Adventure More - Pebbles

Hello blogging friends!

This week on the Pebbles blog it's all about the guys! I picked out some masculine pattern papers from the newest Jen Hadfield collection Hey Hello; blues, greens, blacks, and a bit of yellow. I knew embellishing would be difficult so I decided I needed a strong design. My go to shapes for guys are stars and triangles. It's been a while since I did a triangle layout so I decided to give it a go... lifting a Pinkfresh Studios layout I did a few years ago. Here is what I came up with ...

I even cropped my photo into a triangle! If you look closely, you can see I added a few machine stitched triangles too.

The watercolor background sets off my photo and the pattern papers beautifully. I tried something different for my background. I wanted to try Lindy's Magicals powdered pigment. These were so fun and easy to use. I have lots more experimenting to do, but so far I am loving the results. Check out the YouTube video below for details. I pulled out the Sun & Fun collection embellishments because I wanted to stick to an outdoor theme. I found these awesome trees and a frog which was just perfect!

I used the Lake Thickers that coordinate with the Sun & Fun collection for my title 'Adventure More'. Not wanting to do much more embellishing, I thought I would just stamp a few butterflies from the Sun & Fun collection onto my background. Note to self... stamping before adding the title would have made things easier.

I added a strip of pattern paper at the bottom of my layout, repeating the triangle pattern in this pattern paper. At the top of the layout, I added a few triangles I had leftover and then a few tags from the Chasing Adventure collection.

I love how this turned out! Watch my YouTube process video to see how it came together. (and things to do differently, lol) 

Why don't you join us and create a masculine layout too.


Supplies:
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Loves Me
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Pink Posies
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Twilight
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Blushing Hedgehogs 
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Thinking of You Sentiments
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Bee Blossoms 
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Flower Blossoms
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Clear Acrylic Stamps
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Die Cut Ephemera pack with Foil Accents
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Lake Thickers - Foam Iridescent Foil Alphas
Pebbles – Chasing Adventures collection – Die Cut Ephemera pack with Foil Accents - Phrases


Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week!
~Marcia

Downhill Racers - Simple Stories

Hello blogging friends!

I am back today with a fun Winter layout I created with the Simple Stories Freezin' Season collection. I live in Minnesota, so am all too familiar with snow ... and cold. Some days you just need to get outside and play though or that cabin fever sets in. One of my favorite outdoor winter activities is sledding. All you need is a hill and a sled. The bigger the hill the better. I love the adrenaline rush you get as you are hurtling downhill with the wind in your face. It was so fun seeing my nephew enjoying sledding too.

I knew I wanted to create hills of snow on my layout. I used various pattern papers to achieve this and cut them in curves to resemble hills. Then I embellished my hills with an adorable snowman, a penguin, a polar bear, and a village of houses. It was fun layering the bits and pieces words "brrrr', "shiver", and "chilly" along with other fun elements.

When sledding, you start at the top of the hill ... so I wanted to arrange my photos at the top of my page. Tucked in an around my photos are another cute snowman, some snowflakes and phrase stickers, and a bits and pieces tree (because you got to watch out for those trees when sledding!).

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you get a chance to get out and play in the snow! Don't forget your camera so you can document those moments with the Freezin' Season collection.

Supplies
#10358 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Collection kit
#10359 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Combo Stickers
#10361 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Brrrlow Zero pattern paper
#10363 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Snuggle Up pattern paper
#10364 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Flurries pattern paper
#10367 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Snowed In pattern paper
#10368 Simple Stories Freezin' Season 3x4 Elements
#10370 Simple Stories Freezin' Season 4x6 Horizontal Elements
#10372 Simple Stories Freezin' Season 6x12 Chipboard Stickers
#10373 Simple Stories Freezin' Season Bits and Pieces
#10374 Simple Stories Freezin' Season 4x6 Stickers

~Marcia

St James Park - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends!

I am sharing my first layout with the pretty Jillibean Soup You Make Miso Happy collection. The color palette, floral pattern papers, and flower pea pod parts were perfect for scrapping some photos from my recent trip to London's St James Park. This beautiful park is located between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abby. After watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, we enjoyed walking through the park with its gorgeous flower gardens and waterfowl. I used a Jillibean Soup digital cut file available in the Silhouette store to frame my photo collage.

The You Make Miso Happy collection includes enamel shapes, like these flowers. I fussy cut some florals from the pattern papers to tuck behind my photos on both sides. then layered the pea pod die cuts on top.

