Fall Riddin-Pretty little Studio DT -Pinsperation

Good morning everyone!! I hope you had a good weekend and a great start to your fall!

It has finally started to cool off here in the south and it is so nice!! It is time for bon fires, sweaters and boots!! So on that note, I wanted to share with you a layout I made of some picture from about two falls ago. We were up in the mountains four wheeling and driving the kiddos around in the mule. We had a blast!

I used this picture for inspiration for this layout:

I thought that I would go with fall colors and circles since the picture is full of pumpkins,lol. I pulled out multiple papers and punched different sized circles out. I knew I wanted more color on the background without adding a lot of paper besides the circles. So I pulled out some of my shimmerz and added a bit of color to the background, sat it aside to dry and pulled out come papers and started popping out some circles.

I had 2 photos from fall a few years back, we loaded the littles up in the mule and drove them around while some of the adults road the four wheelers. It was nice and cool outside and a good day for a long ride. So after popping out a bunch of circles, I laid my photos out where I wanted them and started placing the circles down.

After I got the 1st set of circles laid down, I went back threw and added some of the circle stickers in over lapping some of them. When I was done adhering the circles down I went back in and drew around then.  

I added my title to the left of my photos, then went back in and added a few clear epoxy stickers over some of my circles to add a little dimension. I liked my layout at this point but thought it was missing something. So I decided to cut a few paper strips and add them to the left and right of the layout and that finished it for me!

I hope you liked this layout and make sure to check out the shop for the pretty new collections! Christmas is coming soon and there are already Christmas goodies in the shop, so if you are planning your December Daily out, its a great time to start shopping!!

Pretty Little Studio Products used:

Oakley Avenue Collection , 8x8 paper pack , Cut-Aparts Cinnamon Stick , Stickers Fall Faves , Stickers Heart Fall 

Out & About/ Pretty Little Studio Dt

Good morning everyone!  Sarah here this morning to share with you a new layout I made with the "Wish you were here" collection. 

I've had fun playing with this collection! I did decide to do another boy layout with this collection but I just couldn't help it, the colors are just fantastic!

This is a picture  that has been sitting in my pile for years, seeing how my son is fixing to become a teenager,lol, this was YEARS ago! There's nothing huge about this picture, other then I think he was to cute and I managed to catch it. 

 I decided to play with and 8.5x11 for the 1st time in forever and I had fun with that too. I started by matting my photo and adding a few paper layers behind it with some frames and such. Then I moved to the paper straps on my background.

I added some tags and labels at the top with a word sticker. Then moved back down to the paper straps behind the photo and added a star die cut in where I had used a circle punch. Then to the bottom of the photo I added some lables and the die cut title. To finish off my layout I cut a strip off the left side and added a strip of charcoal card stock and then finished everything off with some black watercolor splatters and that was it!

Thanks so much for checking out my layout this week and make sure to get your hands on this collection and ND watch for what's coming out next!

Pretty Little Studio products used:

Wish you were here collection, Cut aparts-Off the grid, Die-Cuts-Baggage Claim Tags, Die-Cuts-Stop Here, Frames-Travel Plans, Paper-Globe Trotter, Paper-Window Seat, Paper-Getaway, Die-Cuts-Destination Star

Hello everyone! Sarah here this morning, I'm playing with the new line Ain't life grand collection again today with a layout about my youngest daughters check up.

The pictures aren't the best of my daughter, but they were just snapped quickly with my cell phone, but she was cute and there for her check up and I wanted to document it, so they got used,lol.

I started with a old Heidi Swapp paper from my stash for the background. I knew I wanted to use the flower die cut pack from this collection and the cool little round stickers, so I just backed my pictures with some white cardstock, chose my journaling card. I stuck those down where I knew I wanted them and then started building from there. I pinched out some flowers from some of the other papers and cards and started layering them in this the die cuts, popping a few up here and there for some dimension.

After I had all the bits and pieces around my pictures like I wanted, I decided that I wanted something across the bottom of the layout too so I started that by adding a strip of paper all the way across the layout. I grabbed a few other papers and layered them behind and on top of the strip. I added a few more flower die cute and things that I punched out. I added a few sequins and a word sticker here and here and that was it for this one. This collection is so bright and beautiful, you can do so many different thins with it!! Thanks for joining me today and checking out my layout.

Pretty Little studio Products used:

Ain't life grand collection, Cork Whole Hearted, Die Cuts Bloomin', Die cuts Framed, Die cuts Love life words, Journaling Love you 3x4, Pack Ain't life grand 8x8, Paper Always&Always, Paper Here&There, Paper Just be you, Paper Live&Love, Paper Love this, Stickers Shutterbug, Stickers So to speak

Life is good 12x12 layout/ Pretty little Studio design team

Good morning everyone!! Its Friday!! I'm so happy the weekend is here and that school is almost out. One more week for us here, how long do you all have?

