Cupcake's Creations: Portfolio

Hi there! Today it's my turn to post on the Pink Paislee blog. I would love for you to come on over ~ click HERE ~ and say hello :) I have an album to share featuring a combination of awesome products from both the Artisan and Portfolio Collections. I love how these two fun and versatile collections work together so well!

***BEWARE*** LOTS of photos! This project all began with the following products from the Artisan Collection: an Album, Artisan Album Tabs and Artisan Resistable Paper...

If you are not familiar with the Artisan Collection, it is colorless which allows you to create a customized project choosing the colors you desire! How fun is that? I used the following heidi swapp Color Shine spritzes: Black Velvet, Tinsel, Mint Green, Amethyst, and Tropicana Teal. After spritzing the covers, inside and out, the pages, the scallop ribbon, and a variety of resistable embellishments, I stitched the pages together, then embellished away!

I fastened a photo tab to each page, added a photogram featuring a photo of sweet Meredith to each... I love the contrast of black and cream with the Mint Green, Amethyst, and Tropicana Teal

The Artisan Collection has a great selection of Chipboard embellishments, truly something for everyone! The page shown below features an Artisan Chipboard Heart:

Lots of hearts shown below! Another Chipboard Heart, a die cut heart made using pretty patterned paper from the Portfolio collection and a heart from the Portfolio Ephemera pack:

a trio of Chipboard Stars along with a sweet butterfly from the Artisan Wings pack:

Thanks so much for visiting! I would be tickled pink if you hopped on over to the Pink Paislee blog to say hello :) I hope you enjoyed my album as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Be Sweet :)

Pink Paislee products used:
Artisan Collection - Resistable 8x8 Paper Pack PP00773
Artisan Collection - Wings PP00788
Artisan Collection - Resistable Hearts PP00782
Artisan Collection - Resistable Stars PP00783
Artisan Collection - Resistable Arrows PP00784
Artisan Collection - Resistable Butterflies PP00785
Artisan Collection - Scallop Ribbon PP00786
Artisan Collection - Artisan Resistable 4x8 Album Covers PP00774
Artisan Collection - Artisan Resistable 4x8 Album Tabs PP00775
Portfolio - Amazing PP00756
Portfolio - Ephemera PP00765
Portfolio - Tiny Tabs PP00768
Portfolio - Photo Tabs PP00766
Portfolio - Photograms PP00764
Portfolio - Label Stickers PP00767

Other products used:

Dies: Die-namics Medium Leafy Flourish, Die-namics Leafy Flourish, Die-namics Hearts a Plenty, Die-namics Inspired By Butterflies

Hi there! I can't believe it is only hours away from November 1st! That means it's time for an all new Once Upon A Sketch Challenge! Here's the fun sketch we will be playing with all month long and the theme is "ANYTHING GOES" which means the theme of your choice but remember, you MUST include journaling somewhere on your layout.

This layout is all about sweet 22 year old daughter Angie. Being completely honest here, I'm not a big fan of all her tattoos or the fact that she opted out of attending college for now. I try to keep an open mind and remind myself that she is chasing her dreams and is healthy. Angie is a crazy talented artist and of course, I would love to see her pursue that career but she opted to turn her bicycle riding hobby into a job for now. She is currently riding professionally on an International competitive team and is sponsored by various companies. You can read about her here: BMX Transworld. When Angie decides she is through with bike riding, I hope she enrolls in college. After all, she is only 22. I returned to college for 5 years when I was 25 so it's never to late and hopefully she will do the same :)

To create this layout, I started with a piece of Pink Paislee's Portfolio - Remarkable patterned paper. For some texture, I applied Gesso to a stencil then added color using heidi swapp Color shine Mustard.

Once the background was dry, I added lots of spritzed manufactured white paper flowers using the following heidi swapp Color shine spritzes: Primrose, Georgia Peach, Sweet Cherry, Mustard, Black Velvet and Tinsel. The white pretty doilies peeking out are Elements from the Pink Paislee Artisan Collection:

Thanks so much for visiting! For some AMAZING International inspiration and complete details, please refer to the Once Upon A Sketch Challenge blog.
Be Sweet :)

Other supplies used:
Chipboard Title from Imaginarium Designs