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Hey lovely’s ,

sharing my very first layout with the bran new sun kissed collection as soon as I seen this beautiful bright colourful collection on my desk I knew those flowers had to be fussy cut .

Something about the waves crashing on these rocks had me , the swirling of the water it just made me want to take a photo to remember that moment..

I started with white cardstock and using the wood grain pattern paper from the paper pad

I cut a strips and cut on shorter then the other and made them into tags and glued them down in the middle on both sides

Added brads and twine to tie them together and added my photo backed with pattern paper from the paper pad

Then fussy cut a bunch of flowers from growing wild pattern paper to add around the 2 tags and my photo

Then I tucked ephemera and stickers in the top of the photo and added some to the bottom of my photo. I also added some palm trees, one to the side of the photo and one on the other side of the layout

Then I cut 2 strips of just chillin and punched a decorative border on the edges and added them to the top and bottom of layout then I fussy cut out more flowers and added them to the strips to tie it all in , then the little flowers from the growing wild pattern paper to add around the clusters of flowers

And to finish off the layout I used the clear stickers to add something on the edges of the 3 main clusters of flowers.

And a few little phrase stickers at the bottom of the layout.

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today

Happy crafting..xx

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Hey lovely’s !

today sharing a sweet floral layout using the daydream collection and this months Mood board with all the sweet dreamy colours to choose from so I pulled out the Kraft cardstock to match the coffee and the rest of the colours from around the mood board and of cause I added a photo of my cute fluffy boy sleeping ..

So I started with Kraft cardstock and a paw print 🐾 stencil and used white ink and just used a blender to add the ink. Then I added some light pink paint by just quickly brushing across the cardstock trying not to put it on too thickly then I used a light blue to flick around the cardstock along with some white and rose gold..

Then I matted my photo on sweet serenity to layer behind then I tucked a few bits of ephemera , doily and a few accessory stickers around my photo and my chipboard title from (bohemian dream ) I think .....

I wanted to add the title before I started adding my title so everything would fit in place.

Then using happy place I add a strip down the left hand side then tucked a doily and little strip from sweet serenity that I punched a little decorative punch and a little piece from the ephemera.

Then I pulled out a few dies and used happy place, daisy days, sun shower , all a flutter to make a bunch of flowers big and small and a few leaves.

And to add more white in the background I die cut sprigs and tucked them in underneath and around the flowers and leaves ,

For the center’s I use enamel dots and buttons all in white to add that shabby look and just placed them diagonally across the page in 3 clusters to draw the eye across the page ...

I finished the page off with some glitter gel painted on the flowers just to add some shimmer..

I hope you have enjoyed my mood board inspiration today

Happy crafting..

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Hi lovely’s , Anita back with you today sharing a another floral layout using day dream collection .

full of fussy cut flowers and pretty paper layers ....seriously who doesn’t love some flowers all layered up.

I started off with white cardstock and then I cut 4 strips of sweet serenity about 1 x 12 and punched a border on 2 of the strips then I layered the punched strips over the other and added them to the top and bottom of the layout

Then I tucked a fussy cut flowers from the garden variety patterns paper and added some phrase stickers from the accessory stickers

Then I cut a big 4 1/2 inch strip and punched 2 sides and then cut 2 more inch strips to tuck underneath to make the border punched edges pop

Next I matted my photo on papers from the paper pad and tucking a doily and tab from the accessory stickers then I add a few other stickers around the photo then next I added more fussy cut flowers around the photo and tucking them at the top of the photo

Then to finish off the layout I added a cardstock title popping it up on double sided foam tape to add that cute dimension

I hope you have enjoyed my floral inspiration today

Happy crafting..xx

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Hi lovely’s ,

sharing a floral layout mixing 2 collections together day dream and merry and bright using a photo of our Luna sleeping on my chair in the craft room and I often find her asleep on my chair she likes the craft room as it’s quiet and a great place to just chill out..

You know me ..white cardstock first then I was thinking with this layout I wanted to add some mixed media

To the background so I used the plastic package technique and kissed light pink paint and peach watercolour to the background across the page and let it dry before adding a stenciled modelling paste across it

Then I flicked white watered down paint and did the same with rose gold to add a bit more colours in the background, I kept it light as I didn’t want the background to take away from the foreground I just wanted it to blend

Then I matted background on all aflutter and machine stitched around the boarder then I matted my photo on papers from day dream 6x8 and tucked in some stickers from the accessory stickers from day dream in the top of the photo layers and adhered my photo in the center of the layout..

Then I started cutting out my flowers using joy to the world pattern paper and for the leaves I used oh Christmas tree , count down and sun shower to make my clusters. Using a white pen I added so detail to the flowers and just bent them up a bit to add dimension and layered them with a enamel dots in the center’s to finish them off

And I bent up the leaves just to add more dimension to look more like flowers instead of them being flattened out

And then I clustered them on 2 sides of my photo and finish off the layout with a few ephemera butterflies from the day dream ephemera pack and a few drops of liquid pearls I rose gold.

I hope you have enjoyed my floral inspiration today

happy holidays and happy crafting lovely’s

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Hi there lovely’s Anita back with you today sharing a layout full of floral goodness with the fabulous Go the Scenic Route , I totally adore all the fabulous colours in this collection not to mention the patterns are beautiful and for this layout I wanted to play with flowers and a background cut file and of course using a photo of one of our kitty paws 🐾 just so cute ...