Im here this morning to share with you a goofy little layout I made with me and my oldest son and snapchat.

I started out by choosing a goofy picture of me and my oldest son playing with snapchat, I already knew what awesome collection I was using so I went into my stash and grabbed a background paper.

I started my layout off to the left hand side by layering a bunch of different papers and tags behind my photo. 

I had fun playing with all the bright colors and adding pink in even though it was a layout with a boy. I have problems doing this usually, I dont know why either. I think pink is perfectly fine on a boys layout, so I went a head and added it.

After I was done with all my layering and playing on the left hand side of my layout I grabbed a frame and a diecut title. I adhered the frame down and popped up my title for some dimension. I love flair and I will always say that and probably have multiple times lol but I grabbed one and added a little mess of thread behind it.

I went back and added some of the cool little stickers from the collection and some black splatters and was happy with it.

I hope you enjoyed this layout and I hope you will come back and check out what else I make and what the rest of the ladies here create too!

Pretty Little Studio products used:

Ain't life grand collection, Die-Cuts Framed, Die-Cuts Love Life Words, Flair Awesome , Journaling Love you 3x4, Pack Ain't life Grand 8x8, Paper Always&Always, Paper You&Me, Paper Over the Rainbow, Stickers Shutterbug, Stickers So to speak, Tags Easy Breezy

Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is going good so far! Ours started out rainy and stormy and today we woke up to a beautiful blue sky! So now I'm hoping it stays this way for mothers day! And happy Mothers Day to all you moms and pet moms out there!!

I'm here this morning to share a new layout I made with the Ain't life grand collection. 

I started my layout with a white background and grabbed a few of my favorite patterned papers out.

Then I started to layer them behind a cute little picture of one of my daughters and my hubby cuddling on the couch. I had a piece of one of my patterned papers that I had punched a few circles out of and liked the way it looked tucked in, so I added that in there too, and then added a doily behind it all.

I decided to add a little more color to the top of my layout, so I added a strip of pink to the top and a little triangle to the left and sewed them down. To finish it all, I decided to grab my water colors and add a little bit of navy blue splatters.

A nice simple layout with lots of color. Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I made today. Make sure to head back to the Pretty Little studio blog and see what all the other ladies have created for you too!

Pretty little studio products used:

Ain't life grand collection: Die-cuts love life words, 8x8 paper pack, Paper Cloud9, Paper Always&Always, Paper Live&Love, Paper Here&There, Paper Maybe Baby, Journaling Love you 3x4, Paper You&Me, Tags Easy Breezy

Good morning everyone! Sarah here this morning to share with you a layout I made with the new , bright and summery, Aint' Life Grand  collection.

Here is the Big cheese! I was going threw my scraproom this last week cleaning up and reorganizing when I came across some older pictures that I thought I had lost and this was one of them. My oldest boy back when he was still in a high chair! I remember taking this picture, all's I had to do was ask his to look at me and he cheesed so big, I couldn't help but take the picture.

I started this page out with piecing together some cut files from The cut shoppe, I chose my background and then went to backing my cut file with the bright, beautiful papers. I popped the cut file up with 3D foam adhesive and placed it down. I pulled my photo out and played with it, trying to decided where I wanted it.

I started layering behind my photo, using a frame off to the right, adding a flair button with a little nest of thread behind it.

I bounced around my layout adding those adorable cork hearts, some ephemera and little thread clusters.

To finish off my layout I went down to the bottom right and placed my title, along with a die cut.

I hope you enjoyed this layout and I hope you come back and see what else I have in store! Make sure to share yout layouts or projects on Instagram and make sure to tag Pretty little studios so we can see too!!

Merry Christmas/ Pretty Little Studio 12x12 layout

Hello everyone!! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!

Today I'm sharing a layout that I scrapped of my kiddos standing in front of the Christmas tree this year. I don't typically scrap the year I'm in when it comes to Christmas, but I like this goofy picture of my littles in front of the tree.

Today I'm using the Tinsel Town collection, featuring stickers. 

I love the pop stickers can give to a layout. It doesn't always have to be a big pop, but its sometimes just enough to pull your eye to the picture.

This layout didn't even start with me matting the picture, to be honest I printed it with one, lol. But I started with laying the larger piece of the red and white Christmas words. Then I put the picture to the right and started layering little bits here and there under the larger piece and under the picture.

I layered my little cluster together on the left side for a bit of balance on my layout and put the wood veneer Merry Christmas title on top and decided that I wanted more on my layout. So I grabbed those cute little (and big) hearts and started adding them above and below my photo and even popped a few up in my little cluster to the left. I thought that brought your eye to the photo more and I loved the way it turned out. To finish it all off I added a little bit of Heidi Swapp color shine.

Pretty Little Studio Products used:

Tinsel Town Collection: Cut A part HoHoHo, Twinkle Die cuts, Frames Noel, Seasons greetings paper, Ugly Sweater paper, Yule log paper, Tinsel Town 4x6 paper pack, Heart warming stickers, Merry Wood Veneer

Pretty Little Studio/Be Merry Be Bright 12x12

Good morning everyone!! Can you believe its already Christmas Eve?

Well today I wanted to share a layout I made using the Tinsel Town collection by Ashley Horton.

I got a picture of my Christmas tree from this year and thought it would go great with this collection, so I decided to scrap it. I used a cut-file from Ashley Hortons, The Cut Shoppe, Christmas Magic and cut the title out.

I backed it with pieces from the Tinsel Town collection and started layering behind my photo. I added a few pieces from a cut apart sheet and a few bits and pieces from an ephemera pack.

I added a small amount of journaling at the bottom of my photo about what year this was and a little blurb about my tree this year, finished off my little embellishment cluster and decided to add a small strip of paper to the bottom of the page and then moved on to add a wood veneer tree and a few more pieces from an ephemera pack.

To finish it off I added some splatters of Heidi Swapp color shine in gold lame and that was it. a quick simple layout, showcasing my Christmas tree. Thanks so much for coming by to check out this layout!

Pretty Little Studio products used:

Tinsel Town Collection: Cut-apart HoHoHo, Cut-apart Nice List,  Die Cuts Twinkle, Flair Festive, Frames Noel, Paper pack 6x6 Tinsel Town paper pack

Cocoa Daisy designer challenge

Good afternoon everyone! Sorry I'm a bit late getting this up today but it has been CRAZY! lol

We have had so much running around going on and family going here and there and I don't expect it'll slow down till after Christmas, but thats ok with me. I'm just happy to have all this family around! What about y'all?? Lots going on there?

Well today I wanted to share a layout I created to play along with this months Cocoa Daisy designer challenge. Oh and a quick mention, Cocoa Daisy has now set up a new facebook page for the monthly challenges, it makes it a bit easier to play along, so we hope to see you over there! Here it is for you, Cocoa Daisy Challenge facebook page . 

So this months challenge is to scrapbook your favorite memory from 2016. So this is what I scrapped about, This was our surprise in 2016.  And a fantastic one at that! We found out that we were pregnant with out 5th child and it was amazing. 

These are the 1st ultrasound pics, we didnt get to get in to ultrasound until further in to the pregnancy but that was ok, we knew she was ok.

I used the main kit, moments, and some layers made with the DITL kit and a cut file from Ashley Hortons, The Cut Shoppe.

We would love for you to play along and let us see your creations over on the facebook page or even in the Cocoa Daisy forums on our site. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing what I had made today!

Pretty little Studio / I just love to smile

Good morning everyone!! Happy Monday! Its the beginning to a new week and I thought I'd share a new project that I made with the lovely Tinsel Town collection created by Ashley Horton.

This is a very simple layout but I loved the cute little picture of me and my daughter from last winter and her little antlers, lol. After I chose my picture, I went for my Silhouette, a piece of card stock and the Stained Glass and The Buddy the Elf cut-files from The Cut Shoppe.

I sewed the Stained glass cut-file to the background, splattered it with white paint. Then I layered patterned papers behind my photo and adhered it down. I cut the Buddy the Elf cut-file and put my title down. 

After that I grabbed the cute paper with all the circles on it and started punching some of the circles out. I popped a few up on 3D adhesive, with some thread messyness behind them.

I added ephemera pieces, love the Buck head!! And you get it in different colors! lol I was good an only added one flair button, I love them and need more!!!

Very simple, 30 minutes to make but I love it!!

Pretty Little Studio products used:

  Tinsel Town Collection, Cut-a part Nice List, Cut-a part Snow Day, Die-Cuts Twinkle, Flair Festive, Paper Evergreen, Paper Cookies & milk, Paper Oh Christmas Tree, Paper Very Merry, Paper Pack Tinsel Town 4x6

29 Pinspired 12x12 layout / Pretty Little Studio DT

Morning everyone!!

 Thanksgiving is over, the kids are back at school and a new week has started!!

So to start out my week I created a layout using some images from pinterest.

And this is the layout I came up with! Of course I loved the colors and they went perfectly with the Oakley Avenue collection and I love hexagons. So I decided to cut a few out of my background and back them with patterned papers and sew a acrylic sheet over them.

My picture was horrible, taken in terrible light, but I loved my sons face and what he was doing so I just had to scrap it! lol I sewed some a few strips of patterned paper across the bottom, this also anchored the acetate. Then I started adding some embellishments, a tab with a fall stickers, a few other stickers and a little ball of thread.

