Hi my name is Carole Janson and this is my very first Post for Pink Paislee so I am very proud and very exciting. 

Sketches aren’t something that I tend to do, I  really just fly by the seat of my pants so to speak, so this really was a lot of fun,designing and creating this sketch, I hope you enjoy it.

So here is the sketch and as you can see there is no photo marked on it, that is because you can put the photo where ever you like and how many you like, as you will see by my example I have put my photo in the middle of the layout, but it is really up to you, and there is also areas marked for embellishing, as I love to embellish.

I loved using the gorgeous Enchanging range to create this layout, the Enchanting pattern papers to this range are so yummy, and so very pretty, ideal for the  feel I was looking for.  I also used the Enchanting Sticker Book and also the very Enchanting Chipboard Elements (My favourite), which I used to create all my embellishments. 

To create the cute little pom poms all I did was trim a piece of the Enchanting pattern paper 12 x 2 inches and cut with scissors along the long side of the strip to create a type of frill.  I then put glue along the other side of the strip (which had not been cut) and then rolled the strip up really carefully, this formed the pom pom, which I then stuck onto my layout with dimensional glue, very easy and very quick.

I also used the gorgeous Enchanting brads to create the centre of the flowers and I finished of with the Enchanting Chipboard Alphas for the title.

To finish off the whole project I added hand stitching, I normally add all my stitching at the end, when everything else has been placed onto the layout.

I hope you have fun creating this sketch.  All the very best Carole xx

Hello everyone!

I’m happy and scared at the same time to write my first blog post ever for Pink Paislee

This Friday, I wanted to show you a layout I made for my little Nephew, Elouan, who is such a sweetheart. I am not used to scrapping babies, I don’t have any myself yet, so I was quite impressed by this beautiful photograph of him.

What should I write? What would be my title? What are the important things I want him to know?

Those were the questions I was asking myself. I needed to ask myself the good questions in order to show him what was meaningful for me and for him

I couldn’t resist using the Captivating collection, because it is so sweet and so boyish at the same time.

I simply used the whole set of Fancy Frames directly from the clear transparency, put some brown ink on top of them all and stamped directly onto my blue background.

Then, stamp some of the stamps onto different patterned papers, cut the inside out and adhere it inside each similar stamp.

This allows you to add a pattern inside each stamp and then focuse on your journalling and the words that matters

For the cute trees, I used some rubons from the Vintage Moon sheet and from the Enchanting set and add them onto patterned papers. Cut the paper like a tree shape.

Now, I know Elouan will know what I feel for him in a few years

Thanks and take care!

Happy weekend!

Céline

Hi everyone! Today is Thursday Trends and also the first time for me to post on the Pink Paislee blog. I can’t tell you how much I agonized over this post because let’s be honest, I’m not a really trendy scrapper! However, I don’t live in the dark ages either and one trend that even I haven’t been able to miss is shaped paper. I love using shaped paper because it can add a lot of pizazz to even the most basic design. Luckily for me (and you!), Pink Paislee makes some of the BEST shaped papers out there! I absolutely love that there is a shaped paper in each of the Winsome mini-collections and that each of them is a different shape. How fun, eh?

One thing I love about shaped paper is its versatility….you can use the whole piece as the base for your layout, the whole piece on top of your background, or cut it up. For this layout, I chose to cut the top and bottom of the Enchanting shaped paper to create a frame for the main block of my layout.

The main block would be pretty plain without the beeeeautiful bracket shapes, don’t you think? I love that something as simple as adding those two pieces of paper completely transforms the layout!

I will spare you the detailed shots because you can probably see plain as day that there isn’t really any dimensional element to this layout (I am one of those weirdos who prefer flat layouts) but I will point out that I used the top of a chipboard flower as my letter “o” and applied a rub-on to it for added interest.

with that, I will end this post but before I go, I’m interested to know which shaped paper from the Winsome collection is your favourite and what are some of your favourite ways to use shaped paper.

Until next month,

Ann