{A Flair for Buttons}

Sleepy Boy

Hey flair fans!!  Katrina, from Paper, Scissors and Glue today sharing a layout about one sleepy dog!  Of course, with me you probably knew it was going to have a dog theme!!!  And this is a hybrid layout, meaning I used a digital scrapbooking kit, printed out for papers, elements, etc.  Flair is a PERFECT embellishment to add to hybrid layouts for dimension!

As usual, one of my favorite things is to mix and match flair sets.  So I did!  I used the Today Words flair that has the phrase "forever and ever" right above my journaling area.

Today Words Flair Set

And then I found a flair piece from the Best Summer Ever set that matched my papers pretty close, so I decided to add it in there also!  See how cute?!!!  LOVE!

Best Summer Ever

 

So head on over to the shop and pick up some flair for your pages!  There are lots of summer and travel themed sets available. And you can pick and choose your flair also!  

Have a GREAT week!

Katrina Hunt

Paper, Scissors and Glue

 

 

 

Fight Like a Girl Ma

Mary-Ann here, to share a layout with you today.  

The last few months has been a world wind for my family.  We have had some personal ordeals to deal with, that are very important to document.  Although I don't want all the personal details all over the layout, the title gives enough of the story.  The rest, is tucked behind the photo on the yellow tag that can be pulled in and out.  

WHAT?! was is exactly what we were all thinking!

Today I used Fancy Free, designed by Paige Evans for Pink Paislee.  It is stunning.  Even more stunning in person.  I also used a little bit of Pink Fresh Studio too.
 It almost seems like the polka dot flair was made for this paper but I had the flair first!  

I used a piece of flair from these sets.....  Grab them from the ETSY store HERE.
Big Words Flair

Quatrafoil Bright Flair

Hello Spring Flair

Laugh & Cheer layout

Hi there! Els here today. 

I have been struggling with scrapbooking the past few weeks. But this weekend I decided that it was time to just sit down, and try to make a layout again. I had this super cute picture of my son, and a whole lot of fun new flair. And so I got to work.

I had flair from the Chalkboard Valentines 2 set and from the Enjoy summer 2 set on my desk to match that cuteness. That vintage looking camera flair is seriously adorable. And a chalkboard flair is so versatile it can match anything.

I'm hoping to have my mojo back for a while now ;)

Els.

The Look

Hello friends! It's Lee-Anne here today sharing a layout of my daughter and youngest son. When my son was small, he always had the cutest expressions.

For my layout, I looked at my flair stash and chose flair that would coordinate with my layout.  I don't always use flair buttons from a particular theme.  

I used the black and white chevron flair button from Minimal 1 Flair,  the blue and black star button from the Around The World 1 Flair, and the silver and white flair button from the Silver And Gold Flair.

Flair Used On This Layout

Minimal 1 Flair

Around The World 1 Flair

Silver And Gold Flair

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day!

I'm So Lucky

I consider myself so lucky! I have the most supportive, best husband there is. Hi there, it's Riikka here! 

This page started as a workshop sample while keeping a scrapbooking course in Tampere, Finland but I finished it at home and added a couple of sweet flairs to embellish the layout.

Why I started to make this in a workshop is because my husband drove me there and back home again after the whole day. Luckily he had plans of his own for the day, but still. I was really grateful for both the company and the ride and wanted to celebrate him and declare his sweetness to the world! 

Even though the subject of the page was sweet, I didn't want to go pink and pastel but instead used green and yellow as the colors to a fresh, happy page.

I usually want to use several flairs in my DT pages and chose to go with three different ones this time. They fell in their places on the page so easily! The camera is from the "Tell Your Story 1" set and the green one on the other hand from "Watercolor Designs 2" set. The great bloom is from "Believe" flairs. 

What or who made you happy today? Thank you for your visit!

Sets used: 

 

SUMMER

I can not wait for summer.  

It has been the longest drawn out winter here in New England and I want to be warm.  NOW!  

Until I get too hot and start sweating then I'll want winter back!  I'm never happy:o)

That is not true... I am happy hanging by the pool with these two guys and happy playing with paper!

I used Tropical Summer Flair for this layout. 

I also used a combo of Pink Fresh Life Noted and Dear Lizzy.  Together, it is bright and colorful, just what I needed!  Thank you for taking a look. 

