Graduation and Rainbows - Queen & Co.

Join me on the Queen and Company blog today. 

My assignment was to highlight Metallic Bubbles and Cord.   

There are so many new embellishments in the shop, that you have to see!

Go HERE.

For my first card, I started with the Foam Front Die - Polka Dots.  I filled the circles with Toppings: Bubbles and Metallic to match my Metallic Bubbles that filled some of the holes.

I tiny sliver of yellow washi for pop and blue Cord and a Paper Smooches sentiment for the graduate.

For my second card, I layered rainbow papers and then the new Cord in a rainbow pattern.  I used the heart and love sentiment from the Heart Throb Shaker kit.   I literally only used one piece of paper for this card.  Its the rainbow sheet from the Fruit Basket 6x6 paper Pad. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Head to the Queen and Company website to see all the new embellishments that are added often.  They are inexpensive and can add so much interest to your next project.  

BEACH - Paper Issues

It is Let's Get Sketchy day over on the Paper Issues Blog.  

I played along with the fun sketch and let the paper do the work.  I used Jillibean Soup Shades of Color Soup, a Punch and the letters from the collection.  Bomb.  Done.  

This was a super fun day with our friends, the Mastro's.  

We built sand castles, the kids covered themselves with dirt, we body surfed.  It was a glorious day.

Oh, and we caught crabs!

Anyway, here is my take on the sketch and I provided the sketch for you to see.  

You can play along too.

You have the entire month!  

Submit your layout or project over on the PIFF page to qualify for a chance to win a prize.  

 Also, grab anything, anytime from the Paper Issues store with code: Mary-Ann and get 20% off EVERYTHING!

This is the Life - Fancy Pants

Morning!  I am on the Fancy Pants blog today.

We are in the mood to splash and splash around here but the weather is not cooperating!  The pool is open and the kid has his bathing suit ready.  Instead of getting fun photos for this year, I reverted back to last year and a fun day we had with friends at the beach.  The Poolside Collection from Fancy Pants is not just for pools!  I have used it for 2 different beach layouts and could keep going!  

You can see here that I topped the patterned paper with a FREE cut file from Paper Issues.  I used the Wheel from the Seas The Day File.  I backed some of the openings with the 6x6 paper pad, but I ended up covering most of that.

If you look close, I used Nuvo from Paper Issues to add detail to my splashes of water.  I used it on all of the water pieces and in the center of the flowers.  It may not translate well here, but in real life, it looks super cool.  

So, if you don't have any pool photos, grab out those beach photos and get to documenting!

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Crab-y - Paper Issues

I am on a mission to document one of the best days of last summer.  

We spent the day at the Short Sands, with the Mastro's.  

We dug in the dirt, made a castle, buried people, splashed in the waves, boogie boarded and more. 

 Oh, we caught crabs.  

There is a little inlet with beautiful rocks when the tide is low.  

We went over there and searched for crabs and pretty shells.  Not to keep, but to see.

So, us girls found the crabs.  The boys came over and took pictures like it was theirs.  It wasn't!

For this layout, I used a fun challenge from Paper Issues.  It is called...

What's Up?

You must place all your goodies on the top 1/3  of the page, leaving 2/3 open.

You must play along by June 3rd.

I used 2 Fancy Pants collection.  The NEW Poolside and mixed it with the old Making Waves.

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