The Cut Shoppe | Process Video

Here's a little something fun for you on this fine Saturday! I cut this adorable geo elephant file from The Cut Shoppe as large as I could on a 12x12 sheet of white cardstock, then added clear gesso to white background cardstock and went to town with my Shimmerz.  The white elephant on the white cardstock got a bit lost, so I outlined the elephant and each interior cut with black marker to...

Pretty Little Studio | Love Love My Girl

I'm sharing another layout on the Pretty Little Studio blog, I would love it if you would head over there and read my post! I used a mix of collections:  Woodland, Marigold and Gold Mine.  You can shop for them HERE. Have a beautiful d...

Citrus Twist | Love This Smile

I have a new love for the color periwinkle.  Even though it's incredibly difficult to color match and some periwinkle's are more purple and others more blue.... yeah, it's just so lovely. I tried out the July Citrus Twist kits because of this delicious periwinkle color. I used a cut file as a stencil and mixed up some paints for my mixed media background, adding in a few splatters of white...

Hip Kit Club | Play Together

This one is a bit different for me, as purple isn't a color I use all that often.  I find it's one of the least used colors in scrapbook lines.  But isn't it pretty? This layout started out totally different, I won't even begin to tell you the mess it was.  I hate having to rip apart a page and I rarely do, but yeah, hot mess. I think what saved it was adding in the gray chevron...

Hip Kit Club | Happily Ever After

Another layout using the Hip Kit Club July kits, this time I used an exclusive cut file as the main feature of my page. I used a Silhouette sketch pen to draw the cut file, then watercolored it with some Shimmerz paints.  I also added some Shimmerz by smooshing it on the paper.  The photo is matted with several sheets of papers from the July kits. I'll be honest, stitching those...

Pretty Little Studio | Sprinkles

How about some sparkle and shine today? You can find this layout on the Pretty Little Studio blog!  I made a girly page without a single drop of pink, can you believe it?  :) Let that inner sparkle out today! Ji...

Citrus Twist | The Best

My friend Z sent me a link to the July Citrus Twist Kits and I lost my mind for the periwinkle colors in the kit!  So of course I had to buy it ;) My first layout using the July kits is all about the soft pinks and blues, with a small pop of yellow.  I used a border punch and a star punch to fill my page with bits of star shaped confetti. I cut the punched strips and backed my photo...

Hip Kit Club | Enjoy

This one is a current fave. I loooooove the houses cut file designed by Kim Watson for HKC.  Isn't it adorable?  Add in rainbow paper from Bella Blvd and yep, cutest thing I ever did see! It did take a minute to insert all those windows, I'll be honest.  But totally worth the outcome! Puffy stickers, die cuts and flair exclusives, along with black thread and a tiny...

Hip Kit Club | Darling

 July kits from Hip Kit Club are pretty rad. Bright color, pops of black.... yeah,  They're good :) I started with the floral wreath, designed by The Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd.  I fussy cut tons of flowers from a HKC exclusive paper and then just added more and more and more until I was happy with the result. Those acrylic dots remind me of yummy candies! Have...

Pretty Little Studio | #relax

Hey friends, I've got another layout up on the Pretty Little Studio blog, I would love it if you would head over and read my post! I think using the papers and vellum to back cut files is the best way to stretch your stash!  You'll definitely be seeing more of that from me. I hope you have a dreamy summer day. Jil...

October Afternoon Girl Talk | #cutegirls

Happy Mixed Media Monday!  I had a process video but after uploading it just looked awful. So my apologies for the video tease. I just wasn't happy with the quality. I had so much fun putting this page together, and while I've been working on using my stash this summer, I've found that I just haven't made it to all the lines I've wanted.  But this is a great start and I'm confident I'll...

Millie and June | Complete Perfection

I'm still loving the Millie and June collection from Fancy Pants Designs. I've found that I especially love using it with cut files, this one is from JustNick Studio. I realize the banner says "best friend" and it's a group photo, but there's some besties in there ;) Love the pops of gold in this collection! I used Shimmerz products along with Heidi Swapp gold and Mr. Huey's black for...

Pretty Little Studio | Let's Go

My first blog post is up at Pretty Little Studio!  I would love it if you would hop over there and check out my post. Still can't believe I made it on this fabulous team.... so many talented designers are on the PLS team, make sure to look at their posts as well! Have a great day ...

Gossamer Blue | Hello Sunshine

You might think I'm totally bananas for backing all the little squares on this Very Squary cut file from The Cut Shoppe. But once I got going, it was actually a pretty quick process!  I started with the two larger squares, using life pages cards from the Life Pages Main Add-on kit, after that I was able to use scraps for the smaller squares, using larger pieces to cover more than one square...

Process Video | Citrus Bliss

Happy Mixed Media Monday! I'm sharing my latest process video featuring Pink Paislee's Citrus Bliss collection from 2015.  Check it out... And here's the close-ups of my project...   You can find the video on my YouTube channel as well.  Enj...

Gossamer Blue | Blue Skies

Hello and Happy Friday! This photo just begged for some punched clouds out of the awesome Simple Stories papers! I kept this layout kind of simple, I wanted the punched clouds to be the embellishment focal point. Have a happy weeke...