Dot & Whimsy

Hello!  I have a fun “Cut & Paste” project up at

that combines Pink Paislee cutting files with the brand new

 “Hello Sunshine” Collection; the result is a super sweet sun-shaped mini album.
I'm going to share all of the photos here, but if you'd like to learn how I put it
all together you can visit today's blog post here :)

With cutting files (svgs) you can make your own sunny mini album

 just about any size that you’d like! These make wonderful gifts for grandma or a brag book

 to place on an end table…great conversation piece :) If you have a collection of minis, 

display them in a pretty basket and let your guests browse away!

Again, you can see tips on how I put it together at Pink Paislee :)
I'll be back soon...thanks for stopping by!

It's Saturday night and I forgot to share my 

card that I had up Wednesday at the Paper Bakery...even made

a 'note-to-self', but I'm just now finding it LOL

I loved working with the cute svg files from the January Paper Bakery Scrapbook Kit…

after cutting the pieces out, I set out to play! 

 I chose the camera die-cut and went from there building the focal point of my card.

 I cut the base paper to 1/2″ smaller than the actual card.  Next, I cut a smaller mat from the clouds paper and corner rounded the edges to mimic the journal card by Pink Paislee.  Layers, layers and more layers!  A fussy cut piece of doily peeks out from under the hand-cut banner.  Use foam squares to create dimension and don’t be afraid to layer two foam pieces together to give an embellishment even more height.

 Wanting another touch of the aqua color to tie in with the mat, I cut the word ‘sweetheart’ from the bottom of the clouds paper and attached it amongst the other little die-cuts that I clustered around the camera’s shutter. And a camera wouldn’t be a camera if it weren’t snapping a picture every-now-and-then.  Using a piercing tool and mat, I created holes that I stitched with baker’s twine to create a ‘flash’ effect!

The February Paper Bakery Kits will be on sale soon!