Family Smooch | Paper Issues Kit and Sketch Challenge

Did you know that besides the hundreds of free cut files and all the latest and greatest scrappy stuff, Paper Issues has monthly kits? And the cool thing is, you don't have to commit to a subscription, but you'll want them all! I store them separately from my other stuff, and I tend to forget to use them, so I've been making a concerted effort to use them lately! Here's a page I made yesterday with the kit called Pink (Aerosmith), which is still available in the shop.

Here's a look at that kit. You can see other pictures plus a detailed list of the contents here.

And here's the sketch:

Here are some details. As you can see, I substituted the stars in the sketch for those adorable sloths sitting on the heart that I cut out of a patterned paper from the kit. I placed them on the paper and they just seemed to be floating there, and then I thought, floating--hey! I could have them floating in the air by adding clouds. And then I thought, I could make those hearts into balloons by adding string! I stamped those sweet clouds with a Jillibean Soup stamp in my collection.

How awesome are those gold letters? They're in the kit. The gold hearts on my page are from the same package. The puffy sticker is also in the kit.

Most of the stuff on my page are from the kit, with a few things added from my stash because you know I love to use up some older stash when I scrap. And I've been on a kick to use stamps because I have a million of them. I made the tab at the top by stamping the phrase onto the pink polka dot paper and cutting it into a banner shape. The little tab with the 3 hearts is from the branding strip of one of the papers in the kit. I just used my scissors to round the corners. The Dymo stickers are ancient. I just have a few left on that sheet. I don't know if I've ever used up an entire sheet of anything before, but this one's coming close!

I hope you'll come play in this or one of the many other challenges. Submit your creation to our Facebook group. Make sure you check out the cook kits in the store and all the other awesome stuff, and please use my code, Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll get 20% off your entire purchase!

Splash Zone {Paper Issues} Look on the Bright Side Challenge}

Monday was my turn on the Paper Issues blog. Here's my post:

Good morning, friends! How about some sunshine on this cold December day? After all, isn't it better to look on the bright side of life? That's what our challenge is all about today! 

Some Ideas are:

• Use bright colored papers/embellishments
• Use the "B" sides of your patterned paper
• Use the Quote as a title 
• Scrap a photo of the bright sun rays

Get creative and show us what you've got!

I had fun bringing some sunshine into my scrap room with a summer layout. When I thought of "bright," instantly I thought of Simple Stories' Hello Summer collection.

And I knew Paper Issues would have a perfect cut file for free to use. I found two for this page, Sunburst Background and Sunny Day.

  

I used some stickers and fussy cut some flowers and the pineapple to embellish. 

Paper Issues still has some pieces from this collection in the shop, including the sunny yellow paper, the pineapple, and the wonky black and white dots that I used on my page. And there are lots of free cut files that would work for this challenge.  While you're at the shop, check out all the great new products. Use my code, Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll score 20% off your entire purchase!

I hope you'll join this challenge. Add your creation to the album at our Facebook page for a chance to win a gift certificate in the store!