Exist to Cre8...

Good morning, hope your weekend went well! We had some nice weather and cleaned up outdoors yesterday...had to dig the mounds of leaves out of our gutters, trim bushes, rake the remaining leaves, etc. I can't wait to plant flowers again. I love gardening and being outdoors. I'd love to start a garden this year! (If you have any tips for me, please share!) The girls found a little patch of dirt and went nuts digging and getting dirty!

Speaking of getting dirty, I tried to channel my inner artist with this layout over the weekend. I like how it turned out, but wish I would have added just a bit more paint to it. I have been wanting to use these "Create" rub ons by Melissa Frances for a long time, and finally decided it'd be fun to scrap about scrapping. ha

I Exist to Cre8

Everything here is Melissa Frances, except these little red letter stickers by Pink Paislee. I love these things. They are the perfect size for titles, not too big and not too small. I added a bit of paint to the glittery chipboard letters.
Check out the cute sayings! I covered some Jenni Bowlin chipboard stars with the Maxine paper and then layered the photos and sayings on top. The arrows are stamps and I just zig zag stitched inside them with my machine.

Supplies by Melissa Frances:
Create Transfers
Matilda (lined) and Maxine (blue) papers
Arrow Stamps
Glitter Alphabet
Other: red sticker letters: Pink Paislee, paint: craft supply, machine stitching, old paintbrush.
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On the next card, I tore 2 pages out of the Small Circle Open Up album by MF and machine stitched them together at the top. Then covered the front with the patterned paper. Makes a uniquely shaped card and the notebook edge is kind of fun!
Added some paint to the chipboard butterfly and then glittered it while wet. Before I added the "wings" rub on over the top, I just scraped a little bit of the glitter off in that spot.

Melissa Frances supplies:
Small Circle Open up album
Cecilia paper
Elegance Frame Applique resin
Surviving Cancer Transfers (saying)
Doodles Transfers (swirl)
Attic Treasures Pearls
Chipboard butterfly: Spring Chipboard
Other: Prima ribbon and twine/paint/glitter from craft supply.
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Here I used the same concept by tearing out a page from the small scalloped album and using it on the front of my card. These albums have tons of pages in them, so they can still be used for a mini album later!

Melissa Frances supplies:
Scallop Circle Open Up album (small)
Haley paper
Imperial Border Stamps
Thankful Transfers
Attic Treasures Pearls
Thankful 3D stickers
Other: misc ribbon, white cardstock, black ink, Cuttlebug embossing folder - swirls.
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And last but not least, I used a Maya Road chipboard bird for the base of this card! Love to create shaped cards.

Melissa Frances supplies:
Kristin paper (purple)
Amanda paper (tail wing)
Spring Chipboard painted with a sage green color and softened with white
Baroque stamp (on flower)
Dorchester Keyholes White S/4
Spring Transfers
Attic Treasures pearls
Other: twill and gold twine, Maya Road bird chipboard, StazOn ink - black.

If you are looking for Melissa Frances products, stop by Emma's Paperie!