Boo Yah! | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday Challenge

I made this for one of the Scraplift Sunday challenges in October at Paper Issues.

Here's Cassie Wiscarson's awesome layout that I lifted. Obviously mine is going to look a little different because I scrap 8 x 8.

Here are some details. I used Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky collection from a couple of Halloweens ago. I love the cute little spiders in this collection. I added googly eyes to them. The die cut behind the photos is by Bramble Fox.

I always add hearts to the layouts I give away. How cute are these chipboard pieces?

I had this hairy fiber in my stash from eons ago that I thought would be perfect for a Halloween page.

Nuvo Drops were a perfect finishing touch.

Beautiful | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday

One of my favorite challenges is Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday. Here's the latest one I made for this challenge:

Here's the awesome layout by Laurie Leahey I lifted:

And here are some details. I used Simple Stories Kate & Ash for this page. I thought this Scraplift challenge was a perfect design for what I had in mind. My friend had posted a video of her daughter, and I transcribed what she was saying in the video. It was so funny!

I couldn't decided on a title, but I wanted something sparkly, and I found this glittery gold "beautiful" and thought it would be perfect. Like Laurie did, I splattered some watercolors in the background.

The diecut pack in this collection had some makeup motifs, which was perfect.

The crown in the glitter gold Thickers is a fun and funny addition to this layout, I thought!

And I always add a heart to the layouts I give away. There were hearts in some of the patterns, but I found this heart-shaped lock in the Thicker pack that gave my layout a visual triangle to balance out the other two gold pieces.

Girls Just Want to Have Sun } CSI Case File No. 328

Our second Case File at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration is perfect for summer, beachy photos. I also played along with Scraplift Sunday at Paper Issues. Here's the layout I created:

Here are the Case File and clues for this challenge:

I used the basic color scheme but brightened up the green. For the Testimony, I documented a beach trip. I used lots of evidence clues--stripes, cross-hatch pattern, plain cardstock, summer-themed elements, fruit, drinks, camera, animals, butterfly, circular objects, and sunglasses.

Here's the awesome layout by Orange Gearl that I scraplifted:

Here are some close ups. That cross-hatch background is from a BasicGrey pad, I believe. I think it looks sort of beachy, I don't know how Orange Gearl managed to get her paper rolled so perfectly and how she managed to make it stick, but I had to sew mine to the background. I have this pack of ginormous enamel dots, and I was happy to use a couple on this page. I toally messed up on the paint splats, but I had already done the paper rolling thing and I hate wasting paper, so I left it.

The sun is from a metal die, and I thought I'd add some wood veneer accents to give some more texture to my layout. 

I love it when I can add buttons to my page. I have so darn many!

The flamingo is from the same metal die set as the sun.Who says you can't have a green flamingo?

I hope you'll come play along with us at CSI! We have several awesome sponsors donating prizes this month:

Every Summer Has a Story | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday

It's my turn on the Paper Issues blog today. Here's my post.

Hey, everyone! I'm here with one of my very favorite Paper Issues challenges--Scraplift Sunday. I love these challenges so much because I get to try on another scrapper's style. Here's what I made:

And here's Orange Gearl's gorgeous layout I got to lift. I lifted her basic design, the florals, and the mix of lettering

I used P13's stunning Sunshine collection. The colors and patterns in this collection are so lush and perfect for this summer picture of my friends. I fussy cut all the elements in my clusters from the 6 x 8 paper pad.

The circle that says "summer days" is a sticker from this sheet.

I loved Orange Gearl's mix of letters. I tried to mimic that look with some old BasicGrey stickers in various colors matching the P13 collection. The phrase stickers came from this sticker sheet. I just cut some notches to give them that fish-tail banner look and backed them with some patterned paper. I added some watercolor splashes like Donna did.

I hope you'll come give this challenge a try! Her design is so lovely and pretty easy to mimic. And I highly recommend this beautiful collection that is so perfect for summer pages (and the colors might even go well on fall layouts too). Please use my discount code Debbi (no e on the end) for 20% off of anything and everything in the store.

