Bella Blvd She Blooms Collection

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When I sit down to create, I usually start playing with patterned paper and embellishments before I even choose a photo. I always have a stack of photos that I want to create with on my desk (you can find out more about that HERE). Eventually all of the photos in my basket gets used and all of those stories get documented.

 The story I'm telling today is about my daughter and her love for babies. I LOVE babies, they're so soft, cuddly, and smell like a slice of heaven. My daughter has inherited that love for cuddling babies. Mmmm.... right, back to the layout. ;)
The she blooms collection has been in my office for a while now and I've been dying to play with it. Once I got started playing with this collection, I knew it was perfect to go with this photo. I used the new chipboard from Bella Blvd (links below). All the new script chipboard comes white, which is perfect for adding your own colors. I chose to paint "love" in black paint.

 You'll notice that I often stitch the chipboard with my sewing machine. This serves two purposes. It adds an awesome bit of texture and it keeps the chipboard in place.

This collection made the perfect way for me to tell this story with this adorable photo. Thanks for stopping by. Happy Thursday!

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Thanksgiving Favors

Today over on the Scrapbook Expo blog I'm sharing how to make these adorable Thanksgiving favors

Stamped Thanksgiving Cards

If you're a regular visitor of my blog you know that I'm not much of a stamper. I love the look of stamps. I try to make them work for me but I'm just not good at it. Today, I changed that. I created some adorable stamped Thanksgiving cards for the Scrapbook Expo blog. Yes, I actually did it!

My sweet friend Mendi recently started her own company called Sunny Studio. Mendi is so sweet, she's one of my online friends that I would LOVE to meet someday. She has the most adorable stamps and dies. I used a couple of her stamp sets to create these fun Thanksgiving cards. I mixed these stamps with the Pebbles Harvest collection. I used a basic black ink and an acrylic stamping block. It's also important to have a pair of really sharp scissors . The "thankful for you" card on the far left is colored with Tombow markers .

Make sure to stop by the Sunny Studio to get your own stamps. You'll love them, I promise! and then Hop on over to the Scrapbook Expo blog and check out how I created these cards.

I have to admit, I'm pretty excited that I have a stamping success. Is there a particular tool or design that you struggle with?

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