Be Mine

Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  -  BE MINE-

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today, bringing you some inspiration just in time for Valentine's Day.   And what better way to document your especial one than to use the beautiful Simple Stories's "ROMANCE" collection.

All the floral motifs in the Romance collection are beautiful, so a bit of fussy cutting was all that was needed to create the clusters that frame the picture of my husband and I on our Thanksgiving walk.

Since the picture of us was taken at a bridge, I was inspired to continue the pattern of the formation onto the background of this page.   There are so many beautiful embellishments in this collection, that it was so easy to combine them to create the title for this page.

The collection is perfect to document all those special moments in your life, not just Valentine's Day.   Remember to check the collection, you will love a bit of "ROMANCE" in your life.

Remember to contact me if you have questions on how this came together.

Take care.

Materials used:

Romance Collection:

9400 Collection kit

9411 4x4 Elements

9414  6x12 Chipboard stickers

9415 Bits and Pieces

9416 4x6  Stickers

Lucky Me

Scrapbook Layout - Lucky Me -

A quick look at the layout.

Hi there!,

As i continue to upload the many finished layouts to my blog.  I am happy to see that all of them look different form each other, but have a lot in common at the same time.  This particular layout was inspired by the cut file, and my love for all things stitched.

The string heart background of the layout.

To start this layout, I  just drew a heart on the page, and used a piercing tool to create a stitching guide for the string art.   The colors of the thread were chosen to match the colors in the Life is Beautiful collection from Fancy Pants Designs.

a closer look at the title of the piece

Next i added the title of the layout.  This was created using a Silhouette store cut file, and backed with papers from the collection.  I chose to place the title at the bottom of the heart, but added a bit of gesso behind the cut file, so that the pattern would disappear a bit, and the title will be more visible in the layout.

The picture of my 3 kids (one of last Christmas outtakes, and a favorite of mine) was placed in the middle of the heart.  I used papers from the collection to layer the picture, and small clusters around it, too.

To finish the layout, I added some enamel dots, and a few lines of journal.  I love the  fact that the page has a fresh look even though the picture was taken in the middle of winter.  

Thank you for visiting the blog!,  as always let me know if you have any questions about this layout.

see you all soon!!

Materials used:

Patterned papers -  Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Cut file - Silhouette Store

ephemera, puffy stickers, puffy dots,  Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy pants

Chipboard sticker - MAMBI chips collection

Flair - Attwell Collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Puffy sticker - Bloom Collection - Crate Paper

Word sticker -  Small Chat collection - Tim Holtz - Ideaology