Smile It's Spring

Hello friends! It's the weekend and today I wanted to share a layout that I created for A Flair For Buttons.

In April, I went to a scrapbooking retreat and decided to hand stitch a layout of daffodils because I wanted to hang it in my home to celebrate spring which happens to be my favorite season. With the long, harsh winters where I live, it is always great when the birds are chirping, the trees are blooming, the grass is green and the flowers are sprouting up in the gardens.

Daffodils are such a happy flower and when I saw a Daffodils Flowers Cut File designed by Paige Evans, I knew that I wanted to use my sketch pens in my Silhouette Cameo and sketch the daffodils design so I could hand stitch it. Yes, it was a labor of love, but I really enjoy the process and personally, I find it very relaxing and therapeutic.

After the design was stitched, I wanted to add some more color so I decided to take my Distress Oxides and a water brush and water color inside of the stitched design.

Adding a photo to this layout just didn't seem right because I wanted the hand stitched and watercolored daffodils to be the star of the show.

The embellishments to complete the layout were kept to a minimum so I added the yellow watercolor circle flair button to dot the "i" in the word "smile". It was from the Watercolor Circles Flair Set from A Flair For Buttons. I also added some coordinating sequins and enamel hearts. The title completed the layout and I went with yellow, green and black alphabet letters to give it more interest.

For photography purposes, I took photos of the layout before I framed it in a 12X12 scrapbook frame so there wouldn't be any glare from the glass frame.

I hope you are inspired to try something a little different by adding flair buttons to dot the "i" in a word and also some hand stitching and water coloring. Just have fun with it!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out all the wonderful flair in the A Flair For Buttons shop.

Flair Used On Layout

Watercolor Circles Flair Set

My Creative Scrapbook February Kits

Hello friends! Every month there are four new kits at My Creative Scrapbook and they are always beautiful and bursting with goodies. February's kits are awesome and this month I created with the gorgeous February Creative Kit. Check out the kits:

February Creative Kit

February Main Kit

February LE Kit

February Album Kit

I created four layouts with the February Creative Kits and they are all about love to Valentine's Day.

For the first layout, I wanted to created a layout of my excitement to be a first time grandma. I cut out the doily, butterflies, and flowers from cut files, that are included free with the kits, on my Silhouette Cameo, backed the flowers with some patterned paper and added some red sequins, which are included in the kit. i also added some computer generated journaling on some white cardstock, added the foam alphas for the title, and also some ephemera and ribbon from the kit. 

 For this layout I began with a white piece of cardstock for the background, handstitched some vertical lines with various colors of embroidery floss and added some punched paper hearts, wood hearts and sequins. This directs the eyes downwards towards the photo. I also added some stickers, and the black foam alphas for the title as well as some wood arrows and ephemera.

For this layout, I began with the vertical hearts patterned paper for the background and punched lots of paper hearts from an assortment of the papers in the kit and embellished with some wood hearts, pink and red sequins, stickers and wood arrows.

For this layout (which is my personal favorite) I drew a freehand heart shape on a piece of white cardstock and hand stitched the heart shape with light pink, red, and medium pink embroidery floss in somewhat of an ombre fashion and then I went crazy with embellishments from the kit.  I also added one flower cut file that I backed with pink patterned paper. This was a fun layout to create.

Well there you have it. My four layouts that I designed with the February Creative Kit and the four February kits from My Creative Scrapbook. 

Order your kits now here and also check out what the talented design team created with all the kits in the February designer gallery here.

Have a wonderful day!

Mom You Are Loved

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share a layout that I created for Just Nick Digital Cut Files of my mom.  She loves flowers and the color purple so I knew the Floral Ring 2 cut file and the Mom cut file would be perfect to use on this layout.

There is a lot of hand stitching on my layout. I love the homemade feel it gives the layout. I used purple, light pink, dark pink, yellow and green embroidery floss to stitch the flowers, leave and around the ring and then I watercolored inside the flowers, leaves and ring. The white card stock background was created with the packaging technique to give it some more splashes of color.

The Mom cut file was cut on my Silhouette Cameo onto plaid patterned paper from Lawn Fawn. It needed some more dimension so I added some very thin strips of foam adhesive tape that I cut out with my scissors and stuck it to the backside of the title. I added a piece of white card stock that I trimmed with my scissors slightly larger than my die cut title and then stuck it down. The mini black alpha stickers from Pretty Little Studio were added below the cut title to complete the title. To make sure they stayed put, I thought I would machine stitch them down.  

To embellish the layout, I used a flair button and a label from Pretty Little Studio, and some enamel dots from Pinkfresh Studio. The last step I trimmed the white card stock background down to 11 inches by 11 inches and stuck it down to the plaid patterned paper and machine stitched a 1/4 inch from the outside edge of the page with pink thread.

I really enjoyed the process of this layout. It truly looks better in person than it does in a photo. Don't forget to check out the Just Nick shop for these cut files and hundreds more.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Cut Files Used On My Layout:

Floral Ring 2

Mom

Christmas Tree Layout

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a Christmas layout at Just Nick Digital Cut Files of my Christmas tree from a few Christmases ago.

For this layout, I used the Holiday Sentiments Cut File and the Tree Trio 2 Cut File.

