Top 15 Layouts of 2015...

Hello & Happy New Year! Today the Paper Issues Creative Team along with some of our Friends & Fans are sharing their Top 15 projects from 2015 over on the Paper Issues blog! 

Picking my top 15 was hard...but I was able to narrow it down! Click the links below to go back and revisit the original post with all the details!

 

1. Hello, Jelly Bean

2. Know When to Fold 'em

3. Beautiful Days of Fall

4. Carve it Up

5. Summer Vibes

6. Yosemite Travel Album

 

7. Be You

8. Awesome

9. Short & Sweet

10. Monkeying Around

11. Love

12. Daddy's Girl

13. EEK!

14. Wedding Album

15. Oh Deer! 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the hundreds of layouts and projects from the other ladies playing along with the Paper Issues blog hop HERE!

Horsing Around...

For October's Product Spotlight over on the Paper Issues blog we put the spotlight on one of my favorite manufacturers and one of my favorite lines to date from them: Pink Paislee's Cedar Lane collection.

I absolutely loved the embellishments for this line including the puffy stickers and the ephemera!

Those wood and gold arrows are also quite possibly one of my favorite embellishments of all time!

This photo of my sister with her boys makes me smile. She is definitely in her element here!

Thank you for stopping by to take a look! Remember to play along with this month's product spotlights in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group!

Spoils of Crop...

 November 6th and 7th was the Paper Issues Fall Crop and entries could be submitted through November 14th for a chance to win a $100 Paper Issues gift card!! 

I played along with a lot of the challenges posted by the Design Team and our sponsors and these are all of the layouts I got completed!

 

Apple Hill | Use Flair | Sponsored by A Flair for Buttons | Using Photo Play Autumn Day

Love | Scrap Lift | Hosted by Becky Monmaney | Using Basic Grey B-Side

Love You | Use 10 Squares | Hosted by Michelle Gallant | Using Pink Paislee Cedar Lane

Love | Big Ass Title | Hosted by Jennifer McMurtrey | Using Crate Paper by Maggie Holmes Shine

Ice House | Pop it Up | Hosted by Sherri Funk | Using Bella Blvd. Campout

Today | Scrap a Pet | Hosted by Kathy Skou | Using Basic Grey B-Side

NYE | Negative Space | Hosted by Leah l'Orange | Using Basic Grey B-Side

Snuggle Up | Swag Bag | Hosted by Mary-Ann Maldonado | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

Love | No Kids or Pets | Hosted by Aleksandra Gadji | Using Crate Paper by Maggie Holmes Shine

Camping | Use a Handmade Embellishment | Sponsored by Parker on the Porch | Using Bella Blvd. Campout

#Walk | Scrap an iSpy with PI Photo | Hosted by Cassie Box | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

 Piglet Puppy | Use Orange | Hosted by Dona Howe | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

  

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look! The challenges are still posted in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group and you are free to use them for inspiration at any time!

Scrap Lift Sunday Roundup...

Today I am sharing a collection of layouts from the lest several weeks of Scrap Lift Sunday inspiration posted each Sunday in the Paper Issues {Friends and Fans} Facebook Group.

I love being inspired by other creative women and a good lift never fails to get my scrap mojo flowing! 

For this first layout I used the Studio Calico Baxter collection for a lift inspired by Heather Joyce. 

 

I have had so much fun with the masculine line, So Rad, from Simple Stories inspired by Aleksandra Gadji.  

 

Sherri Funk's layout inspired this lift using Cedar Lane from Pink Paislee. 

Another lift inspired by Aleksandra Gadji using October Afternoon Summertime.

And finally, Jen Boumis inspired this layout using Cedar Lane from Pink Paislee. 

Be sure to play along every Sunday during the month on November for your chance to win one of two gift cards to the Paper Issues shop given away each month! You can find all of the November challenges in our Facebook group!

New Issue Monday: Pocket-Book

It's New Issue Monday over on the Paper Issues blog with "Pocket-Book" and I created this fun summer themed layout using the AMAZING July Swag Bag (still available in the shop)! This is one of my favorite Swag Bags OF. ALL. TIME.

I used the new Where's The Pool PaperPOPs sold by and made exclusively for Paper Issues by Parker on the Porch. I also broke out my Lora Bailora flamingo washi - swoon!

So what is Pocket-Book all about? Here are a few ideas to get you started (use one or use them all). Feel free to use any product you'd like.

Share your pocket pages, planners and altered books.

Show us projects that have pockets on them, whether they're for hidden journaling or a design element — glassine bags, bitty bags, envelopes, etc.

Tell us about the books you like to read. Do you belong to a book club?

Do you have a favorite pocketbook? What do you keep in it? 

Add a clothing pocket to your project.

Download August's free printable, The Beach is Calling, from the Paper Issues store and use one or more of the cards on your project. 

***Please review the New Issue Monday Link and Win FAQ post for information on what you need to do to be eligible for the prize.***

Be sure to link up by August 30th for a chance to win a $20 Paper Issues gift card!!

 

Printable Perfection with Paper Issues

Hello ladies! Today, I'm sharing a layout over on the Paper Issues Blog using the July Printable  and a mash up of goodies from the Paper Issues Shop including papers and embellishments from the Swag Bags, Mint Corrugated Cardstock from Fancy Pants, the Pink Flamingo overlay from Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss, the mini Doodblebug doilies and some wood and acrylic bits from Color Cast Designs.

Be sure to stop by the Paper Issues blog to see all the details and the projects from other Paper Issues Design team members!

Thank you for stopping by to take a look! I hope that you will show us the projects that you have been working on using the FREE Paper Issues printables, cut files and sketches! Share your projects with us in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group or on Instagram by tagging @PaperIssues!