..:: joy ::..

Hi Friends! I am up on the Paper Issues blog today with our Scraplift Sunday #2 of the month! I used the June Kit - Mystery of Love for this layout and a manual die called Rainbow Whimsy available here. This is my take on the lift :

We are lifting Lacey Robin this week! Here is a look at her original layout:

As you can see I stuck with the same basic design, only instead of her beautiful, muted color pallet, I went BOLD!

Lacy's original layout had cute die cut florals peeking out through the layers and behind the photo. That gave me the idea to add some manual die cut rainbows to my layout. I use this die and my Big Shot to cut them out. Then I glued three of the rainbow arches to vellum and added them to my layout!

This was definitely a rainbow of fun to make!  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 July Challenge album in our Facebook Group. You have plenty of time to participate. Play along until August 2, 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 so much for stopping by, see you again soon! XO o.g.

..:: let love grow ::..

Hi friends! I am up on The Cut Shoppe blog today with this project in my traveler's notebook!  I am working again in the TN that I made recently to house some of my thoughts about hope, love, and joy. I made it using scraps from the NSD Clique Kit -- full of mostly Jillibean Soup products. I am totally loving this project! Today I am using THREE different files from the The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store.  Here's my project.

 I used the Super Star Alpha for part of my title -- and I totally dig it. The stars are amazing.

For the photo side of my spread I started with a great heart background! These cut files are made just for a TN -- the perfect size and the perfect way to jazz up the page and add some interest. There are several to choose from in the Love Rules TN cut file.

Since this photo was of my cute little succulents, I just had to use the little plants included on the Road Trip printable! It is so handy to be able to print and have the Cameo cut it out for me! 

I did make a video of my process, if that's something that suits your fancy! In it I tell a little bit more about the idea of my TN theme, and how this TN came to be!

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