Favorites of 2018:Picks for My Top 9 Designs

Happy New Year!

I have had a busy year and did not make as many layouts as I did in 2017,

 but I need to count up my stacks before I get them into albums

 to see what my final count is for the year!

As for my favorites, that is always hard to choose.

These are similar to what the Instagram top 9 ended up being for me as well!

Here are my top layout designs choices of 2018.

Notice my go-to choices??

Three were made with Paper Issues swag bag kits! 

They are absolutely my favorite kit to create with each month.  

Have you tried one?

My top 9 from Instagram posts:

Things I notice as I browse through them all-

Yes, I still love a good woodgrain background!

  Yes, I still love some rainbow color on my designs. 

Yes, to free PI cut files.

Yes, to kits to speed up the design process!

 Yes, to paint and painted stripes.

Yes, to sprinkling on enamel dots and shapes!

Have a wonderful New Year's Eve!

Here's to more creative play in the new year!!

Check out more at Paper Issues.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stacie

Page Maps- September Sketch

We partnered with Becky Fleck of Page Maps this month at Paper Issues

 and here's my take on the sketch!

You can see I mixed up the sketch and used stars in place of the hearts. 

 It was so much fun to stitch on a layout using lots of colors to coordinate.

The Simple Stories Lil Dude collection was fun to use

 and it paired so well with Ryan's photos from Hawaii.

Check out more PI Design Team team ups with Page Maps on the Page Maps blog.

You can find all of the Page Maps sketches

 for September and play along! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Scraplift Sunday: Hello Beautiful Life

Today we are back at it with a fun Scraplift Sunday featuring my water-inspired scallop LO of Ryan on spring break!

I lifted my design and went for a white on white scallop using the new Mother's Day free cut file scallop.  I stitched it down in rainbow order similar to my original LO and added embellishments from my stash and Shimelle's Little by Little to bring pops of color throughout the design.
Ryan was so happy to be egg hunting and I sure adore his sweet shadow in the photo!

A few close ups: 

Each scallop cut file was stitched in a different color of the rainbow.  I matched ephemera and little bits from Shimelle's Little by Little, Elle's Studio Live Laugh Love collection, and Paige Evans' Fancy Free collection.

 I am loving the white on white elements on this page!

The scallop cut file will be in the Paper Issues free files today for Mother's Day.

Enjoy your weekend.  Happy Mother's Day!  I hope you can play along with the scraplift this month!  Post your creation in Paper Issues Friends and Fans group Scraplift Sunday thread.

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