Paper Secrets Guest Spot

It's the 15th of the month, which means it's time for Sketch Challenge #2 over at the Paper Secrets Blog.  Kelly created another great sketch for us to work with.  I worked with the Summer Stories Collection by Teresa Collins and came up with the layout pretty quickly.

That "Life" is cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  I actually combined a couple of different fonts to get the look I was after.  I began with the Lobster font, it's one of my favourites when welding titles.  I did't however like the upper case "L" or the "F" in the font once it was welded.  The solution was to take those letters from a couple of different fonts and weld them into the Lobster font.  The "L" is from the Holla font, and the "F" is from the Apple Chancery font.

As usual I've layered many of my elements on this layout.  Only the buttons, the Studio Calico wood veneer, the Chic Tags pennant, and the Scraptastic custom flair are not from the Summer Stories Collection kit.

I loved working with this kit, and have Kristi and her shop at Paper Secrets to thank for it, as it's not a collection we have in my local LSS, so I never would have known how gorgeous it is without them. Paper Secrets has a number of great products in their shop, at great prices.  Right now, in fact there is a great deal on patterned papers, collection kits, and all cardstock.  This same collection kit is available in the shop at a super price, check it out for yourself here.

A huge thank you to Kristi and her team for having me along for the ride this month.  It was a real honour to have been asked, and a definite joy to have played along.  I sure hope I get to meet up with them again at CHA in January.  I've got my fingers crossed I'll be able to attend.

Now go and get your craft on.  You have until August 31 to link up a newly created layout to the Paper Secrets Blog using the sketch, and adding the twist to use 5 or more buttons on your layout for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the shop.

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Paper Secrets Guest Designer

I was contacted by Kristi several months ago to consider a spot as their Guest Designer for August.  I was thrilled of course at having been asked.  I was even more thrilled at the opportunity to meet both her and her shop partner in crime Rochelle at CHA last week.  It was so great to have them stop by the Chic Tags booth.

Kristi(L), Rochelle(R)

For those of you unfamiliar with Paper Secrets you can check them out here. They are a paper crafting shop and challenge blog, with new sketch challenges with a twist released twice monthly.

I had the pleasure of working with the Summer Stories collection by Teresa Collins.

It is gorgeous, check it out

I had a really great sketch to work with.  A good sketch, combined with a fun new photo, and this gorgeous collection all made for a fairly quick layout for me.  Here are a few sneaks of my layout.

The twist this week is to use an embellishment with text, hence the Freckled Fawn "love" heart.  I'd love for you to pop over to the Paper Secrets Blog and see my completed project.  There will be a lot of inspiration from the DT also.  You may also link up a project of your own for your chance at a $10 gift certificate to the store.

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