Ten: A Just Nick Layout

Good Monday morning!  I'm excited to get this week started because I've got a week's worth of projects to share with you! So, make sure you stop back by each weekday to see what's new.

 

Over the weekend I shared a project for the Just Nick Studio / Clique Kits blog hop.  If you missed that post and page, and the details of how to enter the giveaway, you can find it here.  I had so much fun pairing the kit contents and exclusive cut files that I couldn't stop creating and combining the two!  So, I'm sharing another page that resulted from this team up on the Just Nick blog and here, today.

 

 

I used the bannered heart design, from the exclusive set of cut files, to cover the majority of the background.  I chose to forgo the banner style ends, and instead cut them off for a clean and straight edge.  The resulting cuts were sized at approximately 7.75"x1.5".  I cut five of them, from white cardstock, to fill my background.  Layering them atop of one another and under my picture creates cohesion throughout the design.

The open hearts were a great place to introduce lots of color and pattern from the kit papers into my design.  I even used the included sequin mix to back some of my hearts and add a little extra detail and shimmer. 

Some foam mounted stickers, stictching and a Thicker title were the finishing touches atop my background design.

 

 

The combination of the Hot Mess kit and Just Nick designs is a pretty perfect pairing, wouldn't you agree?  The are both so full of product, design and versatility, that I've got one more page combining the two that I will share with you later in the month.

 

I hope to see you back here tomorrow as I start to share the projects I've made with My Creative Scrapbook's February Main kit!

Bella and Petaloo Team Up week

I hope you followed along on the Bella blog last week, as we teamed up with Petaloo to mix and match their pretty flowers, ribbons and brads alongside Bella's beautiful collections!

I was thrilled to participate in this team up and get my goodie box filled with Petaloo pretties in the mail!  Bella and Petaloo products match up seamlessly - in both style and color.  In fact, it turns out, they matched up so very well that I just couldn't stop creating projects. 

The first is a two page 8.5x11 layout that uses the flowers in a unique way. These particular 'mulberry' blooms reminded me so much of the bright tropical flowers from Hawaii, that I had to go digging into my honeymoon pictures (from nearly 12 years ago!!?!) and pair them up.  Of course, mixing in Bella's Sand and Surf collection, was a no-brainer!



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To create the title, I traced Bella's Sienna Uppercase chipboard letters onto the white background cardstock and cut them out.  This left with me with the 'negatvie' portion of the letters, which I backed with a rainbow of Petaloo flowers.  Fun and simple yet so eye-catching!

While I was digging out my honeymoon pictures, I unearthed pictures from one of my bridal showers, long long ago!  Again, I knew these would pair well with the soft pastels in 'Engaged at Last' and the many delicate flowers, gems and brads from Petaloo.

Supplies used: Engaged At Last: Bridal Shower, He Proposed, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Engagement Chipboard Icons, Wedding Shower Stick Pin Flags; Love and Marriage: Esther Fleming Floral, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures; Other - Bazzill cardstock, Studio Calico Mister Huey mist, Veteran Typewriter font.

For whatever reason, titles are oftentimes difficult for me to come up with.  So, I was glad this pretty Bella sticker did the thinking for me, as well as doubling as the center for the layered flower!

 

Who doesn't love a rainbow of color, especially one made of beautifully patterned Designer Tapes?! I do, and this next card proves it!  To put together this simple card, I cut a square of white cardstock slightly smaller than my card front, and began layering on some of my favorite tapes in rainbow order. I pulled a quick 'thanks' sticker from the card sentiments miniature sticker sheet, and topped the whole design off with a big and bold layered Petaloo flower and glittery brad.

Supplies used: Bella Blvd - Sophisticates: Card Sentiment Miniature Stickers; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe, Orange Stripe, 12mm Combo Pack, Pickle Juice Stripe, Ice Stripe.; Petaloo flowers and brad, Paper Company cardstock.

I have been loving sneaking Bella's pretty feathers into so many projects lately.  They add so much texture and unexpected fluff!  Here I snipped off the top of a large one and tucked it right behind the leaves on this focal point flower.

Supplies used: Bella Blvd - Love and Marriage: Tuner Hall Ballroom; Ciao Chip: Stars & Hearts; Feathers: Pickle Juice; Sophisticates: Card Sentiment Miniature Stickers.

This quick card was made entirely from the 'leftovers' of the above wedding shower page, and therefore a snap to put together! I trimmed my card base down to a size that would compliment my remaining scrap of paper, and added the remaining embellishments that didn't make it onto my page. Petaloo's yellow floral brad topped flower is such a nice compliment to the background patterned paper, and soft springy feel of this card.

 

Supplies used: Bella Blvd - Sophisticates: Card Sentiment Miniature Stickers; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe, Orange Stripe, 12mm Combo Pack, Pickle Juice Stripe, Ice Stripe; Other - machine stitching.

If you want to see more detailed pictures of all of these projects, stop on over to last Wednesday's post on the Bella blog here.  Thanks, as always, for stopping by friends!