Bird - Paper Issues

It is Pinspire Me Monday on the Paper Issues blog today!  It is a new year and PI has a fresh new look.  The new look is really spot on.  If you have ever ordered from Cassie, you know that she wraps everything in black and white houndstooth and pretty red ribbon.  It is seriously like opening a present every time you get a box.  Which is often for me!  Here is a peek at the new look.  

Here is the January 2017 Pinspire Me Mood Board!

Here is my layout based on this inspiration.  I was inspired by the hanging down 2017, the gold stars, and the color gold.

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Always Observing - Paper Issues

Good morning, its a new day and a new challenge over at Paper Issues.   We have a mood board created from images on Pinterest as inspiration.  The team comes together and creates projects and shares our ideas with you, hoping that you will be inspired.  We call it Pinspiration Challenge.  

You can join in on the fun and be entered to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues Store.   Here is my layout based on the board.  Below you will see the board itself. 

Milk and Cookies - Paper Issues

Morning.  

We still leave out milk, cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.  Do you?  

We actually have tons of traditions, this is only one of them.

  

I created this layout for the Pinspire Me challenge over at Paper Issues.  You can play along too.   

Here is a look at the mood board created for this challenge.  

I chose inspiration from the striped circle and touch of teal and red throughout the board.  

I used October Afternoon Under the Tree for this layout.

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Leroy - Pinspiration - Paper Issues

Hello there.  Each month, Paper Issues provides its readers with an inspiration piece that they put together from Pinterest.  It is called Inspiration.  Here is my take off of the image.

Here is the original inspiration piece.  You can see that I was inspired by the cat photo, the black camera photo and the layout itself.  

Below are some close ups of my layout.  Head on over to Paper Issues on FB and take a look at how others are inspired.  

Thanks for taking a look.  

Forever Chums - Paper Issues

WARNING:  CUTENESS OVERLOAD!  

If you are not a pet lover, leave now!!!

I warned you!  

Over at Paper Issues today, they have put together a mood board from Pinterest and have created a challenge.  It is called Pinspire Me Monday.  The colors inspired me, so that is the direction I went.  I used Bella Blvd "Riley" and "Rover." Both are available in the Paper Issues store!

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Don't forget to check out other designers takes on the challenge HERE.  

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Pinspire Me Monday - Paper Issues

Occasionally on Mondays over at Paper Issues, they have a fun challenge called Pinspire Me Monday.  It was generated to encourage you to find something that inspires you and create from it.  In this case, they have picked a photo of something that has inspired them.  Some of them team members play along with this and create something too!  Here is the picture of inspiration.

There are so many things you can get from this inspiration piece!  

Here is what I created!

Here are a few close ups.

I decided on circles, inspired by the Christmas ornaments.  I stayed away from Christmas for now and chose the color scheme of orange and green.  I did not want to participate in crooked paper strips, that made my hair on the back of my neck stick up!  I am not the biggest fan of crooked!  Straight please!!  I added bits and pieces of Chickaniddy Crafts - Scrumptious line that you can find HERE in the Paper Issues Store.  I threw in some random, older, fabric covered brads to soften it a bit.  

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I hope you can see where I drew my inspiration.

Fabric - from the ribbon.

Color - from some of the ribbons.

Circles - from the Christmas ornaments.

Thanks for stopping in.