DIY Floral Barrette

Hello everyone.  I want to show you how I turned a ho-hum hair clip into a pretty spring fashion piece with today's DIY Floral Barrette tutorial.

So now that you've seen the finished project, let's take a look at what it started out as.

Still very lovely but sometimes you just want to add a bit of happiness to your hair, right?

All I needed to complete this was a few sheets of patterned paper, die cuts, puffy stickers and Sticky Thumb adhesive of course! I would also suggest a bit of Mod Podge or some sort of sealer to protect it from repeated use or a rainy day.

The first thing I did was wrap the barrette in paper.  Easy peasy!

Next, I fussy cut some flowers and carefully selected a die cut butterfly and a few puffy stickers. I cut some extra leaves to use as fillers.

Then I just started layering the bits and pieces. I started with the two larger pieces on the ends and then filled in with smaller bits until I loved the look.

Remember the before photo above?  What do you think of the after? I can tell you that I have a very happy little girl who can't wait to wear this with her favorite Spring outfits!

Supplies: JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12"X12" TIN,  Tealightful Bouquet 12x12 patterned paper (733527), Tealightful Lovely Lilacs 12x12 patterned paper (733534), Tealightful Ephemera Cardstock Die Cuts (733540), Tealightful Puffy Stickers (733542)

Lucky Charm Scrapbooking Layout and Free Cut File

Hello everyone!  Heather Leopard is here to present you with my lucky charm and a free Silhouette cut file so you can create your own Lucky Charm scrapbooking layout!



I consider my girl to be as rare as a 4 leaf clover so I thought it was appropriate to create a background full of these lucky clovers.  You can too by downloading this free Silhouette cut file HERE.



I used two patterned papers and cut 2 different sizes of clovers, which are included in the free cut file.  Then, I placed them 4 across and 4 down. It is a 4 leaf clover afterall.  I alternated the large clover patterns.



Once they were all placed on the page, I tacked them with a dab of glue to keep them in place.  Then I stitched a + or an x through them.  Next, I lifted up the sides of each petal and creased them in the middle.  I also alternated puffy flower stickers and gold sequins to the middle of the clovers. You can see this better in the photo below.



I kept the layering around the photos to a minimum since the background was already so busy.  I added just enough to draw attention to the photos.

I just love the pink glitter Thickers included with this collection.  I blended them with a script "lucky" to complete the layout.

Supplies:
Tealightful Bouquet 12x12 patterned paper (733527)
Tealightful Lovely Lilacs 12x12 patterned paper (733534)
Tealightful Floral Patchwork 12x12 patterned paper (733535)
Tealightful Puffy Stickers (733542)
American Crafts Thickers Maggie (733538)

Lucky Charm Scrapbooking Layout and Free Cut File

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing my lucky charm documented in a scrapbook layout and a free Silhouette cut file so you can create your own Lucky Charm scrapbooking layout!

I consider my girl to be as rare as a 4 leaf clover so I thought it was appropriate to create a background full of these lucky clovers.  You can too by downloading this free Silhouette cut file HERE.

I used two patterned papers and cut 2 different sizes of clovers, which are included in the free cut file.  Then, I placed them 4 across and 4 down. It is a 4 leaf clover afterall.  I alternated the large clover patterns.

Once they were all placed on the page, I tacked them with a dab of glue to keep them in place.  Then I stitched a + or an x through them.  Next, I lifted up the sides of each petal and creased them in the middle.  I also alternated puffy flower stickers and gold sequins to the middle of the clovers. You can see this better in the photo below.

I kept the layering around the photos to a minimum since the background was already so busy.  I added just enough to draw attention to the photos.

I just love the pink glitter Thickers included with this collection.  I blended them with a script "lucky" to complete the layout.

Supplies: Tealightful Bouquet 12x12 patterned paper (733527), Tealightful Lovely Lilacs 12x12 patterned paper (733534), Tealightful Floral Patchwork 12x12 patterned paper (733535), Tealightful Puffy Stickers (733542), American Crafts Thickers Maggie (733538)

Hello Beautiful | Simple Life Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone.  I'm here today to tell you how I survived a strong desire to fussy cut a bunch of teeny tiny flowers from the Wildflowers paper for this scrapbooking layout.

Yep, I was immediately drawn to this paper containing all these beautiful wildflowers, including bluebonnets.  That sure did make this Texas gal's heart happy. I just knew I had to "pick" each flower to use on my layout but there was no way was I going to attempt to cut them out by hand. No way, no how! Enter Silhouette PixScan...

I used the PixScan mat and my Silhouette CAMEO. I took a photo of the image, imported it into Silhouette software and traced each flower.  I sent it to the cutter and within minutes, each flower was individually cut just like that!

Look at those delicate little flowers!  At this point, I wasn't sure exactly how I'd use them because the stems were posing a problem.  It would be weird to just place them scattered on the page.

Then it hit me! I used them to frame my photo. What a fun, eye-catching way to draw you in to the photo.  

As I said, I decided to use them to create a frame around my photo (I used a 3" circle photo). To do this, I added tape adhesive to the back of my photo and randomly started placing the first layer of photos. Once I had the first layer, I was a bit more selective on choosing color placement and length of the flowers. I kept working at it until I liked what I saw.  Then I adhered it to the page using foam dimension adhesive.

I added some wooden leaves behind the photo to add more weight to the right side after adding the title on the left.

I added additional clusters around the page, including the title, sub title and a flower box at the bottom to pull it all together.

Supplies: JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12"X12" WILDFLOWERS, JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12"X12" SPRING SEEDS, JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE THICKERS STICKERS ALPHA/PRINTED CHIPBOARD, JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE WASHI TAPE STRIP SHEETS, JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE WOOD VENEER SHAPES , JEN HADFIELD SIMPLE LIFE EMBOSSED STICKERS 3/PKG ROSE GOLD FOILED WORDS