Our Gem: Layout for Frosted Designs

 

As part of the 12 Days of Christmas event at Frosted Designs, I created this layout for the 1st Day of Christmas Challenge: 1 Bird

 

I chose to use a tag with an aqua colored bird - it's on the lower right portion of my layout! 

To create this layout, I used these products and supplies:

My Minds Eye Follow Your Heart Collection

Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee Shipping Taga

Jenni Bowlin Mercantile printed Name, Date, Place ticket

Close to My Heart Flutterby Paper Shapes

American Crafts thickers chipboard font

Close to My Heart chipboard buttons

Tim Holtz Metal Timepieces clock parts

Ranger Adirondack Acrylic paint Dabber

Foam Dots

Zots 

 

Merry Christmas!

the easter basket: A Layout for Stuck On U Sketches

 

Here is the sketch Stuck On U Sketches provided for the challenge:

And here is the link:
http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.fi/2012/07/sketch-challenge-july-6th-2012.html

For this layout I used these supplies, products, and tools:

My Mind's Eye Six By Six Everyday Flair paper pad (tiny golden dots)

Close To My Heart Just Blooms Paper Shapes Flutter, Bubblegum Ink pad, Smokey Plum and Pansy Purple brads

Stugio g glitter glue

Scenic Route Alphabet Stickers

Jillibean Soup Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup "Chicken Thighs" paper

Recollections Pink Gingham paper and Foam Adhesive Circles

American Crafts thickers Chit Chat Glitter Letter Stickers

Bo Bunny Country Garden "Country Garden Vines" paper

My Mind's Eye Penny Lane "Purple Flowers" paper

Glitz Clear Stamps "Vintage Blue" Stamps

You * Me: A layout for Frosted Designs

This simple layout is based on Sketch 43 at Frosted Designs.

I really have enjoyed creating layouts with 1 photo, lately, and I think it is their simplicity and ease of design!

I used these products:

Kraft cardstock, paper butterflies, White Daisy Ink & Twilight Ink by Close To My Heart

Basic Grey brads

My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two Sunshine "Lovely" Plaid Paper

Authentique "Splendid" Renown Paper

Pink Paislee Daily Junque paper and Cardstock Sticker Expressions Ambrose-Ocean

Adornit Carolee's Creations Tiny Whoosy Teal font stickers

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Living My Own Adventure

So as you can see, I love patterned paper!  And lots of it! 
 I have also been playing with black cardstock as my base, and I like how it worked with these photos! 
 I used my Fiskars handheld circle cutter for the "circle" in yellow from Pink Paislee's Junque collection. 
 The black and creme pattern and the blue/yellow fleur de lis patterned paper are from 7 Gypsies, as is the title piece ADVENTURE.  The 3 red stars are also fussy cut from another sheet in that same paper pad. 
 The printed butterflies are from Close To My Heart - and I must say, I love them!  The strip at the top with the word "destination" is from Pink Paislee, and is actually a transparent border sticker!  The font stickers in the lower right corner are from Carolee Adorn It. Don't you love the old world script font stickers that appear to be written by quill pen!  (And these are ancient stickers by Flavia). 
The gold/white striped paper is from echo park's Little Boy collection. The blue/yellow polka dot accents in the top right corner, on the lower left photo corner, as well as the red/black circle strip in the top left are border stickers from Crate Paper.
I really got a kick out of all these primary colors, and I hope I have inspired you in just a tiny way, to feel more confident to play with angles, shapes, lots of fonts, various manufacturers and collections, and of course ----- patterns!

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