HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS INSPIRATION - Pinkfresh Studio

hi there!
Nathalie with you today with a bit of Home for the Holidays inspiration.  I am sure most of you are busy working on documenting your December, and since i am in the Northern hemisphere, that means Winter and snow for Christmas. So, let me show you what i have created...

Under the Mistletoe



I love the colors of the Home for the Holidays collection, and probably the Mistletoe  paper is one of my favorites ( even though i am not a yellow fan!).   But it was the perfect paper to frame the story of our fun adventures with a mistletoe head band.

I wanted a large title to offset the film strip, so i used the Kelly Alpha Die sets ( lowercase and uppercase) to create the title for the layout using papers from the Home for  the Holidays collection.  I cut the same letters from double white cardstock and backed each letter - this makes the small details in the letter die cuts stand out!-.

I backed and layered the film strip with  the Holiday Gifts and Advent  paper.   Each picture got a cluster of embellishments around it, however I chose to add a larger cluster to the left of the top picture so that it balanced the page completely.   The following  video will show you how it all came together:

Just loved how this came together using the colors and patterns from the collection and the die sets.



Though the collection  is perfect to document your Holiday/ December memories, it is so versatile that can easily be used to create memories of your Winter adventures.  Let me show you!

Winter Walk


To create this page, i pulled the cooler colors of the patterned papers and combined them with a bit of mixed media (liquid watercolors) and the Pine Bough Square cut file.



I started by creating a soft edge on the paper strips using the Essentials:  Lacey Edgers Die Set.  The edges bring texture to the page, and add the winter feel to the page.



To bring more of the winter feel to the page, I used liquid watercolors ( Sky Blue, Aquamarine, Bubble Gum, Clementine, Sunshine) to add splashes of color on the background.   Once dried, I set the paper strips in place, and used the Pine Bough Square cut outs to create a large cluster of sprigs  around the picture.  The following video will show you more details of my process:

I love how this layout shows how versatile the Home for the Holidays collection can be, all you need is a bit of Liquid watercolor and one of the  new cut files.



I hope these have inspired you to pull your Home for the Holidays collection and other Pinkfresh Studio goodies ( dies, stamps, cut files and mixed media products) to document your December/Holiday/Winter memories. 
Remember to share with us what you have created, and if you have questions on how these came together, please do not hesitate to contact me!.
Happy Holidays!

CREATING CHRISTMAS MAGIC - Pinkfresh Studio Monthly Challenge.

Hi there!

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and i love it!!!  So today's Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is perfect to kick off the most joyous month of the year.

I wanted to work a layout that will showcase the progress of a Christmas tree creation, so i decided to start with the new Holiday House cut file (available at the Pinkfresh Studio shop).

I cut the house three times from white cardstock, stacked and glued the die cuts together, then backed it with vellum.    To frame the page nicely, i chose to cut two strips of paper from the Home for  the Holidays collection and then detail the edge with one of the simple edge dies.  These were then glued to the sides of the layout.  Don't you just love the small car parked outside the house!!!

I backed and layered both pictures with papers from the Home for the Holidays collection from Pinkfresh Studio ( and a paper from the Just A Little Lovely collection, too).   These were attached to the right of the house as to continue the scene. 

To embellish the page, first, i used the CHristmas Greeting Stamp set and gold ink to stamp a series of star dust around the page -think of it as fairy dust-. The rest of the  embellishments come mostly from the Home for the Holidays collection, but also from previous Pinkfresh Studio collections.

The last step was to add a title to the page, for this i combined alphas from the Office Hours and Home for the Holidays collection then added my lines of journal at the bottom of the title.

I love how this layout turned out, and all the lovely little details that you can easily add with stamps,  dies, cut files and embellishments from Pinkfresh Studio.   The new Home for the Holidays collection is just perfect to document all the Christmas  memories. 

Remember you can win gift certificates to the PFS shop when you share your challenge creations in the Pinkfresh Studio blog.   There are so many prizes up for grabs.

As always, please contact me if you have questions on how this came together. 
Happy December!

