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it's that time again
time to share my August Pretty Little Studio projects
Product Used
Journaling: Explorer Stencil Cards
Sequin Mix From Stash
Thread
Vintage Gold Foil Anchor
I would travel the wold to be with you
Product Used
assorted enamel dots and other sticky goodies from stash
don't forget to check out the original post for more info
"This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of Aimee's Armoire. I do receive financial compensation and material product from American Crafts to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own."
It's time to share my August We R Memory Keepers projects
It's also been the 30 Days Of evolution on the We R blog.
My first assignment this month was to use the accordion pocket die with my evolution.
I choose to use the new clearly posh acetate paper to make a
memorabilia pocket for my layout
I also used the new We r line Wildflower, look for it soon at your LSS!
My second assignment was to make an invitation with the
Letterpress tray and my evolution.
I used a mixture of different letterpress plates to create this “open house” invite.
I also used the Wildflower line to create envelopes for the invites
you can find the links to all supplies used on the We R blog,
just click the link to each post under the photo
Did you hear?
I made the cut
{pun intended}
for The Cut Shoppe Design Team, that is...
I am so excited to be joining this fabulous team of ladies!
Check out The Cut Shoppe blog
September 19th for my first blog post
Here's a pillow I recently made using the digital cut file
I seriously can't wait to start playing
with all the fun digital cut files!
I am so excited to be guest designing this month for Paper Camellia.
I absolutely love these kits!
And the August kit is no exception.
The yellows and corals are so perfect for summer photos.
August Kit
I rarely make cards but when I saw the balloon design from the Happy Things collection it screamed cut me out, make me into a card. I used the bow tie die from Pink Fresh Studio’s Happy Things Collection {designed by Jessy Christopher} for the balloons. After I created the card it just needed a bit more, so I got my water colors out and brushed some yellow under the balloons to give a shadow effect {this was totally out of my comfort zone, but I love the results}
In June I drove through Amarillo Texas. Neither Kevin or I had ever stopped at Cadillac Ranch, even though we have driven past it a dozen times. This was our chance to stop and we took it! Of course we didn’t know we could bring spray paint, and paint the Cadillac’s.
To get this picture I have the Sony dsc-qx100 lens. I set it in the lid of a spray can. Since it’s blue tooth I can see what the photo is going to look like on my phone, I then hold the phone be hind my back and click it with my thumb!
When I got the August kit I just knew I was going to scrap this photo with it. The colors were so perfect for this washed out photo {I had played with the F stop to wash it out when I took the original photo} I just love those photo slides in the kit. I’m always so afraid to use them, but I embraced it and went for it.
One of my “Happy Things” is collecting “you are here” mugs from Starbucks. On a recent trip we took a day trip to Milwaukee WI. Of course I had to stop at Starbucks and see if they had a state mug. I took the photo in the parking lot of the Harley Davidson Museum. The background buildings are the 3rd ward, down by the river walk.
When I opened the August kit and saw the Elle’s Studio foodie paper I just knew I had to use it with my mug photo. I like to cluster pits and pieces and “the adventurer” tag from Fancy Pants was perfect to describe this photo. And how cute are those wood veneer from Pink Fresh Studio. They are self-adhesive!
For this layout I cut a bunch of triangles from the Happy Things paper. I added foam adhesive to the back of them and shuffled them around on my background paper. I was feeling the layout needed a bit more. I had just played with my watercolors and the Dream Card and was feeling daring {mix media, paint, watercolors scare me!}. So I just started making a big mess with the watercolors. I can’t decide if this is a masterpiece or just a big mess. One way or another this layout makes me smile big! 1) because of that silly smiley face on the ground, 2) because I tried something new with the watercolors. Something that I have been afraid to do. Have you recently left your comfort zone and tried a new technique?
"This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of Aimee's Armoire. I do receive financial compensation and material product from American Crafts to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own."
It's time to share my July We R Memory Keepers projects
This month my assignment was to make a kids craft.
I choose to make a sticker book for my nephew. He's only 3 so I'm not sure how well he would do with it, but for older kids I think they would do just fine with a little bit of help from an adult!
And really I think kids of ALL ages would love this sticker book
Colten's Sticker Book
Check out this post for all the supplies and instructions how to make this book
