Showing posts with label Ali Edwards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ali Edwards. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2015

but first, coffee

I adore coffee.  It takes me back to sitting at my grandma's kitchen table and enjoying sips of her coffee with lots of creamer.  It's no doubt how I developed a taste for it!  This title cut file, but first, coffee, can be found for free in the Paper Issues shop.  That was my starting point for my layers.
The coffee cup cut file was from Kelly Purkey's Studio Calico Sketchbook class.  Her washi strips are included on my page as well.  I used lots of Shimelle's True Stories papers and embellishments.  The best part of waking up stamp is from Evalicious.  That adds to the Grandma remembrance-- she was a Folger's coffee lover!

I added lots of word and phrase stickers from Crate Paper- Maggie Holmes Confetti collection and from Ali Edwards Firsts kit.  It was fun to play off of the "first" word in various sayings.  This close up also shows the delicious wood grain cardstock paper from American Crafts.
Hope your day involves a cup of Joe. 

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Taking Time to Gather & Celebrate

Turning 40 has given us reason to celebrate with family and friends.  The word gather for the title was created by using Ali Edwards kit acrylic word "gather" as a mask for the watercoloring.
The other elements for the page are mainly found in Studio Calico's Carolina Moon May kit.
Celebrating a birthday is the perfect topic to link up to Paper Issues current issue.