Countdown to Valentine's Day: Layout

Hello! Here is another Valentine-y project I have made recently.

This time I used lots of me & my BIG ideas products. I mean... a LOT. I went a little sticker happy. ;)



I love the way the dimensional stickers look paired with the clear white stickers on the black paper. I have come to appreciate clear stickers.

I thought the ? would be really good symbolism for me wondering who I will eventually marry. Someday I will fill that ? space! :)

Come back tomorrow for my last Valentine's Day themed project! It's personally my favorite. :)

Countdown to Valentine's Day: Flashback

Flashback Wednesday! I thought it would be fun to share some Valentine's Day cards I made last year (I think they're all from last year). 

I think it's hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to, I would choose the first one. The card with the cut papers strips that reveal the pattern underneath. I still remember making that card and thinking it was a hot mess. But once it was finished, I loved it! 

Which one is your favorite?

Countdown to Valentine's Day: Moodboard

Today is another day for sharing a Valentine's Day project here on my blog! Yay!

This one is pretty exciting for me. 

I've been wanting to design a moodboard for a while now. It's kind of like styling lots of objects to fit in one photo. I had sent little boxes of Valentine's Day goodies to a few of my friends a couple of weeks ago (so they could enjoy them early!), and I wanted to take a picture of all the items I sent them. So, I placed them all out on a piece of posterboard and took a pic! Of course I added some props to the photo, like the heart shaped sunglasses and the baker's twine. But that's the fun of it. Adding little things. 

The main focus of the package was the little heart banner. I literally cut over 100 hearts with my Silhoutte Cameo so I could layer them and make several banners. Maybe that's why my mat is not sticky anymore and my blade is dull… lol 

I had so much fun creating this little Valentine- themed moodboard. Makes you want to grab everything out of the photo, doesn't it?!

Countdown to Valentine's Day: Card

Hello! This week I will be sharing one Valentine's Day project a day in a little countdown to the big day on Saturday! :) 

Today's project is a fun card I made with me & my BIG ideas products. I am a total patterned paper lover, and so of course I wanted to use some of their beautiful love-y patterns for this card. After punching the hearts from the papers, I painted half of each heart with golf metallic paint. I used washi tape to make sure the lines were straight. :)

I painted the background of the card with some white paint first for the polka dots and then with blue watercolor once the white paint dried. The dots resist the watercolor a little bit, and I thought that looked pretty cool! 

I then sewed the hearts to the card and added some buttons and a glittery dimensional sticker to finish the card.

Come back tomorrow for a Valentine's Day moodboard that I made myself! :)

Scrapbook Layout: Adventure {The Cut Shoppe}

I am super excited to be back with a layout that I LOVED creating. It was one of those pages that did not go how as planned, but turned out awesome.

I even videoed the process of me making this layout. (Yes! A new YouTube video!!) I'm not sure what video I'll be doing next... I haven't done a cardmaking video, but I don't know if that something people would want to watch me do. I might do a cardmaking tips video. Who knows what I'll come up with... ;)



BTW, I'm having some issues with fixing the white balance on photos like these... white layouts... so please bear with me. :) And let me know if you have any tips! I need them! LOL

Visit The Cut Shoppe blog for more info about this layout. :)

-Heather

Happy Moments {The Cut Shoppe}

It's time for another TCS project! This time I created a layout focused on a shape from the "Let Them Eat Pie" set of cut files. 

I love how you can use so many patterned papers on one page without it being overwhelming when you use a large diecut shape. I was really excited to use some Heidi Swapp "September Skies" products on this page that I have been accidentally hoarding for a couple months now. 

I have told myself that I need to try new techniques this year, and so I used some hand stitching on this page to make the diecut stand out more. After an hour or so and a few finger pricks, I was done with that tedious part (whew)! Sometimes I think I have ADD. I have no patience. 

Another new thing I tried on this page was cutting my picture into a shape. Honestly , I have never cut my photos anything other than a rectangle or circle. I will have to do this more, because it's so cool! :)

I had traced a circle a little behind the starburst shape and I used that as a guideline to place my enamel dots, wood veneer, and journaling. It was a bit of a pain to erase the pencil lines, so don't look too close. I might not have erased it all...

Be sure to check out my full blog post on The Cut Shoppe blog! Thanks for stopping by! 

-Heather 

Card Making: You're a Gem

Happy Monday! 

I'm super excited about this week. Why? I have no idea. Really. Sometimes I just feel more productive and positive than other times. Right now I'm feelin' good. :)

Probably has something to do with the fact that I won, like, five scrapbook giveaways last week and so I will be getting some awesome happy mail within the next month. I haven't won anything in a while, and it's crazy how it goes in spurts. No just one win, seriously. Five. 

So here's a happy card I made a couple of weeks ago. I used a Studio Calico sketch along with some random items from past kits and also some stuff from my stash. 

I mentioned something last week about my friend Melissa sending me some fun stuff to play with. One of those items was a Dear Lizzy paper from her "Lucky Charm" collection with all these mason jars on it. I am going to use mason jars on EVERYTHING. For real. I love that paper. I am going to be so sad when it's all gone. 

So who would you consider a GEM in your life? I love puns, and this stamp set is just so cute, if you ask me. 

xoxo, Heather