Favorite Photograph | Bramble Fox

It's my turn on the Bramble Fox Instagram today. I created this layout with an awesome silver Perspextive title from the January Fox Box, as well as some sweet little heart Perspextives.

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Here are some details. The cut file I used is by The Cut Shoppe. I used a Vicki Boutin mixed media paper for the background. The rest of the elements are from Cocoa Vanilla's Unforgettable collection.

I love the heart Perspextives. They are always a perfect touch when you need a little something.

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Happy Camper {CSI Case File No. 256}

We've got a super-fun new Case File for our mid-month challenge at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration! I made a page for one of my students:

Here's our Case File:

I used the color scheme and many of the traditional Evidence clues, including solid white background, stripes, grid, dots, triangles, circles, tags, twine, animals, bunting, cacti. I wanted to have the playful, graphic vibe of the Scene on my layout.
Here are some details. I wanted a circular element in the background as part of my design, and this cut file reminded me of a sun. I need to start writing stuff down because I can't for the life of me figure out which cut file it is! The "Happy Camper" title is from The Cut Shoppe. For the circles clue, I found these super-old Chatterbox letter stickers. I think they look kind of cool and not at all out of date. The clouds were cut from a patterned paper.

How awesome are these cacti? They're free cut files from Paper Issues--called Tropic Like It's Hot. The chipboard camper is by Crate Paper, and I couldn't resist putting that little Shimelle fox puffy sticker in the window. The bunting is a die I got on ebay.

I found another fox puffy sticker as well as a heart puffy sticker. I tore the black cardstock to look like land.

I hope you'll come play with us! Look at all the sponsors--fifteen of them--donating prizes this month:

I Believe in You {Scrap the Boys Guest Designer}

I recently played over at Scrap the Boys, and my layout was chosen as a favorite, so I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer. This month, they have a mood board to inspire our layouts:

I made another page to give to one of my students. I obviously used the color scheme from the mood board. I wanted to draw some details from all four quadrants of the mood board:

• Inspired by the top left quadrant, I added the glasses, and the plastic necklaces inspired the use of plastic elements (epoxy stickers, puffy stickers, and the googly eyes). I also used a hounds-tooth patterned paper in the layers behind the photo, like the guy's jacket. 
• In the top right quadrant, I loved the way all those colors butted up against each other, and I decided to find a cut file that I could back with papers in all the different colors of the mood board. 
• The bottom left image inspired me to use some prints that had leafy patterns. 
• From the bottom right quadrant, I wanted to add a horse, but I just couldn't find in my stash and decided another animal would do. I found these cute puffy alligators that matched the palette so I went with those, which added the perfect bit of whimsy that the horse head added to the mood board.

Here are some details. I used all scraps, some extremely old, including some Ki Memories paper, to back a cut file by The Cut Shoppe.

That fun epoxy speech bubble is from Crate Paper's Cool Kid collection, as are the word "Believe" from the title and the black stars.

I love adding googly eyes whenever I get the chance. They add such a fun, playful touch.

I hope you'll come play along. This was a fun mood board with lots of possibilities!

Fa La La {Stuck?! Sketches December 15 Challenge}

Check out this super-cool new sketch over at Stuck?! Sketches:

I decided to scrap some pictures from a couple of Christmases ago--some selfies we took. The colors in the photos were really yellow, so I changed them to black and white.

Here are some details. I had some elements from the PinkFresh Studio Christmas Wish collection, and I found some papers that matched. How sweet are the PinkFresh deer and presents? Of course it looks enormous on my 8 x 8 page, but I think it's fun and whimsical. The branch punch is by Martha Stewart.

How awesome is that Christmas tree cut file? It's called Deck the Halls from The Cut Shoppe.

And a shot of the right side.

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Play that Funky Music {CSI Major Case File No. 239}

We've got a unique and fun challenge running the whole month of October at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration. Here's the page I made:

Here's the Case File. Clues I used: Evidence - solid background, thin stripes, floral pattern, flowers/leaves, music elements, flamingos, wood, circles, people accent; Testimony - summer pics, handwrite journaling, song title.

And some details. I replaced the circle in the sketch with a cut file by The Cut Shoppe. It gave me a perfect opportunity to bring in the colors of the palette and use music paper and a floral print, which met a couple of the clues, not to mention I got to use some scraps from very old papers. The flower stickers are from Echo Park's Just Be You collection, which has a lot of the colors from the palette. Those navy letter stickers are by BasicGrey.

