"BEAUTIFUL" Travelers Notebook Layout | Freckled Fawn

Hello Lovelies!

Nicole here and today I'm featuring the beautiful October Embellishment Kits in my Travelers Notebook. I'm sure you know by now that the papers were new this month and honestly, I'm in love!!  I love the colors, patters and just the overall quality of them. If you haven't had a chance to check out these papers yet, it's a definite must!!

This month I have been inspired with nature and fall...and autumn in general. Trees are changing, it's getting cooler outside and the sun is still shining! I've been blessed to have many moments with my family and my boys recently, but today, I focused on me. This is something I think us mother's don't do enough. On this day, I took time to stop and reflect on myself...even if it was in the car! lol!! We have to take the moments when they come! Here is a look at my TN spread:

I added layers of the new papers on the left page along with this month's alpha stickers, washi tape and chipboard stickers.  The big red heart was fussy cut from one of the 3x4 pocket cards. The right page I tried to keep more of a clean and simple feel since the left side was so busy. I layered more of  3x4 papers behind my photo, washi tape and a cardstock sticker with my date.  The coffee cup was fussy cut from this months 3x4 cards as well.  I finished off the layout with adding a chipboard sticker at the top and a word phrase sticker from my stash that says "smile every day." Here are more close ups of my final layout:

Like I said earlier, if you haven't had a chance to try these papers, be sure to grab them soon! They are just beautiful!

Until next time, have a "BE-YOU-TIFUL" week!

"Family" Fall 12x12 Layout | Shimmerz Paints

Hello Shimmerz Fans!

Nicole here and today I have a fun fall 12x12 layout for you!

I recently purchase the popular Happy Fall Hot Buy paper pad from Michael's Craft Store and it just so happens that Shimmerz Coloringz in Mama Sings the blues and Oh Say Can U Sea are the perfect blue combination for some of these papers! Those beautiful blues were my inspiration for today's spread. Here's a close up of my final layout...

I began my prepping my white paper with gesso. Once that was dry, I layered Coloringz Oh Say Can U Sea, Coloringz Mama Sings the Blues, Inklingz Miner, Miner 49er and Inklingz Penny 4 Your Thoughts for my background colors. I followed that by gluing down squares of patterned paper to add more texture and layers. I found the "Family" cut file from the Paper Issues store online and cut it 3 times with my Silhouette. I glued all 3 layers together to form more of a chipboard type title. Since the background was already so busy, I wanted to keep that white. I used my Shimmeringz Baby's Breath and misted the title to add shimmer! I love my Baby's Breath mist!! It adds the perfect amount of shimmer to anything! Once I placed my title and photo, I went thru my stash and added some fall leaves and other phrases and chipboard pieces for embellishments.  I've been pushing myself to use up a lot of older collections in my stash, so these pieces are from discontinued collections.

Here are close ups of my final layout:

And here are the fabulous shimmery stars of the show:

Thanks so much for joining me today!

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