here and now | pink paislee

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of lillylanephoto.blogspot.com. I do receive financial compensation and products from American Crafts to develop certain blog posts, but all of the ideas and opinions are my own.

Good morning!
I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would share two layouts with you today.

first page:
This first layout was made primarily with the memorandum collection.  I love how versatile it is.  It is an "office" collection but I was able to make this page with an adorable photo of my kids easily.  Easily one of my favorite pages, too.

Lately I have been drawn to triangles.  This time I didn't want to use a basic triangle so I hand cut a diamond shape out of two of my favorite papers.  Layered over a couple of paper strips and some stickers, this page came to life.

collection used: memorandum + stickers from cedar lane 

second page:
This second page is mad using cedar lane.  I love using strips of paper when I scrap.  Honestly, it takes up a lot of space on the page without taking away from the photo.  I like that.  I really want my photos to be the star of my pages and the products I use just dress them up.

collection used: cedar lane + bits from  memorandum 

Thank you for stopping by to have a look at my pages today.  

Have a lovely day!

in our own backyard | pink paislee

Good Morning!

I have another post and another FREE instruction sheet over at Pink Paislee.  If you haven't checked out the Summer Series featuring my favorite collection, "ATLAS", you should do that now.  So many amazing projects and they all have free downloadable PDFs with step by step instructions for how to make each one.  

This time I am showing you all how I put together this layout:

This is my second project using a full 12x12 background instead of my usual 8.5x11.  It was definitely fun!

Thanks for having a look!

hello good life | pink paislee

(disclaimer: This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of lillylanephoto. I do receive financial compensation and products from American Crafts to develop certain blog posts, but all of the ideas and opinions are my own.)

I have something awesome to share with you today.  Well, awesome to me anyway.  I made a FULL PAGE layout!  It is 12x12 and nearly every inch has something on it.  NOT my usual style but I really love how it came out.  

the layout:

Even with all the extras on here, it was a super easy page to create.  I used one of my favorite tools, my silhouette cameo, to create the number strip and the circles.  All that was left was to layer on the details.  I think my favorite thing has to be the gold thickers.  They add some pop and draw your eye straight down to the photos.  Oh and by the way, the photos are extra special to me.  I shot those with my Nikon film camera...on manual.  I was so proud of myself when I got the scans back.  haha

Also, frames are really hard for me to use.  I struggle with placing them over my photos since they never really fit.  Here I just added them as another element to the page and layered them with the thickers and other elements.  I think I just may try using frames more often, just in more unconventional ways.

the details:

citrus bliss collection | pink paislee + numbers cut file | simple stories

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy : Interactive Layout

I have a second post for Pink Paislee today!  This one is on their blog though.  Head over there to see how I made a little flip album on a layout.