Hello Beautiful: Hawaii

It's Sunday Funday! A perfect day to Scraplift at Paper Issues!  

Go check out this week's inspiration on the PI blog and play along!

I was inspired by Wendy's use of the cut file and stitching around it.

The original had such a perfect mix of chipboard, stickers, and wood veneer pieces.  

Cocoa Vanilla Studios Wild at Heart was what I was stashbusting 

and was perfect for my take to document the beauty of Hawaii.

The Rosey Posey background cut file worked for layering the embellishments and having a edge to stitch around.

Cocoa Vanilla has the prettiest papers and especially watercolor style background paper.

Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see what project you create for this scraplift!

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One Little Word

We are all about the titles today to kick off June.  Just one little word.  Yes, one word to wrap up the sentiment of the entire layout.  Check out all of the takes on this idea on the Paper Issues blog hosted by Amanda-Jayne.  Here'e my layout using Cocoa Vanilla Studios Wild at Heart.  My little word is sweet.

The Cocoa Vanilla zig zag patterned paper was begging to be cut, so I chopped into it to create a layer to partner with the gray tone woodgrain. I love all of the fun chipboard stickers, cardstock stickers, and flair that I could add to the design without adding more words!  I stayed pretty true to Amanda's challenge!

A better view of my little word, sweet, on the corner of my photo.  'Sweet' because overall, life is pretty sweet when I pause and soak it all in.

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Scraplift Sunday: Things I Love

Today we are lifting an awesome layout by Amy Coose on the Paper Issues blog.  I was inspired by the use of the frames and little embellishment clusters.
 I had fun stashbusting Crate Paper Heart Day, Maggie Holmes, Cocoa Vanilla Studios embellishments, and more.  I had been hoarding the pink woodgrain paper from We R's Love Notes collection.  A picture of peonies and Starbucks were epic enough for me to bust out this pretty paper!

This LO was a two day adventure in placing items, moving things, adding embellishments, and then finally coming back to it to glue it down and commit to it!

It's such a sense of accomplishment when you can pull together multiple manufacturers and make products work together.  It was fun to stash bust so many random bits for this one. Crate Paper Heart Day for a non-Valentine's Day layout, sure did.   Love the phrase chipboard Thickers from Maggie Holmes' Chasing Dreams!  The Crafty Pocket flair was the perfect fit for this design.

 I loved pulling out Cocoa Vanilla Studios Make a Wish collection and using the florals and wood veneer.  A bit of AC Hazelwood got added in for this mash up of all things pink!

  I hope you get inspired to play along with the awesome challenges at Paper Issues. Scraplift Sunday is just one of my faves!  There are sooo many to try.  There's definitely something for everyone!  Post your projects now through June 4th.

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Notable Quotable May

Check out the new Notable Quotable challenge to get you inspired and ready to create this month!

I love this quote that Michelle inspired us with!

I went with the flowers and explained how on vacay, I always stop for hibiscus.  These tropical flowers make me feel like I am back in Hawaii or on some other amazing island! I used a free cut file from PI called Tropical Orchid and Elle's Studio Live Laugh Love mixed with wood veneer from Cocoa Vanilla Studios.

Elle's Studio newest collection, Live Laugh Love is pretty and full of fun color for spring/summer.  I love the backgound paper.  The green is such a beautiful color and the mixed media brush strokes makes it fabulous and fast to create with!

The Elle's Studio coordinating enamel dots and puffy stickers are so perfect for quick embellishments.  I love the brush script alpha wood veneer from Cocoa Vanilla Studios Wild Heart.  I love how this looks paired with the cut file.

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I hope you have a wonderful day!

Notable Quotable March

The quote is a fun one to study, ponder, be inspired by, and create something that speaks to you!  Check out the Paper Issues blog today to see Michelle's post for the month of March!  I was so inspired by the paint colors on the quote and the message of growing up.  I'd love my littlest who just turned 5 to stay little just a bit longer!

I used lots of Cocoa Vanilla Studio Make A Wish on top of my ombre painted background.  I started with one color of acrylic paint and just added more white as I went along down the page.

  The Make  A Wish wood veneer are super versatile and work for more than just birthday pages.

The cut apart Party Mix paper is still available in the store.   I used that for the "So Much Fun" card and a few more places in layers for this page design.

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Roll the Dice November

Today we are checking out the latest Roll the Dice Challenge at Paper Issues.  This month Danielle has rolled a two for photos and a two for wood veneer/wood buttons.  This was a fun one as I was excited to try out the new Make a Wish collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studios.

Their wood veneer pack is amazing and comes with so many pieces.  I loved the scripty wish and the hat was perfect for this free cut file party hat and title.

I stitched around the hat and then used my fringe scissors to cut up the Hip Hooray striped patterned paper into a fun tassel for the top of it.

The ephemera pack has so many fun pieces to embellish with.  I used several throughout the page design.  I love the glow of the candles in my little guy's face.  He eats up all of the attention just a wee little bit!

This close up is to showcase my misting fail.  I needed the title to pop as it was originally cut in white.  I found peacock color and it matched the stripe paper perfectly.  I moved all things far from my plastic layered area on the same table.  Yep.  Not far enough away.  Baby splatters and droplets on everything.  Pictures, ephemera, background, etc...  I just left it and didn't add splatters to embellish the fail!  Lol.  Some days are just like that!

Have a great day and I hope you roll the dice with us!  Post on Facebook or Instagram, we'd love to see your creations!

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You are My Person

Today on the Paper Issues blog,  we are spotlighting Cocoa Vanilla Studio's collection, Love Always! Here's my take on this gorgeous line:

I found the floral cut file on Bea Valint's blog! It worked perfectly with this sweet soft collection. I watercolored the cut file to pick up the peachy pinks on some of the papers. 

I added layers of paper for the background and stitched them with pale pink. I move page elements around a ton before committing to gluing it down.

Sometimes I even leave it for a day before finishing it  just to be sure I still like it!  Do you ever have to mull over your design decisions?  It kind of drives you crazy until you just go with it!

I found my cut file title in the Silhouette store from Studio Calico's designer Jasmine Jones. I love that saying!  Since it was busy floral paper, I backed it in black to shadow it and pop it off the page.

I hope you will check out the Paper Issues Design Team's beautiful work with this collection on the PI blog today.

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