Friday, December 21, 2018

Christmas Joy Cards for Paper House Productions

Merry Christmas! It's so close. Here are some cards to lift your spirits. They are made with the Paper House Productions Christmas Joy collection. The 3D and puffy stickers with a little washi tape make them fun to make.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Journey Book Video for Paper House Productions

Christine Meyer, our awesome design team leader at Paper House Productions, made this video of my Journey Book layouts. I love it! It really wasn't that hard making all the spreads. Just make one here and there and eventually the book is done.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Meat Pie Layout for Sketches In Thyme

Our family tries to do a meat pie (tortiere) making day each year. It keeps us fed for the year! I used this week's sketch at Sketches In Thyme to document this.
Here is the sketch:
Supplies:
Elle's Studio - Love You More Collection
White embroidery thread
Ali Edwards food cut files
American Crafts tag cut file
Silhouette Cameo
1" Circle punch
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Monday, December 10, 2018

Regina and Swift Current Layout for Paper House Productions

At Paper House Productions this week, we are featuring the Journey Books. I love mine! I have documented our summer vacation. Here is the first day of our trip.
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
- Life Organized travel stickers
- Great Outdoors Cardstock Stickers (titles)
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Monday, December 3, 2018

So Very Merry for Paper House Productions and Thermoweb

This week the Paper House Productions team is teaming up with Thermoweb. They have all sorts of foils and adhesive products. I've never used foils before so this was a lot of fun adding something new to my repertoire.
What better way to show off foil than with Christmas lights? I've been wanting to use some of the cut files I've purchased so the Paige Evans tree became my starting point. I sprayed mist on the tree and spread it with a paint brush. Just before it dried I sprayed it with Color Shine.
I cut the Christmas lights with my Silhouette Cameo. The cord was in black, the lights in white. I used a glue pen to spread adhesive on the lights and let them dry. Then I placed the foil with the color side up and pressed it firmly into the adhesive. Then I peeled the foil liner away. I also foiled the star on top of the tree and the title. I also used black photo corners from Thermoweb to add more interest to my photos.
I outlined the tree with a pencil on my base paper. Then I spread yellow ink with a foam dabber. To finish off the layout I used the Paper House micro stickers to add touches to the tree, stars to the background and presents under the tree.
Please check out the links below for some awesome products and make sure to see what the design team has been creating all week!
Supplies
Thermoweb:
Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Red
Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Black
Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Champagne
Decorative Photo Corners - Black
Deco Foil Adhesive Pen
Paper House Productions:
Peace Joy and Love Paper
Gold Dots 12" Paper
Christmas Magic Cardstock Multi Pack
Merry and Bright 3D Stickers
Christmas Joy Micro Stickers
Paige Taylor Evans Christmas Tree cut file
Jillibean Soup lights cut file
So Very Merry title from The Cut Shoppe
Black cardstock
DCWV grey cardstock
White cardstock
Mr. Huey's Cash Money green mist
Heidi Swapp Color Shine lime
Yellow ink
Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Monday, November 26, 2018

Filled With Joy for Paper House Productions

I can't believe it's time to get ready for Christmas. I've got so many pictures from last year (ok, and many previous years), that I need to get scrapping. I used the Christmas Joy line from Paper House Productions for this layout.
I used a cut file from Paper Issues. I backed the circles with the gold circles from a Christmas Joy paper. The stars I covered with a variety of gold star stickers.
Supplies
Paper House Productions

- Christmas Joy craft set
Filled With Joy cut file from Paper Issues
White cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thankful and Grateful Layout for Paper House Productions

We have a thankful theme this week for American Thanksgiving at Paper House Productions. I used a free cut file from Scrapbooks and Cards Today for the title. I also used a mixture of collections.
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
- The Great Outdoors Paper Crafting Kit
Tim Holtz Distress Paint - yellow
Heidi Swapp Color Shine - green
Scrapbooks and Cards Today free cut file
White cardstock
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Monday, November 12, 2018

Soccer Team Layout for Paper House Productions

I couldn't resist another layout with the Paper House Productions All Star Soccer kit. I have so many team pictures it was time to get them in the album. This was our first soccer team. They were so stinkin' cute.
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
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Beautiful Family Layout for Sketches In Thyme

I bought lots of the Pink Paislee Auburn Lane collection. It is so pretty. Only problem was finding pictures to scrap that weren't goofy kid pictures. This family picture needed to be scrapped so this was perfect. I used this week's sketch at Sketches In Thyme. Please join us and have a chance at a great prize.
Here is the sketch:

Supplies
Pink Paislee - Auburn Lane
Echo Park stencil - Summer Fun
White texture paste - Ranger
Heidi Swapp black Colorshine
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Soccer Layout with Glue Dots and Paper House Productions

