Make A Splash

Hello again! Hope you are having a great day so far.  Today my layout is featured over at Just Nick Digital Cut Files using the "Make A Splash" cut file that is included in the Summer Lovin cut file set.

I adore the title and wanted to make it pop off the page so I enlarged it and cut it out on black cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo.  After it was cut, I worked on my white cardstock background and "watercolored" the background with the Ranger Salty Ocean Distress Ink and then added some splatters and sequins to make it look like splashes.

For the patterned papers, I founds some papers from the October Afternoon Treasure Map Collection that I thought would go well with the theme of my page.  I tore three paper strips and machine stitched them to the left side of the page to direct the eye to the photos.  

On the left edge of my page I added a few strands of blue embroidery floss that I had in my stash and threaded the sequins onto the floss.  I thought it would give the page more interest.

I matted the two photos with some aqua vellum and added some embellishments around the page.  I used some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons, some wood veneers, chipboard, enamel dots and some stickers on the top left and bottom right of my page.

It was so much fun creating this page.  I really love just having fun and getting inky and messy.  Have a great day!

Cool Dude Layout

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! Today I am on the Just Nick Digital Cut Files Blog with another layout using Just Nick Cut Files.  For this week the challenge is to use three or more cut files on a project.  I used 4 different sets of cut files for this boy layout of my son.

 Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut the Brick Circle on white card stock and backed it with a piece of patterned paper.  For the dimension, I added small foam squares that I cut in half and adhered to the backside of the card stock.  I love the shadows and dimension it gives the background. These papers are from the October Afternoon Treasure Map Collection.  I also used some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.

 I cut the title "Cool Dude" from the All Boy Cut Files as well as the star inside the circle cut file from the All Boy Cut Files and added them to the layout.

 The words "remember today" were cut from the Word Brushstrokes Cut File and added to the top left hand corner of the layout over the white card stock so it was legible.

 Finally I added the "awesome" word tab from the Word Tab Cut Files and the "smile" .  

I hope you enjoyed my layout and are inspired to use these awesome cut files designed by Nicole Nowosad.  All these and many more cuts files are in the Just Nick Digital Cut Files Store here.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Cut Files Used For This Layout:

You Are My Anchor Layout (A Flair For Buttons)

Hello friends!  Today I'm excited to share my first layout as a new design team member at  A Flair For Buttons.

I wanted to create a masculine layout of my husband but also keep it fun with some nautical accents to support the die cut title that I cut on my Silhouette Cameo.  I created this with October Afternoon's Treasure Map Collection of patterned papers and stickers.  I added some background stamping with a rubber stamp from Creative Embellishments and some sewing machine stitching.

The flair buttons I created this layout with are from these three different sets:

Family Is Forever Flair

Date Night Flair

Just Cruising Flair

All these flair and many more are available in the store:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/aflairforbuttons

Also, don't forget you can save 15% off your entire order from now until Monday, May 4 by adding the coupon code NSD2015 when you checkout.

 Thanks for stopping by!