Coordinates Collections December Blog Hop Challenge - Add Sparkle!

Happy Monday ladies! Just a quick post to remind you to stop by the Coordinates Collections blog to take part in the blog hop challenge this month. The challenge leaves you much room for creativity as it is simply to add sparkle to your layouts. Here's a LO I created using this month's Frosty Porch kit featuring Crate Paper Snow Day and Basic Grey Jovial papers which are very fun and whimsical.

To add sparkle to my LO, I sprayed all of the papers with Glimmer Mist in Glacier and added Martha Stewart tinsel glitter to the Pink Paislee alphas included in the kit.

So, don't forget, you have till December 20th to gather your scrappy supplies and get in on the fun! Click here to go right over to the challenge post!

Ready for Christmas?

I don't know about you, but December pretty much sneaked up on me! I was still finishing up some fall pages when I turned around to see that the world had turned to a holiday land! I'm so inspired by the sights and sounds of the season to create some holiday projects but first, I thought I'd share with you some autumn layouts I created recently.

The first one is of my daughter Emily at her preschool's Thanksgiving Pow WOW last year dressed as an Wampanoag child. I used the Webster's Pages Wonderfall collection.

The flowers were made by layering petals cut on the Cricut and so was the title. I hid the journaling tag behind the photo and used a butterfly as a pull. All of these butterflies were actually clipart printouts I found on Google and printed on ivory colored cardstock. To make the border, I simply cut a bunch of scallop circles on my Cricut machine.

For my second LO, I also used some Wonderfall papers as well as a load of other pretty layers to scrap this cute photo of my son Dylan. I found the harvest-themed music note paper on my go-to website, The Graphics Fairy. The paper doily was distressed a bit with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Just a tip when adding layers to your LOs, gather all the elements you think would complement your page and add them without adhering anything down. This would leave you some room to make adjustments. When you're happy with the look, take a photo with your cellphone and then you'll remember what you inteded to do!

The last LO I'm sharing with you today was created with Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue collection. It's really not a fall themed collection but I built my design around the purple sweater my daughter is wearing in this picture. The brown leafy trim and the cork tile title help complement the photo.

That's it for today!  Hope I helped inspire you to create! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Vintage Attic Reveal At Coordinates Collections

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing with you the projects I created for Coordinates Collections using this month's Vintage Attic kit. The kit included papers from the Restoration collection by Crate Paper and Curio by Basic Grey. I added some chip pieces to complete my projects.

For my first LO, I scrapped a photo of my daughter two years ago jumping on the leaves. I used the Prima mask included in the kit to make my own pattern patter behind the Basic Grey solid sheet. The wood veneer alphas were fun to color with distress inks (I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo).

For my second LO, I used a photo of my son when he was seven months old. He loved his car walker and did nothing but giggle and laugh whenever he was in there. For some reason I thought the cards on the back of the add-on Crate Paper sheet would coordinate nicely and built my design around them. The alphas are from last month's kit. As usual, I distressed and inked all the edges of the papers.

My last project with this kit was a friendly card using Restoration again. This fabulous shape came from my favorite Cricut Cartridge of all time, Sentimentals. The lace strip border was punched out of the paper using a Martha Stewart punch. Some twine and a button offered the finishing touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! To see what the other design team ladies created with this month's kits, click here.