 

I love how this layout turned out! You can find the Jillibean Soup You Make Miso Happy collection at Scrapbook.com. #affiliatelink

Supplies:

You Make Miso Happy paper pack

You Make Miso Happy pea pod parts

You Make Miso Happy enamel shapes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Marcia

And So She Decided To Start Living - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends,

I am back today with another Jillibean Soup Bohemian Brew collection layout. Many of you know that one of my daughters was attending the University of Minnesota Veterinarian College. After graduating a little over a year ago, she started a year long internship with an emergency vet clinic. She applied for a residency program at the University of Tennessee and was accepted. She had mixed feelings about this. she was thrilled to be accepted! She has always striven to be the very best at everything she does. After completing a residency she could specialize in critical care, earning more money than a regular veterinarian. But a part of her did not want to be a student for 3 more years working and studying long days for low pay. She wanted to start living her life. I was not thrilled at the prospect of her being thousands of miles away either. After much deliberation, she turned the residency down. She is still working as an emergency veterinarian, but she is enjoying life now, traveling and spending time with friends.

This is a layout of her visiting one of her veterinarian friends in Montana, doing another thing she loves, horseback riding. I used a digital cut file from Jillibean Soup available in the Silhouette store for my title. That cut file inspired me to scrap about her decision. I balanced out the large title with a large photo.

The cut file is backed with all the pattern papers from the Bohemian Brew collection going from yellow, orange, red, blue, and then back again to yellow. The tribal feel of the border strips of pattern paper at the top and bottom are perfect for western photo.

I am so happy that she decided to stay nearby. I would have missed her terribly for 3 long years. Thanks so much for stopping by today.

~Marcia

Hello Fall - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends!

I am back to share a Jillibean Soup Fall layout with you today. My daughter Colette loves the outdoors. She works hard and plays just as hard, lol. On a weekend away from school she enjoyed a day kayaking with a friend on a lake in Northern Wisconsin. Most of the leaves are off the trees, but the sun was shining brightly. To make up for the lack of leaves on the trees, I created a wreath of leaves to frame my photo using a couple different Jillibean Soup digital cut file.

I created a mixed media background to add some color behind those leaves. The edges of the leaves were inked with some distress inks to add dimension and then I added some machine stitching for texture.

Stop by my YouTube channel to see my process ...

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week.

~Marcia

Happy Fall Y'all - Simple Stories

Hello blogging friends!

Today I have some Fall layout inspiration using the beautiful new Forever Fall collection. Fall is my favorite time of year. There is nothing better than afternoon hikes to enjoy the colors, sipping pumpkin spice lattes, and trips to the apple orchard for my favorite honeycrisp apples. When my daughter did an internship in Colorado, she spent her free weekends hiking in the Rocky Mountain National Park. In this photo of her by a lake, you can see the pretty yellow leaves on the mountain behind her.

Various pattern papers back this fabulous leaf digital cut file from JustNick Studios. A colorful leaf is probably the first thing you think of for Fall and I wanted to include the many different colors in the Forever Fall collection.

I added embellishments to anchor my photo like this awesome Fall banner I created from stickers in the 4x6 sticker collection and beautiful bits and pieces die cuts.

I created a mixed media background using different blue mists. Forever Fall has some beautiful blue pattern papers and I wanted to play up this color. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have time to enjoy the beautiful Fall season. Don't forget to take photos so you can document the memories with the Forever Fall collection.

Supplies:

10267 Forever Fall Collection Kit
10268 Forever Fall Combo Sticker
10270 Forever Fall Changing Leaves
10271 Forever Fall Pumpkin Everything
10272 Forever Fall Get Cozy
10273 Forever Fall Autumn Love
10275 Forever Fall Gather Together

10276 Forever Fall Give Thanks
10277 Forever Fall 3x4 Elements
10278 Forever Fall 4x4 Elements
10279 Forever Fall 4x6 Horizontal Elements
10281 Forever Fall 6x12 Chipboard
10282 Forever Fall Bits and Pieces
10283 Forever Fall 4x6 Stickers

Itasca Headwaters - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends!

One of my families favorite destinations is Itasca State Park in northwestern Minnesota. You might know that already since I have scrapped it a billion times (or close to it, lol). No trip to Itasca is complete without visiting the Mississippi river headwaters. Here the kids (and dogs) attempt to cross the river on the rocks.

I used Jillibean Soup products from the Simple Staples III line as well as the Farmhouse Stew collection. I arranged my photos in a strip so allow as much of the Woodgrain Background digital cut file to show. I LOVE this cut file... and it is so perfect for these photos in the north woods. I created a big statement of a title using the Farmhouse Stew Die Cut Alphas and some stickers.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum ... just a few stickers, including these fabulous puffy sticker butterflies.

