Pink Paislee | Mix n' Match

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I hope that you are enjoying the projects that the Pink Paislee team has shared so far in Mix'n'Match week!  I'm sharing a layout using pieces from the C'est La Vie and Fancy Free collections.



Pattern piecing is one of my favorite techniques. I love mixing patterns and colors together. When I saw this beautiful pink paper with a hexagon print from the C'est La Vie collection, I knew right away just how I wanted to use it.



With a pencil and a piece of tracing paper, I measured the the size of the hexagons on the background paper. Then I hand cut several pieces of patterned paper from the C'est La Vie and Fancy Free collections into small hexagons. I used the background paper as a template for my cut pieces.




I added several puffy stickers and a paper clip from the C'est La Vie collection, as well as puffy stickers, ephemera, and buttons from the Fancy Free collection. I love how well these two collections coordinate together. Do you like to mix and match more than one collection together while working on a project? If so, we would love for you to share it with us on the Pink Paislee Facebook Page!

Collections used: Fancy Free, C'est La Vie

Pink Paislee | Spring

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Hi friends, welcome!  We are celebrating Spring week over on the Pink Paislee blog! So many of the colors, papers, and embellishments in the Fancy Free collection remind me of spring.



When I first saw this floral paper in the collection, I fell in love with the flowers immediately. I couldn't wait to cut them apart.



I fussy cut them and layered them against a light blue background paper. Next, I dipped a paint brush in white paint and splashed paint across the page. After the paint was dry, I printed a small photo and added it to my page. I chose the chipboard piece "Colorful" and ephemera piece "wonderful day" to create my title. I love how happy the title looks and helps to bring out other colors on the page.



Because there is so much going on in the center of my layout I decided to leave the left and right side of the page mostly blank (white space). I finished the page by adding some chipboard elements, buttons, and layered stickers.



What ideas do you have for incorporating spring photos onto your layouts?

Collection Used: Fancy Free

American Crafts | Circles Week

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How To: Cut out circular background with an electronic die cutting machine.  Place cut circle pieces onto a white background paper, adhere down.  Use a sewing machine with white thread to stitch pieces down. Sprinkle navy ink across the page.  Print a small black and white photo and adhere to the center of the layout.  Trim snapshot title from patterned paper and adhere to the left side of photo.  Embellish layout by adhering chipboard stickers to the page.  Adhere acrylic pieces and flair button to page.  Finish page by stamping word stamps onto layout.

Supplies: Shimelle Starshine (374022) - Gemini, Shimelle Starshine (374025) - Hubble, Shimelle Starshine (374026) - Horizon, Shimelle Starshine (374030) - Odyssey, Shimelle Starshine (374033) - Mercury, Shimelle Starshine (374034) - Mariner, Shimelle Starshine (374035) - Artemis, Shimelle Starshine (374039) - Apollo, Shimelle Starshine (374041) - Rosetta, Shimelle Starshine (374042) - Orion, Shimelle Starshine (374043) - Viking, Shimelle Starshine (374044) - Voyager, Shimelle Starshine (374052) - Chipboard Stickers 3/Sheets, Shimelle Starshine (374054) - Acrylic Shapes, Shimelle Starshine (374058) - Acrylic Stamps, Shimelle Starshine (374059) - Flair Plastic Buttons

Crate Paper | Love You

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Hi everyone!  I'm stopping in today, to share a new layout with you, using the Little You collection from Crate Paper.  The soft colors in this collection are so pretty, and were just perfect of this darling photo of my niece taken shortly after she turned one.

I wanted to use several patterns in this collection, so I chose six different patterns and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut them into hexagons, and then I layered them against a white cardstock background.  

After I Finished stacking all of my hexagons and adhering them down, I used my sewing machine to add stitching to each of them.  

Crate Paper | Hello XOXO

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Hi everyone! I'm so happy to share my first project for Crate paper with you today! When I first received the new Bloom collection I couldn't wait to get started right away. There are so many pieces that I love in this collection!

I chose to make a layout using several different patterned papers from the collection. One of my favorite techniques is pattern piecing. Because I chose several bold patterns to use together, I kept the main background paper neutral so that the design would not be too overwhelming. I trimmed my papers into small strips and lined them up in a vertical fashion across the bottom of my page. Then I used my sewing machine to adhere a couple of my pieces down.

I printed a small square shaped photo and adhered to the top left hand side of my page with a small tag sticking out from behind it. I then chose lots of ephemera pieces to accent my page.

I added some gold washi and a cute little rubber charm from the collection too. Then I finished it off by stamping the date and adding some simple journaling.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, I hope that you are enjoying the Bloom collection!

Pink Paislee | Go 3D!

