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Last Day with Guiseppa...

When I saw all of the fun flowers in all of the patterned paper of the "Vintage
Groovy Collection", I knew some fun layering was in order!  So, first of all, I cut a
bunch of different flowers out from the patterned paper an misted them with a little
Shimmer Spritz by Tsukineko.

 
I waited a few minutes for them to dry and then embellished my page.  I layered
and popped up the flowers using pop dots.  I loved the clear stickers, so I put them on
some cardstock an popped them up as well.  Everything came together beautifully!  With papers this
gorgeous, it was so easy!
 

 

Day Three with Guiseppa...

I love unique cards, so I went searching for a fun card on my Silhouette and
found this fun banner die cut.  I cut it out and used the cute "Pink Hoot
Collection".  I knew this collection was perfect for a card.  I used some of the
cardstock stickers, and owls from the patterned paper to make this card come to
life.  I popped them up with pop dots for dimension.  I added some of Adornit's
cute ribbon to some metal rings that are holding the card together.
 

Day Two with Guiseppa...

Our Love

Excuse me for a moment while I mop the drool off the floor!  Have you seen the
Misty Collection?  As soon as I saw it, my jaw dropped....beautiful!  I love
it!  I also new exactly what I wanted to do with some of these yummy papers.  I
made these fun flowers and I want to show you how to make them!  They are super
easy!  Here is my layout.



Here is how you do it!
Cut out 8 circles, about 1 1/4 inches. then fold them in half and in half again,
so that the circles are in four quarters.

Fold two edges so you get this point

Do the same with all 8 circles.

Turn the circle over and fold again so that the two edges meet in the middle. 

Do this with all of the circles.  Then cut out a larger circle and apply with
double double sided tape.

Start attaching the the petals to the circle like this.

It may take some arranging, but should end up looking like this.

Add some bling to the center and you have got yourself one amazing flower! 
Beautiful!

Day One with Guiseppa...

Look Whoooo's Cute

This Fern Collection is so up my alley.  I couldn't wait to scrap this cute
picture of my son.  It was perfect!  I used my Silhouette to create these fun
clouds.  I popped up the owl, tree, clouds title and journaling block to give
the layout some dimension.  I curled the patterned paper at the bottom to act as
grass.  I added the hand cut circles from the Fern collection to embellish it a
little more.  I am so happy with the results!

Guest Blogger: Guiseppa Gubler

Hi, my name is Guiseppa Gubler and am so excited to have this opportunity to be
Guest Blogging for Adornit - Carolee's Creations.  I have been a fan for
awhile, but this last September I got a chance to meet Carolee and let me just
say she is an adorable lady.  We talked scrapbooking, of course, and she really
liked what she saw and asked me to Guest Blog!  I was over the moon excited and
said yes!  So, here I am this week with lovely papers and embellishments, and the
mojo just kept coming.

Last Day with Liz...

It's Friday and I want to leave you with a few card ideas for the weekend - one from each collection. I have had such a wonderful time creating with Adornit and all three of these new collections are about as wonderful as it gets. Pink Hoot is really fun, Misty is beautiful and sentimental, and Vintage Groove is gorgeous and decadent. Each of my cards reflect those feelings. TGIF...

Day Four with Liz...

I adore this photo of my daughter, which was actually taken by my sister - must give credit where credit is due. They were having a pretend tea party on our porch and my sister was snapping away and captured this moment. I love how the black and white photo looks with the Vintage Groove collection since it is grounded in black and of course my favorite - RED. Aren't the colors just decadent??? Again, I wanted to keep the layout simple with the focus on the photo of my daughter. I added a sticker border strip, a journal spot and a simple flower for embellishment.



I had forgotten that I had these American Crafts polka dotted Thickers. Aren't they perfect for these papers? I have to admit that I ran out of room for the title I wanted to use, so I opted to tilt the 'M' and ended up with this. I kinda like it. I also added some burlap buttons for extra interest as a unique embellishment.



The journaling reads, "Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of time, a little bit of tea, and a lot of love." Isn't it wonderful when you find the absolute perfect papers to scrap such a special moment in time?

Thank you again for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with some cards...

Day Three with Liz...

I might have to choose the Misty Collection as my very favorite from Adornit, and I don't say this lightly because I am totally in love with their Bee Happy collection from the previous release. But truth be told, I adore scrapping with reds and this collections is loaded with exactly the right shade and patterns. Talk about polka dots...sigh. I had a lot of fun with this project. When I saw the sentiment on the cardstock sticker about Love blooms...I started to formulate this layout in my mind. I used my Cricut Country Life cartridge to cut the water pitcher and stems, but then I used the pattern paper below to cut out the flowers.



Georgana sent these amazing clear stickers that I used to decorate the pitcher and to mirror the flowers I had fussy cut. I also inked a lot of the vase to grunge it up a bit. Then I found these older My Little Shoebox chipboard letters which were the perfect funky fit for the layout. Don't they just jump off the page???



I like to pop-dot many of the embellishments on my projects to make them stand out more and create depth in the layout. I used foam on the stickers to give them a little more dimension and lift them off the page. You can really see how it works on the red flowers. One technique to give you some wiggle room is to back them with cardstock, that way you can move them around without having to commit right away on a location location, not to mention how it will spare your patterned paper from eminent rips and tears.

Thank you so much for stopping by - I will be back tomorrow with another project from yet another collection.

Day Two with Liz...

I am smitten with the Pink Hoot collection! It is the perfect blend of pinks, blues and browns - some of my favorite colors to scrap. The little owl motifs are adorable too. What a fun collection to scrap a seven year old little lady like mine. For this project, I wanted to keep the layout simple so that the two 4x6 photos would really stand out. To accomplish this, I chose to use the patterned paper on the edges of my brown cardstock and then used the Who's Cute Stickers to embellish in a simple but effective way.


I inked the edges of the square LOVE stickers and then pop-dotted them to make them stand out on the page more. I love the round border stickers and used them to tie together the bottom of my page with a simple flower as embellishment. The scallops are also border stickers from the Who's Cute cardstock sticker sheet.

I used a 1 1/2 circle punch to cut the hole in my photo that surrounds the round cardstock sticker that goes with both the LOVE title and the Look Who's Cute Sticker. The simplicity makes the sentiment really stand out and adds interest to the photo and layout.

It wouldn't be right if I did not leave you with a sketch to try out with your own choice of Adornit products. I think this one has a lot of versatility and potential and hope that it inspires a few of you. I'll be back tomorrow with another project to share.

Until then...

Guest Blogger: Liz Qualman

Hi there, it's Liz Qualman and I am so excited to be returning to Adornit's Listen In Blog for another opportunity to share some of my work with their amazing product. When I first saw sneaks of the new collections (Vintage Groove, Misty and Pink Hoot) on the blog a few months ago, my jaw dropped, because they are just stunning to look at. But...the photos online don't do justice to how beautiful the papers and embellishments are in real life - oh my... I am having a wonderful time creating with these gorgeous collections.

I owe Georgana a big thank you for giving me another opportunity to work with her wonderful Adornit products! The creativity has just been flowing... Take a quick look at what I have been playing with and stay tuned for projects with these gorgeous materials throughout the rest of the week.