Wicked Fun - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

A year ago, my daughters and I were finally able to see the off-Broadway musical Wicked when it came to Minneapolis. It was so fabulous!!  I knew I wanted to use the Marquee Alpha digital cut file for these photos. It made for the perfect title cut from a vivid pink and yellow, just like the theater marquee sign.



I thought I would play up the Marquee Lights by using the Twilight Zone 1 background digital cut file. I love that it looks like light is radiating out from my title and photos.





I combined the Marquee Alpha with the Simple Set Alphabet to complete my title.



Here are the digital cut files I used today...







Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous weekend.

So Very Blessed - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends! For those in the USA, I hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving. Did you know that JustNick is having a Black Friday Sale going on now through Monday at the JustNick Studios online store? Everything is 50% off! That is an amazing sale!! Be sure to check it out and use the coupon code BF2017

Today I have a November gratitude layout to share with you. Sometimes we need to step back and reflect on all the things we are so blessed to have, especially our loved ones. The Card Sentiment 3 digital cut file is great for creating a scrapbook title that says just that. Here is my layout...



I thought it would be fun to use the Cloud Background 2 digital cut file since my nephew seems to have his head in the clouds, lol. I saved the negative space clouds and used one on top of my photo to keep the cloud repetition going...



I felt like I still needed something to the right of my photo to balance out the clouds. I had a stem from the Stems digital cut file that I had previously cut out and it was just what I needed.





I love the mixed fonts in this cut file. They make this scrapbook title look so much more interesting.



Here are the digital cut files I used today...







Here is my process video if you are interested in watching ...

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great weekend!
~Marcia

Bubble Blowing Fun - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

I have an awesome layout to share today using some fabulous JustNick Studios digital cut files. This one has a photo of my daughter at 15. She had just learned how to blow bubbles with her bubble gum. Of course, after learning how, she was chewing gum and blowing bubbles all the time. I thought it would be fun to use lots of circles in my design to put the emphasis on the bubbles. I selected the Protozoa Background and selectively backed only a few of the circles.



I used a sheet of acetate to back my cut file. The acetate sheet had lots of colorful circles on it as well. I created my title by mixing the Outline Alpha  and the Script Font digital cut files. I backed the outline alpha letters with a marbled pattern paper that reminded me of bubble gum.



Here is a closer look...



I framed my photo with the Round and Round cut file, adding even more circles to my design.





Here are the cut files I used today ...

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check out what's new in the JustNick store.

~Marcia

Pupcake Love - Stash Bash YouTube Challenge

Hello blogging friends!

I am embarking on something new ... in addition to blogging, I am going to be doing a lot more YouTube videos. A group of scrappy friends and I will be posting a series of Stash Bash videos. Each month we will concentrate on using one element we all have in our stash ... This first month we are focusing on stickers. Since it is a Stash Bash, I dug out an older BoBunny collection called Happy Tails because I wanted to scrap these photos of my dog Satchel ... and this collection has so many stickers; border stickers, alpha stickers, chipboard stickers, layered stickers ...   Here is the layout I came up with.

I love how this embellishment cluster turned out. That layered chipboard sticker over the dog house <3 <3 <3

I used a lot of these Studio Calico phrase sticker too from the Baxter collection along with some Bella Blvd yellow enamel shapes.

Alpha stickers combined with bright yellow rain slicker thickers make up my title.

Did you notice the dog, and paw print washi tape? I picked it up at the Scrapbook Expo last summer and just now had a chance to use it.

If you are interested in seeing the process video for this layout here it is ...

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I challenge you to dig out your stickers too and create something fun with them.

~Marcia

Little Moments - Clique Kits and JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!! It's time for the Clique Kits June blog share. If you would like a chance to win a prize start at the Clique Kits blog and leave a comment, then visit the rest of the blogs and do the same. Here is our fabulous blog line up ...

Clique Kits https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/

Gia Lau https://giaaloha.wordpress.com/

*Kat Benjamin http://kraftykat9.blogspot.com

*Elisabetta Margini https://abcdeliblog.blogspot.com/

*Marcia Dehn-Nix http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/

*Aliza Deutsch http://peopleofthescrapbook.blogspot.com/

*Candace Perkins http://findingeverydayperfection.com/

Kim Allen http://kimsscrappyblog.blogspot.com/

Maryam Perez http://maryamperez.blogspot.com/

Sara Mishler https://sarascrapsblog.wordpress.com/

Audrey Yeager http://audreysreflection.blogspot.ca/

Kim Oedekoven http://krodesigns.blogspot.com/

Donna Espiritu http://scrappydonna.blogspot.com/

Janet Perafan-Babar http://janetperafanbabar.blogspot.com/

Janet Zeppa www.janetsjoy.blogspot.ca

Mariah Hechler www.fun2scrap.blogspot.com/

I am back today with some more Clique Kit layout inspiration using the June Clique Kit featuring the Elle's Studio Little Moments collection as well as some Jillibean Soup paper and embellishments. Take a look at this fabulous kit...

It is a super versatile kit. I have already used it for vacation layouts, and now a puppy and baby layout! The digital cut files this month were designed by the talented Nicole Nowosad and were absolutely amazing!!

I think those butterflies were my favorite!! Check out this adorable puppy layout I created with them...

With all the pink and blue in this kit, I kept thinking about baby layouts and decided to create this baby girl layout using this months JustNick Studios Freebie cut file; the Tic Tac Toe Background. You can download this file for free until June 30th using the code TICTACTOEFREE at checkout.



This was a bit of a challenge for me, not being a grid based scrapbooker, but I love a challenge to get me out of my comfort zone and try something different. I really love how my layout turned out...

I used the Elle's Studio Little Moments collection and sized my cut file openings to 2" x 2" so that these square project life cards would fit in the openings. I like the ombre effect I achieved by backing the cut file with the ombre pink pattern paper. I filled the solid areas with my photos,  I didn't have enough photos for all the spaces so this vellum heart ephemera piece worked well to fill that last little space.







I even placed my title over two of the squares.





Thanks for stopping by today! Your next blog to visit is *Aliza Deutsch http://peopleofthescrapbook.blogspot.com/

~Marcia

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