Echo Park NSD Challenge #6

For Echo Park's Challenge #6 Project Playground, I used Kandis Smith's project "Style Essentials Ready Made Layout" as my inspiration:

I had never heard of Kandis Smith before today but I really like her style since I was drawn to two of her projects today.

Here's my interpretation on her layout using the Walk in the Park collection which seemed PERFECT for this layout about my girls.
I even made little banners using the stickers in the collection using a lovely idea from BPC's Creative Crop.

I'm really having fun with Echo Park today. Thanks for stopping by!

Echo Park NSD #3 - Scraplift a Design Expert

For Echo Park's NSD Challenge #3, I chose to scraplift Design Expert Kandis Smith.

Here's my card using the Echo Park This and That collection as well as the sentiment and double ended banner die from Papertrey Ink and buttons from Cosmo Cricket.

Hope you are enjoying National Scrapbook Day! Thanks for stopping by!

Echo Park Challenge #1

Here's my card for Echo Park's challenge #1 - Speed Scrap a Card. I used the 'Walk in the Park' collection. I didn't see the challenge until 15 minutes before the deadline. Fortunately Echo Park's great paper collections include awesome stickers and colorful papers which make creating a great card so easy!

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colourQ challenge #135

I love, love, love the colour combination at colourQ this week! Here's my take using one of my new favorite sets from Papertrey Ink, Trendy Tree Tops and some great new Lily Bee papers I just got.

Supplies:Cardstock:PTI,Patterned Paper:Lily Bee & Echo Park, Dies:Papertrey Ink In the Meadow, Trendy Tree Tops, Double Ended Banner,Embossing Folder:Cuttlebug, Ink:Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy.

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!

Color Inspired Layout

Today's prompt for Lain's Layout a Day "Scrapbooking Outside the Box" challenge was to use holiday colors for a non-holiday layout. As I was looking through my pictures for inspiration on what holiday colors I could use for this challenge, I came upon these pictures of my husband and daughter that I love. I noticed that some of the girls dresses were a deep purple and red which made me pull out the color palettes for this week's Papertrey Make It Monday challenge for color inspiration. Love it when it all comes together so quickly! I even used the Rule of Threes Nichole talks about in the video.

True, I didn't complete the requirements for today's LOAD prompt but the beauty & fun of LOAD is that you don't have to! All you gotta do is make a page.

I used a textured grey paper as my background. Closeup of my Rosie Posie embellishments....a first for me to use my PTI stamps on a layout!

My inspiration colors from PTI:

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Make It Monday #64 Color Inspiration

If you've never seen a PTI Make It Monday video, THIS oneis a MUST see. Nichole Heady goes through the making of a card using color inspiration and shares her thought process for putting it together. Great video!

I was inspired by several of the color combinations posted so, here are my three cards:

Here I used my much loved but often neglected PTI Quatrefoil die. I stamped a little medallion from Mehndi Medallion set in each of the windows with fine linen on the outside and vintage cream closer to the center sentiment. A little hard to see the medallions in the photo since the inks come out so light and delicate against the kraft cardstock.

For the second card, I used the Quatrefoil as an impression plate on the Winter Wisteria cardstock and layered the other colors on top.

For my last card, I stamped the heart from Heart 2 Heart #3 in the various inspiration colors along with the sentiment (Stampin up') on a cut off Wine Bottle tag die cut.

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colourQ challenge #134

Love this color combination for this week's ColourQ Challenge # 134! Never would have thought to put these colors together. I used Papertrey Ink's Scarlet Jewel, Aqua Mist, Canyon Clay, and Raspberry Fizz with my new Framed Out #2 set and my old favorite standby Mehndi Medallion.

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PTI Make It Monday # 63

To be honest, I don't like glitter. Two of my three little girls LOVE the stuff...on their clothing, in their artwork, everywhere if they had anything to do with it. But Heather Nichol's Make It Monday video encouraged me to try glitter die cuts because she made it look SO easy and neat. Well, my work space definitely did NOT look like Heather's afterward but it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. Great idea to use the Xyron because it holds all the glitter on the die cut shape with minimal falloff.

So here's my card that I made inspired by one of Erin Lincoln's creations she featured during release of the Super Stars set. I had to go with blue stars since blue was one of the only colors of glitter I had.

I used the often neglected Blueberry Sky cardstock paired with Aqua Mist. I think I'm gonna have to use the Super Stars set more often.

Have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.