancy Pants Millie and June line, so of course it landed in my hot little hands ;) I used a cut file from my stash for the title and did some mixed media on it and the background using Shimmerz. Is ombre still cool?  Who cares, I like how it looks on my page :)  I like the mix of colors in this collection, something different for summer. Love...

Gossamer Blue July Kits Unboxing

I've got a VIDEO to share! July kits from Gossamer Blue are perfect for summery layouts. Kits will be LIVE on July 1 at noon Central Ti...

HKC Shine

Doing a quick layout share today, featuring June kits from Hip Kit Club and a cut file from The Cut Shoppe. Of course there's Shimmerz on the background ;) Sometimes I just want to keep it simple, use a tried and true layout style that always works for me. It's not always about being brand new and different, but about getting the layout scrapped and the memory recorded. Get a layout or...

Mixed Media Monday

Hi friends :) This page shows my love for using cut files as stencils!  I've done it before but used embossing paste or Dazzlerz through the cut file.  This time it's spray inks from Shimmerz. I used items from Hip Kit Club May kits to create the page; I love that Illustrated Faith paper so much that I ordered several more sheets after using it up from my kits.  Yes.  It...

Pretty Little Studio Love This

I discovered a new (to me) company and it's fair to say I'm digging Pretty Little Studio like potatoes. I used some lovely vellum from the Woodland collection to mat my photo, adding in some sweet little die cuts to fancy it up. Flair badges.  The perfect little accent. I used Shimmerz paints on the background, keeping the page soft, bright and girly. Have a lovely little...

HKC Doesn't Get Any Better

A first for my sweet girl. I still love the hand-drawn cut file look, and this cut file from Kerri Bradford Studio was perfect for my layout about Miss Q's first pedi. I started by smooshing pink sprays from Shimmerz, then added in some Heidi Swapp gold for a bit of bling.  I cut the title twice and glued it off-set to really make it stand out on the page. Those gorgeous florals...

HKC Quinner's Playhouse

Come on in, and pull up a chair.... Ok, if you never watched PeeWee's playhouse you won't get the song reference, but since making this page I cannot get the theme song out of my head!  I used June kits from Hip Kit Club plus several cut files from The Cut Shoppe to put this page together.  Take a look :) I started with gesso and Shimmerz on the backgound paper, then it kind of...

HKC Happiness

I made this page on Father's Day.  The photo is dear to me for so many reasons. I used June kits from Hip Kit Club, along with Shimmerz, Colorshine and gesso on the background. These are older cut files, mixed with some Maggie Holmes and HKC exclusives. Love how the yellow/citron just pops in the sea of blues and greens. Hope your day is sunshiney yellow...

Mixed Media Monday

This layout is quite the mix, I've got cut files, spray inks, stencils, life pages cards..... I started with the 3x4 photo of my girly then cut out a 3x4 card from Jillibean Soup paper included in the May Hip Kits.  I smooshed Shimmerz on the white background paper then used an older stencil from HKC to spray navy Colorshine butterflies on the background. I used a mix of chipboard...

Little You Hello Baby

I have a confession:  I totally love baby lines.  My excuse for buying them is it's a challenge to use a baby line in a non-baby way ;)  Good thing I have a bestie who just had a baby and a few more with babies on the way! I started the page with this darling cut file from The Cut Shoppe, backing a few of the speech bubbles with different papers from the Little You collection....

Hip Kit Club Hello Cuteness

I'm sharing a cutie pie on my blog, a little dolly girl that my girly adores. The Hello paper from Jillibean Soup made for an adorable background, and I had to use lots of yellow because Miss C says yellow is her fave ;) I used Dazzlerz colored with Shimmerz sprays to make the clouds, using a stencil from the May Hip Kit Club color kit to get the shapes.  I fussy cut the clouds and used...

Gossamer Blue Simple Moments

Hey Guys! Popping in to share this colorful page made using June kits from Gossamer Blue :) I started with some beautiful Shimmerz inks then fussy cut the florals from some Simple Stories paper; I added Pinkfresh die cuts and word strips. I love the rubber charms from Pinkfresh, something different for my pages ;) I hope you're having a lovely June d...

Count Your Blessings

Hello!  Paper Issues was giving away an awesome cut file on Saturday, and who am I to say no to a free cut file?  Here's how I used it: I used items from Hip Kit Club June kits, along with the lovely "Blessings" cut file from Kerri Bradford Studio. I'm really getting in to mixing fonts/alpha stickers/cut files for my titles lately. I'm not typically a buttons girl, but the...

Mixed Media Monday

 SWING ME, MAMA! How many times have I heard that phrase?  And how many times will I hear it before she learns to really swing herself?  The girly is growing up >sigh< I used and older HKC cut file and backed it with several papers from the May Hip Kit Club kit, adding lots of Shimmerz on the white card stock for pops of color.  I did the majority of the my mixed media...

Hip Kit Club Smile

 Hey, it's Sunday evening and I'm blogging?  Who am I?  haha!  When you've knocked out some layouts in the past week like I have, you want to share'em!  This one was made for the Weekly Challenge on the Hip Kit Club Facebook page. The sketch challenge included shapes going across the page from the bottom left to top right, with the title and a banner below the photo....

Hip Kit Club Bloom

I've recently started playing along with some fun challenges on the Hip Kit Club Facebook page; I've been scrapping for several years and never did challenges until now.  And I kinda like it! I used a floral cut file and an alpha cut file for the main embellishments, then added in some exclusive HKC die cuts and Simple Stories frames. This is a bit different for me in that it's a white...