This week Paper House Productions is teaming up with Glue Dots! I made a soccer layout using the All Star Soccer kit. Glue Dots sent me some linear glue lines so I decided to make a layout with strips. The glue lines made it super easy to attach. I just laid my paper along the strips and pulled it off.
The Glue Dots super strength dot runner was perfect for attaching my photos. They are thick, super sticky dots that glide onto the page. Super easy to use. Of course I had to use some 3D stickers on the layout. That soccer net is so cool. I tried to mute the polka dot pattern with gesso. Here is a closer version.
Supplies
Paper House Productions
Glue Dots
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day! Make sure to check out the other projects from this week.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Calgary Journey Book with Paper House Productions

Here is another page from my Journey Book. It is one of the first pages showing our first day in Calgary. I used the Paper House Productions - One Big Happy Family collection.
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
- One Big Happy Family
- Washi tape from Autumn Woods
- Journey Book
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Fall Layouts using Simple Stories Hello Fall

I took out the Hello Fall collection by Simple Stories and had some major inspiration. I made three layouts! I pretty much finished my kit. Just little scraps left.
Square punch fun
Stitched leaf
Heart cut file and fussy cutting
Supplies
Simple Stories - Hello Fall
White embroidery thread
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Square punch
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Wicked Good Layout for Paper House Productions

I decided to keep working at scrapping last year's Halloween pictures so this week's layout is with the Wicked Good collection from Paper House Productions. It has lots of different patterns to the paper but the stickers are definitely the best part. I tried not to go too crazy on this layout.
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Wicked Good Collection
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Wonder Cat Layout for Paper House Productions

We are featuring licensed products this week at Paper House Productions. I chose to feature the Wonder Woman faux enamel stickers. I used the Nautical Paper Pad to match the stickers. There is lots of foil in the paper pad that matches the stickers. I love how creative my daughter is when it comes to Halloween costumes!
I used cut files from Paper Issues and a font that I liked. 
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
- Wonder Woman faux enamel stickers
- Nautical Paper Pad
- Marbleous and Sun Drenched Paper Pads (yellow)
Paper Issues Cut File
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Friday, October 12, 2018

I Want Candy Layout for Sketches In Thyme

I am down to the last few scraps of my Doodlebug Monster Mania kit. It was an awesome collection. Since Halloween is right around the corner I decided to go with this theme for the sketch at Sketches In Thyme. We have a great prize so I hope you will play along! These pictures are not actually from Halloween because we do trick-or-treating at the lake in August. So most of my Halloween pictures come from that!
Here is the sketch:
Supplies
Doodlebug - Monster Mania and some bits and pieces
My Mind's Eye - Happy Haunting (background)
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Black Cat Layout for Paper House Productions

My daughter did a great job putting together a black cat costume for Halloween. She also wanted to do a cat photo shoot so, of course, I obliged. I was excited to see a title was on one of the papers and all these black cats on a cut apart page.
Supplies
Paper House Productions
- Black cardstock
- White pen
- Glue Dots adhesive
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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Brunch So Hard Journey Book Spread

This week I'm posting another spread in my Paper House Productions Journey Book. This was at the Calgary Science Centre. We were so excited to find healthy food that my daughter would eat, we had to take a picture. I love the pink paper and faux enamel stickers.
Supplies
Paper House Productions
- Nashville Journey Book
- Marbleous Paper Pad
- Brunch Faux Enamel Stickers
- Marleous Cardstock Multi Pack Stickers
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Daditude Journey Book Spread for Paper House Productions

Here is another layout in my Paper House Productions Journey Book. I had lots of fun making this one. I used my Silhouette to cut out a star and layered some papers behind the photos. I learned that the photos don't bend well with three layers of paper under them, so I cut them in half.
I think my daughter made a pretty good drawing of her dad!
Supplies
Paper House Productions
- Sticky Pix Grandpa Clear Stickers
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Friday, September 14, 2018

Shopkin Love Layout for Paper House Productions

We are showing everyone what we can do with the faux enamel stickers from Paper House Productions. They are my favorite product of theirs. I thought these stickers look a bit like my daughter's Shopkins so I made a layout about it.
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Faux enamel stickers (Kawaii)
Paper House Productions - Marbleous Paper Pad
Paper House Productions - Sun Drenched Paper Pad
Purple cardstock
Brown cardstock
BoBunny gems
Cupcake cut files - Paige Evans
White cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

The Junkyard Traveler's Notebook Spread

I have filled an entire Journey Book with my vacation pictures and I'm starting on the second one. I'm hooked on the traveler's notebook size. It is nice to do something a little different than the usual layout. Paper House Productions makes these books and the faux enamel stickers are perfect for embellishing them.
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Color Washed Paper Pad
Paper House Productions - Girl Power Faux Enamel Stickers
Paper House Productions - Nashville Journey Book
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Teddy Bears for Sketches In Thyme

