..:: shine on ::..

Hi! Happy July! I am up on The Cut Shoppe Blog with a layout using the Shine On cut file. Here is a look at my layout:

I cut the file as big as I could, in fact, when I set it up in the software I had parts of it going off the page. I knew I wanted it to look like the stars were falling off the bottom of the page.  Next, I backed the open stars with blue and red papers. I also used a Shimmerz mist to make more red stars out of the leftover stars after cutting. I added those to the page.

I set up my software to cut just the bows out of blue papers, and glued those on to add a bit more color, texture, and interest.

Finally, I used a punch to punch out a few smaller, blue stars and scattered them about the page.

The title comes from a line in a song -- and it is also on the girls's shirts in the photo!

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon! XO o.g.

:: project life : week 5 ::

Welcome back!  I'm here today with another Project Life share -- this time week 5.

:: week 5 left ::

My week started with a visit to the hospital!  Not for me, but for my older daughter, my "Number 1", H. The photo of her in the hospital bed at the top flips to the right and there is another photo and private journaling underneath.  She is doing much better!

:: week 5 right ::

Snow, work, sunsets, and a little paint on the carpet. All documented!  The photo of my B. and her friend, (and neighbor) A. outside in the snow flips up to reveal another photo and some journaling.  I didn't need to hide it, this was just a way to get another photo and some extra journaling in!

journaling flip

Since I am not subscribing to Studio Calico's PL kits anymore, I've decided to use up some of my stash some weeks.  This week I grabbed one of my favorite collections (Echo Park's Creative Agenda) and used mostly items from that.  I have used so much of this collection already, so I really only have partial pages of patterned paper left -- just enough to fill up this week with color -- and I was able to use up some of the chipboard and sticker embellishments, too! This is what the spread looks like all together:

:: week 5 spread ::

There is still some Creative Agenda available in the Paper Issues Store if you are interested!  Don't forget to use the code orangegearle for 20% off your entire purchase!

Thanks for stopping by!