Showing posts with label Paper Issues Design Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper Issues Design Team. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

What's App? Living that Starbs Venti Life

Hello and What's App?  I'm here today on the Paper Issues blog!  It's no shocker that I love coffee and of course, if you would ask me list my top 10 apps, my fave coffee apps would be on it!  The new Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope mixed media paper pad had the perfect colors to document my Starbucks pic, gift card, and gold title details. I love a big circle swirl of paints!


I kept the photo full 4x6 size, for the sake of the purpose of this page, I wanted to show that the "starbs app life" is so convenient, as I can order ahead and pick it up at the drive thru! Simple as order ahead and instant bliss is waiting for you in winter or on all the days ending in y!! Coffee is life.

To balance all of the pops of gold, I added wood veneer embellishments-the Elle's Studio coffee cup, Shimelle wooden buttons, and mini hearts from a past swag bag kit. The gold Heidi Shine mist drops covered parts of my journaling, but you can still kind of read it. The ephemera is from Vicki Boutin's past collection and her current Color Kaleidoscope collection.

The cool cat clip just fit the colors and needed to be the focus of the upper cluster of embellishments. I love how it clips the layers together and brings the perfect burst of pink.  Layers and layers of VB Color Kaleidoscope papers from the March kit and available by the sheet in the store!


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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Take 5: The Boo Crew

Hi! Today I am up on the Paper Issues blog to showcase this month's Take 5 challenge!  
The list had lots of fun options, but I was drawn to using the
 free Paper Issues cut file  patchwork pumpkin and the word, Boo.  
Check out the rich autumn tones and patterns from the  Forever Fall line from Simple Stories
It is hitting my heart strings with the Elle's Studio wood grain paper in the background.  
Hello, Fall beauty!!


From the Take 5 October list, I selected:  Boo (cut file title), patchwork pumpkin cutfilelarge titlestitchingborder, and a tag

With cut files of this size that dominate the layout design, popping them up with foam adhesive adds a slight shadow and depth to add more interest against the rustic woodgrain background.  I adore when you can paper piece cut files and use up your favorite paper scraps as well!


This cut file and title was cut out of another Simple Stories collection tone on tone patterned paper.
  It adds subtle interest with the slight pattern and is a fun change from standard cardstock.
 I also splattered the cut file with gold mist drops before I added the paper backing pieces.
As for my photo, my crew of trick or treaters was unposed 
and unaware I was snapping their picture.  
Love when you can just capture a small moment in time!


The stitching added to the rustic look of the Elle's Studio background wood grain paper and the colors used in this Forever Fall collection.  It added a basic border around the layout and finished it off. The baker's twine secured the cute fox tag and was easy to add to the pumpkin stem!


Definitely grab this wood grain paper (it's in stock!!) and 
the Simple Stories Forever Fall collection for any kind
 of autumn celebration or photos of fall!  
It is beautiful and so very versatile even for Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  
 group anytime before November 4th!
I look forward to seeing your Take 5 challenge entry or
 any of the others that are waiting for you!
Tag us on social media when you use a Paper Issues
 cut file or play along with a challenge. 

 I look forward to gathering inspiration from you!

Get your SHOP on and stop by Paper Issues for all of the best!
Fall Crop is just a few weeks away...
be prepared and get some new items to inspire you!
Happy creating, friends!

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Wonderful Everyday Family Moments


It's Scraplift Sunday at Paper Issues. Go check out the PI Blog for more takes on Cat Martin's inspirational multi-photo design!
I was super excited to use the new Pink Paislee Turn the Page by Paige Evans. I love the fun colors and embellishments that worked so well with my water slide race photos.


A few details:

I love this pic of my 70+ year old Dad going down the slide to impress his grandkids!
I used the packaging technique to water log my background and make it full of water splashes. Layers of ephemera, ribbon, and chipboard.


Turn the page clear stickers and cardstock stickers from the sticker booklet.  Wood veneer pieces painted in coordinating colors are so much fun to layer with ephemera.

The scraplift featured today has a bow and you need one.  Make one!  Get your roll of ribbon out and hand stitch or machine stitch like I did.  I also used Nuvo clear glue to seal the raw edges of the ribbon--no fraying! The little saying is from the mini pads (swatch books).  This is a super heavy cardstock that makes a fun stand-alone mini card for a lunch box or as the perfect embellishment.


The washi booklet had the wonderful word which ties in the ribbon, and helps to ground the title with the birds and smaller words below it.

Get busy lifting Cat's amazing design.
 I can't wait to see what you create!
Thanks for stopping by.

It is a beautiful collection to play with! 
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Swag Bag: Little Explorer Love

Hello!  It's my fave time of the month--a new swag bag is in the house!  Cassie has an amazing kit for August and I hope you are fast enough to buy one before they sell out. Check out the Paper Issues blog for more inspiration from the design team.