I really love how this layout turned out. I just randomly grabbed the Pinkfresh Studio Be You collection and realized the leather flags would be perfect for this sketch. I won the entire collection so it was such a treat to scrap with every product available. Now I'm going to want to buy everything in every collection. Yikes!
Here is the sketch provided by Sketches In Thyme. Go give it a try - you might win a great prize!
Supplies
Pinkfresh Studio - Be You Collection
White cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Cut file from the Silhouette Store
Peach embroidery thread
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Happy Birthday Pinata Layout for Paper House Productions

This week we are featuring birthday projects at Paper House Productions. I used these super fun 3D stickers and sheets from the Color Washed Paper Pad.

I noticed how the title sticker fit in the space on the gold cut apart card. From there I picked the paper with the same shape as the card. Then I fussy cut a section of the paper and decided to add more colour by attaching hanging embellishments. Kind of like a piñata which is in the picture. The washi tape worked well to hang my embellishments. Fun and simple!
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Color Washed Paper Pad
Paper House Productions - Emoji Birthday 3D stickers
Paper House Productions - washi tape
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
White cardstock
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Monday, September 3, 2018

The Best Days Are At The Lake Layout Paper House Productions

I took the leftover lake pictures and filled the circles in this cut file. I used the Lake Life Collection from Paper House Productions.
The cut file is from Paper Issues but it was bubbles that I couldn't cut very well. My paper kept ripping and I didn't have the patience to find the right settings so I just made the cut file simple circles.
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Lake Life Collection
White cardstock
Black Sharpie
Cut files from the Silhouette Store and Paper Issues
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Corn Maze Layout for Paper House Productions

Are you ready for fall? I love the colours but not the temperature! I finally scrapped these pictures from the corn maze using Paper House products.
I backed the cut file with Autumn Woods paper. I fussy cut the leaves and branches from another piece of paper. I used cardstock and puffy stickers to finish it off. The white border is washi tape with rose gold foil.
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Great Outdoors wood grain papers
Paper House Productions - Autumn Woods collection
Silhouette cameo
Glue pen
Brown Sharpie marker
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Friday, August 24, 2018

Daughter Layout for Paper House Productions

Another challenge but this time with a girl theme. I used my most recent pictures for this one. I really love this layout and good thing because I had so many ideas it took me awhile to decide on one. We were only allowed to use certain Paper House Productions products focusing on the 3D daughter stickers and a few papers from the Color Washed Paper Pad.
I used a Cut Shoppe butterfly and backed it with green/blue paper. Then I layered the cut apart cards from the paper pad. Next I decorated with the 3D stickers and faux enamel butterfly stickers. Seriously, you need those stickers!
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Color Washed Paper Pad
Paper House Productions - faux enamel butterfly stickers
Paper House Productions - daughter 3D stickers
Cut Shoppe - butterfly cut file (made by Ashley Horton)
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
White cardstock
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Friday, August 17, 2018

Stay Cool Layout

I've been really inspired by sketches lately so here is an entry to the DCWV Stackaholic Challenge. If you enjoy my layout, please consider visiting their Facebook page and giving my layout a like (vote). Thanks so much!
Here is the sketch:
Supplies
DCWV - Watercolor Stack
Paper Issues title cut file
Corner punch
White thread
Brown cardstock
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Fall Fun Layout

I love the sketch posted for the challenge this month at Pebbles. I really love how this layout turned out! If you like it, consider going to their Facebook page and liking my layout. The most likes wins!
Thank-you!
Here is the sketch:

A new sketch challenge from Pebbles Inc starts today; will you join us?!

Supplies
Pebbles - Woodland Forest
Brown watercolour paint
Stampin' Up buttons
Gold sequins
White cardstock
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Boys and their Toys Layout for Paper House Productions

We have a little designer challenge going at Paper House Productions to make a boy themed layout using only certain supplies. I have these cute pictures of my nephews from 2012 that needed to get on a page!
I used a Paper Issues cut file as my background and placed papers behind some of the circles. The blue paper is used as matting. Then I decorated with 3D stickers - easy peasy!
Supplies
Paper House Productions - Boy Mom Stickers

Paper House Productions - Great Outdoors papers
Paper House Productions - Where the Wild Things Are alphas
Paper House Productions - Great Outdoors cardstock alphas
White cardstock
Paper Issues - cut file
Silhouette cameo
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Happy Canada Day for Sketches In Thyme

I was so excited to get the Photo Play Paper "O Canada" set. I have a bunch of pictures to scrap from Canada 150. This week has a neat sketch to work with at Sketches In Thyme. If you play along, there is a chance at winning a great prize.
Here is the sketch:
Supplies
Photo Play Paper - O Canada
Simple Stories - Plaid Dad
Heidi Swapp - Colorshine: Cherry and Raspberry
Black thread
Paper House Productions - Merry Christmas cardstock stickers
Black and white cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Friday, August 10, 2018

Canada 150 Layout

Here is a Canada Day layout using the O Canada Collection from Photo Play Paper.

