Tough

Sharing a layout I created for Shimelle's Use What You Buy- Stamp Edition as well as Ali Edwards Story Stamp for the theme of Tough.

I struggled with this one, selecting appropriate papers and embellishments, but when I saw Shimelle's cloud paper, it seemed perfect for this story. Not too happy, not too sad, perfect for a "tough" story.

 

I had some cloud stamps in my stash that I used for this as well as the Tough Story Stamp. 

Used some stamps from a collaboration between Ali Edwards and Laura Wonsik, the half circles.

Used some Thickers for the title and put my journaling on a tag with some twine from my stash. Love how it turned out!

40 By the Numbers

This layout was inspired by Ali Edwards Hello Story lesson on Numbers. 

I capture 40 things that had to do with numbers in my life during my 40th year. From phone numbers to number of kids to the number of to be read books in Good Reads.

I used the collection Simple Vintage Life in Bloom from Simple Stories as well as the number paper from Just Add Color collection from Bella Blvd.

I used some stamps from Ali Edwards Numbers Story Stamp.

Braved a bit of mixed media on this one! I used some of my Distress Inks and some splatter stamps on the edges of the number paper. Got a bit more brave an splattered with out the stamps as well!

So happy to have these numbers documented! 

 

Awesome Smile

 I created this layout using the Ali Edwards Story Kit and Stamp for the theme of Awesome.

I paired it with a paper from 49 and Market’s Spectrum Sherbet collection and a few border die cuts. 

The 3x4 card in the middle was put in upside down on purpose because it was the shape of a smile. I couldn’t get the vellum embellishments to feel right that way, so I didn’t. 

Finished with a few enamel dots from my stash.

Thanks for looking!