Joining The Cut Shoppe Design Team!

Yay!! So happy to be joining the new design team of The Cut Shoppe for the next year!! The Cut Shoppe is an Etsy store that offers a variety of Digital Cut Files in PNG format. Check out TCS store to see all the fabulous cut files Ashley Horton created!

And here are all the other girls who will be on the team as well:

Hop over to TCS blog for the links to all of these designer's blogs! 

Have a great day!

xoxo

Monique

Stuck?! Sketches June 1st Reveal

Hi everyone! After being away for a week (enjoying New York!) I'm back to share my layout for the June 1st sketch at Stuck?! Sketches!

I've used one of my favorite collection from Jillibean Soup: "Healthy Hello", to scrap this very recent photo of my oldest son. 

I love all the ephemera in this collection! the hearts, the arrows, the labels .... love it all! 

And this is the new sketch: 

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Please link up your layouts on the Stuck?! Sketches blog by June29th at midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes!   All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

Thanks so much for visiting today, I hope you pop over to see what the rest of the team created.

Hello America - Imaginisce

Hi everyone! For today's "patriotic" feature on Imaginisce's blog I created this fun layout of my daughter celebrating her imminent departure for the USA with one of her best friends.

I started my layout with a large cut file of a star and adhered red and blue papers from the Par-r-rty Me Hearty collection behind it. Next I placed the 4 small photos in different ways on the background and decided I liked the angled look best. 

Next I cut a large title also from the Par-r-rty Me Hearty collection and decorated my layout with die-cuts, puffy stickers and wood veneers from both the Happy Traveler and the Par-r-rty Me Hearty collection. 

For the finishing touch I added a few drops of color mist and some machine stitching. Hope you like it! 

Supplies:

Imaginisce: patterned papers, puffy stickers (Par-r-rty Me Hearty), die-cut shapes, wood veneers, puffy stickers (Happy Traveler), alpha stickers (Sunny collection). American Crafts: cardstock. Other: Silhouette Cameo; cut files: star cut file: Studio Calico, "America": Silhouette Store #8529, "hello": Jillibean Soup. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today! Have a great day!

xoxo

Monique

Bonjour Barcelona - Pretty Little Studio

For Pretty Little Studio's “Feature Friday” we were asked to feature (patterned) paper and I created this layout using many strips of different papers cut from the designer collection from Heather Adams “Here + There”. I cut a whole lot of 8″ strips of different widths and adhered them vertically in the middle of my page. I matted my photo and placed this more or less in the middle and added a cut file title.

Next I added lots of vellum strips randomly on top of the paper strips (not exactly random as I had to think hard and long were I would place them, lol) and used my sewing machine to add some stitching. Next came the tags, the die-cuts and the flair buttons.

Last but not least I added a couple of paint drops and I was done!

PLS products used: Hello Heather, Here + There collection: paper: Here+ There 8×8 pack, Love Gold Metallic, Bonjour, Capture, Coffee Shop, Les Fleurs, Posh; Vellum: Jadore; Die-Cuts: Bonjour Words, Heart of Gold, Here; Flair: Adventure; Cut Apart: Posh Labels; Stickers: Vellum Tape Lovely.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog to take a peek at my project!

Have a great day!
Monique

Stuck?! Sketches May 15 Reveal

It's time for the May 15 reveal of the new sketch at Stuck?! Sketches!! I used the "Happy Place" collection from Dear Lizzy to create this page of my oldest son:

I just adore this collection with the soft colors and fun embellishments. Although I bought it with photos of my daughter in mind I decided these photos of Tim are perfect as well.

And this is the sketch Laura designed:

If you feel like joining us then hop over to the Stuck?! Sketches blog! We have two fabulous sponsors, both offering fun prizes: 

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Thanks so much for visiting here today, now go check out what the rest of the team created here!

xoxo

Monique

Happy Birthday - Imaginisce

For yesterday's post on Imaginisce's blog I created a birthday layout using the awesome Par-r-rty Me Hearty collection. I used photos from quite a while ago, from way back when my oldest son turned 5 (next week he'll be 17!). I love to scrap these old photos as I have only a handful scrapbook pages from that time. I combined the boy and girl collection for this layout, because my daughter features in it as well.

And here are a few close-ups: I just love the huge festive octopus with the cup cake, present and balloon. 

And how about the puffy gems? Aren't they lovely?

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a large number 5 and the word "birthday" and added some Thickers and stickers to decorate them:

Supplies: 

Imaginisce: patterned papers, die-cut shapes, stickers, puffy stickers (Par-r-rty Me Hearty). American Crafts: cardstock, Thickers. Other: Silhouette Cameo and cut file from Amanda Robinson. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog to take a look. Have a great day!

xoxo

Monique