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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Paper Dolls Layout

I was lucky enough to win a giveaway from Photo Play Paper, so I got my hands on their Paper Dolls and Belle Vie collections by Julie Nutting straight off the press. Needless to say, both of these collections are gorgeous, and I couldn't wait to create with them. I've been busy playing with both of them, and today I'm sharing a layout I created from the Paper Dolls collection.

My sister just gave me some of my niece's 1 year photos (taken by the talented Candice Berman Photography). When these new Photo Play Paper collections showed up, I knew I would be using them to scrap my niece's adorable and elegant photos.

Paper Dolls is such a soft and elegant collection. It has a touch of vintage, but pops of bright pink and shades of blue keep the collection feeling fresh.

Pretty layers of patterned paper help draw the eye to the photo and are a great way to use all the different patterns instead of having to just chose one! Since I usually scrap my boys, it's not too often that I get to dig into my stash of lace trim and Marion Smith vintage inspired gems and flowers. For this layout, however, all my pretty, girly embellishments were perfect! My style tends to lean towards clean and simple, so I just added a few clusters of the embellishments.

This Paper Dolls layout was so fun to create. The patterns coordinate so well that it makes the papers super easy to mix and match. Now I just need my sister to send me more photos so I have more reasons to scrap with Paper Dolls!

Friday, June 6, 2014

Spring Mason Jar Paper Topiaries

Welcome to your next stop along the Marion Smith/Glue Dots® blog hop! You can find a list of all the blogs along the hop at the end of the post (and the giveaway). Today, I have a Spring Mason Jar Paper Topiaries with a photo tutorial.

Originally, I was going to make a few of these for some spring decorations in the house, but then I had a friend who got ill, and I thought it would make a better get well/thinking of you gift instead.
Whether you decide to make one as a gift or for some home decor, you'll need:

A mason jar and lid (I had some fancy lids, but a regular one with a hole cut in it would work great, too)
Ultra Thin Glue Dots®
Mini Glue Dots®
Marion Smith Never Grow Up patterned paper
Marion Smith Junque & Jems
Small styrofoam ball
Circle punch or dies (or any way you like to cut circles from paper)

Start by cutting a bunch of circles. Then crumple those circles into a cone shape. I like to use the tip of a pencil create the shape.

Roll each end with a Ultra Thin Glue Dot® (As you can see, I LOVE my Glue Dots Dispensers. They make using Glue Dots on a roll so easy).

Place each piece of paper, Glue Dot side down, into the styrofoam ball. Don't be afraid to push it in there a ways. Repeat the steps until the entire ball is filled.

I created a stem for my paper topiary from about a 1" x 9" strip of paper. I rolled the strip of paper into a straw shape, and used Mini Glue Dots® to keep the paper rolled.

I used left over circles of paper to stuff the jar.

Wrap the top of the paper stem with another Ultra Thin Glue Dot®, and stick the topiary ball on top. At this point you can decide how you want to decorate the jar (leave it plain, add a banner, add a tag, etc.)

I chose to add a thinking of you tag made from Marion Smith Never Grow Up paper and a few trinkets from the Junque and Jems. Ultra Thing Glue Dots® work really well to attach the flowers to paper.

And there you have it, a completed paper topiary ready to decorate with or give out.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the stops on the blog hop, and enter to win the giveaway!