Wednesday, April 24, 2024

RAYS FOR DAYS/PERFECT PAINTS

Hello friends! I'm excited to share a fun mixed media page I created using Polishing Plaster through a stencil. I'm about to start my Outer Banks album and wanted to get my mixed media divider page completed! Plus...I was in the mood to just play with mixed media.


This was pretty simple to make and I just love how the waves turned out! It's so pretty... I used foam squares and rub-ons from Simple Stories' Just Beachy collection to embellish the page once the Polishing Plaster was completely dry. 

When I'm working with a variety of Polishing Plaster, I start with the lightest color and work my way up to the darker colors. I used the Jack Frost Polishing Plaster for the first layer and then I used the palette knife to spread the MexicanTurquoise all over, being careful to let some of the Jack Frost show through. Next, I added a little bit of the Organic Sugar to lighten up the colors and I absolutely LOVE how this turned out. It's so pretty!!
I waited for the Polishing Plaster to dry before embellishing the page with foam stickers, gems and rub-ons.

I hope I inspired you today! Thank you so much for visiting today.

Nic



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Monday, April 22, 2024

BOOK STACK/PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO

Hello friends!! I am so excited to finally receive the Good Vibrations collection. It's super cute and I just love it so much. I'm an avid reader so naturally...I had to have it!

The color scheme of this collection is so beautiful. I'm totally in love with all of the beautiful rainbow colors and fun elements.

I had to find a way to use the cute little girl reading her book. Isn't she lovely? I cut the flower die cuts in half to spread them out on the layout.


I yellow couch is so eye catching! It was a nice addition to the layout. It filled in the white space at the bottom, nicely. 


I popped the "read more books" die cut up using a few foam squares to add dimension to the layout.


I tucked the other half of the flower behind the "book stack" die cut. It's perfect...It helped hide some of the un-wanted items to show from the photo.



What do you love the most from the Good Vibrations collection? If you said "all of it", I'm with you! Thank you so much for visiting today!

Nicole


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Friday, April 12, 2024

TOGETHER ALBUM/SIMPLE STORIES


Hello, friends! Nicole here with a friendship album I created for my best friend, Mischelle. We have been friends for a little over 25 years. Our friendship has always been so easy, and we mesh so well together. I created many albums for my family and a few friends, but I came to the realization, I never made Mischelle an album. So… I made it, and I just love it.

I decorated the inside of the book with a sheet of 6x8 patterned paper and added a tag, die cuts and the butterfly foam square. I kept it simple.
I love the flow of this two-page spread with all the beautiful cluster of embellishments. Playing with embellishments…creating layers makes my heart happy.
I backed the yellow chipboard frame with patterned paper and mounted it to the striped insert page using foam squares to add dimension and then added the picture and embellishments. I like that it looks kind of like a shadow box. 
Notice how I tried to pull colors from the photos to use as the color theme of the page!? My friend, Mischelle always has a different color hair color when I visit, and I LOVE it. 
This is one of my favorite pages from this album. I love the soft colors and the beautiful flowers and butterflies. 
For those who look forward to my monthly albums… you know I always like to do something fun with the chipboard pages from the SNAP albums! I kept this simple using the rub-ons for the center of the page and the tab.
I adore this page with the cluster of embellishments at the bottom with the bird. Also, I placed the tab sticker at the top and tore some washi tape to go across the top of the photo.
When we are together…I always take a photo. I don’t care if we are wearing makeup or not because one day… We will both look back at these photos and wonder where did the time go? Are you ready to make a friendship album, yet?

I hope I inspired you today with my colorful, friendship album. I plan on giving this album to my friend when I visit her in May. Thank you so much for visiting today. 

-Nic
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