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Pattern Paper: Farmhouse Stew / Gimme Some Sugar

Pattern Paper: Soup Staples III / Kraft Triangle

Coordinating Stickers:  Farmhouse Stew, Bowl Of Dreams

Letter Die Cuts : Farmhouse Stew

Puffy Stickers:  Farmhouse Stew

Digital Cut Files: Woodgrain Background / Design ID #161767

Other: Core'dinations cardstock, Silhouette Cameo, Brother Sewing Machine, white thread

This was a quick and fun layout. I love how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by.

~Marcia

Skipping Rocks - Jillibean Soup | PageMaps

Hello blogging friends!

I was so excited to be asked to create a layout for the PageMaps August reveal! I love working with Becky's sketches. Here is the sketch she sent me...

3 photos was a challenge for me, but I had these awesome photos of my son from our recent vacation on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The beaches are full of flat rocks, perfect for rock skipping.

I mixed Jillibean Soup collections to get a color scheme suitable for my lake photos. I pulled some brown pattern paper from the Shades of Color Soup collection, and blue pattern papers from the 2 Cool For School collection. I used a Jillibean Soup polaroid digital cut file to frame my smaller photos. I helps to keep them from blending too much into the background.

You can also see I added a lighthouse and anchor to my embellishment cluster in the lower left.

Another cluster of embellishments and my title appear at the top right.

There is room for journaling under my main photo. I added a few phrase stickers here too for interest.

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Pattern Paper  2 Cool For School / Too Legit, Wild Child;    Shades of Color / Gregarious Glow

Coordinating Stickers: 2 Cool For School

Pea Pods: 2 Cool For School

Puffy Stickers: 2 Cool For School

Mini Alphas in Teal

Digital Cut Files: Lighthouse / Design ID #271306, Anchor / Design ID #271718 , Life Is Better On The Beach /Design ID #271304 , Polaroid Heart / Design ID #39389

Sketch: PageMaps

Other: Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts cardstock, Wood Veneer, Shimmerz Vibez in Frost Bite, hemp twine, foam adhesive, Silhouette Cameo, Brother Sewing Machine, white thread

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
~Marcia

Something Beautiful - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

It's finally summer in Minnesota and my family was able to get away for a few days in early July and head to the north shore of Lake Superior. I snapped these photos of my daughter as we were hiking to one of the beautiful waterfalls there along the Superior Trail. I wanted to use a digital cut file that would help convey the great outdoors. The JustNick Studios Arrowhead Background digital cut file was perfect along with the PinkFresh Studios Escape the Ordinary collection. Those butterflies are amazing.



I wanted the pattern to be subtle, so I erased some of the arrows. This is an easy cut file to alter. After cutting, I used some plastic packaging and diluted spray mist to add a little color. Then I backed only some of the arrows with pattern papers, choosing to leave the rest backed with just white cardstock. Some machine stitching adds some texture.





I created embellishment clusters starting out with the Blossom Blooms cut from white cardstock for a base. I love how they soften everything and anchor my photos.





Here are the digital cut files I used today.





Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your summer has been filled with wonderful adventure too. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Adventure Awaits - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends!

Bohemian Brew from Jillibean Soup speaks to my gypsy heart. I love the Volkswagen van, the bright colors, and the graphical patterns ... they remind me of childhood road trips with my family. I thought it would be fun to document a more current road trip with my husband and our own kids. Road trips provide some opportunities to see parts of this awesome country that flying does not. On this particular road trip, we stopped in the Badlands of South Dakota to stretch our legs while on the way to the Black Hills. 

I lifted my Hello You Jillibean Soup layout from June, but flipped it on it's side to change things up. I loved the design with rows of embellishments and paper. The chevron pattern paper was fun to cut up. I added phrase stickers from the sticker sheet and these fun puffy stickers. Machine stitching adds some texture.

I double cut the Jillibean Soup Adventure Awaits digital cut file (available in the Silhouette Store) for my title. The shadow effect makes the title pop against the background paper. I added a little gesso to keep the title from blending into the busy pattern paper.

I added some embellishment clusters of die cuts, stickers, puffy stickers, and wood veneer on and under my photo.

Bohemian Brew is perfect for documenting your road trips too ... and so much more. This is a very versatile collection.

Jillibean Soup Supplies:

Pattern Paper: Bohemian Brew / Peace, Happiness, Love, Content

Pea Pods: Bohemian Brew

Coordinating Stickers: Bohemian Brew

Puffy Stickers: Bohemian Brew

Digital Cut Files: Adventure Awaits Design ID #253432

Wood Veneers: Healthy Hello Soup

Other Supplies: Silhouette Cameo, Heidi Swapp Color Shine in navy, foam adhesive, thread, gesso, Bazzill cardstock, enamel dots, Brother Sewing Machine

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week.

~Marcia