Happy Girl (Creative Scrappers)

Hello!  When I saw this month's sketch over at Creative Scrappers I just knew I had to play along.  Its Sketch 300, and its a grid - so many fun options on how to play with this one!  I knew I didn't want my photo to take up the real estate of one of the squares, but rather be layered over the top, and I knew I wanted to keep it 4x6 size because I'd already had it printed.

My photo is of Brielle at 15 months at a park in town, and I love the colour tones in the photo.  I used scraps from my September Hip Kit, and tried to pull all of the coral/pink colours in the papers.  I added extra texture with my sewing machine, and had so much fun embellishing!

One of the little cut apart frames was perfect for my journalling.

The Cute Girl and Gather chipboard were perfect together for my title, and i love the tassel banner.

I popped my photo up on foam for dimension, which meant I could tuck some chipboard flowers underneath.

And here is the sketch.

Thanks so much for looking!

Loveliness (Clique Kits)

Hello again!  Today I have a layout that I made with a free cut file that Clique Kits is offering as a sponsor of Creative Scrappers.  Its an Autumn wreath, but I used it for a Summer photo of Azaria.  I used the June Clique Kit "La Dolce Vita" featuring Elle's Studio "Little Moments" collection.  

I started by cutting the wreath on white American Crafts cardstock (my favourite), and then backed the cut file with predominantly 6x6 papers from the kit.  I choose to use the textured side of the cardstock on the cut file for a change.  Once it was backed I machine stitched through it twice, and then adhered it with scrap chipboard for dimension.  Then came the fun part of using my watercolours and the packaging technique, and then embellishing.

The glitter sticker title is from Pink Fresh Studio.

I fussy cut out lots of the exclusive cards from the kit to use as embellishments.

I added some darker elements with the Elle's Studio stamp that was an add-on to the kit, and I finished it off with black Heidi Swapp Colourshine splatters.

And here is the cut file, which you can get for free here.

Thanks for looking!

Imagine (The Cut Shoppe & Creative Scrappers Team Up)

Hello!  So excited to be with you again today, because The Cut Shoppe DT has teamed up with Creative Scrappers this month for the August sketch reveal!  I had an absolute blast combining Ashley's cut files with Kristine's amazing sketch.  I decided to scrap myself for once, well my feet in my ballet shoes at least!

I used my January Clique Kit, featuring Fancy Pants' 'Happy Place" collection (another of my favourites).   I used the Hello Hearts cut file, and cut it on white card stock, and stitched around the hearts with embroidery thread that matched the collection.  It was time consuming but I made it at my monthly crop, snacking, chatting and crafting!

And here are some close ups.  I'd been saving the "Dance Forever" ephemera piece for this layout!

I hand stitched around the hearts to provide some visual contrast between the white on white!

And here is the fun sketch!  So many options to play with this one.

Here is the Hello Hearts cut file, and you can purchase it in the Etsy store here.

Thanks for looking, make sure you head on over to the Creative Scrappers blog and check out the other layouts made by the TCS team!