Love You Layout - Cut It Up at PI

There is an awesome new FREE cut file in the Paper Issues store. Check out the blog for some ideas, download the file and post your layout in the Facebook Friends and Fans group for a chance to win a store credit. I love backing cut files and this one is so easy to work with. The shapes are a nice size and not difficult to fill. I chose a picture from when my daughter painted my nails for the first time. It was so cute. Her Sparks troop set up a soaking station, massage station, lotion and polish.

I was late to the Fancy Free party, so I still have lots of this collection. It's kinda ridiculous how easy these papers work with everything and each other. Here is the cut file.



Supplies

Pink Paislee: Fancy Free

Silhouette Cameo

White Cardstock

Fine Tip Sharpie Pen

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Thankful and Grateful Layout - Pinspire Me at PI

There is a lovely fall mood board at Paper Issues today. Head over to the blog to be inspired, then post your project in the Facebook group for a chance to win!

Here is the mood board. I was inspired by the flowers and the colors. The colors made me reach for this collection. I tried to follow an old Paper Issues sketch but I ended up flipping everything on its side and went from there. This was one of those layouts where I wasn't sure when to stop embellishing! I had so many to choose from it was hard to not let everything get out of control.

Supplies

Simple Stories - Pumpkin Spice Collection



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Hello Fall Layout - Product Spotlight at PI

On the Paper Issues blog today is a spotlight on the Hello Fall collection by Simple Stories. I'm a huge Simple Stories fan so of course I joined this challenge. I've been wanting to do a quilt pattern for some time and I finally found one that I thought I could recreate without too much trouble.

This was a lot of fun and not too difficult. I found the pattern on Pinterest and here is a link to the website where the pin was created. I used my Silhouette Cameo to draw one triangle of each size and then copied and pasted them to cut the correct number. I'm definitely going to be looking for some more quilt patterns to try.

Supplies

Simple Stories: Hello Fall

Silhouette Cameo

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Puppy Love Layout - Pawsitively Pets at PI

Well, it's time for the pet challenge again at Paper Issues. This time around you are challenged to use 3 or more patterned papers and a splash of paint or mist. No pets in our house, so I used these pictures of my daughter with her stuffie puppy which may as well be her pet. It is her all time favorite stuffie.

Supplies
Crate Paper - Cute Girl


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Pocahontas & Meeko Layout - Sketchy Saturday at PI

Today is Sketchy Saturday at Paper Issues! This sketch is so easy to work with but makes a great result. Give it a try and post it in the Facebook Friends and Fans for a chance to win a gift certificate to the store. I'm slowly getting pages done in my Disney album. I loved how the three background papers fell together on my desk and gave me the nudge to begin this layout.

Here is the sketch designed by Amy Coose.

Supplies

Simple Stories: You Are Here

Orange Thread

Ampersand - Fancy Pants: Happy Place

Pink and Black Marker

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Sweet Heart Layout - Gather Spotlight at PI

It's a great day to check out the Paper Issues blog. We are featuring layouts using the Maggie Holmes "Gather" Collection. There are so many papers and embellishments in this collection, you really can't go wrong. I chose this baby picture for the colours and the fact it is one of my fav's and it still isn't scrapped.

I really wanted to paint these flowers. I didn't want to do the whole page because then it would look like any other patterned paper. But it was so much fun it was hard not keep painting. I will definitely be trying this again. I used watercolour paints.

Be sure to link-up your Gather layouts in the Facebook Friends and Fans group for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues store!

Supplies

Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes "Gather"

Doilies: Dollarama

Watercolours

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Wonderful Layout - Take 5 at PI

It's Take 5 time at Paper Issues. Stop by the blog to be inspired, then post your layout in the Facebook Friends and Fans group for a chance to win a gift certificate to the store. I used: more than 1 photo, manufacturer's strips, stickers, hand written journaling, title.

Here's the inspiration list:

I was inspired by #15. I cut off all the manufacturer's strips from my Posh collection and then layered them behind my pictures. I love all the cards in Simple Stories collections and I used this 'wonderful' one for my title. I actually made a painted background but at the end of the day it didn't look right and used this fun patterned paper.

Supplies

Simple Stories: Posh Collection

Date stickers - Crate Paper: Gather

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