I was inspired by the Amy Tangerine Hustle & Heart items that were in the August kit. This prompted me to grab the across the waves paper from this collection as my background.  I really love how this turned out. It is perfect for Ryan running and exploring the beach at Newport Coast. The ombre heart paper is so adorable peeking out in the photo mats.


I mixed in a few embellishments from the June swag bag kit. I loved the Crate Paper Little Explorer title piece and it was the perfect match to my Love from AT Hustle and Heart ephemera pack. The little map stars, blue twine, rubber heart charm all coordinated with my theme.


 I added watered down white acrylic paint for the final drops of mixed media. I love the watery effect it gives the background. The burlap paper was such a fun texture and layer to add to my beachy photo.
  I added layers of 4x6 and 3x4 cards from the August kit. The AT enamel banner pin sticker was the focal piece of the top cluster. They are so cute to add to a project. I love the banner paper clip for wrapping twine and looping the twine into a grouping. Enamel dots were in the June kit and I love the little drops of shine they add.

These swag bag kits are the cutest each month, and each is slightly unique 
based on ephemera you get and variations in embellishments.  
It is so worth it to get a few or a small bit of all the cool things
 in the shop that have caught your eye.  I still have soooo much left of my August kit. 
I have so many ideas of how to use them in other projects.  
It is definitely not a kit for one project!
Get your swag bag subscription or take your chances at month to month.


Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Back to School

It's a new Project Pocket challenge at Paper Issues.  I documented the start of last school year with Simple Stories Old School.  This was fun to put together and get into the album.  I love mixing it up and adding pocket pages into my albums when the spirit moves me or time is ticking!


A few close up looks:

Use up those text stickers, random stickers, and extra labels on your pocket cards.Add messy threads, flair, and enamel dots for texture and interest!


Add washi tape on top of your photos for a fun layer of text or pattern to cover plain parts of your photos.


I hope you will check out this fun challenge on the PI Blog. 
 An easy way to get started is to use your cut apart papers
 that are usually included in each collection.  


Thanks for stopping by! 

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Swag Bag June: Hey Summer Vibes

It's time to get creative with the sweetest monthly kits! Have you tried a PI swag bag?  Cassie's cool kits arrive once a month and contain so many bits and embellishments to rock out multiple projects.  I dug into May's kit for this layout and there is still so much leftover to use!  I was inspired by Paige Evan's Oh My Heart square paper that was included in the PI May Swag Bag as a 4x6 paper.  The mix of colors and designs side by side prompted this fun take of overlapping paper layers.


I love that you can cut up the swag bag paper 3x4 or 4x6 cards and overlap them. I tucked some pieces under and over other layers. It became like a puzzle to spread out colors and patterns as well as paper sizes across the page.  I sewed the pieces down after using a little adhesive to temporarily hold the layers in place. My title became the summer vibes card that was an Echo Park Summer Dreams frame ephemera piece.


 I layered wood veneer, ephemera, messy thread, chipboard, and stickers onto the patchwork paper pieces.
Don't delay--go check out the Paper Issues store and grab June's swag bag for 20% off while there are still some in stock today. 
They always sell out, so do not miss out on your chance!


Use code: Stacie to save 20% on your swag bag and everything else that is in stock!
  New Fancy Pants collections just arrived, too! They all look amazing!




Sunday, June 18, 2017

Summer Fair Fun

Happy Father's Day to all of the amazing guys out there! Today we are celebrating and scraplifting an amazing design by Anna.  Here's my take using new Simple Stories Summer Days. Go check out Paper Issues blog post for everyone else's cool design variations on this scraplift.

A few more to get a closer look:
I was messing around with various stitches as Anna has stitching on her layout.  I was using the We R Stitch Happy machine and was not watching the tension settings--so I stitched a few times on some spots to make it look purposeful and messy!  Sometimes you just have to embrace the mess. I super love my new We R pink sewing machine

The photo's shadow angle from standing under the midway fair games tent gave the perfect design nod to an angled layout. It was fun to mix a bunch of Summer Days prints and papers together to go with the bright and playful photo of Ryan winning at Whac-a-mole!  I sprinkled ephemera pieces and stickers from Summer Days around to mimic Anna's Pinkfresh design elements.



Thanks for taking a peek!  
I have been missing playing with paper and
 was so happy I could play along with this week's scraplift!
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Monday, May 1, 2017

Design Team News!

Eeeeeeep!  I am ever so excited and grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the amazing Paper Issues design team for another term.
Check out the May-September 2017 Design Team:
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Yep, that's me in the bottom row.  I am looking forward to all that is new this month at Paper Issues.  New challenges, new blog posts, and a few new teammates.  We are ready to kick off this term with lots of inspiration and fun ideas to try!

I sure hope you'll join us online on Instagram, on the blog, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Yes, check out all of the places, so you don't miss a thing!  The store is the best part and full of new products or free files!

As always, save 20% every purchase you make at Paper Issues with my code: Stacie

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today.
  I hope you kick off May in a wonderful way!
Make someone's day!
-Stacie


Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Emoji Love

Product Spotlight time on the Paper Issues blog --it's all about Simple Stories Emoji Love!

