Love the Life You Live

Today we reveal the new quote of the month for the Notable Quotable challenge at Paper Issues. Love this quote and knew I had to bust out the older collection by Amy Tangerine that had this quote on the PL card set.  I mixed this with new Amy Tangerine's On A Whim.  The background is by Simple Stories that I had made in advance with extra acrylic paint I had mixed up.

Here are a few close ups-- I started with the painted background and then carried the color into the gold embossed watercolor tag from Amy Tangerine's On a Whim collection. Also check out the washi!

The quote card was hoarded and in my stash from Amy's Plus One collection. It got s fresh look with the clear gold stickers on it!

The Do Your Thing sticker was easy to tie into the design by matting it on patterned papers.




Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are super inspired to use the quote Michelle
selected for the month!
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Sketchy Saturday

It's another month of awesome inspiration and challenges at Paper Issues.  Check out the beautiful new February sketch by Amy Coose.  Check out all of the design team inspo on the Paper Issues blog.

I just couldn't wait to try out all of the new collections this month, so this one uses Shimelle's Little By Little to document my cousin's daughter and her sweetest first birthday balloon basket!

A few close ups:  Get all of the Shimelle Little By Little.  Yes, you totally need this collection and all of its cuteness.

I layered vellum over the top layer of clouds, I wanted the pictures to pop and look like they were in the clouds!  The embossed clouds are fabulous!

 Ther Thickers, little puffies, wooden buttons, and the ephemera together make a quick layout.

Give me all the polka dots!

Have a wonderful weekend. Hopefully you can play along with the sketch!

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Pinspire Me February

Mary-Ann has another gorgeous mood board ready to PInspire you!  Check out the Paper Issues blog for more amazing inspiration from the design team.

I was so inspired by the center image of the donut and all of the pops of bright pink.

I used an exclusive cut file for Paper Issues for the donut in the top corner (Build a Donut file) and my title word is coming soon to the PI free files. 

These puffy donut Thickers for Amy Tangerine's On a Whim are so much fun.  I LOVE the cuteness they bring!  The watercolor resist tags are always a fave.  I love the look that they add.  I super love how the title turned out.  The cut file for Love is one that is appearing in another week in the PI free files section of the store!

The pink foil touches added to the ephemera and 6 x12 stickers in this collection are so much fun.  I love the sparkle they add!

I hope you are drooling over that sweet moodboard and ready to make a project!  We can't wait to see what you make.  Be sure to tag us on social media or post your project in theFB  Paper Issues Friends and Fans group!

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Love Vacation Adventures

It's all about LOVE this month and at Paper Issues we are working that vibe right into our titles.  Join the Working Title challenge this month by using the word love or using a heart in your title.  Here's my take using a photo of me on vacay in Florida.

I used Crate Paper Heart Day and my title word Love is from a PI cut file.  I watercolored the background paper and I loved how the black patterned paper hearts had the same look at the Love title heart.  I stitched around my paper mat layers and fringed the fringe paper from this collection.

I  hope you will play along with this fun challenge this month.  If you are checking out the design team inspo on the blog, be sure to stop by the store to check out all of the new things in stock!
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Sweet Nothings Love You

Check out the weekly product spotlight at Paper Issues.  The gorgeous Sweet Nothings by Fancy Pants Designs is our focus today!  It has such pretty colors and patterned papers to use beyond Valentine's Day!

I used two free cut files from the Paper Issues store.  The wreaths cut file includes 4 wreaths and this is one of them.  I backed many of the heart leaves and left a few open. 

 The puffy stickers include many sequin stickers so I placed those throughout the layout along with the paper sequins included in the ephemera bits and pieces pack.

India ink splatters are a fave of mine.  I love the shine it has after it dries.

The puffy hearts are a total must have!  I love the funky shapes and the assortment of solid and patterns!  Great for layering on ephemera, too!

Have a lovely day!  

I hope you are able to stop by the Paper Issues store to check out all of the new collections and free cut files.  These files make for an easy page design once they are cut out!  Be sure to tag us when you use things from Paper Issues!  We'd love to see what creative ideas you have!

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