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Hi everyone, I hope you have been enjoying all the creative ways our talented team has created bold titles all week.  I am sharing a layout today that has a repeating 3D title that also doubles as my background.

I have had this cut file for a long time now and was waiting for a chance to use it in a unique way.  I thought that a layout about my Valentine was the perfect fit!  To create my layout I first cut out my background using my Silhouette.  This cut file was designed by Barbara Picinich for Studio Calico.  I was designed to only cut half of each letter, so that you fold over the other half and have a 3d title!  Genius! 

Because I love patterned paper,  I cut additional X’s and O’s out of various pieces and then adhered them to each popped out piece.  I love the way the title came out but I also love the acetate and gold dipped chipboard in the C’est La Vie collection, so I added those too!  To finish I splashed ink and paint across the page, added my photo and a few other embellishments.  I hope that you enjoyed my post today and that you are inspired to create your own layout for Valentine’s Day! 

Collection Used: C’est La Vie

American Crafts | Shimelle Starshine

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The new Shimelle Starshine collection by American Crafts is not just for boys.  There are many pieces that work well for the everyday as well as for girl projects.  I chose some of the floral pieces in the collection to help pretty up this page about my daughter.

Supplies: Shimelle Starshine (374057) - Acetate Ephemera, Shimelle Starshine (374054) - Acrylic Shapes, Shimelle Starshine (374061) - Epoxy Paper Clips, Shimelle Starshine (374059) - Flair Buttons, Shimelle Starshine (374039) - Apollo Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374035) - Artemis Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374021) - Astro Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374037) - Curiosity Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374038) - Galileo Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374026) - Horizon Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374025) - Hubble Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374031) - Juno Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374028) - Kepler Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374033) - Mercury Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374030) - Odyssey Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374040) - Phoenix Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374043) - Viking Patterned Paper, Shimelle Starshine (374055) - Phrase Stamp, Shimelle Starshine (374050) - Accent & Phrase Stickers, Shimelle Starshine (374051) - Accent & Phrase 6x12 2 Sheets, Shimelle Starshine (374052) - Chipboard

How To: Use a die cutting machine to cut out background from white cardstock paper.  Trim pieces of various patterned papers and place behind cut out background.  Use a paint brush to flick white paint across the page, set aside to dry.  Print a 6x4 black and white photo, adhere to center of page.  Adhere stickers behind and above photo.  Clip an epoxy paper clip onto the right side of photo.  Print out journaling, trim and adhere to page just below photo.  Use a sewing machine to stitch down journaling strips.  Adhere chipboard, acrylic and acetate stars to page.  Use a mini stapler to staple down a couple of the stars.  Place a floral chipboard sticker to left hand side of page just below photo.  Adhere acyrlic "Shine" sticker to bottom right hand side of page.  Place a small tag (from ephemera pack) to top right hand side of page.  Use a sewing machine to stitch down.  Place an acrylic star on top.  Stamp phrase stamp onto page using white dye based ink.  Finish page by using a sewing machine to add random stitching to page in a sporadic pattern.

American Crafts | Happy Together

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The colors and patterns in the new Happy Together collection by Amy Tangerine are so vibrant and upbeat, they coordinate beautifully together.

Supplies:  Amy Tangerine Better Together (373999) Rub on Pens, Amy Tangerine Better Together (3739900) Clear Stickers, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373992) Sticker Book, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373993) Die Cut Shapes,  Amy Tangerine Better Together (373975) Him + Her Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373976) Yin + Yang Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373963) Stars + Stripes Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373966) Push + Pull Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373971) Soap + Water Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373964) Sweet + Sour Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373974) Cloud + Sunshine Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373983) Peanut Butter + Jelly Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373982) Bow + Arrow, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373980) Blogs + Coffee Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373979) Fact + Fiction Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373978) Ladies + Gentlemen Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373977) Knot + Bow Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373973) Mom + Dad Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373972) Jack + Jill Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373962) Each + Every Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373969) Back + Forth Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373967) Near + Far Paper, Amy Tangerine Better Together (373960) Hugs + Kisses Paper, Thumb (ST340276) Sticky Dots 0.5

How To: Cut heart background out of background paper using free cut file from Paige Evans available here http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2015/09/instagram-layout-by-paige-evans.html  Fold each heart over and secure with sticky dots.  Cut small pieces of pattern papers and adhere behind each folded heart.  Use a paint brush and white paint

to flick paint across the page.  Set aside to dry.  Print a small black and white photo and trim into a circle.  Adhere circular photo to center of the layout.  Adhere die cut pieces and stickers throughout the page.  Finish page by adding rub on pen to the bottom 

right of page.

Pink Paislee | C'est La Vie collection

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C'est La Vie might just be my favorite Pink Paislee line ever!  I mean, bright bold patterns mixed with my favorite colors, graphic lettering and some of the hippest coolest embellishments around!

