..:: enjoying the little things in life ::..

Hello Friends! I am up on the Paper Issues blog today with a layout that I made for the Big Ass Title Challenge over in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} facebook group! For this layout I used Shimelle's Never Grow Up collection. Here is a look at my layout :

I used a bunch of the die cuts from the floral ephemera pack to embellish around my photo and at the bottom of my layout.

For my title I used the one of the 12x12 patterned papers from the collection. One side is many alphas! So I cut them out and used them as my title!  I popped some of the letters up with foam adhesive, and kept some of them flat to add a little bit of interest. Here are a few more close ups.

I made a video of my process, if that's something that suits your fancy!

You can find this and all of our current challenges in the April Challenges album in our Facebook Group. You have plenty of time to participate. Play along until May 3, for a chance to win a gift card to the Paper Issues Store. Shop the store using the code OrangeGearle for 20% off your purchase.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you again soon! XO o.g.

:: dream, imagine, & explore ::

This past weekend was the Paper Issues Fall Online Crop.  There is still time to play (if you click that link), but I thought I would share one of my favorite layouts that I made during the crop.

I made this layout for one of the challenges that encouraged the use of a BIG title.

The title tells much of the story, but this little bit of journaling tells the rest!

Most of the items I used were from the Maggie Holmes SHINE collection.

And I pretty much cannot make a layout these days without using a bit of flair from {a flair for buttons}.  The {a flair for buttons} shop was also one of our sponsors! Check out the flair Shelley made just for PI here.

See you soon!