 This collection worked so well to document my daughter's birthday party from last spring. 
 She had all the girls do a craft and they each made an emoji pillow.  
It was a lot of fun and this photo is perfect for sharing!



The close up of the cool pillows made by the girls.  The cardstock stickers from Simple Stories Emoji Love were so much fun to use for this layout.  I often add foam adhesive under the stickers to pop them up and create layers with the stickers.  I love the skinny rainbow striped paper as a photo mat.


The wide striped paper by Simple Stories is always a favorite in their collections.  
This is the side B to the 2 Cool patterned paper with emoji words on it.


Loving the dimension and shadows it casts on the stripes.  
I seriously love the wide stripe paper as it becomes a base for the design and perfect starting spot for mixed media splashes of color.  Fringe scissors would be fun for this paper as well!


Always be a unicorn!  Yes, always! 
I love the fun layers of stickers and using the technique
 of layering tone on tone whenever possible.
  I kept the splatters of watercolors to the same color stripe area, too.

Have a great day and head on over to Paper Issues 
Also,  check out the free emoji cut files in the free files section!  


Sunday, April 16, 2017

Swag Bag Sunday

Today on the Paper Issues blog we are showing a new round of projects using the monthly swag bag kits.  I combined several kits to coordinate the color scheme to watery teals and a pop of yellow.  Several things were from the February kit.  I love when you can create several LOs or projects with one swag bag kit.


Here are a few close ups to show the pretty papers and little embellishment bits!  I think that little Crate Paper Maggie Holmes tassel is adorable!  I finally used it after hoarding it from an earlier swag bag!
The only thing I added were the foam Thickers for my title and a few enamel dots.  The rest is all swag bag bliss!



I hope you'll check out the Paper Issues store and grab a monthly kit for yourself. You will never be disappointed in all that Cassie packs into a swag bag!  Get the six month subscription or buy them month to month.  It's the best surprise mail!  All of the bags are slightly different with ephemera and embellishments, making these wonderful kits a true surprise each month!
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Monday, April 3, 2017

Pedal/Petal to the Metal/Medal New Issue

I love Lisa's fun play on words and puns!  This month I interpreted the new issue at Paper Issues as Put the Petals to the Metal as I used florals and gold as an accent!  These florals from Crate Paper Heart Day were still in my stash and were begging to be cut apart for this new issue!


A few close ups:

I loved this Crate Paper Heart Day floral paper.  I fussy cut an entire sheet of florals for this page.  I wavy stitched over all of the layers of florals.  The center part of the cardstock was a mixed media green background I painted for this. It was layers of acrylic paint and splatters.


This pic of Brooklyn was snapped in West Palm Beach, FL over our spring break. It was nice to get some new pictures of the kids.  Also, I totally love the gold fabric stuffed hearts with the new Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams collection.


I also used the Maggie Holmes gold Thickers that are hot pink foam on the bottom. These were perfect for my pink florals! See the subtle pink in the close up? Super fun pop of pink and gold!


If you haven't been to the Paper Issues blog, be sure to stop by to see several more team members' takes on this fun new issue.

Save 20% at Paper Issues Store with code: Stacie  There are so many new things in stock! Check it out and save!

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Cut It Up March



This month is all about lucky stars!  Check out the PI Blog for the inspiration for Starry background.
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I was inspired to create this background after looking at my stars loading into my Starbucks app.  Creative vibes can strike even when all you have is coffee on the brain!

I went with Shimelle's Little By Little collection to add to the starry vibe!  I love when I can create a messy mixed media background for my nighttime sky and build the layers above it.  The title has openings making it perfect for papers or mixed media to peek through.


I originally thought of cutting the file into rectangles and having parts of the file be near the right and left edges.  In the end, I went with the triangles to bring out the pointy star design and help accentuate my photo.  Messy packaging technique and splatters added to the mixed media layers of colors added over the gesso.

I used some of the single stars included in the title cut file section, to pop up with foam adhesive and layered puffy stickers above that.  The Little By Little foam phrase Thickers include many stars which are perfect for using in the title or scattered over the cut file.  I added teal stitching over the cut file border to add texture and color.


My journaling totally went wonky over the gesso and bumpy surface on the cardstock/mixed media.  I am ok with it not being my fanciest writing.  It is a quick message to my son telling him how he was the ultimate snuggle bug of all of his siblings.


Head over to the Paper Issues free files section to get this month's file and download the others you need.  I like to cut the files in bulk, so when I get the chance to scrap things are all ready for me!

Tag Paper Issues on social media so we can send some love your way.  I love seeing your creative uses for the cut files.  Link your PI cut file projects to the Cut It Up Facebook album.  It is fun to see how you are able to use these free cut files.  Try making a card, pocket page or layout, super size one star and stitch around it.  Use the offset button to create a border around a single star.

See you all online next weekend for the Spring Crop March 17-19th.