In My Easter Bonnet | Marcia Dehn-Nix

Hello blogging friends!

Today I am sharing some Easter inspiration using some of the new JustNick Studio Spring digital cut files available in the store. I love using flower cut files especially on my girly layouts. This one features one of my daughters in her Easter bonnet (from a long time ago).



You can never go wrong with a circle design. I applied some gesso and spray mist to my pattern paper to help set off the flowers and Leaf Wreath. To add dimension to the Build A Flower 1 florals, I inked the edges and then bent the petals upwards before assembing them.





I am in love with these airy Spring Florals. Here too I inked the edges as well as the middle of the flowers. Then I added a contrasting button in the middle. So pretty!





Here are the cut files I used today ...







Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend!

Live Simply - Simple Stories

Hello blogging friends!

I am back today with a Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse layout for you. This is such a gorgeous collection! I love all the flowers with the spring color palette. The black in the collection really sets off all the soft pastel colors. For me, it is so much needed after a hard winter that just doesn't want to go away any time soon. I knew immediately what photo I wanted to scrap. My niece had a senior photo taken outside where she is lounging in a chair. She lives in the country, so the field behind her and the chair give the photo a homey quality, just perfect for the farmhouse feel of this collection.

I started out with the Love This Life pattern paper for my layout base, then placed a strip of the black floral Love A Lot pattern paper down the middle of my page. To add a little warmth, I added a yellow punched border on both sides. To help my photo stand out against the pattern papers, I put a pretty doily behind the photo. I love how the doily mimics the lace in my niece's shirt.

Spring calls for flowers, so I added some along both sides of my photo. The Live Simply sticker was perfect for a title. I put some foam behind it to give it some dimension. In the bits and pieces ephemera pack was this pretty pink gingham frame which worked perfectly around this fabulous bicycle with quote sticker. I also tucked in some die cut leaves and this cute little bird from the chipboard sticker sheet. A twine bow adds to the farmhouse feel. Isn't this a gorgeous cluster of embellishments!

Did you also see the beautiful bow clips in this collection? I used the pink gingham bow to match the frame I used in my large embellishment cluster and placed it at the top of my photo.

More flowers and a chipboard frame make up a smaller embellishment cluster to the right of my photo.

Don't fall over or anything ...  I even have a process video for this layout!! Stop by and subscribe to my channel.

You don't need to live in the country to appreciate this gorgeous collection. It is versatile enough to be used for your everyday photos at home too. I think I have a new favorite collection! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

#10583 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Collection kit
#10584 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Combo Stickers
#10586 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Love This Life pattern paper
#10589 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Love A Lot pattern paper
#10590 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Welcome Home pattern paper
#10597 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse 6x12 Chipboard Stickers
#10598 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Bits and Pieces
#10599 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse 4x6 Stickers
#10604 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Floral Bits and Pieces
#10602 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Enamel Dots
#10603 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Bow Clips
#10606 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Blush/Green
#10727 Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse Simple Basics Kit

FAB - Simple Stories

Hello blogging friends!

It's summer and my flower gardens are in full bloom. My beautiful flowers inspired me to play with the new Bloom collection. This gorgeous collection is full of bright colorful flowers with an awesome color palette. The black pattern papers make those colorful flowers seem even more vibrant. With all the flowers, it's perfect for scrapping girls of any age.

I arranged my black and white photo at the top of my layout along with a 3x4 journal card layered over one of the black pattern papers. The base of my layout is the Every Day Counts pattern paper. I love the two-toned paper and the mixed patterns.

To create my embellishment clusters, I layered lots of bits and pieces die cuts, stickers, chipboard, and even some fussy cut flowers.

The FAB stickers make an eye catching title with those pretty flowers on the black background.

On the lower half of my layout, I went crazy with phrase stickers mixed in with border stickers from the combo sticker sheet. Machine stitching adds some texture and some foam tape and chipboard adds dimension for interest.

I love all the encouraging phrases and it was fun to combine them all on this layout. I hope you are all having an awesome summer and taking time to smell those beautiful flowers. Here is the link to my YouTube process video. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel to see more process videos of mine.

Supplies:

10047 - Bloom Collection Kit

10048 - Bloom Combo Sticker Sheet

10049 - Bloom Every Day Counts

10050 - Bloom Inspired

10053 - Bloom 3x4 Elements

10055 - Bloom 6x12 Chipboard

10056 - Bloom Bits and Pieces Die Cuts

10057 - Bloom 4x6 Stickers

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.

He Grew - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

This week on the JustNick Studio blog the focus has been on flowers, perfect for Spring. In Minnesota, I am still waiting for those flowers as there is still snow on the ground. It cheers me up though to be able to create with some beautiful flowers. Spring is also a time when the children in my church make their first communion. So I thought combining flowers on this layout of my Dad on the day of his first communion would work. My Dad grew up on a dairy farm, the youngest of 11 children. My grandparents are posed with him in this photo. It brings a smile to my face as I see my Grandpa dressed up ... he is wearing a tie with his bib overalls, lol.

I used the Floral Swag 3 and Blossom Blooms digital cut files and arranged them in a circle to frame my photo. Since I had greenery from the Floral Swag 3 cut flowers, I used my eraser in Silhouette Studio to erase the leaves from the Blossom Blooms cut file so I was left with just the flower. I did the same for the Floral Swag cut file so I could cut the flowers out of different pattern papers.

