You Make Today Count | Bramble Fox

I'm making a layout to give to each of my students. Here's one I recently created, for Bramble Fox using a title piece from the March Fox Box:

Here are some details. How awesome is that title? And that awesome cut file is a free cut file by Paper Issues called Right on Target.

I used Kaisercraft's Oh Happy Day, which is a birthday collection, but I think the patterns and embellishments are suitable for just about any theme. I used some Bramble Fox star Perspextives that matched the colors of the papers.

I had to disguise my students, and I superimposed my nephew's face on top. :)

I love working with the Perspextives. They're such a unique embellishment. I encourage you to give them a try, and subscribing to the Fox Box is a great way to do this. There are 3 packs of Perspextives plus an exclusive design available only in the Fox Box. Subscribers receive 15% discount on any other products in the shop.

Big World, Little Explorer {Paper Issues Scraplfit Sunday Challenge}

I made another page or another Scraplift Sunday challenge at Paper Issues.

Here's Rachel's awesome layout we had to scraplift:

Here are some details. I'm not a huge fan of brown, but I felt like brown was needed to make the other elements show up. I found this very old Sassafrass Lass paper in my stash. The felt letters are also really old thickers. Most everything else on my page is from Kaisercraft's new Hide & Seek collection.

I elevated most of the die cuts with pop dots. That quote sticker on the deer is really old, by 7gypsies, as is the brown chipboard frame, by Making Memories.

Wood veneer was the perfect thing to go with this woodsy collection. I'm adding a heart somewhere on each page I make for this little guy to find.

I hope you'll play along. Be sure to post your creation by August 5 in the Paper Issues Friends & Fans Facebook page for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues store.

And speaking of the Paper Issues store, check out all of their cool scrappy stuff (and check back often because Cassie is always adding new product), and if you use my code, Debbi (no e on the end), you can get 20% off your entire order!

Lovely {Paper Issues Getting Chippy Challenge}

Paper Issues has SO many fun challenges, and having extra time to scrap during the summer, I naturally want to play in all of them! I was indecisive, so I asked Kelly and Devra during their live scrap & chat yesterday morning to assign me a challenge, and they told me to play in the "Getting Chippy" challenge, which asks us to stop hoarding our chipboard and use it!

I came across a full sheet of My Mind's Eye On Trend chipboard, and the colors perfectly matched a photo I had sitting on my desk, so here's what I created:

Here are some details. I have a 6 x 6 pad of this On Trend collection, which is where that "Today is the Best..." cut-apart came from. I added those rhinestones, which are super old, at the last minute. The flowers, tag, and heart in the image below are all from the  On Trend chipboard sheet. 

For the background, I applied Heidi Swapp Colorshine in peach and mint using the packaging technique. I then used a Kaisercraft stencil and texture paste to add some dimension.

The leaves are die cut from a die by Simply Graphic, a Fench company. I added the flower brads at the last minute to give those chipboard flowers a little more interest. The "lovely" title is also from the On Trend chipboard set. I stamped the punched butterflies with a scripty text font.

I hope you'll come play along with some of our wonderful challenges at Paper Issues, and be sure to share them in the Paper Issues Friends & Fans Facebook group for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues shop, and while you're there getting some of the latest and greatest products, you can get 20% off your entire order by using my code, Debbi (no e on the end).