Lasting Memories - Blessed & So Grateful Thanksgiving Layout!

Hello! I'm so excited to be joining the Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge Blog as a Guest Designer for another challenge week! This month the theme is Fall Celebrations, and this week our challenge is to create a layout about Thanksgiving or something that you are thankful for. Since today is the Sunday before Thanksgiving in Canada I thought I'd do a double page layout using photos from last year's celebration!

I'm using paper from a Recollections fall paper pad, which has some lovely gold foil elements in it and a watercolor look. This coordinated nicely with the watercolor florals in the Pink and Cream Bouquet Ephemera from Cheeky Studios and the AC gold word thickers. 

I added a bit more sparkle with some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins (don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% at the SMS Shop!) I like using Ranger Multi Medium, which dries clear, to apply the sequins.

I used sentiments from the Tim Holtz Chit Chat Occasions sticker booklet in both black and white around my pages.

This pretty chipboard flower sticker and the ampersand from one of Paige Evan's collections also have gold foil on them and coordinate nicely. I based my layouts on a double page sketch from a Use Your Own Paper class from Scrapbookin' Adventures. 

We always do a table selfie at big dinners!

I was able to size some of my photos at 3x4 and add the journaling in the Project Life app on my phone. It is free now and is such a wonderful way to create photo collages before you print. This way I was able to get extra pics on my pages! I also always edit my photos with Pic Tap Go, which is well worth the money, and can be used within the PL app!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge Blog to see what all the other Design Team Members came up with for this challenge, and enter your own for a chance to win. You have all month to enter and four different challenges to participate in. I love that this gives you a jumpstart to scrapbooking Fall Celebrations! I'd love to see what you come up with 💘Have a wonderful week ahead, and Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!

Pretty Cute Stamps September New Release Blog Hop!

Thanks so much for joining us for the September 2016 Digital Stamp Release Blog Hop, where we are all sharing projects featuring the new digital stamps this month that are now available in the Pretty Cute Stamps Store.

If you came from Kel's blog - Scraps & PhotoGRAFFS, you are in the right place. If you just stumbled across this post and would like to start from the beginning, please visit the Pretty Cute Stamps Blog. 

For my project for the hop, I've used the Book Nerd digital stamp set to create this layout about how much my daughter loves reading. She can get lost in a book so quickly, and it makes me remember how much I loved reading as a kid - and still do!  I had so much fun using the image and sentiments included in this set on my page, and I love how the papers from the Fancy Free collection just seemed to match the photos and image I had already coloured! Talk about meant to be ;)

I printed this sentiment from the Book Nerd digital stamp set directly onto my piece of pink patterned paper before layering on the digital book image, which I printed on white cardstock and coloured with Prismacolor Markers. I love being able to size the digi stamps however I want to fit the project I'm working on!

Another awesome thing about these digital sets is that they come with the PNG files as well as JPEG files! This means I was easily able to upload the PNG version of the Book Nerd sentiment into Cricut Design Space and use it as a cut file with my Cricut Explore. I added MY using some Pink Paislee Thickers, and printed my journaling onto copy paper before cutting it and gluing it onto my page. I usually just handwrite my journaling, but I was quite happy with how this turned out!

I printed some of the other awesome sentiments included in the Book Nerd set on white cardstock and then used Distress Ink to add a coordinating colour to match my page. I used the 123 WR Memory Keepers punch board to punch the edges to resemble a tab and then layered them on another piece of patterned paper. The sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps were perfect to add as embellishments to my page!

I've really been loving using my sewing machine on layouts, and after I put down the pretty papers on the left I stitched around them. I cut this scripty sentiment into a banner and layered it over my photo - so perfect!

Here's a look at this awesome digital stamp set!

Book Nerd

Blog Candy!! There is a $15 Gift Certificate to the PCS Store available to win! All you need to do is:

1) Comment on each of the blogs. 

2) For extra chances to win you can LIKE Pretty Cute Stamps on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps mailing list. (Leave an extra comment for each on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog as your entry)

A random winner will be chosen on Monday, September 26, 2016.

Be sure to check the Pretty Cute Stamps Store to pick up your favorite sets!

Here's a look at all the September 2016 New Release Digital Stamp Sets! Aren't they AMAZING?!!

There is also a FREEBIE digital stamp available for you today only at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog!

Now, you can head over to the next stop on the hop- Tasha at Crafty Pink Pixie!

If you get lost along the way, here's the lineup!

Lisa: http://prettycutestampsblog.blogspot.com/

 Kel: http://www.scrap-photograffs.com/

Karla: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/ YOU ARE HERE!

