Focus on Homespun and DIY Boutique

Hi everyone! Lisa here with you today to share some layouts I made with the new Homespun and DIY Boutique collections.

First up is a sweet page about my daughter and her fur baby. I worked in pieces from the Sn@p Cat collection since we all know cats think the world revolves around them. :) I used some of the decorative brads like flair (house, heart and flowers) by cutting the prongs off the back and adding dimensional foam to the back to make the pieces pop off the page.

Here's a detail shot of the layered embellishments to the right of the photo:

Here's a closer look at the embellishments in the top left corner of the page:

This second page is based on a wonderful sketch by Becky Fleck. The Simple Stories team partnered with PageMaps this month. Be sure to pop over to the PageMaps web site to see all of the fabulous sketch-inspired projects.

Are any of you So You Think You Can Dance fans? My daughter is, so imagine her excitement when she had the chance to dance with tWitch at a recent dance convention. Every time I see this photo of the two of them together, it brings a smile to my face.

The fun and happy colors of the DIY Boutique collection totally captured my daughter's excitement and worked perfectly with the photo. I pretty much followed Becky's sketch, adding in my own touches and style, with a lot of layering and embellishments.

Here's a look at the sprinkling of embellishments on the right side of the page. It's a fun mix of chipboard pieces and word and icon stickers. I don't know about you, but I have a "thing" for ampersands right now and I used them quite a bit on the two pages I've shared today. :)

This is a detail shot of the top right corner.

I hope you've enjoyed getting a look at Homespun and DIY Boutique in action and you're inspired to add these collections to your own stash. Have a great day!

Purrfection Supply List:

Homespun Collection:

Green Dots 12x12 Paper
Heart & Home from 6x6 Paper Pad
Bits & Pieces
Expression Cardstock Stickers
Fundamental Cardstock Stickers
Chipboard Stickers
Sn@p Pockets
Sn@p Cuts
Decorative Brads

DIY Collection:

Photo Overlays
Icon Stickers
Stickers - Letters
Enamel Dots (Teal, Red, Yellow)
Enamel Dots (Pink, Green, Orange)

Sn@p Collection:

Sn@p Stickers - Letters
Sn@p Stickers - Cat
Sn@p Insta Squares & Pieces - Cat

24/7 Supply List:

DIY Boutique Collection:

No Worries 12x12 Paper
Who's to Say 12x12 Paper
Boutique Polka/Red 12x12 Paper
Boutique Chevron/Teal 12x12 Paper
Chipboard Stickers
Insta-Frames

DIY Collection:

Stickers - Icons
Stickers - Labels
Stickers - Words
Stickers - Letters
Clear Stickers - Messages
Enamel Dots - Pink, Green, Orange
Enamel Dots - Teal, Red, Yellow