…And Away We Go Layout

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying your day.  Today I wanted to share a layout that I created with some inspiration from Paige Evans.  Paige is a very talented scrapbooker and I love the way she can come up with amazing designs and how she always thinks outside the box.

For my layout,  I used the Fancy Pants Nautical Collection and decided to go with an anchor shape that was applicable to the nautical theme. This photo was taking on a Hawaii Cruise I took and the ship was sailing beside the Napoli Coast.  This is a great way to use scraps of paper.

I machine stitched around the design and embellished with some Fancy Pants buttons, stickers, die cuts, chipboard, and a  mini bag that are also from the Fancy Pants Nautical Collection. To complete the layout I added some twine, and a flair button from A Flair For Buttons.  Below are a few photos of closeups:

This was so fun to do and although it was time consuming, I think the end result made it worth it.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have an amazing day!

Anchors Away Layout In Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer 2015 Magazine!

Hello friends!  Happy Friday! It's a good day here today. My son has finished his last final exam for grade ten so school is officially out for summer! I remember that wonderful feeling well.

Today I wanted to share my layout that was published in the Summer 2015 issue of Scrapbook And Cards Today Magazine.

Anchors Away Layout - by Lee-Anne Thornton (photo courtesy of Allison Orthner)

On my birthday three years ago, my husband gave me a wonderful gift…a cruise of the Hawaiian Islands on the Norwegian Cruise Lines Pride Of America.  This wasn't just any cruise, it was Crop And Cruise 2012, a scrapbooking and photography cruise with at least 80 Canadian women and American women and did we have lots of laughs and fun let me tell you.  I have never been on a cruise before and never been to Hawaii so it was amazing!  We docked in several ports and saw Maui, Kauai, The Big Island Of Hawaii,  and Oahu (Honolulu).

My layout was created with the Ahoy There Collection of papers and stickers, the die cut title and nautical wheel were cut with my Sihouette Cameo from designs that are available in the Silhouette Online Store.  The background stamp and and flair buttons are from Creative Embellishments.

I can't tell you how honored I am to be published in this magazine among such talented designers.  It really is a dream come true for me.  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog.  Be sure and check out the new summer issue of Scrapbook And Cards Today here.  My layout is on page 64.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great weekend and don't forget to make time for something you love!

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!

Guest Designing At CSI for Creative Embellishments

Hello friends! I hope you are having a good week.  For the month of April, the Creative Embellishments design team have been invited to be guest designers over at CSI.  Not only is Creative Embellishments guest designing, we are also one of the sponsors for this month.  Here is my layout for CSI's Case File No. 161

 Here is the inspiration image and how I solved CSI Case File No. 161

I was inspired to create a nautical layout for this challenge.  I added all five colors to my layout and added circles, wet medium, architectural accents, stripes, clouds, triangles, stars, ombre, metal and something that flies as my "evidence" elements.  For the "testimony" I added some journaling written in a circle and used the word "whim" in my journaling.  Here are some closeups

I hope you are inspired to give CSI Case No. 161 a try.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful and creative day!


Creative Embellishments Items Used On My Layout:

Beautiful Day

Boat Wheel (Set Of 6)

Lighthouse Set Of 4

Nautical Set 2 

Rain Or Shine

Scalloped Circle Frames

Stuck?! Sketches August 1 Sketch And Reveal

Happy day friends! I'm so glad you stopped by.  I wanted to share my layout for the August 1 sketch at Stuck?! Sketches.  For my layout I wanted to create a nautical themed page for my summer vacation to beautiful Lake Windermere in British Columbia, Canada.  I love sailboats and boats and beautiful lakes and oceans.  This is from the Fancy Pants Collection called Down By The Shore.

Laura Whitaker always creates an amazing sketch and I found this one fun to work with.

Stuck?! Sketches is playing along with the colour palette provided by Let's Capture Our Memories

For this challenge May Arts and Flourish With A Bling are sponsoring the challenge and you can play along at Stuck?! Sketches as well as Let's Capture Our Memories for a chance at prizes at both sites.  All the details can be found on the Stuck?! Sketches blog here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!

Spotlighted Today At Paper Issues!

Happy Wednesday friends!  It's going to be a scorcher here today but I'll take it without complaining as the winters where I live are so long.

Today I got a very nice surprise as I was reading blogs. My layout Anchors Away was spotlighted at Paper Issues!

I linked up this layout for the "In The Navy Challenge" that Paper Issues has going on. I love anything nautical or about the ocean.  In fact, I have a lot of home decor in the nautical/beach theme.  I find it calming…

Well that's my news for the day.  I hope you have a great one.  Thanks for stopping by!

Anchors Away Layout

Hello friends!  I hope you are having a great day so far.  Today I wanted to share a layout that I created for the June Challenge at Creative Embellishments as well as the "In The Navy" Challenge going on at Paper Issues.   That song is so catchy! The challenge is to create something nautical and I had the perfect photos and papers for both challenges.  Also, I have been hoarding some nautical chipboard pieces for quite a while so it was a no brainer to use them.

Here are some more detailed closeups of my page.  I dabbed a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Paint,  in Picket Fence, over the corrugated background paper to give it more of a weathered look.  The chipboard pieces were first covered with embossing powder and then I brushed some distress paint to give them more of a weathered look as well.  The title was cut on my Silhouette Cameo.  My husband and I love the ocean and this was such a fun day at the Comox Marina looking at all the sailboats and boats.

This layout was created from a sketch designed by Sue Sykes for the Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge for June.  I flipped the sketch to the right.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Thanks for visiting my blog.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used For This Layout:

Chipboard Embellishments - Creative Embellishments
Diecuts - Silhouette America
Corrugated Paper - Fancy Pants Designs
Embossing Powder - Tim Holtz
Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants Designs (Down By The Shore)
Stickers - Fancy Pants Designs
Twine - Recollections