Oakley Avenue | Hello Boots

I probably wear flip flops about 90% of the year, but I also love a cute pair of boots!  My two current pairs of boots, are high boots, but I decided to buy some ankle boots...that are really cute and were on sale, which makes them even better!  And of course, I had to snap a photo of them, and what better collection to document the photo, than my Oakley Avenue collection from Pretty Little Studio!

I really love the Cross My Heart vellum paper, so I cut a large circle on my Cameo to use in the background of the layout.  I added a bit of adhesive to the vellum paper, where I knew my photo would cover it and then stitched around the outside edge of the circle with my sewing machine.  For the title, I mixed the Orchard Words Die Cuts with the Firewood Alphas.  

I always like to embellish around my photo, so I also added the Love word from the Love Fall Acrylic shapes.  And I really wanted to work in some of the pretty Fall Florals stickers, so I made a cluster on the left hand side of the photo.  From there, I used a mix of the die cuts, stickers and Golden sequins to create a diagonal, scattered design on the layout.  I finished with a line of the Fall In Love Vellum Tape down the right hand side of the layout.

You can check out the full Oakley Avenue collection on the Pretty Little Studio website!  It's perfect for your favorite Fall photos and can be used with everyday photos, too!  If you're creating with the collection, I'd love to see your projects, so make sure you tag me on Instagram at ashleyhorton75!

Tinsel Town Collection!

I know we've still got to get through Halloween and Thanksgiving, but when it comes to Scrapbook Collections, things have to show up ahead of schedule!  To help get you in the holiday spirit, my new Christmas collection called Tinsel Town will be coming to the Pretty Little Studio shop soon!  Pre-orders will take place October 18th-30th.  I thought I would pop in today and share a few sneaks with you!

Lots of fun die cuts!  You can never have too many die cuts, in my opinion!!  And here are a few of my favorite patterned papers that will be included in the collection.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE

REINDEER GAMES

 TRIM THE TREE

This collection will also include flair buttons, stickers, sequins, wood veneers, acrylics and more!  So make sure you head over to the Pretty Little Studio website on October 18th to place your pre-order!!

Pink Paislee | Hello Happy

Hi there!  First off, let me say that I'm so sorry my Blog has been MIA.  Let's just say that I think it would be easier to write code for NASA, than to get a scrapbook Blog reactivated!!  SO, after dealing with the problem for weeks, I decided it was time to just create a new Blog address and kick the other one to the curb.  I will be posting new content here and all of my older Blog posts can be found on this new Blog address.  I hope you'll add the new address to your Blog reader, so you can keep up with things around here.  :)

This week on the Pink Paislee Blog, the Design Team is sharing projects on my favorite season of the year...Fall!  I just had to use the Cedar Lane collection for this layout.  It's one of my all time favorite fall collections, and I've been hoarding it since last year...and still have some left over to save for next year!

I used a white cardstock background for the layout and also cut the leaf from white cardstock. I love the tone-on-tone look with the contrast of the pops of color from the patterned papers. I trimmed three patterned papers from the collection to layer behind the leaf cut file. I placed the die cut in the center of the layout and then stitched around the edges with my sewing machine to add texture.

I wanted my photo, title, and embellishments to be clustered and layered over the leaf die cut, so I placed my photo in the center of the design first. Then I used the gold and silver Thickers from the collection for my title. I love that you can shape these foam Thickers and I was able to curve the words around the leaf shapes. I didn’t want to cover much of the patterned paper and leaf design, so I created a couple of embellishment clusters around the photo and used one of the fun arrow embellishments from the collection above the title.

I hope you’ve found some inspiration today to go all out for fall on your next layout! If you’re out of the Cedar Lane collection, grab some of your other Pink Paislee collections and create your own fall color scheme by pulling out teal, yellow, pink, and brown papers. Then incorporate a fall-themed die cut and you’re all set!

Let's Cut Class!

I've got something NEW and exciting to share with you today!  The Cut Shoppe is now offering a mini class, Let's Cut Class in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store.  Lesson 01 is now available for purchase in the Shop.

What does the Class offer?

*Exclusive Chevron Burst cut file
 

*PDF 6 Page Lesson

*Layout Inspiration

*Sketch Alternative to Original Layout

*Silhouette Studio Photo Tutorials

*Layout Process Photos

*Tips & Ideas

*Access to Private Let's Cut Class Facebook Group

The class price if $4.00, but if you purchase between now and Tuesday, September 15th, you can save 30% with our current Discount Code FALLFINDS30!

I hope to see you in the Let's Cut Class Facebook group!

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