Free Flow Wednesday on the Crafty Maven Channel

Today I am up on the Crafty Maven channel with a layout that I created using the new Shine collection by Maggie Holmes which I absolutely love!  Here are the inspiration pieces this week.  I love the colors this week...they are most definitely colors that I love to use on my layouts.

These shoes need to be in my closet!  I am not sure where I would wear them, but I would find a way.

Here is the entire mood board.  

I pulled bits and pieces from my stash before sitting down to create this page.  The only embellishments that I have from the Shine collection are the the chipboard.  I have other items on their way to me now as they sold out before I could purchase them.  I pulled out my Project Life Notes and Things set and they worked perfectly with these papers.  The fact that many Crate lines work with one another is definitely one of the things that I love most about this company.

I knew when I wanted to create this page that I wanted the floral paper to be a main element on the page.  The trend right now is for smaller paper layers, which I do like...but I love for my patterned paper to be the star of the layout as well.  I looked through my Pinterest boards for inspiration and was heavily inspired by Maggie Holmes herself when making this page. She has such a classic and timeless style that I love so much.

I wasn't planning on adding gold, but the ephemera pieces had gold foil on them, and it seemed like a natural thing to play off the gold on this page.

I took several things away from the inspiration board this week...the black and white stripes, the colors, the bow, the bling, and even the words on the vellum and die cuts.  

My process can be found on the Crafty Maven channel this week.  I will warn you...I have bronchitis and I had to fiddle with the voiceover quite a bit so that my coughing and hacking were edited out.

Supplies:

Maggie Holmes Shine - Cherish

Maggie Holmes Shine - Bright

Maggie Holmes Shine - Carefree

Maggie Holmes Shine - 6x6 paper pad

Maggie Holmes Thickers - Beautiful

Maggie Holmes Shine Glitter Chipboard

Maggie Holmes Open Book vellum

Maggie Holmes glitter bows

Project Life Notes and Things Value Kit

Heidi Swapp Color Shine Gold

Another XOXO layout....

Yes, I know that I just made a layout using XOXO as the title, and I did it again.  These layouts will be in separate albums so I don't have a problem with my lack of originality.

This is my final layout using the Sew Lovely collection by Carta Bella.  I made 5 layouts and I am happy with each and every one.  I could technically make another layout with my scraps, but they are my least favorite papers. I don't feel the need to use every little scrap to get my moneys worth when it comes to paper, and I only save the scraps that I either love or know that I can use at some point.

This layout is definitely inspired by Maggie Holmes.  I loved her layouts when she was a member of Studio Calico and I found that it was easy to incorporate some of her style into my own.  I have a few sheets of book paper that I will occasionally use on my layouts, and it fit perfectly with this collection.  I did pull some scrap aqua papers to help stretch my papers since I used all of the aqua paper that was included in the kit.

 

Since I did not use much of the paper scraps from the kit, I decided to challenge myself and see if I could use 10 stickers from the sticker sheet.  I used 13 and was quite pleased with myself.  I used them as layers and also punched butterflies out of one of the stickers.

 

 

I stitched through the butterflies and left the little bit of thread showing. I liked it and thought it was a great touch to give the butterflies some movement.

 

 

I also stitched down some sequins on one of the paper layers and love the little bit of bling that it brings to the page.

 

 

The XOXO sticker was the perfect fit in this corner and thus my original title was born :)

 

I have a process video if you'd like to take a peek.

 

 

Supplies:

Sew Lovely Pretty Pattern

Sew Lovely element stickers

Heidi Swapp stickers

Pink Paislee Bella Rouge puffy stickers

Martha Stewart butterfly punches

EK Success  notebook punch

Lawn Fawn silver twine

Glassine envelope

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XOXO

I have now made four layouts using the Sew Lovely collection by Carta Bella. I really like the way that this page turned out.  I have some hidden journaling included on the tag behind the photo.  I will say that at this point it is becoming a bit of a challenge since I have used up the more neutral papers that came in the pack. I hope to squeak one more layout from this collection pack and then call it done!  

I love the little girl in this cluster.  I will always be my mother's little girl, no matter how old we both get! I couldn't resist adding this sweet pink bow.  I did add some Wink of Stella to parts of the flower embellishment, but it just did not photograph well.

