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This is from my 14th birthday when we traveled to NYC a mear day trip all the time.

Influence came from creating keepsakes december issue where most of this inspiration comes from.  I really loved the purple influence of the dat picture i took that really plays up all of the colors throughout.

All purple is from mitten weather by cosmo, butterflys are from tim holtz w/ vintage photo, background is basic grey basics, pink letters from heidi grace.

a few simple pictures with having the color play up the scenery.

Mitten Weather ornament

a quick and easy holiday fix! 

a semi flattened ornament from michaels that is plastic and swirled the paint within it and drained out the excess.  I then decorated with ready set chip and some dashed lines for the mitten strings. 

A great package topper or gift!

Peace Frame

This quick easy project is a great way to remember the holidays.

Using cosmos mitten weather I covered a chipboard frame with the paper and edged it with vintage photo.  I added some cutout pieces, and lace to the bottom.

I finished it off with "peace" from a hero arts small font stamp set.

quick and cute!

A Gift Tag

This is a sure fine easy gift tag!

I took a regular manila tag and covered it with soft green cardstock and some patterned paper from cosmos mitten weather.

I added a tag sticker from the sticker sheet  to easily put this together.  At the seem of the two papers I added a simple button border. 

A cute easy embelishment that I found was taking a piece of doiley and inking over it with fired brick from tim holtz.  A great color flash is simply added this way.

valley

I love to horseback ride,  anything with animals and the connecting like this that you are able to have with them is undeniable.

Cosmo mitten weather is always some sort of highlight latley, of course design team would be calling. ahh I just want to know who is going to win!  I really love this color combo and I did not expect it turning out aswell as I like it.

Backround red is from jenni bowlin that has a little black distress it really mimics the demask red from myminds eye.  The faint purple polka realy adds a contemporarty depth without overpowering the other papers.

The sketch comes from creating keepsakes and I mimicked from their christmas issue, let me know if you are able to find which one it is!

Embelisments include me and my big ideas tape ribbon, michaels resin leafs (normally the button ons)  recollections kids horse stickers (they were adorable and could not pass the not too cutesey stickers up!)  and as always there are some simple buttons. 

I love love this, again letting the pictures speak for themselves.

Beyond Words

A real layout redo!

The top one was way too traditional for my liking, and I just needed to change it!

Cosmo mitten weather to the rescue!  There is probably every color of the rainbow in here, but I love the unexpected twist. 

An orange base really set these colors off, I then layered some kraft with other mitten weather pieces.

I embellished with some lace, ready set chip, and sassafras stickers. what fun pops of color with traditional supplies!

Joy tag

This was a quick and simple tag that could dress up a great layout.

It is a regular size tag that I ran through my textile cuttlebug folder and inked with fired brick distress ink.

There is a piece of paper that runs right behind my paper cutout, I love that allover patter and it was a perfect cutout!  Also layered is a suede green leaf and funky punched heart out of craft with mikes studio 18 letter stamps in black sut.

I added a piece of ready set chip that was inked and finished it off with a few pieces of ribbon in festive colors.