Roll the Dice: Grad

Today on the Paper Issues blog it's an all new Roll the Dice for April hosted by Rachel.  This month it's 2 tags and 6 (or more) stickers.
I used the new Fancy Pants Designs Family & Co. for my take.  I had a graduation picture that I wanted to document. I was all in with the star paper mixed with the lined paper as it seemed academic!

A few more peeks:

Loving the shape tags and big chipboard alpha!

 A bit of gold mist splatters, puffy stickers, and chipboard to finish off the graduation design.  Simple and documented for the books.

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Roll the Dice February: State Fair Time

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you are off to a sweet start on your day!  We are Rolling the Dice at Paper Issues today and Rachel rolled 5 photos and 3 circles.

I went with Sweet Nothings by Fancy Pants Designs to celebrate this day of LOVE!  This page documents a trip to the MN State Fair.  We love the fair food and the Super Slide!

I went with a banner style layout design to incorporate 5 little pictures in a way different than I normally do--use a photo collage print!  The scraps and strips of Fancy Pants Sweet Nothings paper came in handy to cut at a diagonal and layer!  I added pop dots under them to add dimension above the bold stripe FP paper!

 I played by the original roll and only used three circles!  The rest were the awesome puffy sticker hearts that I absolutely love!  They are so much fun to sprinkle all over!  The black puffy alpha stickers are a classic font that is so pretty!

I added a few bits of ephemera and sprinkled India ink all around the background.  It's the fair--it better have  a fun vibe to it!

We are looking forward to your creative ways to sneak in 5 photos and 3 or more circles.  I hope you play along with Rachel and Roll the Dice!  Post your new projects between now and March 5th to have an entry at the PI gift cards.

 Don't forget Friday, Feb 17th is another edition of Scrap n Chat on Facebook!  We are excited to see you online!  Make plans to chat it up, play the game and complete the challenge!

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Happy Valentine's Day!  Happy Galentine's Day!  Happy Friendship Day!  Enjoy!

Roll the Dice January

January's Roll the Dice is adorable--go check out Rachel's video roll!  I used a collage photo and busted out a four word title.  That was hard--everything I wanted to say was 5 or more words!

I was stash busting and this time I was chopping into Bella Blvd.  I mainly used Addison and Oh My Stars for this sports theme page!

A few close ups of Bella Blvd- Addison collection. Along with Oh My Stars, Illustrated FaithYou Are Loved, and others!

Some of the title pieces and stickers are from older Bella collections, but they keep their color palette so they they work so well together!  I love the polka dot Bella chipboard alpha.

 I stitched the photo mat of paper strips down as well as the side clusters!  It was dual purpose, I wanted stitching on the LO and  I ran out of adhesive and was using older adhesives which were not staying adhered down! Sewing machine to the rescue!

Thanks for looking!

I hope you will try this challenge out!  Get out a collage photo like I did, or use 4 photos and 4 words in your title!

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Roll the Dice

Today it's December's Roll the Dice with Danielle at Paper Issues!  She rolled a 5 for photos and 4 for alphas!  Always a feat to incorporate 5 photos, so I included a photo collage I made on the PhotoGrid app.  If you haven't checked out their free app, do it!

 I used Pink Paislee's Paige Evans' Take Me Away paper number 4, Thickers, and clear acetate pieces from the Paige Kit. 

 I also used a bunch of stash from Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Bloom thickers and Shine wood veneer birthday stickers, Also, We R Memory Keepers It Factor wood veneer along with enamel dots from everywhere!

I love that sweet pink bow from Maggie Holmes Thickers.  The mix of alphas was inspired by tone on tone.  I tried to make some neutral in color and others match the stripe of color from patterned paper number 4 they are posted in.  This helps not to overwhelm the eye as it scans the page! 

Brooklyn loved hosting her party at Michael's in the classroom.  The girls all made things and had fun being creative!S

The WE R  and Maggie Holmes collection wood veneer stickers are a fun look and I am glad tried them out with this birthday theme!

Thanks for taking a peek!  Check out the rest of the team up on the blog and in our Facebook Paper Issues Friends and Fans (PIFF) group.

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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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Sparkle and Shine

Today we are up on the Paper Issues blog with a new Roll the Dice challenge. This month Danielle rolled a 6 for number of photos and three for how many stickers you can use!  I was going to do a grid design and then came across this photo collage of my daughter donating 11-12 inches of her hair this past June.  It had exactly 6 photos on it, so that was just what I needed!

I got out my stash of Simple Stories Posh for this challenge.  I love the Simple Stories ephemera pack of bits and pieces. It had just what I needed to add designs, layers, and title work without having to use stickers.

The embossed papers and gold embossed ephemera bits and pieces add the fancy feel to this memory of her giving the gift of her hair to cancer patients.  I layered several Posh papers to the photo mat layers and used 4 papers in the background layers.

These are my three stickers:  I used them all from the 6 x 12 Posh chipboard stickers- the camera, big pie chart heart, and word sparkle.  The rest of the Posh bits and pieces and the cutest tassel is from Cute Girl by Crate Paper.

Here's my message to my girl- I often don't show my journaling or even write on my pages, but when I do, I want my family to know how loved they are.

Thanks for taking a peek today.  I sure hope you will join us on Facebook Paper Issues Friends & Fans and show us how you tackled this roll the dice challenge for October.

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Paper Issues: Roll the Dice

 Hello, here's a summer title with pictures from December!  What??? Yes, it's all about the "summer" weather when it's 90 degrees for Christmas vacation!  Read below for details on the newest challenge at Paper Issues: Roll the Dice.

  Roll the Dice is on the Paper Issues blog with this month's dice roll being 2 pictures and 5 patterned papers.  I used Carta Bella Beach Day for my layout.  I LOVE how textured and heavy the Carta Bella paper is.  It is perfect for summer and vacation photos you have laying around after a busy summer!

This mega title cut file was from Ashley Horton's class in Big Picture Classes.  It was meant for a mini book, but I was all about hand stitching on it and making it larger for this challenge!

To keep the photos the focus along with the fun title, I kept the 5 patterned papers as a minimalist design element.  See how I snuck in the paper's tear strips?  It worked in well to the layout design without overwhelming it!

Thanks for checking out the details on the PI blog Roll the Dice for September at Paper Issues.  I hope you will try it out and join us by posting your creation in Paper Issues Fans and Friends (PIFF) on Facebook. As always, if you want to shop (you know you do!!) use code: Stacie to save 20% on your purchase.