DECEMBER DOCUMENTING - Pinkfresh Studio

Hi there!  Nathalie with you today with a bit of inspiration to make this December one to Remember.   The new Home for the Holidays collection from Pinkfresh Studio is so ideal to bring the cheer onto your December memories, then add some of the exclusive Pinkfresh Studio cut files and you have the perfect inspiration for your December memory keeping.  Let me show you...

This page was inspired by the twinkle of the tree lights and all the color in the papers.   I started by cutting the Gift Trio cut file twice from white cardstock (i did a bit of fussy cutting to create the large gift cluster).  The die cuts were backed using papers from the Home for the Holidays collection.

However,  to break some of the patterns in the die cuts, i chose to create my own solid patterned paper using the new Pinkfresh Studio inks, a brush, and white cardstock.  I chose  Sky Blue, Berrylicious, Blue Jay, and Sapphire to create papers that brought the colors of the papers and picture together in the present bundles.

I chose the Peace and Love paper as the background for the page, and wanted to extend the twinkle of the Christmas lights to the page.  So, i used a paper piercing tool to create a stitching guide inside some of  rhomboid patterns of the paper.  Then used some white embroidery floss to detail the little stars.

I added a few embellishments to the page (there are so many cute embellishments in the collection) and finished it with some of the colorful enamel dots and pearl accents in the center of the stitched stars.  The following video will show you how it all came together:

Now that you have seen how beautiful the collection works on a layout, let's put Home for the Holidays collection to work on a December Daily style album.

I was so happy to see all the colors and designs on the collection as there is a rainbow of possibilities that can easily help you create pages in your December album.

I started by cutting a piece of the Mistletoe paper for the background of the page, and then used the leftover pieces to create the layers behind the picture on the glassine bag.   The Essential Classic Tags with Fillable elements to create a tag that houses the journal of these pages.

The title page of this spread was created by using the Kelly Alphabet die, gold glitter paper, double white cardstock and a piece of acetate.     The lovely die cut letters become the focus on this page, and having them floating on acetate marries the two sides of the page together.

To embellish this page, i used the Season's Greetings Stamp and Die set to add the sentiment to the label at the bottom of the pictures, and then embossed the bow and then detailed it with Berrylicious and Candy Apple inks.

Can't have all that beautiful b-side paper go to waste, so i used it to create another layout for my December album, and this time is all about COFFEE...

The title of this page was built using the white puffy alphas from the Home for the Holidays collection.  I needed to pull the ampersand from the Office Hours collection, and that gave me the idea to color half the alpha to match it.  So, i pulled Berrylicious, Summer Shower and Evergreen ink pads and an ink brush to color the bottom half of the alphas.

For the pocket side of the page, i cut some of the packaging to  fit into the 2x2" pockets, as well as vellum and Mistletoe paper.  I fussy cut a few cups from the Advent Love paper and used them to complete the vellum pockets of the page.  to finish the page, i used two of the packaging pockets to add my lines of journal, and the other two house some circle embellishments from the Cardstock stickers of the collection.
You can see how these came together in the following video:

I hope these have inspired you to check the new Pinkfresh Studio Home for the Holidays collection. It is truly such a beautiful and versatile collection that will fit all your December memories easily.  As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions on how this came together.

XO

Joyful Joyful Heart

Scrapbook layout created for Wild Whisper  - JOYFUL JOYFUL HEART -

Hello there!


I am up on the Wild Whisper blog with my last project as part of their design team. 

The layout was created using their new HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS collection, some mixed media, and a Paige Evan's cut file.

Stop by the Wild Whisper Design website to check all the collection, and all the details on this page.   It has been a pleasure working with their products, plus Suzy and Heather are lovely!  Will miss them both! 

It is all for me for now!


See you soon!

My Personal Journal

Traveler's Notebook Layouts created for Wild Whisper   - MY PERSONAL JOURNAL -

Hello there,

I am up on the Wild Whisper blog with a new post that showcases these two TN entries created using their "Home For the Holidays" collection,

Stop by the Wild Whisper online store to check all the details on how this pages came together, and together.

Remember I am a comment away if you have questions on how these came together.

Take care!