Quick Quotes: Just Because

Good morning! Today I'm sharing one of my FAVORITE new releases from Quick Quotes: Just Because! I was immediately drawn to this colorful ray design and knew it would be the perfect paper for a fun photo.

That's me (on the left) and my bestie before a summer concert. She really is a "true friend"! I took the title from the awesome "Good Friend" color vellum quote that MAY describe us when he get together.. LOL! ;)

I backed the quote on kraft cardstock and attached to my layout with 2 small brads. I created my title using these fun wood alphabets and glittered stickers. The photo is matted on a star diecut from the more patterned paper from the "Just Because" collection and backed again on kraft cardstock. All edges were inked with "Mocha Mama" powder puff chalk ink.

I had SO much fun going through my button stash, finding just the right colors to match the rays. I added scattered them across my layout to add more dimension without taking away from the awesome pattern. I love these little glittered ones!

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! Keep an eye out at the Quick Quotes store for our new releases :) 

Friendship isn't a big thing..

..it's a million little things.

Isn't that the truth?! I thought that quote was the perfect title for my layout of my bestie, Jess, and I. This page is definitely in my top 3 for 2011! I am so happy with how it turned out.

It started with the sketch from Scraptastic Club and a twist to make it about an anniversary. This Keith Urban concert marked our "one year" friendship anniversary. We met teaching summer school the previous year (after going to a Rascal Flatts concert lol!):

All papers are Authentique's "Uncommon" collection:

A few details:

Love the punch outs die cuts that come 

with the Authentique collections:

My favorite "root beer float" thickers! paired 

with journal strips for the long title:

Stay tuned at The Paper Variety for an upcoming 

tutorial on how I make my faux paper lace:

Thanks for stopping by! TGIF! :)

Shopping with my BFF :)

Tomorrow is the last day of school! My first graders made little memory things and I was cracking up at them saying "you'll be my BFF forever" :)

So I decided to do a 2 page layout using this sketch from Let's Scrap of me and my BFF from college.

My friend April always has these awesome flowers on her layouts and I decided to channel my inner April tonight. I cut these in various sizes from the Create a Critter cartridge - it's the accessory for the lil hedgehog.

I inked them in brown, rolled the pedals toward the middle, and topped with a pink floss knot on a brown button. The papers are the luscious Basic Grey Indian Summer 6x6 pad.

I hand cut the shadow in beige to make them pop from the layout.

Here's the first page... She treated me to a day of shopping at King of Prussia Mall, near where she lives - a month before I got married. We had our make-up professional done, I bought this dress for the rehearsal dinner, and other goodies too.

It was a fun day, with lots of wedding preparation crossed off the list. The title font was downloaded from this site and cut with my Sure Cuts A Lot / cricut.

Here they are together..

Thanks for looking~!