To add some dimension to my layout, I placed buttons in the center of my flowers and added even more flowers with some painted wood veneer pieces.

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

If you are interested in watching my YouTube process video here it is ...

I hope I've inspired you to add some flowers to your Spring layouts too. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a delightful Easter weekend.

Fall Mini Pallet Home Decor - Maya Road

Hello blogging friends!

I am back again with a second project as a guest designer for Maya Road. For this project I wanted to create a home decor piece with the DIY Wood Mini Pallet 6x6 and the Vintage Burlap Roses in Smoke Grey.

I painted the wood pallet with a creamy off white paint. I thought the soft off white would look so elegant with the grey vintage burlap roses. A BullDog Clip in Bronze holds my photo, matted using the Carta Bella Hello Fall pattern papers and chipboard stickers.

Tucked just above the burlap roses is one of the Acrylic Spool Sentiment Tokens. I love how it looks like a watermark on my photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have really loved sharing my projects with you.

~Marcia

Friends Become Our Chosen Family - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends. Happy National Scrapbook Day!

 I am here today with some scrappy JustNick Studios inspiration and a FREE cut file! I love using circle frames around my photos. Floral Ring 2 is a new digital cut file, so I thought I would use it to showcase a photo of my besties. I have been reorganizing my scrapbook room and came across these pretty papers from the Pink Paislee Take Me Away collection by Paige Evans. I didn't have any coordinating embellishments, so I combined it some rub-ons from Chic Tags ( I miss them bunches! ) and some brads from the We R Memory Keepers Chalkboard collection. I love how the black brads help create a visual triangle with the title. I thought the Simple Stories washi tape from the Love & Adore collection went really well with it too. Yeah for using some stash!



To add dimension to my layout, I layered some more flowers on top of the Floral Ring. These are from the Stems For Stephanie digital cut file.





I used one more cut file today. I just love this title, Friends Become Our Chosen Family. These wonderful women really are like family for me. They were neighbors but most have moved away, still we get together at least once a month.



Here the cut files I used today...







If you are interested in watching my process video, here it is ...

Thanks so much for stopping by. You can grab the FLORAL RING 2 cut file for FREE using the code: RINGFREE at checkout until midnight on May 7, 2017 only!

More free cut files are coming later today, so be sure to stop back at JustNick Studios.
~Marcia

You Are The Peanut To My Butter - Cocoa Vanilla Studios

Hello blogging friends!

I am back today with another Cocoa Vanilla Studios  Endless Summer layout. This gorgeous collection is a new favorite of mine. I just love the pastel color palette. Like all Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections it is versatile enough to use for photos other than summer fun. My inspiration for this layout was the "so Sweet" puffy sticker. What could be sweeter than young love? Here is my layout... 

 

 I wanted to use the ombre pink Sunbleached pattern paper underneath a cut file and I found this poem that I love; "You are the Peanut to my Butter, Milk to my Shake, Twinkle in my Eye, Beat of my Heart". There is lots more to this adorable quote but I only have a 12x12 layout, lol. I love the variation in color from top to bottom throughout the quote.

 

My photo is embellished with that "so Sweet" puffy sticker as well as stickers, paper blooms, flair, wood veneer, enamel shapes, and woodies.

 

My title starts off with a die cut "You" using the Sweet Treats pattern paper, then I used stickers from the Life is Beautiful and Hello Lovely collections. Some clouds and arrows from the die cut ephemera keep things interesting as well as more enamel shapes, woodies, and another cloud puffy sticker.

 

I really love how this layout turned out with that subway art title. Of course, I added a few more embellishments over the words.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Just remember the Cocoa Vanilla Studio store is closed through Monday December 12th. Orders can still be placed and will be shipped starting on December 13th. Have a great week! 

 ~Marcia

Beautiful Flower Girls - Cocoa Vanilla Studios

Hello blogging friends!

I am back today with another layout created with the gorgeous Cocoa Vanilla Studios Love Always collection. The beautiful, soft romantic papers and embellishments are perfect for recording precious wedding memories yet is still versatile enough for everyday photos as well. I really wanted to scrap some wedding photos with it, so I dug out some older pictures of my girls when they were flower girls in my sister's wedding. They were both so excited to get all dressed up and have their hair in an updo. Here is my layout...

 

The Kerri Bradford Studios heart background cut file reinforces the love theme of the papers and embellishments. Oh boy, does this collection have some stunning embellishments. New are these Bitty Blooms and the Vellum Accents. Don't worry, your old favorites are still around, like these Die Cut Ephemera pieces,Puffy Stickers, and sparkling Enamel Dots.

 

I used the Love Always Alphabet Stickers to construct my title. Some machine stitching across my title helps to set it off. The Chipboard Accent Stickers are a great way to add some dimension as are the Flair Buttons. If you are looking for one-of-a-kind treasures to scrap with, you have got to check out the Love Always Bits and Pieces. I love the multi-faceted heart rhinestones and the puffy sequin heart.

 

Aren't these phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet fun! I love them!!



I printed my journaling on vellum and adhered the strips to one of the project life cards. This way the pretty design on the card isn't covered up. With the vellum accents, this is a perfect way to add your memories.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. This gorgeous Love Always collection is available for purchase in the Cocoa Vanilla Studios online store. Go ahead...treat yourself. I guarantee you won't regret it. If you are in the USA ... check out the Paper Issues online store.

 ~Marcia