Saying Goodbye

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another layout for Wild Whisper!

The "Life Isn't Perfect" collection is so versatile, as I'm sure you've seen with all the projects that have been shared this month.  It covers so many of those hard, difficult stories and my layout today is about one of the sad stories.  Pet lovers all know that there is just never enough time with our dearly loved fur babies.  

Our vet gave us an extra day to spend with Beau, our rescue beagle from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; before we had to send him over the rainbow bridge due to cancer that had destroyed his quality of life.  

We fed him french fries, and treats, gave him lots of cuddles, and pretty much allowed him to do everything that had previously been a "no/no"!  Of course we took lots of pictures as well, and I was really touched by this one of my daughter and Beau.  She was his best friend and defender.

To make the layout, I used a cut file from Paige Taylor Evans and backed it with papers from the "Small Patterns" collection.

The sequins from "Crazy Motivated" created such a pretty punch of colour on the flower blooms.

Because I love them so much, I also added the sequins to one of the wood veneer heart pieces!

He was a rascal, but we loved him!

A Valentine's Card - Wild Whisper Style!

Hi everyone!  

With it being Valentine's Day tomorrow, I figured I better get a card made for my husband!

This card is a mixture of papers from "Crazy Motivated" and "Life Isn't Perfect", plus some black cardstock from the "Back to Basics" collection. 

The paper collections all coordinate with each other so perfectly, that you really are able to stretch the number of projects you can make, by making use of your scraps and incorporating pieces from "Back to Basics".

Here are the dimensions for all the layers that were used:

Bottom orange mat - 6"x6"                                                                                        Large black mat - 4.25"x6"                                                                                        Square orange mat - 3.75"x3.75"                                                                              Square black mat - 3.5"x3.5"                                                                                  The heart image was cut out of the die cut page from "Life Isn't Perfect"

I made a round shaker to put over the heart image and filled it with the beautiful "Crazy Motivated" sequins.  Then, I coloured the top of it with Copic Sketch marker E08 to help it blend with the rest of the card.

The sequins are so pretty, that I added them to the top of the card as well and finished off with a piece of cording that I had in my stash.

"#inlove" is a cricut die cut.

I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow... sharing love with family and friends. 

Life Isn't Perfect

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to be sharing my FIRST design team post for Wild Whisper Designs featuring February's collection "Life Isn't Perfect"! 

To create my layout I also used a piece from January's collection "Crazy Motivated", as well as a piece of cardstock from "Back to Basics".

I dug back through the years to find this photo of my granddaughter after she tangled with her bedframe!  This paper collection was perfect for THAT story!

To begin, I thought I'd share with you a bit of the process that I use when I'm planning a layout.  In this case, I started with Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's February Sketch.

Once I figured out what papers I was using, I cut out the centers that wouldn't be showing, in order to have scraps for my journaling and umbrella embellishments.

I cut out a couple of the umbrellas and ran a black copic marker around the edge to make them look more "finished".  In the photo below, the top umbrella has been finished with the marker, and the bottom one has not.  The difference the marker makes is quite dramatic!

To further jazz them up, I applied Ranger's Glossy Accents to the umbrellas and on the white parts of the boxing gloves.  The little flair button "Just Breathe" was the perfect addition.  I don't know if that advice was needed more for her or for her parents!

Then I got playing with the Pineapple Paradise embossing powder and OH MY... what wonderful stuff!  I fell in love and had to hold myself back from putting it on EVERYTHING!!!  It is such a pretty colour and SO sparkly.  

It turned these metal leaves from ho hum to fabulous!

How yummy is THAT!

With a little bit added to the top of the letters, my title now POPS!  

One last peek at the finished layout!

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share with you the fun I had with this paper collection AND the Pineapple Paradise embossing powder of course!

Do stop by Wild Whisper's store and check out "Life Isn't Perfect".  It is perfect for telling those stories that are begging to be told!

Happy creating!

Wild Whisper Design Team

Hi everyone,

It's a new year, new beginnings.... and I'm so excited to be starting it off with Wild Whisper's new Design Team!

I have seen previews of the upcoming paper collections that will be arriving soon (Canada's postal strike in December threw the schedule out of whack), and they are FABULOUS! 

Be prepared to become CRAZY MOTIVATED!!!

Are you working on planners for the New Year right now?  Here's a graphic that would make a great motivational insert!  Click on it,  click "save image as"... and save to a file on your computer.  

          *hint*  It's gonna look pretty cool with January's paper collection! *hint*

Stay tuned for when Crazy Motivated hits the stores!!

Linda