Beach Babe 8.5x11 Layout

As an "out of the box" challenge over at Pretty Little Studios - we had to pull inspiration from this lovely deco piece. I chose to pull the fun little golden triangles and add them to the page. I wanted the triangles to direct the eyes towards the title and the adorable speech bubbles. This layout was also inspired by Teka Cochonneau's work. I used a few phrase stickers by Pretty Little Studio to fill in the speech bubbles with beach related words. I printed the journaling out on some vellum.

SUPPLIES USED: Pretty Little Studio's Sand Castle collection, Pretty Little Studio's Birthday Cake Speech Bubbles, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, American Craft Thickers.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting!

Her Little Personality with "Pure Bliss"

I'd like to start this post by saying that I hope all of you lovely ladies had a wonderful Mother's day! My weekend was great. I'll be sure to share more details on that later. ;) For right now I'd like to show you a lovely little layout I've done. It's all about my daughter's silly personality!

I really wanted to document the type of person she is as a toddler. I printed out the journaling on some vellum, and simply made the personality traits stand out a little more by bolding them. I cut the title out with my Silhouette Cameo. Keeping the embellishments minimal, I really let the paper become the start of this layout.

Supplies Used:
Paper: (Pure Bliss) - Alphabet, Blooming, Journal Tags
(Charleston) - Anna
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics (Light Blue and Kraft)
Other: Pure Bliss 12" Die-Cut Borders, Pure Bliss Paper Clips, Studio Calico Wood Veneer circles

Thanks for taking a peek! Be sure to visit the GCD Studios blog for even more inspiration!

Winner, WINNER!

The randomly picked winner of the Signature Series/GCD Studio Blog Hop is....

KATE BLUE who said...
"These collections are striking and I love how you mixed the patterns without taking away from your photos!"

Congratulations Kate! Please email me your mailing address so I can get these goodies out to you. I promise that you're going LOVE them! c.inezcollins@gmail.com

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the blog hop. I enjoyed hearing from all of you!

Halloween, Halloween - Card

While I am enjoying this lovely warm weather, I’ve still been in the mood to work with Fall colors. Although the Monsieur collection from Pretty Little Studio is more of a masculine type of collection – the patterns and colors work perfectly for any fall project! I was completely inspired by the collection and decided to make this lovely Halloween Card.
 Supplies Used: Pretty Little Studio's Monsieur Collection, Pretty Little Studio's Vintage Feedsacks Mini Paper Ribbons, Pretty Little Studio's Mr Connor Bookmark Tags, American Crafts' Elements Brads Fabric Nightfall, GCD Studio's Charleston Collection

Thanks for reading, and happy Mother's day weekend!

My Little Beauty LAYOUT (PLS SKETCH)

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There is a brand new sketch challenge over at Pretty Little Studio. Go check it out! You could win a $10 gift certificate to the store. I used the sketch to make this layout. I just loved the postage stamp effect in the sketch – so I got my Silhouette Cameo out and started cutting. I stacked several layers on top of each other. As soon as I saw the sketch – I knew I wanted my title and journaling to go in the center of those fun postage stamps.

To create more depth to the page – I adhered many layers with pop dots. Do you remember those fun embellishments I made during my last tutorial? I was so pleased to see that one of them went so well with this layout. It made the perfect accent!

SUPPLIES USED:  Pretty Little Studio's "Sand Castle" collection, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, Silhouette Cameo

Happy Crafting!

Heidi Sonboul Signature Series Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to the Signature Series and GCD Studios blog hop...all in celebration of Heidi Sonboul's book release! Heidi Sonboul is a very talented women. Whether you're taking a peek at her projects, or working with her amazing collections (Sunkissed and Special Delivery) - you're sure to be inspired by her.

In celebration of this special event - I created a layout using Heidi Sonboul's gorgeous summery collection - "Sunkissed".

I hope you'll take the time to hop along with us, and see what the entire design team has whipped up. There are even several giveaways along the way, so check it out!

The Line Up

GCD Studios

Alicia Thelin

Amanda Coleman

Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager Christina Collins <---- You're Here! Christine Meyer Grace Tolman Heidi Van Laar  Jennifer Chapin Julie Tucker-Wolek Katrina Hunt Kelly Holbrook Lalo IK Megan Klauer Nina Yang Pam Callaghan Rae Barthel Rochelle Spears Sara Zenger Suzanna Lee Teri Anderson Wida Miller    Now head on over to Heidi Sonboul's brand new website for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed! Speaking of giveaways.... 

I'm giving away a few goodies from Heidi Sonboul's "Special Delivery" collection. Brads, Alphas, Paper Clips, and Stickers! What's not to love? Comment on this post any time between May 6th - 10th for your chance to win. A winner will be chosen soon after the blog hop comes to an end.   And don't forget to take this chance to order Heidi's newly released book. It's sure to inspire you! To order the book you can go here:
Thanks for hopping along with us!
 

Winner, winner! (PLS & LMT Blog Hop)

The winner of the Pretty Little Studio & Love My Tapes blog hop prize is...

 

Sarah who said...

"Super cute tag! Thanks for the chance to win!"

Congratulations! Please email me your shipping info so I can get these goodies out to you.
c.inezcollins@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who participated in the blog hop! It was lovely hearing from all of you. Be sure to check back at all the blogs (including the Pretty Little Studio blog, and Love My Tapes blog) to see if you're the winner of those prizes!