..:: gangsta ::..

Hi friends! Today I am sharing my most recent layout as a Clique Kit Ambassador. I am telling the story of my daughter's ability to always be on stage. 😀 We were eating out at one of our favorite restaurants and it was time to pay the bill. My One True Love took out a hundred dollar bill and B. thought that was amazing! She has been into wearing ties lately, and so as she was checking out the bill, she really looked like a gangster. When we mentioned that -- she began posing for the camera. Silly girl. I knew I needed to document that story. Also, that shirt COMPLETELY matches that blue paper.

The Clique Kits are fully of Maggie Holmes Flourish collection this month -- and there are many flowers and butterflies and other elements of nature. I really wanted to highlight her blue shirt and tie because it adds to the story so well, but I also wanted to contrast the gangster look with feminine elements -- so I was sure to add flowers and butterflies. Here are a couple of close ups:

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

Thank you so much for stopping by. See you again soon!

..:: life is lovely ::..

Hi friends! I am here today to share with you my first layout as part of the Ambassador Team for Clique Kits!  We are focusing a on mixed media this week -- and you know I love mixed media, so I had extra fun creating this layout!

The Maggie Holmes Flourish collection has so many floral patterns that I thought it would be perfect to document a few of our pretty flowers from last season. It was especially nice to work on this because spring just doesn't want to show it's face in my area, so it was nice to look at pretty flowers even if it's just pictures and papers. I started by adding some Shimmerz Paints to my background, and I focused on the top third of the page. I used one of the big vellum pieces as my title and cut up one of the cards to add 'life is'. I also fussy cut some vellum butterflies, a few pieces of and added some exclusive flair. Here are a few close ups:

 I also made a video of my process, if that suits your fancy!

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

..:: sunshine and rainbows ::..

Hi I am up on The Cut Shoppe blog with my first layout for them as a member of the Design Team. I did a lot of hand stitching on this layout! Here is what I came up with:

I used two cut files for this layout. First I set up my Silhouette Cameo to cut holes in my card stock using the Dainty Doily cut file. For some reason when I saw this cut file I couldn't stop seeing rainbows -- so I stitched rainbows!  I also used the Happy Clouds cut file
And here are a couple close ups:

I used Color Cast Designs Sunshine and Rainbows from the March Release as my title (and I painted it black)! I also used some flair from {a flair for buttons} for the perfect touch.

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

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon!