I'm on the Crafty Maven channel...

I had the pleasure of being on the Crafty Maven channel again and the mood board for this week was amazing!  I loved every little detail about it, however I had this one big problem.  I don't have purple collections nor are there many available. I also knew exactly what I wanted to do with my layout, so I searched for a photo that was going to be worthy of my efforts. I hit the jackpot!  It pays to be behind in making your pages.  In fact I rather like it because some stories only surface with time.

Here is the mood board for this week. I fell in love with the girl in the dress.  I grew up learning to cross stitch and now I love to knit, so I knew immediately what I wanted to do for my layout. I did a Pinterest search (love Pinterest!) and found several patterns that were perfect for my idea.

Here is my layout.  Is it wrong to be totally in love with how it turned out? The pictures don't quite do it justice.  It's really hard to photograph silver.

I've included a close up of the tree.  It really was super easy although it was time consuming.  It also took just over one full floss, so if you tackle a project this big make sure you have enough before starting...ask me how I know this.

In my search for purple patterned papers I found in my stash some 6x8 paper pads from Heidi Swapp and a Hot Buy Heidi Swapp 12x12 paper pad from Michaels that had some purples and pinks. They were perfect for this page. Right now my local Michaels has this glitter script font for sale. Please don't judge me on my boring title. I am officially diagnosed as title impaired :)

I was short of embellishments for this page so I made my own using my Silhouette.  This cut file from Basic Grey was absolutely perfect.  I didn't want any of my embellishments to take away from my tree so I kept them pretty simple.

 

I'm having some technical difficulties so here is a direct link to the video:  Chrismas Love

Supplies:

Heidi Swapp - Hello Beautiful - Memory Planner 6x8 pad

Heidi Swapp - Wanderlust 12x12 paper pad

Heidi Swapp - Hello Beautiful - Photo Frames

Heidi Swapp Pink Glitter Alphas

Freckled Fawn Silver Stars

                                  Studio Calico Pink Alphas

Heidi Swapp Washi

American Crafts Silver POW paper

Tim Holtz Mirrored Stars

Silhouette Cut File - Basic Grey Ornament

I actually won something!!

I won a Cocoa Daisy kit on their Instagram hop!  I have never tried their kit club, so I was very excited and I must say that I was impressed with the quality and contents of the kit.  I had ruled them out in my search for kit clubs only because of the stamp set each month.  I don't want to pay for stamps in my kit because I don't always use them.  I love the exclusive papers in the kit and couldn't wait to use them.

I had something completely different in mind when I started to make this layout.  I decided to stop fighting with it and this was my end result. I love the cork shapes that were included in the kit, and puffy stickers...yes please!

Everything was from the kit with the exception of the washi, twine, mist and enamel dots. I love the stitching through the title.  It was my first time sewing with metallic thread and that was an experience!  I broke my first needle and can I just say how hard it is to thread silver thread through the eye of the silver needle!

I have a process video if you are interested in a taking a closer look at my process.

Supplies:

October Afternoon Daisy Exclusive Paper - Banner Year

Pink Paislee Atlas Ticket To Ride

Pink Paislee Atlas Wheels Up

Basic Grey Adrift Port Side

Pink Paislee Atlas Silver Thickers

October Afternoon Label Stickers

Pink Paislee Atlas Travel Tags 

CD Exclusive Cork Etched Arrows

Evalicious This Way Puffy Stickers v1

Heidi Swapp Color Shine black

Freckled Fawn washi

Kayak Fun

I bought this Basic Grey collection after seeing it in person.  Sometimes you need to see things in person to appreciate just how much you like them! The colors are absolutely gorgeous and since I tend to gravitate more to girly colors this is perfect for my boy pages. 

I was challenged to use a background other than white cardstock by my friend, so I pulled kraft for the  background of my layout.  Kraft is perfect since the colors of the collection have shades of brown although I think that navy would be striking as well.

 

If you'd like to take a peak at my process, here is the video.

 

Supplies used: Basic Grey Adrift Collection pack, washi tape unknown (I think Freckled Fawn, but I am not 100% sure), kraft cardstock, MME enamel dots, Amy Tangerine Thickers , sequins, wood veneer and stamp from Studio Calico. anchor puffy stickers Twine & Ink.