Beach Days Watercolor

Watercolors were a fave medium to work with in 2015. This page was for the Rainbow class at BPC to use a cut file as a stencil for a background.

I used the All Heart file from The Cut Shoppe for the background.

I tried to keep the title and all embellishments tone on tone to keep the busy background from looking messy.

I sewed the rainbow washi tape borders and watercolor design. I added lots of enamel dots because they are little bits of bliss to complete it!

You Shine

I had watercolored the triangles for a layout background from a class lesson from Ashley Horton for Big Picture Classes and put them to use in ombré fashion on this beach page. 

I added stitching in various places to add texture and interest.

Check out The Cut Shoppe for the cut file for the word Shine and all of my other favorites. 

Love this Girl!

I love the fun quick videos and classes at Big Picture Classes. This layout was inspired from Paige's Pages 3 on using scraps to create a concentric star. The new Amy Tangerine line Finder's Keepers, was perfect to make a school themed page with the skinny pencils.

Her new Thickers are the best! I can't wait to use them on more projects. The white acrylic paint is always a good idea to add a bit of random interest to a page.

The painted wood Thickers are super fun to use and added another texture to the layout.

My go-to technique of stitching is used to adhere the paper pieces to the Silhouette sketched stars and the border layer on the edge. Happy fall and busy school  schedules!

Love You Two

This was for Big Picture Classes Rainbow class. I adjusted Jen Chapin's pretty 8.5x11 page to a 12x12. I stamped the Kelly Purkey Sketchbook stamps for the kids names. 

I went with bold black Thickers to draw your eye into the photos. 

I added dimension to some elements and added tone on tone stamps as well as flair. Hope your day is bright and full of color!

Happy

Ryan loves to ask if we are happy and gets concerned if we have to raise our voices or sound even the slightest bit upset.  He wants to be sure we are happy and smiling.  This page reminds us of his quest to ensure happiness!

Common questions and things he tells us at age three.  

Papers from Gossamer Blue Get Happy Collection.

Cut files:

Love the Word Art cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

Happy cursive word from 17 Turtles blog  

Large open cut file happy is from Kim Watson for Fancy Pants Designs.

Hope your day is full of Happy!