july mood board ~ jot

So inspired by this months Mood Board over at JotMagazine and hosted by Beshka! It is so beautiful and uplifting and inspiring. And so not the colors usually played with by this here layout creator. But who could resist!

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For this page the tones were calmed down just a tad. But PinkPaislee's Citrus Bliss was the perfect collection as the base for crafting this page. The pops of orange and green hues really carried the feel of this story.

The touch of pink came by way of some Heidi Swapp September Skies Color Magic Die Cut pieces sprayed with Blush. Darn that Blush...it just makes anything so soft and delicate. It really is a beautiful color. Blush Color Shine also colored some of the Die Cut Color Magic paper from the new Mixed Media set found at Michaels. The lift that the die cut gives this layout is perfect.

And now for the latest obsession...did I say obsession...because that may be an understatement. The new Mixed Media collection includes this most beautiful Texture Paste, that is like a modeling paste, but on glam steroids. Did I say obsessed? Because pretty sure you can count on finding that medium on many pages going forward. It is just that beautiful.

A simple square of Citrus Bliss pattern paper was a great pop of the tangerine found in the mood board. Layered with Puffy Words from that collection as well. Some strips of pattern paper are notched and tucked underneath along with more of the Die Cut paper as well as some stash from Maggie Holmes Open Book.

What happens on one side of a page may very well be repeated on another side of a page. Just a few different embellies, but it basically mirrors what was done on the left. Yeah...layout simplicity at it's best.

Life is good and needs to be celebrated. The story for this page is included in some hidden journaling. Did not want my hand lettering to get in the way. But this was an important moment in time for this girl, and it needed to be recorded and added to her album of memories. My love for paper and color and all things pretty continues to fuel telling these stories. So thankful to Jot for providing fabulous inspiration to do just that.

Till next time...blessings.

pink paislee atlas + page maps

The Pink Paislee Design Team was lucky enough to be asked to participate with June Page Maps.

Here is my sketch I was given. Our assignment was to take Atlas and make it look real pretty with the Page Maps Sketch. Well...ok...maybe we weren't told to make it real pretty...but you get the idea.

Here is my take on the sketch as will be seen on the PageMaps blog. Loved that this sketch utilized multiple photos. Sort of my go-to way to scrap pages right now. So I fell right in love with this sketch and it's multi-photo opportunity.

Can't help but want to switch up a sketch whenever I have one in front of me. For this page I decided instead of the paper and title, I needed to add an artsy touch. So modeling paste and a polka dot stencil were called into action. I liked how that turned out.

This left me to find a new home for the title. Wonder UR, created with the Atlas Puffy Stickers and some of the silver Thickers, were placed right under the middle photo. 

 So then just to the right of the polka dots, instead of the paper/journal strips, I decided instead to simply add a cluster of embellishments. The cardstock and clear pieces are from Atlas Ephemera. Using either a runner tape or a mini attacher I just went to placing elements here and there.

The icons like the camera, star and heart are from the Chipboard Stickers and also became part of the word strip side of the sketch. I love all the energy that is found here.

Go check out the post over at PageMaps and find out how you can win an entire collection of Atlas from Page Mags.