Apostle Islands - JustNick & Clique Kits Blog Hop

Hello blogging friends!

Have you seen the awesome June Clique Kit yet? It's full of the Elle's Studio Little Moments collection, Jillibean Soup Healthy Hello, and of course some Clique Kit exclusives ... like the awesome JustNick Studio digital cut files!

Our design teams have put together a blog hop of inspiration for you. It all starts on the Clique Kits blog so be sure to start there and comment along the way because we have some fabulous prizes for you from both JustNick and Clique Kits!

Clique Kits - https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/
Tarrah Mclean - http://livetoscrapscraptolive.blogspot.ca/
Candace Perkins - https://findingeverydayperfection.com/
Audrey Yeager - http://audreysreflection.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Martel - http://nicolemartel.blogspot.ca/
Lee-Ann Thornton - http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.ca/
Marcia Dehn-Nix - http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.ca/
Donna Espiritu - http://scrappydonna.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Nowosad - http://justnick.myshopify.com/blogs/justnick

Enough already!!! Let me tell you about my layout...
I love adding sun rays on my summer layouts. I couldn't resist using the sunshine icon in a big way on this vacation layout. I pieced some yellow Elle's Studio paper in the negative space that was from the 6x6 paper pad. This is a great way to use those smaller pieces of paper!

Last summer hubby and I escaped to the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior for an extended weekend. The only way to get to the island is by boat ... in our case it was the Madeline Island Ferry. The best part of all was going off grid. Yup no cell phone service except for in the town of La Pointe! No way for our 9 to 5 jobs to call us while we were on vacation!! It was pure bliss.  You are probably wondering what the heck that sign says! The Ojibwa Indian sign on my layout was at the beach. It says "No Life Guard On Duty ... No Diving Or Jumping From Bridge ... Swim At Your Own Risk". The Islands are beautiful and I had so many photos from our trip that I decided to create a couple filmstrips of images. I didn't want my layout to be too busy though so I added the Hello Summer icon in the middle. This worked out well for setting off my title too.

Here are some detailed shots....

The foam thickers were from my stash ... I thought my layout needed a little more dimension.

I  love these Bella Blvd enamel hearts. I think I ordered all the possible colors that were available as add-ons with my June kit from the Clique Store. You can use my discount code Marcia10 and save 10% on your order :)  Lots of other fun stuff is in the store too, so be sure to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Donna Espiritu - http://scrappydonna.blogspot.ca/

~Marcia