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Awesome - MME - Nob Hill

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hi everyone ,
a sassy Thursday to you all
more My Minds Eye



Nob Hill

this week i wanted to add more gold to my layout with red and black
this photo was taken at Christmas time so adding those colours give it the Christmas feel but not the look of a Christmas layout


no stitching on my border helps it blend with the patterned paper layer giving you a different look

and the pops of gold chipboard dots...

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What a Pair - MME - Nob Hill

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Hi everyone ,
Happy Thursday 
Today I'm sharing a layout using 
MY Minds eye




Nob Hill
loving all the gold and bright bold colours

On my background i wanted to add a bit of texture
 but didn't want it to be to out there i just wanted to to blend in a bit so
 I've used the kaisercraft script stamp 
to add a bit of texture using black and gold ink



The photo is of my 2 daughters having fun

I cut one of the die...

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Remember fun times - july moodboard fun

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Hi everyone,
Today I’m sharing my take on this month’s moodboard designed by the lovely Leonie 

Using mint ,black and gold
These colours made me think of the lovely crate paper styleboard collection
Lucky I had some of it leftover to created this fabulous layout of my daughter kara having fun with our photo shoot
I put touches of black in 3 points on my layout
I got inspiration from the cake in the...

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Dream Big Cute Boy layout

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hi
Anita here sharing more Heidi Swapp
Dreamy
this week my layout is all about my fluffy kitty Kush
he spends a lot of his time on his back so he gets a tummy rub ..
 
my layout is simple with lots of white space with flicks of blue watercolour and rhinestones
 ive done simple clusters of paper ,stickers and embellishments
and machine stitching around the border of my layout

and here is a little card...

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Amazingly Adorable layout + video - Heidi Swapp Dreamy

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hi
Anita here sharing a fun collection from Heidi Swapp Dreamy
 the collection reminds me of a ice cream Sunday
this week i picked the colours pink,yellow and the light chocolate
from this months moodboard

and i have a tutorial video of how i created my layout

here are a few close up pics of sewing the paper design that you will see in the video



here it is


here is my finished layout of my daughter eve...

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