Peace

It is FINALLY December!! The holiday season is fast approaching and I have sooo many more things to do - EEK!!  Thankfully, my crafty time helps me to slow down and refocus on the important things in my life; the calm, peaceful moments that are often missed in our haste to complete a million tasks on our to do lists.

I created this layout featuring a photo of two of my little ones in full on snuggle mode (a RARE sighting for sure!)  The papers are from the Happy Christmas Collection from Inkido which I adore!  SO versatile and perfectly suited for my shabby, vintage scrapping style.

I inked the edges of each of the Inkido flowers to help them pop a little more against the otherwise monochromatic tones in this project.  I also tucked in some darker toned petals within the white bloom to add a little dimension.  Did you notice the Inkido packaging behind my photo!?

I added a few things of my own as well like the crochet doilies, newsprint and a few other blooms I had in my stash.  Love how the different textures (wood, paper, flowers, bling, lace) and multiple layers add to the overall shabby feel of this project.

Thank you so much for your visit today!  I'll be back again next week with another festive project to share with you all!! Have a great week.

Products:
Patterned Papers: Happy Christmas/Inkido
Flowers: Inkido, from my stash
Pigment Ink: ColorBox
Metal Elements: Graphic 45
Edge Scraper: Making Memories
Scallop Circle Punch: Marvy
Tacky Glue: Aleene's
Filmstrip: Ranger
Misc: Doilies, newsprint, wooden word, twine

Inkido Guest Designer

Hello there everyone!  I am so happy to have been asked to Guest Design with Inkido this month and to have the opportunity to play with all the amazing products! Thank you so much to Papercrafts Scandinavia for extending this wonderful invitation to me & sending me a whole heap of gorgeousness to enjoy!

For my first project, I created a warm, holiday layout with the beautiful New Happy Chirstmas papers from Inkido.

There were SO many gorgeous blooms included in my package and to create a more vintage look, I decided to add a little paint and Gesso to the tips of each.

Layers and layers of pure paper heaven!! In case you've not noticed, I love lots of thick, rich layers - the more the merrier!  Here I have included some painted doilies, newsprint as well as the beautiful patterned papers from Inkido.  The 'Merry Christmas' peeking from behind the doily was actually created from one of Inkido's gorgeous stamps.

More layers, more paper distressing and more painted and curled edges give way to a vintage inspired layout with lots of warmth and depth.  Thank you so much for your visit today!!  Please come back to see my next post coming up next week!!

Products:
Patterned Paper: Happy Christmas Collection/Inkido
Festive flowers: Inkido
Merry Christmas Stamp: Inkido
Doilies
Newsprint
Acrylic Paint
Gesso
Edge Scraper
Metal Hinge, clothespin and key

Knock, Knock....Anybody Home!?

Is this thing even on??  ACK! Talk about a super long break from blogger!! I AM sorry to have been MIA for so long - but a break was what I needed and it helped a lot!  I am slowly getting the scrapping bug once again and am actually starting to miss blogging with all of you... YEA!

Just wanted to share a card I created this weekend using the new 9th Wave Collection from 7 Dots Studio.  Shabby Chic to the max - love everything about this line!!

Over and out from me - promise to check in a titch more often than every month - EEK!! Oh yea, I MIGHT be Guesting for a FAB lil' company in the next lil' bit.... Stay tuned.....