So I started off by matting my white cardstock on Paper 20 then cutting out the GEOMETRIC BACKGROUND 271997 using my Silhouette Cameo 3 and Paper 19 then adhering it down in the center diagonally then I matted my photo on paper from the 6x8 Paper Pad and add some Ephemera Die Cuts to the top of the photo.

Next using my Silhouette Cameo 3 I cut out the layered flowers and leaves with Paper 5 and Paper 13

Then I cut out ..Paper 13 and Paper 15 using cut files LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAVES 311424 , LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAF 319450 , LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAF 319449

Then I layered the flowers and adding a brad in the center to ad colour and to hold them together and then I started clustering the on 2 corners of my photo tucking the leaves underneath the flowers until I had a cluster I was happy with.

And to finish it off I added my title from the Puffy Word Stickers and the Foam Thickers and a few dots with the liquid pearls

I hope you have enjoyed my floral inspiration today happy crafting ..

SUPPLIES: Go the Scenic Route , Silhouette Cameo 3, white cardstock ,6x8 Paper Pad ,Ephemera Die Cuts , Paper 20 ,Paper 19 , Paper 13 ,Paper 5 , Paper 15 , Foam Thickers , Puffy Word Stickers

CUT FILES: LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAVES 311424 , LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAF 319450 , GEOMETRIC BACKGROUND 271997 , LAYERED FLOWER AND LEAF 319449

BY PAIGE EVANS

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Hi crafty friends,

sharing my first layout of the new year using day dream collection

My photo is of my kitty enjoying the morning sun in front of the window this was before we decided that all that fluff needed to be shaved off ... and yep he wasn’t happy about losing his fluff!!

I started off by trimming a 12x12 by 5 inch strip from sweet serenity and machine stitching around the edges then I cut 2 more little strips 1 inch by 12x12 from sweet serenity then using daisy days I cut 2 more strips 12x12 by inch and then with all the little strips I punched a border on each of them

Then I matted my photo on papers from the 6x8 paper pad ( you can substitute the 6x8 for the 12x12 using all aflutter and sun shower ) I then tucked a the circle ephemera piece behind the photo that I fussy cut around the edges.

Using garden variety pattern paper I fussy cut out a bunch of flowers and started adding flowers around the bottom of my photo along with flowers from the ephemera pack that I fussy cut around to match the rest of the fussy cut flowers

I added ephemera around my photo and more clusters of flowers around the photo and to the right side of the layout I also added some other bits from the ephemera, butterflies and my title then finished off with hearts around the flower clusters and enamel dots in the center’s of the fussy cut flowers..

pop on over to the cocoa vanilla YouTube and watch my process video

I hope you have enjoyed my floral inspiration today

Happy crafting..

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Hi crafty friends,

sharing another Christmas layout using the Go the Scenic Route collection
I like using different colours for Christmas I think it’s fun and changes it up from the traditional colours plus it gives me a reason to get creative with florals but then again who needs a reason lol!!...

Starting with a white background using white cardstock i then backed it with Paper 24 then next using my cameo I cut out CHRISTMAS TREE 335742 cut file using Paper 16 and adhered it down in the center of my background I then matted my photo on paper from the 6x8 Paper Pad and a white doily behind and then tucked some Ephemera Die Cuts in the right hand side to add colour and layers.

Then I started clustering Floral Die Cuts and fussy cut flowers from Paper 18 around my photo sticking to the same colours

And to add a little dimension to the main floral cluster I add a chipboard hear in the center of the flower then added a sub title from the Puffy Phrase Thickers

And the I wanted a colourful title using the Puffy Word Stickers , I chose colours from the florals and add them along the side of the tree

Then I decided on a third cluster of flowers to create a visual triangle so it draws the eye across the page

I then fussy cut more flowers from Paper 18 and to finish off the layout I added a few rhinestones , a flick of white paint from my stash..

I hope you have enjoyed my Christmas inspiration today happy crafting ..

SUPPLIES: Silhouette Cameo 3, white cardstock , Chipboard Stickers ,Ephemera Die Cuts , Puffy Phrase Thickers , Floral Die Cuts , Paper 24 ,Paper 16 , Paper 18 ,

CUT FILES:CHRISTMAS TREE 335742

BY PAIGE EVANS

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Hi crafty friends,

sharing a card and ornament created with the Go the Scenic Route I absolutely love creating Christmas crafts all the shine and glitter just adore it...

For my first card I wanted to use one of Paige’s SNOWFLAKES BACKGROUND 337747 cut file and use it as a stencil and foiled the background because who doesn’t love a bit of shiny goodness

Then I machine stitched around the border and added to a pink cardstock base

Then using the MUG 336960 cut file I used my Silhouette Cameo 3 and white cardstock and then I backed the little snowflake on the mug with Paper 10 then using some vellum I backed the main cup piece and then using pattern paper from the 6x8 paper pad I then offset the mug cut file and removed some pieces so I could cut the background of the mug. Then I finished backing the rest of the mug using paper from the 12x12 Paper Pad , Paper 14 , Paper 1 and Paper 16 and to finish off the card I added Enamel Dot in the middle of the snowflake and some glitter glue to the snowflake and gingerbread man.

And now my tree ornament I created using MITTENS 335745 cut file that I backed with Paper 16 , Paper 22

I left the background behind the poinsettia and backed it with clear plastic added vellum behind then machine stitched around the edges leaving a little opening to add some sequins and glitter then machine stitched it closed added some twine underneath a Chipboard Stickers in the center of the poinsettia with a Enamel Dot in the center of the flower