Life's Trivialities

Snow Blessed / PinkFresh Studio / Christmas in July

I have been DYING to get some Christmas in July projects completed and finally, I have had time to create. This layout is pretty cool in my opinion.

See that photo shaker pocket?! It has sequins in it! And when you shake the page, it literally looks like falling snow! It's the closest I can get to having true movement on a page and I'm thrilled to pieces with the way it turned out! What do you think?

The sequins mix is from SpiegelMom Scraps and is called Wedding Bells if you think you need to create something like it. AND if you use the code SUZANNA15, you can save yourself 15% off over at the store on anything in the store. I just up a Project Life page protector (so three sides were already sealed), added the photo and sequins mix then sealed the fourth side with my Fuse tool. Viola! Simple yet so effective!

The digital cut file is actually a #10 card with layers that I adjusted to fit on a square piece of paper. I doodled on the triangular trees and used some PinkFresh Studio to further embellish the layout. This photo was actually taken so I can work on my house in the four different seasons series that I had started. The initial hold us was lack of winter photo and now it's pondering a fitting collection that has "home sweet home" for a winter layout... Someday. Add it to the list!

 

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you are inspired to create your own snow fall!

 

Observations @ 14 / The Scraproom / PinkFresh Studio

For those of you who don't follow me over on YouTube or Instagram, things in my little corner of the papercrafting world are a tad different. I no longer design for Cocoa Daisy. I had a wonderful 3 (I think it's three!) years with Christine and Emily but with the changes to the kits, I felt it was time to move on. I am not an "exclusive" scrappy gal, I learned. I was blessed to have been invited to guest then be a part of the The Scraproom kit club design team. They are a non-commitment kit club that allows you to sample a huge variety of manufacturers over the months. Each month, as part of the Flavor of the Month kit, you get 4 different manufacturer's sent you. Each page kit includes 2 sheets of cardstock, 3 patterned papers and a sampling of available embellishments. There are patterened paper, cardstock and embellishment add ons that you can also sign up for. I have LOVED being a part of this as I have received collections that I wouldn't normally buy yet have thoroughly enjoyed using.

Every month, there is a sketch challenge (among others). And you know how I feel about sketches! Here is this month's sketch;

And this is what I did with it using the PinkFresh Studio page kit in the April Flavor of the Month kits;

Let Your Heart Decide has just the most sublime colors and mix of geometrics and other patterns. How Rochelle chose only 3 patterned papers for the kit amazed me as I would have really struggled with that. I'm glad I get the patterned paper add on too! Not just for this collection but all of them! I need them all! LOL! So in addition to the main kit, I have used the patterned paper add on and the embellishment add on. AND some of my own PinkFresh Studio goodies. I may or may not have hoarded the latest CHA releases.... Just sayin...

I deviated from the sketch a tad in order to make the photos and patterned papers work together. That large hearts with the title is fussy cut from one of the patterned papers. I did a lot of heart fussy cutting with this collection. You will see more of them in an upcoming layout, also for The ScrapRoom.

I love the bits and pieces of gold scattered through out the collection. You can see that I fussy cut the yellow asymmetrical scallop to create the header of the layout. I really love the look that it lends the layout.

If you are inclined, there is a process video;

 

I hope you are inspired to check out The ScrapRoom if you were already aware of them! If you chose to order or subscribe, be sure to mention my name and you will get a little extra something added into your first kit! If you play along with the sketch challenge, be sure to share it over on the "The ScrapRoom Group", you do need to join the group. 

Thanks for stopping in today!