Material Girl

I finished my older daughter's dance album just in time for her graduation, now onto my next daughter who graduates next year! 

For this layout I used this sketch from Stick It Down:

I started by finding a Cricut background cut that I could cut down for the background. I decided where I would trim it and laid it on my background. I marked where it ended and then took an ink pad and drug it across the cardstock. I then glued the cut background down. This cut had a frame that I cut off and then took some of the stripes and brought them to the edges of the paper. I layered my photos on top. Down the right side, I found some ribbon that was the right color and combined it with a torn sheet of patterned paper. For the title, I used my Cricut to cut the words from black cardstock and the offset from holographic silver cardstock. To embellish the page I found all the pink and black flowers I could. I also dug out the "It's a girl thing" and purse stickers from a sheet I've had for a very long time that I thought fit this layout perfectly. The chipboard flowers were inked to match the colors of the layout. I topped the fabric flowers with coordinating buttons. I finished off the layout with a journaling sticker/

 

Cards

I have several cards to share again. A couple of pairs that started with the same base and then I changed up the embellishments and one from a sketch.

First up is this pair using the Altenew Daisy Craze mask set. I used different colors for each of the cards, but both were blended on white shimmer cardstock. For the purple card, I used my Cricut to cut the flower border and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum. I finished off the cards with some irridescent sequins. For the second card, I stamped and fussy cut the butterflies. For the big one, I adhered the middle down to the card front with regular adhesive and then added small strips of foam adhesive to the wings to give them a little dimension. I stamped the "happybirthday to you" twice and added it as a tail to the large butterfly.

My second pair of cards used the Altenew Sunburst stencil. I based my colors on the colors in the dot patterned paper. For the first card, I used my Cricut to cut the burst and sentiment. For the second I cut the basket from vinyl for the shine and I thought the design would cut better from vellum and the disc from cardstock. The burst and the disc are attached with foam adhesive. I finished off the first card with a scattering of foil stars.

For my final card, I used the September card sketch from Stick It Down: 

I started by blending the flowers on cream pearl paper using the Concord and 9th Petal Pushers mask set. While that dried, I used an embossing folder on the bottom couple inches of the card for some texture. I cut the sentiment using my Cricut and used the same cardstock to mat the inked panel. I added a few liquid pearls for a little more sparkle.

 

October Calendar Page

Hello! I have some catching up to do again! I'm going to start with my October calendar page today. I used this sketch from Page Maps:

I split all of the vertical photos so that I could fit more on my layout. Otherwise, I stuck pretty close to the sketch. I used a variety of fall papers,  mixing and matching manufacturers and collections. For the large cards across the bottom, i used some cut aparts, stickers and patterned paper. The small banners were fussy cut from a sheet of patterned paper. I cut the title using my Cricut. I embellished the page with stickers, chipboard, and brads.