Holiday Sentiments

Tree Trio 2

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Gamer Layout

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a layout of my son over at A Flair For Buttons.

My son was two years old when he began using the computer and his generation really has grown up with technology.  Of course he loves when his older brother visits and they love to play video games for hours.

For this layout, I used the fun Gamer Flair from A Flair For Buttons.  I strategically placed the flair in a triangle around the page so the eyes would go around the entire page.

Gamer Flair Set

I also added some hand stitching to the page by stitching with assorted colors of embroidery floss on the  title.

I added some machine stitching around the outside edge of the layout as well as around the die cuts from Just Nick Digital Cut Files.  Wood veneer stars adds a little bit more whimsy to the page.

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the A Flair For Buttons shop for these and hundreds more flair buttons.

Supplies Used On Layout

Adhesive - Dimensional Squares - 3L Adhesive, Scotch
Digital Cut Files - Just Nick Digital Cut Files (Gamer)
Electronic Diecut Machine - Silhouette Cameo
Embroidery Floss - DMC
Enamel Dots - Bella Blvd.
Flair Buttons - Gamer Flair - A Flair For Buttons
Machine Stitching - Kenmore
Patterned Paper - We R Memory Keepers (Cakes And Candles)
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Wood Veneers - Studio Calico

My Daughter Layout

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share the first of four layouts with you that I created with the September Main Kit as a guest designer this month at My Creative Scrapbook.  I absolutely adored this kit.  I love the colors, the gold accents and the pretty patterns.  I immediately thought of creating somewhat of a shabby chic layout of my daughter.  

Using my 2 inch circle paper punch, I punched out several circles and then cut them in half.

Using a circle cutter to cut the white cardstock circle, I took two colors of embroidery floss and handstitched around the cardstock circle.

I adhered all the patterned paper punched circles around the white cardstock circle as shown above.

I layered some papers and ephemera from the kit on top of the white cardstock and then added my photos, some alpha stickers, a flair button, lace and flowers.

I used some watercolor paint and painted the white background paper, let it dry and then spritzed some light pink mist over it.

Finally I trimmed 1/4" on all four sides of the white cardstock and adhered it to a 12X12 sheet of black cardstock.

Here are some more closeups of my layout.

Here is the beautiful kit I created this with.

September Main Kit

Be sure and check out the Design Team Gallery over at My Creative Scrapbook for the complete design team reveal and be sure and order your kit at My Creative Scrapbook.

Thanks for stopping by!

The Joys Of Boys

Hello friends! I am happy you stopped by my blog.  If you are looking for the August Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop, you can scroll down or go here. 

Today I am sharing a layout I created using some awesome flair from A Flair For Buttons.

This layout is of my son when he was seven years old.  He was at a birthday party and they had face painting so he chose to be a pirate. I used the Bella Blvd. Max Collection for all the papers, stickers and the crochet heart.

For more of a homespun feel, I hand stitched with some orange embroidery floss.  I adhered two flair buttons on my layout. The #little man flair button is from the Hashtag Boy Flair Set.  

I can't get enough stars and hearts and used a paper punch for all the small paper hearts and die cut a large heart with my Silhouette Cameo and added a flair button from the Just Hearts 1 Flair Set.

I like to group my embellishments so I added some brads from October Afternoon that were in my stash.

I appreciate it that you stopped by! Don't forget to check out the shop at A Flair For Buttons for these and hundreds more flair buttons.  

Hashtag Boy Flair

Just Hearts 1 Flair 

Autumn Layout

Hello friends! Today I am sharing an autumn layout over at the A Flair For Buttons Blog that  I created with flair buttons, a square paper punch, some patterned paper scraps and some embroidery floss.  This layout was inspired by Paige Evans.

I inked my white card stock background with some Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink and then used my one inch square paper punch and punched several squares from a 6X6 paper pad of Doodlebug Designs Friendly Forest patterned papers.  Since the patterns are busy, I thought it would be better to use the 6X6 paper pad as the prints are smaller.  It's a great way to use paper pads!  I arranged them in heart shapes and hand stitched around the hearts in some brown DMC Embroidery Floss.

Next I cut the "Autumn" title on my Silhouette Cameo.  The cut file is created from Kerri Bradford Studio.  

I used 2 different flair button sets for my layout and arranged them in a triangle to draw the eye around the layout.  I used flair from two sets in the A Flair For Buttons Shop.

The Fall 3 Flair

The Fox And Owl Flair

These flair buttons and hundreds more can be purchased in the A Flair For Buttons Shop.

I hope you liked my layout.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used For My Layout

Cardstock - American Crafts
Crochet Heart - Bella Blvd.
Digital Cut File - Kerri Bradford Studio
Distress Ink - Tim Holtz (Wild Honey)
Electronic Diecutting Machine - Silhouette Cameo
Embroidery Floss - DMC
Enamel Dots - Teresa Collins
Flair Buttons - A Flair For Buttons (Fall 3 Flair, Fox And Owl Flair)
Label Sticker - Teresa Collins
Mist - Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Bronze)
Paper Punch - Marvy Uchida
Patterned Papers - Doodlebug Designs (Friendly Forest 6x6 Pad)