Living an Inspired Life

Nov 14, 2019

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

Nov 11, 2019

MERRY & BRIGHT - Simple Stories

Hi there Simple Stories friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new project that brings the joy of the Christmas season to a layout. When i saw the new Simple Stories Say Cheese Christmas, I knew that the colorful designs and papers will be perfect to document this picture of our Goddaughter as an elf last Christmas.

I started by creating a fun title for the page. I chose an alphabet from the Silhouette store, and cut each letter from different papers from the Say Cheese Christmas collection. In addition, i arranged the letters in order -for the title- and created an offset around the words. I cut this offset from white cardstock and used it as a base to handstitch the letters of the title together.

For the background of the page, i chose the Sn@p Basics Hickory/Cream grid paper . I chose to fussy cut a few florals form the Making Spirits Bright paper and attached them around the outer edge of the background using foam adhesive

Once the title was glued to the background, the layout came together quickly, First i used a few of the papers to frame the picture and add layers behind it. I tucked the picture under the title, and started to add small embellishments around it,

All the cute and festive stickers and ephemera pieces were perfect to add sentiment to this page. Plus they are so easy to combine that it makes this page come together in just a few minutes.

I hope this has inspired you to check the new Simple Stories Say Cheese collection. You are going to fall in love with the designs, colorful images and how versatile it can be.

Til'next time

Nov 7, 2019

ALTENEW NOVEMBER 2019 STAMP/DIE/STENCIL RELEASE BLOG HOP+GIVEAWAY

Hi there!
Welcome to the Altenew November 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You are arriving from Laura Jane's blog and already are inspired by all her creations ( a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post).

I am so excited about this release as there are so many beautiful products to chose from, that it was easy and hard to decide on what to play with. But, i think i better show you what i have created.

I used the Wavy Outlines, Mix and Match Mariposa die sets and the Across the Pond stamp set to create this page. I used the Wavy Roses Stamp/Die/Stencil bundle to create the colorful flowers. The stencil served as the template to create the backing pieces for this flowers.

I used the Wavy Roses stencil and waterbrush Marker refills in Purple Wine, Sunkissed and Moss to create the background watercolor flowers, then cut the shapes using the Wavy Roses die set. I created the Wavy Outlines using metallic paper so that the flowers will stand out on the page.

I used a bit of mixed media on the background, i used a bit of gesso and the Feeling Dotty stencil to add some texture to the page. Once i created the floral clusters, I used the Mix & Match Mariposa die to cut butterflies from metallic paper and vellum. These were added to the clusters. To finish i added a title using Black Obsidian Pigment ink and the Across the Pond stamp set. The following video will show you how this page came together:

Just love how this came together, and decided to use the same flowers to create a card that also uses the new Fancy Thanks die .

I started by adding a piece of the Peach Gold Washi tape to a card panel. I used the Wavy Outlines and Watercolor brush Reinkers to create the flower cluster of this card.

I cut the Fancy Thanks sentiment three times from white cardstock and once from Gold shimmer paper. These were stacked together to form a dimensional die cut, and then set on the card. Love the color combo of the page.

My next project uses the beautiful Poppy Garden stamp and Die set along with the Handwritten Hello die set and the Watercolor pan set. I combined these to create a layout for my Family album (Citrus Twist Kits).

For this layout, i stamped the Poppy Garden images on white cardstock using Gold Pigment ink from Altenew. These were detailed using the Watercolor Pan set and then cut with the coordinating die.

To build the page, i created a background from patterned paper and set the flowers around the perimeter of the page. For the title, I cut one of the Handwritten Hello from gold glitter paper and mixed it with some fine block Alphas. I really love how this turned out.

For my final project, i chose the Small Moments stamp and die set, Across the Pond stamp set and Handwritten Hello die set on a layout for my album.

I chose a small curved design to create the background of this page. Once i marked the line, I stamped the Small Moments motif using Altenew inks in gradient colors. Then used Pigment Gold ink and embossing powder to create a few images of the motif and cut them with the coordinating die.

I used the Handwritten Hello Die to cut some of the words from purple and teal metallic paper and stacked them together. I added a sentiment from the Across the Pond Stamp set as a subtitle to the page, and finish the page by adding the sentiment from the Small Moments stamp set next to the picture. You can see how this came together in the following video:

I had so much fun creating these projects, and I hope they have inspired you to check the new products.

And now onto the fun part of this blog hop... GIVEAWAY...

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 11/13/2019 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 11/16/2019.

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It is time for you to visit Kelly Griglione's blog and be inspired. Remember you can always come back here to complete the loop, or start in the Altenew Card Blog or Altenew Stamp blog. A list of all the participants is available for your convenience.

LauraJane