I mixed pink acrylic paint with texture paste and used it with a Prima stencil for my background, which met the circles clue. I found a little wood people icon and stuck her in the chipboard word which is from Crate Paper's Poolside collection.

We had spent the day at Baltimore Inner Harbor visiting the National Aquarium and walking around the harbor. On our way back to the parking garage, we discovered these ginormous chimes and of course had to get a photo. Our musical talent is a little lacking, which explains the page title, LOL.

I hope you'll come play with us. The colors are lovely and are perfect for scrapping summer pictures that you didn't get a chance to scrap. Plus we've got lots of prizes up for grabs from our generous sponsors:

Shine Bright Happiness {Colorful Creations Challenge}

Tracee and I got to play with another challenge when she was here: Colorful Creations. Here's the page I made:

The Colorful Creations challenge for July 1 is a color challenge: 

Such a colorful, happy palette! It made me think of the Sunshine and Happiness collection, which is what I used, along with some other bits from my stash. Here are some details. The cut file is called Fresh Squeezed by The Cut Shoppe. That little chipboard pineapple is by Pink Paislee. The leaf is from a Simply Graphic die.

The clouds are made with stamps and dies from The Stamps of Life. I used white embossing powder.

Another chipboard piece from Pink Paislee. I added the heart and rhinestone. That little whale is cut out of a paper from Bella Blvd's Secrets of the Sea collection, and there are some more die-cut leaves form the same Simply Graphic die set.

The lemonade jar is also from the Sunshine and Happiness collection, and the seashell puffy sticker is by Paperhouse.

Love this Sweet, Happy Little Moment {CSI Major Case File No. 229}

Yesterday I shared a page I created for our May Major Case File at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration.

It dawned on me after I made that page that we have The Cut Shoppe sponsoring us, and I knew I wanted to make another page using one of their awesome cut files. I realized after the fact that I forgot all about the sketch. So I made a second page for a friend of mine featuring her adorable children. Clues I used on this one: Evidence: plain cardstock, stripes, clouds, arrow, puffy stickers, bunting, word/phrase stickers, flowers, sun. Testimony: Inspiration word sweet.



Here are some details. The cut file I used from The Cut Shoppe is called "Pie Hearts." I backed it with papers to match the palette. Most of the papers are pretty old, including some Autumn Leaves MOD paper (the floral paper).

The clouds were cut from an old Amy Tangerine paper. I wish I had bought more of those. They're so fun! I popped some of them up using adhesive foam. The flair badges are from A Flair for Buttons.

I used the packaging technique to add some watercolors in the background and then used grey stamp ink and a Kaisercraft stamp to add some more texture.

The bunting was cut with a die that I had and I wanted to hang it from the arrow, but it was too long, so I cut off the triangles, added the word with rub-on letters, and sewed them together, leaving some thread on both ends to tie it onto the arrow diecut.

I added some puffy hearts on my layout and then decided it needed some cute animal puffy stickers. I found these little blue bunnies in my stash and had them peeking out of the clouds.

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Happy Camper

Yay! I got to make another page today. There's a mood board challenge at A Cherry on Top, which I thought I'd give a whirl:

When I saw that tepee, I immediately thought of the cute tepee cut file from The Cut Shoppe. I used it to make another page for one of my students. I was also inspired by the plaid, the animals, the wood, the arrow signs, the diamond pattern, and the metal, as well as the colors.

Here are some details. The tepee came from the Happy Camper cut file set from The Cut Shoppe. I hand-stitched it with embroidery floss. The plaid paper is from an old October Afternoon pad. The letters spelling YOU are old K&Co letters that I thought looked sort of like wood. The speech bubble is from a Jillibean pack of diecuts. The wood veneer arrow and letters are by Studio Calico.

I cut the little animals out of an old DCWV pad and popped them out with adhesive foam. The arrrow sign is from that same Jillibean Soup pack and the XO. The mushroom is from a Pebbles pack of diecuts.

The Happy Camper title is also in the same set as the tepee from The Cut Shoppe. That woodgrain paper in the background is from an old Crate Paper collection.

The arrow was cut from a paper by Adornit.

I don't think I ever mentioned this, but I give the pages to my students with a little easel: