live everyday... 36

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my dear daughter Angie that I took while we were hiking around Torrey Pines State Park located in Southern California a few weeks ago. I combined beautiful patterned papers from the Pion design Shoreline Treasures collection:

I took on the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #5 which is all about Distress Watercoloring and created the light blue layered blossoms using Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Markers, Tim Holtz Watercolor paper, Heartfelt Creations stamps and coordinating Spellbinders Paper Arts dies. I also used the Distress Watercolor technique to color the Tim Holtz Blueprint Seashell: 

I wanted to join along with the Sunday Stamper challenge which is to create a project featuring WOOD and stamps, so I found a neat piece of wood in a bag of pot-pourri in my stash and put it to good use as a banner topper ;)

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with Let's Get Sketchy Week 4 sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products used:
Shoreline Treasures ~ Sailing PD4601 back
Shoreline Treasures ~ Bottom of the sea PD4603 front
Shoreline Treasures ~ Warm breeze PD4607 back
Shoreline Treasures ~ White blossoms PD4608 back
Shoreline Treasures ~ Knots PD4609 back
Shoreline Treasures ~ Borders PD4610 frontShoreline Treasures ~ Images PD4611 back

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Lucky me! 31

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a layout to share featuring a combination of beautiful patterned papers from the Pion design My Precious Daughter and Shoreline Treasures collections.

 For the title, I used the chalkboard technique: 

I embellished with die cut foliage and flowers from my stash:

I journaled about my sweet girl and embellished with a metal heart, pearl brad and fussy cut butterfly:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge: 

for color and theme inspiration, I joined along with the current CSI #128 challenge: 

Here is how I incorporated the different elements from the story:
Colors:
I used ALL of them
Evidence:
flowers, pearls, frame, chalkboard element, chalk, distressing, metal
Testimony:
My journaling was prompted by the inspiration word: walk 

Pion products used:

My Precious Daughter ~ My Daughter ~ PD4901 front

My Precious Daughter ~ Pansy ~ PD4902 front

My Precious Daughter ~ Pansy ~ PD4902 back

My Precious Daughter ~ Julia's dress ~ PD4908 front

My Precious Daughter ~ Julia's dress ~ PD4908 back

My Precious Daughter ~ Borders ~ PD4910 front
My Precious Daughter ~ My princess ~ PD5005

Shoreline Treasures ~ Images ~ PD4611 front

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Moments 53

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a layout to share featuring the gorgeous new Pion design collection ~ Shoreline Treasures. Scott and I got married on the beautiful island of St. Lucia located in the Caribbean so needless to say, this fabulous paper collection will get lots of use by me! :)

To create this layout, I used a stencil to add a little texture and design to the main background piece of paper then once dry, I several layers of the pretty Shoreline Treasures papers. I fussy cut a trio of butterflies from a piece of Borders and tucked a die cut burlap heart behind each one:

 For the subtitle, I trimmed one of the many sentiments from a piece of Borders as well:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Let's Get Sketchy March Week 2 challenge:

Pion design products used:
Shoreline Treasures ~ Sailing ~ PD4601 ~ front
Shoreline Treasures ~ White blossom ~ PD4608 ~ back
Shoreline Treasures ~ Borders ~ PD4608 ~ front
Shoreline Treasures ~ Images ~ PD4611 ~ back

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you visit the Pion design blog for loads of fabulous inspiration from the entire DT.
Be Sweet ;)

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