Beautiful Day Layout

Hello and Welcome!

While looking at colleges for Aaron in Madison, Wisconsin, we stumbled on this amazing park called Olbrick Botanical Gardens. It is full of beautiful little pockets to explore. We spent hours and had so much fun. Here is a layout I created about that day:

This layout was created with Altenew's "Charmed" stamp set. I love how easy and beautiful everything turned out. The flower stamp was stamped several times vertically, then colored with watercolor brush markers. The watercolors blend effortlessly on Bristol paper.

The flowers in the lower right corner of the photo were stamped, colored, fussy cut and popped up over the picture.

The title and quote are also from Altenew's Charmed set. I stamped and heat embossed them. I think they perfectly describe our day. This page is based on a sketch by Altenew.


This page is entered in:

• Altenew Scrapbook Sketch Challenge #11

• The "Cityscape" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• Challenge YOUrself #58 "Create Your Own Background"

• The Altenew Year In Review Blog Hop challenge 

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Varsity Band Page

Hello and Welcome!

My son tried out and made Varsity Band this year. Woohoo! He does enjoy playing his trumpet! Here is a page with the entire group:

I love using Altenew stamps. They are so creative and versatile. For this page, I used several of Altenew's Half Tone circles in Aaron's school colors. The background paper (also in school colors) and puffy title letter stickers are from Altenew's Reflections Scrapbooking kit.

This page is entered in:

• Altenew Sketch Challenge #9

              

• The "Inspired By a Song" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Use More Than One Stamp" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The Altenew Year In Review Blog Hop challenge  

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Colorful, Inky Thanks Card

Hello and Welcome to a new year of inspiration and fun!

At this time of the year I really need thank you note.  Here is one of my cards:

I love the elegant look of Altenew's In-line Alpha die set.

To add a pop of color, I started by blending a wintery mix of inks (Evergreen, Lipstick, Baja Blue, Plum, Aqua, Green Leaf) on white cardstock and die cutting letters from them. I also splattered the letters with white paint.

 

I added ribbon and snowflakes from my stash. The great thing about this design is that you can easily change the sentiment by die cutting "happy" or "congrats" to make cards for different occasions.

 

Products:
Altenew's Inline Alpha Die
Mr. Huey White spray mist
Quick Quotes January Club Q
metal snowflake brads
heart border punch

This card is entered in:

• The Altenew Year In Review Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by,
-june

Watercolor Floral with Altenew

Hello and Welcome!

I wanted to play with my "new to me" Altenew Inline Alpha die set and create a pretty floral background using the beautiful color combination of Altenew's card challenge.

I started by blending ink on white cardstock and die cutting the letters. The "happy" letters were also die cut from black cardstock two times and adhered to add depth and shadow.

The beautiful flowers and leaves from Altenew's Wild Hibiscus were stamped on Bristol paper. With it being so dreary outside, it is such a joy to watercolor them with bright, cheerful hues.  To finish off the card, the sentiment was heat embossed and sparkly sequins were added.

 

This card is entered in:

• The Altenew January Inspiration Challenge 

              

• The "Something New" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The December Work It Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The Altenew Year In Review Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by,
-june