Thursday’s Trend - Ribbon Flowers

Since Valentine’s Day is almost here, I decided that I wanted to do a “love” themed page. I combined some of the new Bayberry Cottage line with the 365 Degrees line. I love the reds and greens with the houndstooth pattern!

One trend I have been seeing lately is handmade flowers. I love them. VERY MUCH! Here I’ve made one with the red pleated ribbon, and I’ll show you how! I have also noticed a trend using vellum for titles and journaling lately, so I wanted to try that look on my page. I didn’t use vellum though, just printed right onto the patterned paper. The font is called Edwardian.

Here is how I made the ribbon flower:

That’s it, very easy! One more thing I wanted to share about my page is regarding the houndstooth letters. I was all out of an L, V and E that I needed for the title. So I had to make do with the letters I had left. I cut a T into an L, cut a Y down to make a V and cut an 8 to make an E. Can you tell I REALLY wanted the houndstooth title on my page?!

Thanks for stopping by,

Word It Wednesdays

Hi Everyone! I’m Jana Eubank. I am thrilled to be making my very first post here on the Pink Paislee blog. I am looking forward to a wonderful year working with gorgeous Pink Paislee products and the incredible talent on this team.

The word I chose to concentrate on for my Word It Wednesday page is FRIENDSHIP.

As a child I had the opportunity of enjoying the companionship of a pet dog. I wanted my children to have that same experience, but my husband protested. Until one Mother’s Day when he asked me what I wanted. My answer? For my kids to have the experience of having a pet dog. Sneaky?! Yep! Hehehehe! But the very next day we found our Kiki.

When I look at these pictures of my daughter and our dog, Kiki, I am soooo glad we have our little furry friend. My kids adore her . . . and you know what?! She adores them right back.

A dog’s love for their owner is unconditional and wildly loyal. They adore you no matter what, even on your grumpiest of days.

I wanted to add a wintry feel to my page without taking away from the design I had created so far. I decided to pull out my embossing folders, plastic sheets, and create my very own snowflakes held together by beautiful Bella Brads.

Most of the papers and page accents on this page are from the 365 Degrees collection. I also added a sheet of Front Porch paper from the Bayberry Cottage Collection and used the Expressions Cotton Weathered Wood chipboard letters.

Thanks for coming by today!
See you next time!

Heart shaped Box

Hi all! Malin here, doing my first post for Pink Paislee I’m so excited about being here together with all these amazing designers!!  I hope i can inspire you today with a heart shaped box made with the Cupid Collection and with products from the brand new 365 degrees collection.

Valentines day is coming up soon and i made this for a friend who actually is proposing to her boyfriend that day (schhh its a secret for now)
I started to paint the box with crackle paint and i covered the lid with this paper and decorated it with press-ons also from the Cupid collection.
The flower is made from several punched out circles that i attached together with the 365 Degrees bella brad and then cut around it to make the petals, scrunched it up a bit to give it texture.  Around the lid I added one of my own new favorite products the ribbon pleats; it gives such great texture to any project!

I finished it of with a die cut  from the 365 degrees punchout tags, added some text from the press ons and the beautiful Bella Brads again.

Around the bottom of my heart i used the Borderline Clear Stickers from the cupid collection and voila it was done! Now all I’m hoping for is that she will get a yes from her boyfriend!
Have great Tuesday everyone

Monochromatic Monday

Hello all!!  Can I just say.. it is such a treat to be back this year as a part of this amazing team!

Along with several new and awesome designers, we also have some new themes for the blog this year.. Monday being “Monochromatic Monday’s” - which means using papers and embellishments that are all in the same color group.

For this layout, I chose to pull shades of blue from a few of the lines.  I used the cream back side of the Dream Big paper from 365 Degrees as my base, then layered on Daydream, then Imagine, the light teal.  After I had the two layers, I added some punched circles, inked with blue, from one my most favorite patterns in the 365 collection,  Think Big.  That teal blue paper just makes me smile!

Before adding my photos and embellishments, I did a simple stitch around my layers, using dark blue embroidery floss.

I added some layers of dark teal punched strips from the back side of Flower Garden, from the Bayberry Cottage collection, and a few pearl accents along the bottom.  I also added a strip of the Teal paper tape, a strip of words that I misted, and a borderline clear sticker.

The label sticker is from on of the sticker books that were released with the Winsome Collection last winter.  A few more punched circles as accents, a Bella brad, and some of the new Expressions alphabet letters finish off my page.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and make sure to watch for all of these great products and more coming to stores in March!

introducing Tania Willis…our january guest artist

Hello Pink Paislee fans! I’m super excited to be the Guest Designer this month on the blog! My name is Tania Willis, I’m 32 years old and I’ve been addicted to doing something—anything—creative for most of my life. I currently live in Columbus, Ohio with my husband of 14 years, Doug, and my two spunky princesses, Ashlyn Rose (8) and Emma Grace (5). Although the youngest would much rather be known as Spidergirl, and not so much a princess, don’tcha know. She’s obsessed.

I’ve been scrapbooking for the past 15 years, and professionally for the past 8. I love to make things beautifully handmade—making something from nothing—and I think my style is reflective of that, without looking crafty or homespun. I’d describe my style as fresh and comfortable, polished and not forced, and technique driven with a strong focus on layering products. And you will almost always, find hand-stitched details on my projects.

A huge thank you to Pink Paislee for allowing me to receive the awesome Cupid Collection to create with and be featured here on the blog! I loved every minute of it!

tania’s creations for pink paislee:

I love how Tania stamped the xoxo in the background and created this amazing heart out of those paper punched circles!  What an amazing way to use those punches.

Tania also used the canvas patch as a guide for some extra hand stitching.  A great way to add detail!

As the journaling points out…..we love our kids even when they are grumpy

Lovin the paper flowers she crumpled and created for this layout!

Love the collage border along the bottom here….so dimensiona!

A huge thank you to Tania for creating such fun layouts using our Cupid collection!  With Valentine’s Day just 14 days away these projects should inspire you to start creating those love themed layouts or cards!

To learn more about Tania (and to see more gorgeous creations from her) we invite you to visit her blog HERE.

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