It's been awhile since I shared a free cut file, so I thought today might be a good day to do so. I originally created this Pie Chart Love cutting file for the Oklahoma Online Benefit Crop back in May to benefit the victims of the tornadoes.  I have since added to the cut file and created two versions of it. I used the outline version of it on the layout I am sharing today.

Sometimes it is wonderful to scrap everyday photos. In fact, I took this one with my camera phone. I was at one point trying to take a photo every day, but I have since fallen off that wagon. I started missing days this summer and when I was on vacation I didn't even have my phone turned on. Maybe, I'll start it back up again though. Who knows...

PIE CHART LOVE

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my layout and the digital cutting file that I share with you!

Just a quick post today to share the new sketch for the Paper Bakery Sketch Challenge. We are up to Sketch Challenge 11 already! My how time flies when you are having fun!

I am up on the Paper Bakery blog today sharing a layout I created with the August Hello You Scrapbook Kit.  Make sure to stop by for some fun and simple tips you can use when creating your next scrapbook layout or project.


You will also see that I used some flair from one of their new EXCLUSIVE Flair Sets called Oh Yeah!

Have you seen BoBunny's newest collection Zip-A-Dee-Doodle? It is full of fun, whimsical doodles such as flowers, paisleys, banners, stripes, numbers and more. It totally reminds me of all the doodling I used to do in my high school notebooks!

INSPIRED BY | Triadic Color Scheme
First off, every piece of paper in this collection has one side that is black and white. This is one of my favorite things about this collection, because it makes these papers perfect for adding your own touch of color to go with your photos or project! When I created my layout for the BoBunny blog using the Zip-A-Dee-Doodle collection I did just that and added my own touches of color. I was inspired to use a what you could call a Triadic Color Scheme because of the red in my Mom's shirt and the blue/green color in the patterned paper. I then selected yellow as my accent color to help tie the red and blue/green together.

If you are interested in learning more about color theory, here are a couple of links:
Color Theory Tips for Web Design
Basic Color Theory

TIP | How to Work with Busy Patterned Paper
Many of you will look at this collection and immediately see how busy the patterns are on all of the papers and it might intimidate you at first. I want to give you some tips that may help you look at this collection in an entirely new light.

To start with, I began by looking through my photos. I knew from how "busy" the papers are that I would need some "bold" photos to stand out against the papers. I chose 3 photos of my Mom wearing a red shirt.  The red seemed to stand out against the blue/green colors in some of the patterned papers.

I then laid out all the papers to take a good look at the patterns, specifically their color and the scale of the pattern on each paper.  I choose to use only one piece of the colored patterns (green) and then one of the black and white patterns as my background. Can you see how selectively using only 1-2 papers narrows the scope and makes them easier to work with? You really don't need to use all of the patterns on one layout!

1. Apply a layer of White Gesso with a paint brush to help prime your canvas and let it dry
2. Use Matte Medium or another liquid adhesive to adhere lace, fabric, ribbon, doilies, and other flat items to the canvas and let dry.
3. Lay a stencil or mask on your canvas and apply Modeling Paste using a spatula or other such tool. (an old credit card or gift card works well too). Remove stencil and let Modeling Paste dry.
4. Arrange flowers, chipboard letters or shapes, trinkets, jewels, paper clips and any other items you wish to use onto the canvas.  Any sort of metal charms or other dimensional embellishments will work well.
5. Once you have determined where you want to place them, attach them to the canvas using a strong adhesive. I used a hot glue gun.
6. Using a paint brush, paint everything on the canvas with a coat of White Gesso. Make sure to get into all of the nooks and crannies. Allow this to dry. You may need a second coat if you don't get good coverage with the first coat. (Unfortunately some of the Prima flowers bled when I applied the Gesso to them. I did not have the problem with any of the BoBunny flowers.)
7. Take your Spray Inks and begin spraying the canvas with your colors. Use a heat gun to dry each color before adding a new color to reduce mixing colors. When you add colors you want to think about what colors you put next to each other because the colors will bleed slightly and mix together with the Dylusions Ink because they are reactive. There is a nice explanation of how to attempt to avoid getting brown when you mix colors HERE if you are interested. A basic understanding of the color wheel and how to mix colors can be helpful during this process. If you are too afraid to try it, then simply go for a monochromatic look and stick with one color or color family such as pinks or blues.
8. Once dry, apply a coat of Clear Acrylic Matte Coating or Fixative to help protect your canvas. With these particular spray inks the colors will become reactive and bleed if they become wet or moist. Applying the spray coating will help protect the colors or anything your canvas comes into contact with if it should happen to get wet or moist. I highly recommend it!

SUPPLIES | SRM Stickers
Stickers: SRM Stickers - We've Got Your Sticker - Princess
Clear Box: SRM Stickers Clear Purse - Small
Twine: The Twinery - Pink Sorbet, Blossom

Other Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Punches: EK Success
Modeling Paste: Liquitex
Stencil: The Crafters Workshop
Ribbon: unknown


I am so happy you stopped by again today! See you soon!!!

I am thrilled and honored to share with you that I am one of the new Pebbles Design Team members!!! I got the email inviting me to join their team as I was waking up one morning. I like to read my emails in the morning on my phone before I get out of bed to help me wake up. Well needless to say, I was awake in 2 seconds flat the morning I got the email inviting me to join the Pebbles Design Team!!! My poor husband was not yet awake and I think I nearly gave him a heart attack with my jumping up and down and screaming!!!


The team is made up of an amazingly talented group of designers. I am looking forward to working with all of them and getting to know all of them better!

SUPPLIES | Stickers:
SRM Stickers - Sticker Stitches Black

Other Supplies:
Flair: Paper Bakery
Patterned Paper: Lily Bee
Wood Veneer: American Crafts
Cardstock: American Crafts
Digital Cutting File: Howdy Sunshine by Juliana Michaels | 17turtles

I am so happy you stopped by to visit today and I hope you come back again real soon! And if you leave me comment please make sure I have a way to reply back to you! I'd love to visit your blog too!!!

I am thrilled and honored to share with you that I have been asked to return as a member of the BoBunny Design Team!!! I still can't believe that I was asked to continue designing for them! I have loved BoBunny for so many years. This is such an amazing company to design for and I feel so very blessed to have been a member of their design team since September 2009. To continue to be able to design for them is truly like a continued dream come true!!!


Along with myself, you will see several returning designers, however, there are 15 new designers joining us. The new BoBunny Design Team is full of amazing talent and a wide variety of styles! And in true BoBunny fashion they have chosen another team from around the world! I encourage you to take a little hop around the world to check them out and to congratulate them!!!