Go!

Hi everybody! Can you believe February is upon us already? Since it’s the dead of winter here, I’m dreaming about green grass, warmer temperatures, and outdoor adventures! For this layout, I decided to feature a photo of the beautiful landscape near my home in the Appalachian Mountains. I also used one of my favorite quotes, “The mountains are calling, and I must go.”

For this layout, I used the gorgeous Good Vibes collection by Crate Paper. The bright green makes me want spring to hurry up already! For my title, I hand cut the letters out and covered parts of them with the patterned paper. I started to cover the entire letter, but I just decided I liked the look of them covered only halfway. I also fussy cut some of the patterns from one sheet and used them as embellishments.

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Mixing Things Up at Paper Issues

Hi everyone! Please tell me I’m not the only one who has trouble sticking to one collection when they scrap. I just always seem to find myself mixing and matching like a crazy lady. For this layout, I mixed some gorgeous gold-stripe paper by Teresa Collins and some adorable red Christmas-ish paper and black/white plaid paper from the Falala collection by Crate Paper.

I love the look of red and gold together! For this layout, I decided to tackle my arch-nemesis: hand stitching. I really love the look it adds to my layouts, but, man! It takes forever and a day! I will also go ahead and confess: I am terrible at this! It looks ok from the front, but the back of my layout is hilarious, full of piles of tangled thread and knots galore. Good thing no one will look at the back. At least, let’s hope so! I’ll spare you any more of the gory details, but it ain’t pretty, people!

This layout features a photo of my son, who has just changed so much recently that it’s scary. Why on earth do they have to grow up so quickly? It just isn’t fair.

I decided to do one of my favorite designs, a sunburst. The rays of paper are fairly easy to make by creating a long rectangle, and then cutting it on a diagonal. It gives you a nice, long triangle to use for a sun ray.

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Scraplifting wtih Paper Issues

Today, I am digging myself out from the snow that trapped me in my house for a week. The good news is that it gave me plenty of scrappy time. In the Paper Issues Friends and Fans group, we are scraplifting the lovely Elodie. Here's her layout: 

I loved the tags. It reminded me that I haven't used those in a while. Here's my take on it: 

I used Crate Paper's Good Vibes collection. I just cut the patterned paper into tag shapes and punched a hole. I also folded the paper over for some dimension. 

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EEK! I have Paper Issues!

Hi people! I am so tickled to announce that I've joined the design team at Paper Issues! For my first official layout, I am playing along with the January issue. The assignment was to create a layout based on the new year. I chose to create this page based on a new year's resolution, slowing down and spending more time appreciating my many blessings, including this precious boy who is growing up way too fast:

I used the gorgeous Turn the Page collection by Pink Paislee, which is available in the Paper Issues store. Here's a detail shot:

I also took on my arch-nemesis once again: hand stitching. For someone who hates hand stitching and is actually terrible at it, I seem to be doing it a lot lately! Lol!

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