Supplies
Photo Play Paper - O Canada
Simple Stories - Plaid Dad
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Frozen Party Layout

I had some time and just bought these papers so I put together this layout. Frozen was such a craze!
Supplies
American Crafts - Shimelle: Glitter Girl
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
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Monday, July 30, 2018

Laird's Bar Layout for Paper House Productions

I'm so happy to be back designing with Paper House Productions! I made this layout using the Great Outdoors Collections and Discover USA. If you do any camping, you will want these collections!

I've been waiting for the right papers to scrap these pictures. A friend at the lake bought this bar to hold firewood. When he wasn't there, everyone on the bay worked to turn it into an actual bar. It was a really fun afternoon with even the kids painting the "barstools" (kitchen chairs on 2x4s).
I used my Silhouette Cameo with sketch pens to write the subtitle. The zigzags are a border sticker that I put together.
Supplies
Paper House Productions:
 - The Great Outdoors (camping and hunting)
 - Discover USA puffy stickers and paper
Date stamp
Brown ink
Tombow twintone marker
Silhouette Cameo
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Happy Place for Paper House Productions

Hello! I'm back at Paper House Productions for another term and couldn't be happier. We are featuring beach layouts on the blog this week so I made one with the Paradise Found collection. We had the most perfect day at the beach last year and it was also sand castle contest day. Everyone worked really hard and got really creative.
I can't stop fussy cutting those flowers! I love them. The journaling card is on a cut apart sheet and the stickers are part of the kit. The bucket and shovel stickers are Sticky Pix. This was an easy layout to make and the colours really pop!
Supplies
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Summer Toes Layout for Sketches In Thyme

Do we ever have a great sketch for you at Sketches In Thyme! I love Jenessa's sketch and even better, used some older supplies. I usually don't think to take pictures like this but I'm sure glad I did. Those pedicures lasted all summer and made for a great layout.
Here is the sketch:
Supplies
DCWV - Cherry Limeade Stack
Cut Files from Paper Issues and Kerri Bradford
Heidi Swapp - Colorshine - Amethyst

Recollections flowers
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Sprinkles Thickers
Sticker from Dollarama
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Friends Layout for Sketches In Thyme

Sketches In Thyme has a very simple sketch this week which leaves it wide open to the imagination. I hope you play along for a chance at a great prize! I recently won the Be You Collection from Pinkfresh Studio so I had to use it. I couldn't find two pictures that I liked together so I adapted the sketch for one picture.
Here is the sketch:


Supplies
Pinkfresh Studio - Be You
Mister Huey's Cash Money paint
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Girl Love Layout

Two layouts, one cut file. Sounds good to me. I hate wasting paper so I made another layout with the cut out of my preview post. Paper Issues has a girl themed challenge so I based this layout on a picture of my daughter sleeping on me.
Supplies
Crate Paper - Cute Girl
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Cut file - Ashley Horton March 2016 Hip Kit Club
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Love Layout

Just procrastinating away making layouts. I joined the Monochromatic challenge at Paper Issues. I chose pink as my colour and black and white were allowed. I used this picture of the kids. We have a picture of the two older ones lying on the same blanket and they couldn't resist photo bombing the baby's picture.
Supplies
Crate Paper - Cute Girl collection
Crate Paper - Heart Day background paper
Black cardstock
Dollarama sequins
Simple Stories - Hope letters
Cut file - Ashley Horton for May 2016 Hip Kit Club
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Monday, May 21, 2018

We Are Silly Layout

I used the Pinspire Me Challenge at Paper Issues to get this layout together. It took FOREVER to go through my pictures to find three with the right colours and similar subject matter. Then it took FOREVER to go through my stash to find the right papers, etc. However, I really like how it turned out so all is good. I considered doing paint streaks in the background but chickened out. The pictures are me eating a ring pop which is a favourite lake treat. My daughter going in to bite a marshmallow and my nephew being cute.

Here is the mood board. I think it's obvious how it inspired me!
Supplies
Recollections - Basics Bold paper
Recollections and My Mind's Eye enamel dots
Bella Blvd chipboard and stickers
MAMBI planner stickers stars
White cardstock
Black fine tip Sharpie pen
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!