Tasha: http://www.craftypinkpixie.com/

Larissa: http://muffinsandlace.com/

Carolyn: http://2freespirit.blogspot.com/

Amber: http://sew-ink.blogspot.com/

Noe: http://elscrapdecrisynoe.blogspot.com/

Shannon: http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Gloria: http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Henriette: http://hmier.blogspot.com/

Lena: https://pysselokaffe.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for joining me today! Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance to win :) and have a FANTASTIC day!

Linked to:
Lasting Memories 311- IN (getting lost in a book)
Emerald Creek Dares - AG
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - September Sketchy Challenge

PDE Friday Linky Party - Coffee Tag!

If you haven't heard the news, I'm on the PDE Linky Party Design Team! Woo Hoo! It's a fun place you can link up your Anything Goes projects every week!! This is my first official post for them and I'd love it for you to check out the blog and their fun Facebook page!

This week on the PDE blog I'm featuring this fun vintage coffee tag using Shimelle's True Stories paper collection!

First I layered the grey coffee background paper over a Ranger manila tag and inked the edges with, of course, Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I added a CTMH coffee stain stamp, some mist splatters and rub on sequins to my background before I layered on an #ineedcoffee diecut by Wilna Furstenberg, which I watercoloured with Dylusions Spray Mists and Perfect Pearls. For my ribbon I used a couple different colours of Distress Stains on some seam binding ribbon. I love the way it blends together after a quick spritz with water!

The fun Polaroids were cut from the True Stories paper pack as well. I inked around the edges and stamped a Lawn Fawn sentiment on one, embossing with some clear shimmery embossing powder, and on the other I used Glossy Accents to add detail to the sweet little cup.

The coffee cup was cut from a 12x12 sheet of patterned paper in this collection - I love these colours!! I cut another layer of the coffee sleeve and lid and popped them up with foam dots to give dimension. Now I'm totally craving another cup of coffee!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope your weekend is going to be full of crafting and things that make you happy :) Please stop over to the PDE Blog and check out what the other Designers are sharing, as well as adding your own Anything Goes project!

Linked to:
Cookin & Craftin- Thursday Linky Party

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG

DL Art - Thankful Thursday November Linky Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper- November Challenge

Fun Times Quick Card!

Hope you're having a super awesome week so far! I'm posting over at the Scrapendipity Way Of Life blog today and wanted to share this cute and quick card to make. I love making detailed cards with technique driven backgrounds, but sometimes I just need something quick!

I cut a piece of the pool coloured polkadot paper to fit on my card front (it's actually from an American Crafts Christmas collection - Jolly!) and used a border punch to punch one edge before layering it on my card over a light pink strip. Then, I used a frame from the Maggie Holmes collection of diecuts to layer over an ice cream journalling card from a Dear Lizzy paper pack. It came with a sheet of cut apart journaling cards on a 12x12 page. I used a sentiment from a paper pack as well and added a couple enamel dots and that was that!

There are so many paper packs that come with journaling cards in them now - it's easy to find ones to add to a card! A little layering and you've got a pretty card ready in minutes!

Thanks for joining me today! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Nature Scrapbooking with Maggie Holmes and Dear Lizzy!

Ok, I didn't really scrapbook with them, but wouldn't that be awesome!! However, I did recently pick up some Maggie Holmes and Dear Lizzy papers and wanted to combine them along with some Maggie Holmes diecuts and Heidi Swapp Project Life goodies to make some camping layouts.

For the first one I used the Canadian Scrapbooker July Sketch.

I used some AC Thickers from my stash, but since they were a bit light I 'brushed' them with a Victorian Velvet Distress Ink pad to darken them a bit. I added some journaling on a tag and tucked it behind my photo in the top left.

The date stamp is from Amy Tangerine and I layered papers cut from the paper packs over this adorable viewfinder diecut!

For the second layout I used a sketch from the July sketch at Stuck?! Sketches. I used a Heidi Swapp PL card and some gold accents from the mini PL kit as well as a 3x4 card for my journaling tag. 

I just love the two pics of my girls together. As any mom knows there are those precious moments when two kids are just happy in the moment, totally in love with each other. And, of course, you need to snap a pic at that moment because it may not last....

I cut a banner and the camera from the paper pack. I love the addition of this corner element!

A little AC ribbon tied through an eyelet turned this journaling card into a pretty tag, perfect for my journaling about how happy seeing the two of them together like this made me feel!

Thanks so much for joining me today!! Don't forget to check out all the fun background effects I've been posting on my blog lately ;) and have an awesome week!

Linked to:

Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge - Together #248

Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine - July Sketchy Challenge

Stuck?! Sketches- July Sketch