The navy stitching really gave the chevrons a special touch.  

I have a process video if you would like to take a closer peek.  If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.  I'd love to hear from you!

Supplies:

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Pretty Pattern

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Sew Sweet

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Lovely Floral

Carta Bella Sewing Doilies

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Arrows

Carta Bella Border Strips

Carta Bella Sew Fun

Carta Bella Spool

Carta Bella Element Stickers

Crate Paper Oh Darling ephemera

Dear Lizzy Serendipity Thickers

Maggie Holmes flower resin clip

Recollections doily

Heidi Swapp Color Shine Gold

Beyond the Collection

I have met my goal of three pages with this paper pack!  Y'all, this is big for me.  I usually do a page or two with a paper pack and then I move on.  I may eventually get back to it, or it may get lost in my stash or the donation pile.  I'm really trying to get better about using my things while I still like them.  I will say that I have used my favorites in this collection.  I'm not sure how many more layouts I will squeeze out, but I made myself commit to one more, minimum.  

I decided to make a companion page for the layout last week, except I wanted to go in a completely different direction.  I wanted this page to be a bit more reflective of my current style.  While I love last week's page for what it represented, it is not my favorite and that is totally okay.

I love the end result of this page.  I used most of the same papers and the flowers that I used on last week's page. I also pulled in some Maggie Holmes die cuts that were perfect additions for this page.The title is a mixture of a couple of my favorite alphas at the moment.  I just love the way that it turned out.

I added sequins and used the same word stickers which added the final touches of elegance that I was looking for in this layout.  

I want more of the Maggie Holmes flowers.  I still have plenty from the first collection pack, but these are some of my favorite and I can see myself using these time and time again.  

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

Supplies:

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Pretty Pattern

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Sew Sweet

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Lovely Floral

Maggie Holmes Flower ephemera

Crate Paper Confetti Cardstock stickers

Doily purchased at Studio Calico

Thickers Imprint Black and Gold

Heidi Swapp Color Shine Gold

Recollections photo corners

Second Layout for Beyond the Collection

I'm halfway to my goal of at least three layouts using this collection!  I know that number sounds a bit low, but for me it's okay.  I only paid $6.00 for the collection pack, so to spend $2.00 on each layout is not too bad.  I will most likely challenge myself even further to get at least 4 if not 5 layouts, but I'm not going to stress if the ideas just don't come to me.  I've reached a point in my creating that it's okay to let something go...Let it Go, Let it Go... (sung in my best Elsa voice).

I love this flower cluster!  The gold glitter and foil combined with the black give this page an elegant feel. 

The sequins helped to bring a little life to this cluster without being too much.  I wanted just a little something and these were the perfect touch.

If you'd like to take a peek at how this came together, I have the video below.  If you like it, please leave me a thumbs up or comment.  They make my day :)

Supplies:

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Sewing Doilies

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Pretty Pattern

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Sew Sweet

Carta Bella Sew Lovely Lovely Floral

Crate Paper Kiss Kiss Chipboard stickers

Maggie Holmes Flower ephemera

Crate Paper Confetti Cardstock stickers

Recollections doilies, pearls and gold glitter alphas

Thickers Imprint Black and Gold

Beyond the Collection

I have a small problem, but I'm really working on fixing it.  I have a hard time passing up on scrapbook supplies, especially patterned paper when it is being clearanced out.  So I decided to challenge myself and use one of the collections and see if I can get minimum of three layouts completed.  I will bring in items from my stash, because apart from a sheet of stickers, I have nothing else in the collection.  Using my stash is a good thing as well!  The collection I am using is the Sew Lovely collection by Carta Bella.

I love the way this layout turned out.  This photo of my in-laws is perfect for these papers.  My MIL loved the color pink and roses, so this made these papers even more perfect.  

I used some ric-rac and lace from my stash and sewed them onto the page.  I also stitched around a few of the paper layers for some additional texture.  Finally, buttons truly were the perfect embellishment and I stitched them down with some floss that matched the flowers.  Can you see the Heidi Swapp gold color shine on the roses.  I love the look of the gold mist on this page.

I have a process video if you would like to take a closer peek.