Different Not Less

Hey, friends!  Missy back with you today.  I'm SO excited to share my latest layout with you!  I used the Autism Flair set, and it was one of the flair that actually inspired the design of my page.  I love the rainbow hand print flair, and so I decided to create my own rainbow hand.  I did this using acrylic paint, and I just used my hand as a stamp.  I LOVE how it turned out!  I wanted to create a special design for these photos of me and my girls last month for Autism Awareness Month.  Both of my sweet babies are on the Austim Spectrum and are nonverbal.  Yes, this is a challenge, no doubt.  But it's also an amazing journey, and I've learned so much from these girls.  And the most important thing is they are happy and full of life!

After the painted hand dried, I used some of my Shimmerz watercolor sprays to create a watercolor look and add more color.  I didn't use any specific collection for this...just some bits & pieces from Me & My Big Ideas and Simple Stories. 

 

 

 

  Eeek!  I'm obsessed with how this turned out!  The colors are amazing, and they match the hand print flair perfectly.  I added lots of rainbow colored thread behind my photos and the flair button.  Our life with Autism is certainly messy, and I wanted this page to reflect that.  Besides, life is more fun when you're messy, right?  Maybe this is why I love mixed media so much...hmmmmm....
I added this flair to the right of my photo strip with some oranged thread.  I also used a clear sticker from Amy Tan Rise & Shine.  I mixed and matched my title and added a strip of rainbow washi tape.
This title is made up of a Cameo cut, some Elle's Studio alpha stamps and some Thickers.  They were white and I used the red acrylic paint to color them.  This title is from one of Temple Grandin's books.  She's an Animal Science professor in Colorado, and she travels and gives lectures on Autism and animals.  She's pretty much a genius and is probably the most fascinating person I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.  I can only dream of my girls accomplishing everything she has!  You should look her up and read about everything she's done in her life.
Here you can see all that yummy thread and the stickers.  And I love how the watercolor turned out.  I used some blue, yellow, red and black.  I didn't want to go overboard with the red since it could look like I bled all over the page...haha :D
Here's one more close up of the bottom area.  I added a few more stickers and a fun and bright border paper that I've had in my stash.  I also machine stitched around the edges.
I was so excited about making this page, so I filmed it and made a process video.  I hope it inspires you to get a little messy and perhaps learn a little more about our wild and crazy life :)

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&feature=vm&video_id=f2IDfZ0p33Y

Here is the Autism Flair Set:

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Missy Whidden

{You are my everything}

Hello A flair for buttons fans!

Marinette here today to share with you a new bright and colorful layout using Shelley's gorgeous flair ♥

For this layout I used the Stitched collection from Amy Tangerine.

I love so much this beautiful floral paper ::

I used flair from the In the News Flair Set and Happy Flair Set

Thanks so much for stopping by ;)

Have a lovely day. Xo. Marinette

Bon voyage!

Hi flair fans! It's Riikka here to share a layout with you!

It's very rarely that I have a clear picture of the page I want to make. I just try different things, have fun and invent as I go along. It was like that with this page as well - I started with some stencil work, then added stamping, paints, doodling and so forth. To me the process of creating is at leas as important as the finished layout.

This page is about the bears in Berlin. As one of the possible sources for the name of the city is from the word "bear" there were bears here and there around the city. There's a huge amount of the United Buddy Bears but also other styled bears like the ones in the photo.

As the statue in question had a grungy feeling, I wanted to continue the same feel through out the page. To bring modern elements to the page, I chose the "Sherbert Triangles" flairs to decorate the page and added one from the "More Lovely Words 3" set as well. 

I have done quite a few pages about the last summer vacation already, but I like to add different pages to the collection. Some of the pages are really straight forward holiday pages, some more like this, trying to capture a detail of the city. How do you document your vacation?

Thank you for stopping by today!

Sets used:

 

Just because

Hi! Els here.

When I saw these Knitting Flair set I immediately though of my sister, who is very much into crocheting and amigurumi. I just knew I had to get a set of these with a pin back to give them to her.

So I made a fun card, with a few of the flair I think would be her favorite pinned to it. She loves bright colors, and the set of crocheting hooks just had to be on it too.

To secure the pins to my card, I punched a couple of small holes in the white cardstock. I first laid out the flair as I wanted them. Traced around them with a pencil, and then punched two small holes within each of those circles, so I could pop the pins in and out, and securely close them up again. 

The piece of white cardstock with the flair is adhered with dimensional adhesive onto the card. When she receives the card, my sister will thus be able to carefully open and pull the flair off the card, without having to tear anything. A fun way of sharing these beautiful flair.

Els.