When I first saw this collection online I thought that I had my favorite pieces picked out.  I always do that with new collections.  But then when it arrived in the mail, I seriously oohed and aahed over it for what seemed to be an embarrassing amount of time.  I really couldn't pick a favorite, so I decided to combine top picks all on one page.

I have always been a huge fan of triangles, angles and black and white stripes, so I combined my love for all three to create my layout base.  Next came the layers - photos, cork embellishments, paper clips, ephemera and words.  I started by placing the words in a vertical design and then just built off of it.

I finished my page by adding some mirrored stickers, washi tape and some simple journaling.  I had the best time playing with this collection and I hope that you love it too!

Collection Used: C'est La Vie

American Crafts | Happy Place

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This week on the American Crafts blog is Happy Place week!  We are sharing projects using Dear Lizzy's new collection!

I love the tropical designs mixed with bold and pastel patterns in the Happy Place collection.  They brought this design together in a snap.

Supplies: Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373670) - Accent & Phrase Stickers, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373676) - Rub On Pens, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373671) - Die-Cut Shapes, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (3736688) - Accent & Phrase Stickers, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373675) - Tassels, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373652) - Patterned Paper Bahama Mama, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373641) - Patterned Paper Be Free, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373649) - Patterned Paper Beachy Betsy, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373640) - Patterned Paper Kokomo, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373644) - Patterned Paper Lemon Berry, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (3736500) - Patterned Paper Tropical Tango, Dear Lizzy Happy Place (373653) - Patterned Paper Wild Watermelon, Bazzill (BCS12) - White Smooth Cardstock, American Crafts (AM71-766) - Black Cardstock

How To: Use scissors to fussy cut around Kokomo patterned paper.  Cut around some of the hexagons and leave some open, use adhesive to adhere design to white cardstock paper.  Handcut some hexagons from various patterned papers and adhere to background design in a sporadic pattern.  Handcut hexagons from black cardstock and adhere to background design.  Use a sewing machine with white thread to stitch some of the pieces down.  Use a dropper to splash black ink across the page.  Print a small 3" x 3" black and white photo and adhere to the center of page.  Thread a paper clip with tassels and clip on to photos.  Adhere die cuts to page.  Spell out the title "Noteworthy Yes" using accent & phrase stickers.  Adhere phrase stickers underneath photo.  Finish layout by embellishing with rub on pens.

Thanks for stopping by today!

American Crafts | Titles

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I love creating creative titles for my pages.  Big titles can make a huge impact and become a statement on your page. 

Supplies: Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40320) - Field Trip paper, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40322) - Pursuit Paper, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40327) - Wild Goose Chase, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS- 40332) - Expedition, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40334) - Clues, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40337) - Quest, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKDS-40339) - Treasure, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKSP-40333) Die-Cut Scout, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (FKTH-40234) - Today Phrases/White Foam Thickers Stickers, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340235) - Transparent Stickers Accents & Phrases, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340237) - Puffy Stickers, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340243) - Cardstock & Acetate Shapes W/Foil, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340246) -

Stamped Mylar Flair Embossed Gold, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340247) - Wood Slices, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340251) - Washi Tape Booklet W/Gold Foil, Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers (340256) - Grab Bag Assorted Embellishments, Cardstock (AM710-81) - White, Sticky Thumb (ST340261) - Adhesive Runner and Refill

How To:

Cut out title using die cutting machine on white background paper.  Paint orange watercolor paints against cut title background, set aside to dry.  Cut each word out from different pieces of patterned paper.  Adhere white cardstock die cut title piece (with orange paint) onto a second piece of white background paper and adhere down.  Place die cut title word pieces within the negative spaces and adhere down. Flick black spray mist across the page and set aside to dry.  Print a small black and white photo measuring 2.7"x2.7" back it with a slightly larger piece of cut specialty Die-Cut Scout paper and adhere down to left bottom side of layout.  Adhere a white foam "xo" sticker on top.  Use a date stamp to stamp date below the bottom left side of photo.  Place a die cut piece from cardstock & acetate shapes pack just above photo (tucking it slightly behind).  Place a stamped mylar flair embossed gold sticker right next to die cut.  On the bottom right hand side of page adhere a torn strip of washi tape.  Place a transparent sticker just above washi tape.  Adhere a small arrow sticker from grab bag just above.  Apply adhesive to the back of a wood slice.  Embellish wood slice with ampersand and camera puffy sticker and then adhere to the bottom right hand side of page.  Place a transparent arrow sticker just above.  Use a needle and white thread to handstitch around the words "like" and "love" in the title.  Finish page by adhering a large transparent floral sticker to the top right hand side of page.

I hope that I have inspired you to create your own creative title!