Kocoa Memories Linger

I love repurposing some craft supplies, especially when you can find them on special or in your stash! So I used these Heidi Swapp Pocket Page Planner inserts to make a mini album of a holiday my family and I recently had. Then bound them with a clip. I loved using my Nuvo Mica Mists so much with the chipboard, I sprayed and splattered a 3Quarter Chipboard to use as a title. I love the effects you can create. I sprayed with Nebula Blue and then splashed some Oriental Fushcia on it. I printed and cropped my photos (a tad smaller than the 3x3" pocket sizes. Then I choose a page from the  3Quarter Designs - Fairground Fun Mini Collection (I am in serious LOVE with this paper!!!) And did a mock layout to get a feel for placement. Firstly I adhered my photos to paper and inserted them all into the pockets.  Then I started to write some journaling and make titles. I used some  Pink Paislee - Indigo and Ivy Embellishments - the sequins. I also used some Heidi Swapp washi tape. I find usi

Today I worked on a beautiful flower photo that my daughter took with portrait mode on her iPhone. I am pretty impressed with it. I used the Pink Fresh Noteworthy collection. I also used a layered flower die from Kaiser and a leaf die from Sizzix (Now that I am blogging, I am really going to have to keep the names of my products! LOL) I want to accent the slight yellow in the flower and purple, so I used yellow and the deep maroon coloured papers. I loved putting this page together as I could use flowers and leaves as the photo itself was a flower.  I used the title 'Explore' as I had told my daughter to have a photo scavenger hunt as she was bored. And this is one of the photos she took.

Perfect You - 3Quarter Paper and Dusty Attic Chipboards I absolutely loved making this layout! So many possibilities with a design like this. I used Dusty Attic Chipboards Blooms #4 and sprayed these with Nuvo Micra Mists Sprays to match my background paper 3Quarter Designs Fairground Fun. I used the Violet Lustre on the flowers and a mix of Pampas Grass and Nebula Blue on the title 'Perfect'. I felt the blue was so bright but the mix helped the title blend and match the paper perfectly (pun intended). In order to have the title stand out and add more elements to the page, I used stamps in the background. The paper was already grunge looking with black elements, so I added some more. Now my title blends but also stands out on the paper. Next I wanted to mount my photo to draw your eye to it. I framed it in black to really help it lift off the page. Then I used some of the cut aparts from the 3Quarter Fairground Fun mini kit. I used a Kaiser Die cut to make some decorative pape