I placed the title in the upper left corner. I stated with some alpha stickers and then had cut out the rest, this way it also pulled some of the patterned paper from the bottom up to the top. I added a bit more thread and a sticker pointing back to the layout and picture.

To finish off my layout I added some layering behind my photo and placed it to the right of my layout, since it looked like my son was looking in towards the center of my layout. I thought it would be fun to have a little something on the photo itself too, so I added a few stickers.

Pretty little Studio products used:

Oakley Avenue collection: Woodgrain tabs, Feelin fallish die cuts, Weathered frames, Changing colors paper, Cozy Blanket paper, Cross my heart paper, Fire wood paper, Knock on wood paper, I heart fall stickers, Fall faves stickers, Fall word stickers

Cards / Pretty little studio DT

Good morning everyone!!

I'm here this morning to share with you a few cards I made with the Oakley Avenue collection.  Like I've said before, I'm really loving this collection, but I've used almost all of what I had. I think I may have one or two more layouts left in there,lol

These really didn't take long to make. I grabbed some kraft card stock for my card base, a few of the lighter colored pattern papers, sewed then down and went to embellishing.

  The die-cut packs made it really easy to put these cards together. Easy sayings, a cute fox and the pops of color!

Pretty Little Studio products used:

Oakley Avenue collection:  Cinnamon Stick cut-apart, Hello Fall cut- apart, Fall away arrow die-cuts, Feelin fallish die-cuts, Frames Weathered, Cross my heart paper, Fall rules paper, Hello Hello paper, Fall word stickers, I heart fall stickers, Woodgrain tabs

Pumpkin Patch / 12x12 layout Pretty Little Studio DT

Hello everyone! Hows your weekend been?? I hope its been good.

Today I'm sharing a layout with you of our 1st time as a family, going to the pumpkin patch. It was fun and the kids loved it. Were making this an every year thing now! I do think we might find a bigger one next year though so there is more for the older ones to do, but it was fun!

We got to play in a corn pit, see some farm animals, do a little hayride and pick out our own pumpkins, I have way to many pictures!! lol but this collection is amazing with them all!!

I wanted to try something a little different for me with this layout. The picture is the 100% main focus and I thought having the triangle going straight to it would focus on that even more and really I just liked it! lol

I had fun layering pieces on  this layout. I loved starting on one side and moving out from there. I added some sewing with gold thread to this layout for some more texture and because I liked the way it looked. I even sewed across my title. This isn't something I normally do with anything 3D, OK so I've tried to but messed up something fierce! lol But I took a risk and so happy I did.

I added tabs and little fall stickers, love those by the way! And finished it all off with my journaling and a bit of Gold Heidi Shine and that was it for this one.

Pretty Little Studio Products used:

Oakley Avenue collection: 8x8 paper pack, Cut-a parts Hello Fall, Die-Cuts Fall away arrows, Frames Weathered, Stickers Fall Words, Stickers I heart Fall, Tabs Woodgrain

Hello Fall / Feature Friday with Pretty Little Studio

Good morning everyone!! So who's happy its Friday???!!??! ME!!

Well before my weekend starts, I wanted to share a fun little layout with you all using the beautiful Oakley Avenue collection, Ashley Horton created. You will probably be seeing quite a bit of this collection being used for a while by me. I love it! The colors can be used for so many things and I'm really digging them with my fall pictures.

Well this week I played with a bit of the flair from the collection, because come on there just too cute! I love flair to though! lol I could probably use it on everything! I have a daughter that keeps trying to swipe them and I'm like nope, look here's a pretty piece of paper for you, now give mommy back her pretties! lol

So for my layout I started out with the die cut arrows, I loved them and thought they would be great for a background, so thats where that started. Then I started layering the papers. I decided I wanted another natural and loved the color of the paper bag some of my kit came in with the kit so I added that. I Ran some of the patterned papers threw my Silhouette and cut out some leafs, layered those and then started in on the cute little tabs and tags.

I used die cuts from one of the die cut packs for my title, then it was time to grab my flair. So to be perfectly honest, I had to pull myself back and be like, thats to much!! lol I wanted to use a whole pack of my flair on one layout, but I got onto my self and pulled back. lol

I added some thread clusters under my flair, added my journaling and finished off with a little sprinkle of Gold Heidi Shine.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out this layout and make sure to go to the Pretty Little Studio shop and grab this collection and make sure to grab the flair!! lol

Pretty Little Studio Products used:

Oakley Avenue Collection: 8x8 Paper pack, Cut-apart Hello fall, Die-Cut Fall Away Arrows,Die-Cuts Feelin Fallish, Flair-Fall, Stickers-I heart fall, Tabs-Woodgrain