..:: love this ::..

Hi friends! I am up on the {a flair for buttons} blog today with a new layout using three pieces of flair from the shop. Have you ever had one of those photos that you are just waiting for the right product to arrive so you can scrap it??  This is one of those photos for me.  Recently, I got some new pieces of flair and Heidi Swapp's Color Fresh collection arrived at my door.  Bam!  Match made in heaven. Here is my layout:

I love the bright colors with the bold stripe! EEK!  I pulled out most of the hearts from the ephemera pack and the stickers and scattered them throughout the page. I also added a few gold hearts that are from the same sheet as the gold words in the collection. The photo corners became arrows when I added them to this background paper. So, see that flair right there beside my daughter's face?  PERFECT! It is from the Watercolor Hearts and Flowers flair set.

The 'soar' flair is from the Lovely Words 10 flair set. I love the pops of green it provides to the top of the page!

The butterfly is perfection. You can find that piece in the Lovely Words 9 flair set.

This one came together pretty quickly and I love how it turned out. I made a video of my process if that suits your fancy!

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

..:: one little word ::..

Hello friends! I am participating in Ali Edward's One Little Word again this year. I have chosen a word each year for quite a few years, and I have never finished all the prompts and ended the year with a documented word. No regrets, I've gotten something good out of each word!  This year I decided to document my word using a traveler's notebook, similar to my December Daily. Also similar, I am going to create videos of my process and share them on my youtube channel and other social media. It is my hope that this will be the thing that helps me stick with the documentation.

Today I am sharing two videos on my You Tube channel. The first video I am actually in front of the camera for a bit and I explain my reason for the videos. I show how I've organized my supplies, and then I move into the process of creating my cover and title page. Here is a look:

My cover is from Color Cast Designs, and I've added items from the main OLW kit.

And here is the video of my process:

Once I got that taken  care of I got busy on the prompts. Here are the pages:

I stamped sunbursts all over the page & added some enamel dots to some of the centers.  Then, I used a red lightbulb flair from {a flair for buttons} in the center, with a sticker that says, "illuminate". 

Love that thought. Illuminate.

I made a pocket with the "January" card from the main kit and a card from the light kit is on the back. In side the pocket are two cards back to back. One side is my reason why, and the other side is a decorative card.

 

This is the back of the pocket.

I used a 3x8 page protector for the cards included with the main kit, and to work through the January prompt.

I made a flip out on the page protector so that I could add a couple of extra cards without adding all the space of another 3x8.

I used some new Heidi Swapp Color Fresh papers and washi to create an flip out insert to house the deeper journaling.

To see more details of my process, check out this process video, if that suits your fancy!

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

..:: enjoy life love livin' ::..

Hi friends! Today I have a  bright travel layout to share with you using the December 2018 (Rainbow) Clique Kit  and several pieces of flair from the {a flair for button} shop! I am also up on the {a flair for buttons} blog today. Here is my layout:

As soon as I got the December Clique Kit in the mail, I knew I would scrap this story about my daughter's love of suitcases with wheels!  And guess what?  {a flair for buttons} has the perfect flair for that!! I used flair from three different flair sets. This cute little VW van ifs rom the Summer Vibesflair set. The color matched perfectly, too! And if you watched my unboxing video of this kit -- you will know that I wanted to use that little rolling suitcase from the get go!

This "travel" flair is from the Tropical Vacation 2 flair set. Rockford, IL, our destination, is far from tropical, but the flair totally worked! :-)



And I just had to add a butterfly, since this was the year of butterflies for us! This gorgeous flair is from the More Lovely Words 1flair set.



One of my favorite things from the Rainbow kit are these exclusive acrylic pieces from Color Cast Designs! I love them!  I made a little skyline with them for this layout:



Here is my journaling:



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

Thanks for stopping by!  XO o.g.