PLS | Love Fall

I've got a new layout on the PLS Blog featuring the gorgeous Oakley Avenue collection!  Special thanks to my talented and dear friend Rebekah (go read her blog NOW) for taking pix of our delicious chai latte's!

I still love working on a 9x12 size!

Get cozy,

xoxo

Gossamer Blue | December Memories

Hey Guys!  I have a little write-up on my December Memories approach on the Gossamer Blue blog today!

Happy Holidays!
xoxo

Clique Kits | IG Share | Fascination

I am guesting at Clique Kits this month and would love it if you would check out all the fabulous work created using the December Clique Kits.  Head on over to Instagram and search the following hashtags:

• #Cliquekits
• #Clique_Connect_Create
• #CKDecemberkit
• #CKWONDERLAND
• #CKPepRally

I used an older cut file frame and a December cut file from Clique Kits for the title, drawing the word "fascination" with my Silhouette, hand-stitching and using water colors to make that pink stand out from the black and white.

For a bit of fun I used several Shimmerz sprays and some Heidi Swapp gold, splattering on the top left and bottom right corners.

The butterflies are also from Clique Kits, love them cut out of vellum with gold.  I adhered the butterfly bodies and then stitched through them with gold thread.

The photo is backed with tissue paper from my stash; I added the frame with my tiny attacher, also tucking in a few exclusive paper tabs and die cuts.  To finish I added some Jillibean Soup wood veneer shapes.

You fascinate me ;)

xoxo

Gossamer Blue | LOVE My Pilgrim

How is it, that I can work on a layout, photograph and edit the layout, and not realize until I'm posting the photos that the photo on the layout was completely wonky?

Seriously tho.

I was totally inspired by my good scrap friend Zsoka when I made this page.  Although Zsoka would never have a wonky pic like mine ;)

I added the gold alpha's and tags from my stash, the rest is from the December Gossamer Blue kits.

Loving those giant leaves!  And the pic of my girly at pre-school last year makes me giggle.

Lately I've been skipping the journaling.... I'm focused on the making aspect of things right now.  I've mentioned this before; right now the creating brings me such joy that the story is secondary (read: non-existant).  That's totally ok.  I scrapbook for me.  No other reason.

Do you.
xoxo

Clique Kits | Guest DT Spot

Hey guys, I'm on the Clique Kits blog today with a layout created with Pink Paislee and lots of Clique Kits exclusives!

Hey girl, hey ;)

xoxo

Gossamer Blue | Golden Days

Some people don't love backing cut files.  It can be mundane.  And a gluey mess ;)

I truly don't mind it.  The outcome is worth all the glue stuck to my finger tips.

The December Gossamer Blue kits are so, so pretty.  The perfect color combo to transition from Fall to Winter.  I used a few tags from my stash but the rest of the items came from the December kits.

This photo of my mama and my precious girly..... definitely a golden day in my memory.  Another layout where I just let it flow and it's not overly embellished.  Trimming out the cut file is another thing I've been in to lately; this time because my Silhouette didn't cut the entire file and what a happy accident for me!  I like the over-all look.

The file is from The Cut Shoppe, I adore everything Ashley designs.

Stay golden Pony Boy.
xoxo

Gossamer Blue | November Beauty

Special thanks to Rebekah for these amazing photos.  They are from last year and I'm still working my way through all of them, they are too special to not scrap every single photo.

I die cut 3 large feathers using Fancy Pants papers in the kit, then hand-stitched around them.

Another page where I put more of my effort in the background, then kept the rest of the page rather minimal to highlight the stitching.

I used the Fancy Pants ephemera to embellish, adding just a tiny bit of machine-stitching with gold thread.

You're such a beauty.
xoxo