Love You | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday

I love Paper Issues' Scraplift Sunday challenge because it lets me try out other scrappers' styles. Here's my most recent page for this challenge:

Here is Kelly's gorgeous layout we got to lift:

I've been wanting to use this cut file, and now was the perfect chance. I loved the way the stripes looked behind the cut file. I almost wanted to use the same paper but I didn't want to totally copy, so I dug through my stash and found Dear Lizzy's Lovely Day collection that had some colorful stripes. I found an old raw chipboard frame which I colored with a gray Pitt Pen.

The title words are by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. They're the same ones Kelly used. I didn't have any stickers from the Dear Lizzy collection, so I fussy cut the flowers and houses. I outlined the inside of the cut file with a black pen, which is something I've been doing a lot lately. It really makes the cut file stand out, I think.

I really wanted to use a ticket like Kelly did because I have a gazillion tickets, but they just looked too large here for my 8 x 8 page.

The cut file is a FREE one at Paper Issues called Heart Waterfall. While you're over at Paper Issues checking out all the hundreds of awesome FREE cut files, be sure to look at all the awesome new goodies in the shop. Please use my discount code Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll get 20% off of everything in the store, including kits, every single day! And be sure to play along with this or one of the many challenges over at Paper issues because you may just win a gift certificate to the shop!

Makes Me Smile | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday

I love Paper Issues' Scraplift Sunday challenge because it lets me try out other scrappers' styles. Here's my most recent page for this challenge:

Here's the beautiful layout by Anna Ekman that we got to lift:

I used Dear Lizzy's She's Magic collection, plus a few odds and ends from my stash, like the colorful brads that I thought went well with this colorful collection. The yellow fringe is super-old Doodlebug Frills.

The stickers in this collection have a pretty shimmer to them.

Some of the stickers also have an iridescent silver foiling on them.

I hope you'll come play along. This was a fun layout to lift, and my layout came together pretty fast. Be sure you enter your layout in the Facebook group for your chance to win a gift certificate to the shop. Speaking of the shop, there are all sorts of new goodies. And whenever you shop at Paper Issues, please use my discount code Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll get 20% off of everything in the store, including kits, every single day!

Love | CSI Case File No. 322 + Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday

I created this layout for Case File No. 322 at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration and also for Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday challenge.

Here are the Case File and Clues for the CSI challenge. I loved the color scheme so much, I decided to make another layout for this Case File. This time, I omitted the pink, but the peach and navy reminded me of the Twilight Collection by One Canoe Two.

I used the following evidence clues: solid cardstock, patterns with plants, fruit, foliage, paint, labels, cut something, phrase stickers, and the same font with different colors.

Paper Issues is one of our sponsors this month, so I played along with one of the Scraplift Sunday challenges. Here is Kat's amazing layout I scraplifted.

I used a Paper Issues FREE cut file called Rainbow Corners.

I went through my paper scraps to find some solid-ish or painted-looking papers that matched the Twilight papers to back the rainbow, and I found tons of old papers that matched--Cosmo Cricket, old My Mind's Eye, Chatterbox... Love being able to combine old and newer stuff. Not sure what brad that collection belongs to, but I thought it went well with this collection.

Fruit was a clue, and I found a pinky-peach strawberry in another OneCanoeTwo collection. The stickers and labels are all from the Twilight collection.

One of the clue was to use a font in different colors, and I have a couple of different alphas that meet that description, but the BasicGrey letters matched the colors pretty well. I added some watercolor splashes to the background, and I always add hearts to layouts I give away.

I hope you'll come play along with CSI and with Paper Issues. You could win a gift card from both the CSI challenge or the Paper Issues challenge because Paper Issues is sponsoring us this month!

And please use my discount code, Debbi (no e on the end), when you shop at Paper Issues, and you'll get 20% off your entire order, all the time!