Card Trio - DT project for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there,

I'm stopping by to share 3 cards I've made for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team.

I've used the following cut files:

• Daisy Border Background (Design ID #251059)
• Bend Up Flower Petals (Design ID #251086)

I pulled out some of my favourite papers from the gorgeous Pick-Me-Up collection - I just love these peach and berry tones! I started with the peach color card. I cropped the cut file so I only had a semi-circle left and sized it down to fit into a  4x5.25" rectangle. Then I sent it through my Silhouette Cameo. I cut a 4.25x5.5" piece from the white-gold patterned paper, which you can find in the 6x6" paper pad. I adhered the gold foil paper onto my A2 size top folding card base, then I added the cut file panel on top. I machine stitched around the edges. 

I wasn't sure how to decorate this card, because the cuts are so tiny! In the end I kept it very simple so that the cut file could shine. I just added a few gold chipboard pieces, some gold thread and a heart button. It sounds simple, and when you want to re-create it, it doesn't take long at all, but I'll tell you I didn't finish this card in one sitting, because I had no idea how to finish it, ha! I love how it turned out though.

For my next card, I cut a lot of these daisy borders from white card stock. I sized them down so they look good on a card. Originally I wanted to create a white on white background, that looks like lace, but then ended up using patterned paper anyway. I can't deny my nature it seems :D. 

Again, I cut a 4.25x5.5" piece of patterned paper, then made a diagonal cut. I adhered this onto my top folding card base (same size). I layered some of the daisy borders on the top white part and stitched them down using my sewing machine. To finish off my card, I added some gold thread, a die cut sentiment from the ephemera pack (I popped this up for some dimension), and a die cut butterfly. Technically it might be a moth but since I bent up its wings, which I believe moths are not able to do, it is now a butterfly haha! 

Now for my third card. I had a lot of the daisy borders left and I was not going to throw them away...So I created a third card. For this, I used the pink ombre striped paper, also from the 6x6 pad. I cut out one of the darker pink stripes because I only needed 5 stripes and I wanted to keep both the darkest and the lightest colors. So I just reassembled the paper on my A2 size top folding card base. By the way, the five strips are almost exactly this size, I only had to cheat a little bit and that is hidden under one of the flower strips! 

I added a die cut frame using foam adhesive, as well as a couple of other pieces from the ephemera pack. I fussy cut 3 butterfly-moths (haha!) and attached these to the frame as well. I tucked some gold thread under my die cuts and added a few pink sequins from the haberdashery pack. Now that I'm looking at this card, I'm wondering why I didn't add some gold ink splatters, but well. What's done is done!

I hope you like these cards and are inspired to create your own!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

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SUPPLIES: Pick-Me-Up collection: Paper 6, Paper 14, Chipboard Stickers, Haberdashery Multi-Pack, 6x6 Paper Pad

Sleep - DT layout for Just Nick

Hi there friends,

I'm dropping in to share a new layout I've created for Just Nick!

I've used the Optical Illusion Background cut file on this page.

I haven't really created a typical boy page in ages and while I don't particularly miss them, sometimes I want to use collections I haven't used in awhile. And the super cool Good Fellows collection from Fancy Pants Designs was one of these. Plus I wanted to use a cut file that was not floral.

I started out by manipulating the cut file in Silhouette Studio - I took it apart and repeated the pattern to get smaller and more cubes. I cut the cut file from white, textured card stock. I chose three papers from the Good Fellows collection and backed a few of the cubes the exact same way. There's so many ways you could go with this cut file! It doesn't even need to be cubes, you could back it totally differently playing with different color and pattern papers. Can you see flowers in there?!

Once done, I adhered the cut file to my background. I layered different papers behind my photo and glued everything down. Then I went through my embellishments and pulled out everything that could have worked and started tucking them in and adding them on top of my photo. I used tags, die cuts, and puffy stickers to decorate my page.

For the title I used chipboard alphas from the Fancy Pants Family&Co collection. I didn't have two E's in the same color so I replaced one with a 3. 

I also adhered two strips of patterned papers at the bottom of the layout as well as some die cuts and puffy stickers, then added some machine stitching as a finishing touch. 

As a last step, I splattered some black ink around my page and wrote my journaling.

I hope you like how this turned out! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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Spring is in the Air - #moodboardgirls

Hey there lovelies,

We are back today with a new mood board! I'll tell you, I definitely had spring on my mind when I put this one together, the weather was great back then. Now it's freezing! Oh well, one can dream yeah?

Photo Credits: Flower Bouquet * High Heels * Easter Eggs * Easter Egg Hunt * Monarch Butterfly * Bicycle Planter

So my inspiration came from the gorgeous flower bouquet, it just makes me happy looking at it. Then I added images that are typical for spring, Easter etc. AAAAND a pair of shoes. Yup, shoes. The girls were laughing about it but hey. All my mood boards include shoes. Because I love them. And because I haven't been able to wear heels in almost 4 years. So. Shoes. Deal with it! :D

And this is my take:

The beautiful Tea Cup cut file is from Paige Evans. I've used a variety of papers from my stash, these were all scrap pieces so I'm not sure what brands and collections they are. The 3 big flowers and the leaves I've made using an old Dear Lizzy die set.

I hope you guys like this! As always, if you feel like creating something with this mood board, please use hashtag #moodboardgirls on Instagram, so we can leave some love for you!

Our line-up this month:

• Enza Gudor
• Paige Evans
• Christina Buresch-Leyrer
• Anke Kramer
• Julia Schueler
• Nicole Weber
• Ulli Dold
• Birgit Krasenbrink
• Steffi Ried

Thank you for stopping by today! Have an awesome day! 

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