{A Flair for Buttons}

Summer Fun

Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new LO to share.  A few weeks ago I talked about how I love doing summer LO's because there are so many products to choose from.  On this LO I used 2 summer themed flair buttons.  They went perfectly with the Hello Summer collection from Simple Stories!

Word flairs are my absolute favorite!

And more yellow!  You can never have too much yellow right?

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Today is the Day

Hey there! It's Devra here with a very happy page to share today. That for sure means I need bright happy colors and of course flair to go with it all!  So to start, I grabbed a bunch of bright colored papers from Dear Lizzy.  Once I had everything laid out, the real fun began. Which flair should I use? Well, after sifting through my bright stripes, polka dots and other colorful patterns, I landed on the Smash Phrases flair. Check out those cool sentiments. "Believe in Yourself" and "Follow your Dreams"? How much more perfect could they be? The real 'a-ha' moment was remembering I had the Graduation Flair . Big DUH to me! Anyway, as always, these flair add just the right detail to all of my pages!

Thanks so much for taking a look today. you can find out more info about this page on the Get It Scrapped blog and my blog as well. See you next time!

 

3rd grade - layout by Riikka

Heippa, is this layout looking familiar? I showed a similar one titled "2nd grade" in the beginning of the month. I also then said that there's a twist with the page and now you can see it. As I wanted both of my girls to have a chance to document their thoughts about the start of the new school year, I did a double page. Both of the layouts have an envelope to hold the journaling.

I worked with the pages simultaneously and they were actually taped together in the beginning. I used similar layers and mediums when doing the pages and cut the two loose from each other only after the background was done. Even the paper layers are done together!

I used orange in this page and blue in the other as those were the colors my daughters chose themselves. I asked them to pick a color that fit school in their opinion. It was fun that they actually picked opposite colors! I let the colors mix around the seam, but otherwise followed their choice of color in the page. The two pages have same patterned paper as the background, though, to keep the double page cohesive, but they work as individuals, too. 

What the two pages also have in common is two flair sets I used to embellish the layouts. Naturally I couldn't do a layout about school without the "Back to School 2" set. The other set I used in both pages is the "Retro Little Girl" - I managed to find a girl with a fitting color palette to them both!

For this orange layout I also used a dot patterned flair form "Primary Circles" set and a glasses one from "So Retro 3". The latter is because my older daughter just got glasses in the beginning of summer. 

Thank you for stopping by today! Hopefully August has been good for you! I'll see you again next month!

Sets used in the page: 

   

Retro Little Girl ; Back to School 2 ; Primary Circles ; So Retro 3

..:: back to school ::.. with orange gearle

Hi friends! Orange Gearle here with a layout using a piece of flair from the Hashtag Summer Flair Set. I don't know about you, but it is sooooo back to school time here. I am a teacher by day, so I have been spending a lot of time getting ready for the new year.  These photos  are of my daughter starting 2nd grade last year. You know what that means, she starts third grade in a few days. How is that possible? Here is my layout:

I thought the #cool flair fit perfectly for this layout. First of all, cool and school rhyme. ;-) Also, it was the perfect pop of color. I have used several pieces of flair from this set --  I love them!  Here are a few close ups:

I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe and I had my Silhouette Cameo poke holes in my card stock for me so I could stitch the background. It was fun (and took a few hours -- what was I thinking?)!

I had a lot of fun making this layout, and I made a video of my process if that suits your fancy!

 

Hashtag Summer Flair Set

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again soon! XO o.g.

..:: best friends ::.. with orange gearle

Hello! Orange Gearle here with a layout for you using several pieces of flair from the {a flair for buttons} etsy store!  Here is my layout:

I started with white card stock and created a background with a stencil and some Shimmerz Paints.  Then I added all kinds of goodies from various Vick Boutin collections to embellish these two photos of my daughter and her very best friend. 

The whole idea of this layout can be summarized by the above quotes that I found. 

Sometimes I find it difficult to work with black and white elements, but always I appreciate it in the end. This was a really fun one to make.

I used flair from Summertime Flair 1 set, Sloth Love Flair set, and the Tropical Vacation 2 Flair set. I also made a video of my process if that's something that suits your fancy.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you again soon! XO, o.g.

Beach Hair

Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new LO to share.  Summer LO's are always the most fun to make right?  I get so many photos during the summer.  There also seems to be a lot of summer themed products out there including flair buttons.  Sooo much to choose from in the store!

For this LO I used the Hello Sunshine collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio and a cut file from Paige Evans.

Here's some close ups of the flair buttons:

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2nd grade - layout by Riikka

Hei! It's August and schools start again soon. This was my main inspiration for the two monthly projects this time.

This layout is about my younger daughter who will start the 2nd grade this autumn. We start the school quite late here in Finland - pre-school starts when the child turns six and school on the year when child turns seven. So my daughter started school last year and this year it's the second grade and I think the start might be partly easier and partly harder than last year. Easier as the school and the route are already familiar but now the novelty is gone which in her case might cause trouble. As you can see from the photo, she's a little clown and somewhat easily bored. But she adores her teacher so I guess it all be good.

I started the page with mixed media touches and used school related elements like letters and little stickers. I also needed to add a couple of flairs from the "Back to School 2" set, because they fit the theme so perfectly. I also used a sweet little girl flair from the "Retro Little Girl" set and a typewriter from "LoVe yOU".

There's also a little twist with this page, or actually two. As you might spot, there's no visible journaling. It's because I added an envelope to the side of the page so my daughter could make her own journaling telling about her expectation and thoughts about the new school year. The other twist you can see later this month when I share my second monthly project. 

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Sets used in this layout:

  

Back to School 2 ; Retro Little Girl ; LoVe yOU