ScrapThat: swanky swatches

Monday, December 10, 2018

Swanky Swatches: Magical

Hello! Today I am up on the Paper Issues blog with a new layout based on this month's swatch colors! I couldn’t wait to look through my holiday photos to find one to coordinate to the swatch and use the new Paper Issues December scrapbook kit "Hard Candy"! I drew inspiration from the swatch colors as well as the wreath image! Scroll to the end of this blog post for the December swatch!

The Lawn Fawn patterned paper trees are so much rainbow fun and a great option away from the typical green and red! I love mixing the enamel dots in to further add colors to the design.

I layered the free PI cut file bud wreath, which included the inner circle to cut the Lawn Fawn patterned paper to size. Get out that thread and add messy strings as well as stitching to add texture.

The watercolored Kaisercraft ephemera pieces are so beautiful and mix right in with other collections. I recommend stocking up on extra Kaisercraft items in the store before it's gone.

It is such a pretty holiday collection.

The December kit includes Pinkfresh wooden alpha stickers and they are the cutest!

The small size is perfect for smaller titles and using to layer just as I did on top of the photo.

I also layered the Magical title word on top of the photo and it is from the Joyful free cut file.

I wanted to remember this sweet story of a giving man

who noticed us at church Christmas Eve and

asked if we would enjoy a day at the nearby LegoLand since he works there.

He rounded up six tickets for us and it was a fabulous

95 degree day in LegoLand to end our holiday vacay in FL.

Some people are truly magical!!

I hope you will check out the December challenges

on Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook album and play along.

Swanky Swatches is a great place to start.

The color swatch and images are instantly inspiring!!

Thanks for visiting today!

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Swanky Swatches: Beautiful Ordinary Family Life

Hello! I am up on the Paper Issues blog today with a new October challenge!

It is time to bring out the rich fall colors and this month's

Swanky Swatches challenge has the perfect set of colors

to work with on your projects. I went right for the new Pinkfresh Indigo Hills 2 collection!

Here's the swatch to base your October design off of:

You can see I was inspired by the top three on the paint swatch and the bottom gray tone.

Another fall paper grouping that would be perfect is Pink Paislee's Auburn Lane!

The Pinkfresh Indigo Hills 2 Eminence paper was the lavender/light blue wash paper used to cut the Paper Issues free circle blooms cut file out of to begin my layers above the wreath design background paper from Pinkfresh.

Next, I stitched on the Paper Issues free Leaves & Laurels cut file out of golden patterned paper and more Eminence Pinkfresh paper. Check out those sweet coordinating Pinkfresh mini alpha stickers! They are puffy, cute, and perfect for the little title words or details you want to document!

The Pinkfresh ephemera pack and puffy stickers had several leaves that were perfect for tucking in along the stitched border to create more texture and depth. Add a sprinkling of Pinkfresh Indigo Hills 2 enamel dots and it's complete-- instant fall wreath for your autumn photos! Love that this paper already had paint splatters and inked lines for an amazing base to build up my wreath design.