:: lucky us ::

It's another Pinspire Me mood board over on the Paper Issues blog today and I played along!  Here is the inspiration:

And here's my take on it! I made a cut file on using the Silhouette software to mimic the black harts in the bottom row. Then I used the cut as a stencil. I used a blending tool and Hero Arts ombre inks to make the rainbow hearts. 

A few close ups...

I used a some papers and embellishments from the Pink Paislee Moonstruck collection.

And this lovely flair from {a flair for buttons}!

All of these little sayings are from a 12x12 piece in the collection that has 2x2 squares on it. Most of those squares have phrases on them -- I just cute out the phrases and placed them on hearts that are around the same color. 

Stop over to the blog and check out the other inspiration from the Design Team -- and I'd love to see what you make.  Add your photos to the album in the Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group!

..:: sweet hugs ::..

The Paper Issues Blog is full of projects using Fancy Pants' Sweet Nothings collection today!  And I got to play along!

I wanted to get as many yummy papers from this collection included on the layout, so I grabbed a free cut file from the Paper Issues Store (there are a bunch that can be found here) and back the file with papers from the collection. I also used the heart puffy stickers and some washi from the collection.  That arrow flair is from another Fancy Pants collection! :-)

A layout isn't complete with out some splatters and a little mess -- and some stitching -- so I did that of course.  I also added some stamped sequins from the stamp set included with the Sweet Nothings collection.  

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Thanks for stopping by!

..:: the amazing beatrice ::..

It's one of my favorite Mondays -- New Issue Monday on the Paper Issues Blog! I played along this month with this layout using some old (er) Amy Tangerine, some alphas that I hadn't touched, and those Doodlebug matte enamel dots that I've been hoarding forever!

Here are a couple of close ups:

I hope you play along with us this month! Get all the details here!

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