Beach Waves Layout

Hello friends! Happy Saturday!  Today I was creating in my studio and I had some fun making a layout with some paint dabbers and hand stitching.  My son was only eight years old when I took this photo of him running into the lake on a hot summer day.

I painted a "frame" around the photo with four colors and then added some hand stitching in four similar colors of DMC embroidery floss.

There are also some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.

I fussy cut some circles from Echo Park's Summer Bliss Collection and embellished the circles with some sequins.  

The title "Beach Waves" is from Just Nick Digital Cut Files.  I die cut the title with my Silhouette Cameo on white card stock and used paint dabbers to color the die cuts instead of looking for some colored card stock.  I think they turned out very well and they coordinate nicely with the colors of the layout.

I played along with Sketch #107 over at My Scraps And More.

I hope you are inspired to create a layout with some hand stitching and some paint dabbers.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - American Crafts
Diecut Title - Just Nick Digital Die Cuts (Summer Words)
Electronic Die Cutting Machine - Silhouette Cameo
Embroidery Floss - DMC (519 Blue, 972 Yellow, Coral 3705, Orange 3854)
Flair Buttons - A Flair For Buttons Mexico Flair, Date Night Flair, Epic Flair, 
Paints - Ranger Paint Dabbers (Aqua, Mountain Rose, Sunset Orange, Sunset Yellow)
Paper Punch - Fiskars
Patterned Papers - Summer Bliss Collection (Echo Park Paper)
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Sequins - Fancy Pants Designs
Sketch - My Scraps And More #107
Stickers - Echo Park

Father's Day Cards

Hello friends! It's Friday! Since Father's Day is a few weeks away, I wanted to share some quick and simple Father's Day cards that I made for my dad and my father-in-law.

I don't make cards very often and it's such a great way to use up paper scraps and save a little money too. I created both of these cards from the Carta Bella Well Played Collection patterned papers with some sequins added in from Fancy Pants Designs. I found a wood title in my stash made my Heidi Swapp so I painted it with some Tim Holtz Barn Door Distress Paint.  I love the dabbers on these paints. It makes painting wood easy peasy.  The label sticker and mini alpha stickers are from Teresa Collins.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous weekend doing something you love. 

My First Layout And My Intro For Just Nick Digital Cut Files!

Hello friends! I am very excited to share my first layout as a design team member at Just Nick Digital Cut Files. As you probably know, I have a love affair with my Silhouette Cameo and love using digital cut files on my projects.  

For my layout,  I broke out my Star Student Collection from Bella Blvd. Don't you just love the chemistry paper and the test paper? I thought it was perfect for high school students.  My son was not thrilled about his first day of grade ten.  He really had the jitters but after the first day he said he thought it was better than junior high so I was very happy to hear that.  

I used the Geometric Background Digital Cut File for my layout and cut it out of white cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo and then backed it with lots of colorful papers.  Here are a few closeups:

My design team introduction is on the Just Nick Blog today.  Be sure and check out the Just Nick Store for this cut file as well as many more.  Thanks for stopping by!

Scrapbook And Cards Today Summer 2015 Issue Coming June 19, 2015!

Hello friends! Just stopping by to let you know that I spied a reveal of the front cover of the Summer Issue 2015 of Scrapbook And Cards Today Magazine and wanted to share that I have a layout published in this magazine which will be available June 19.

I love this magazine and am very honored to be included in this issue.  This will be my second publication in this printed scrapbooking magazine.  My first one was published in the Winter 2014 issue on page 67.

Be sure to check out this free magazine available digitally and also in a printed magazine that is available at several scrapbooking stores in the U.S and Canada or you may order a subscription for this magazine that publishes 4 issues annually.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I Am On The Just Nick Digital Cut Files Design Team!

Hello friends! Happy first day of June!

Today I am beyond excited to finally share that I have been asked to join the Just Nick Digital Cut Files design team! You can see the official announcement on the Just Nick blog here.

I love to create projects with my Silhouette Cameo and the digital cut files that Nicole Nowosad designs are perfect so I am excited to be on the team.  Also, I am so honored to be creating with these talented ladies.

There are lots of awesome, fun designs in the Just Nicks Store so be sure and check them out here. For the next week or so,  each designer will be introduced on the blog and will be sharing their first design team project.

I hope you will join the team and I as we share our projects and hope to inspire you. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!