garden art journal

Hey paper peeps! I started creating an artsy fartsy art journal dedicated just for gardening! I love gardens so much, they are the most peaceful & beautiful places! To have a special little keepsake to keep all kinds of flowery goodness in makes me all sorts of happy! 
I used an old vintage hard cover book, and just tore a bunch of pages out to make room for new messy ones! ;)

I used a mix of vintage garden paper and new ephemera pieces to create a little collage area on the cover, then topped it off with a chippy painted book plate and some chipboard pieces!

I hung this beautiful charm off the binding with yarn, they were in my shop but are all sold out now! I may be putting more up soon!

I love mixing different sized letters, it adds a cute handmade eclectic feel!

Here's a couple pages I put in, I used a beautiful bloom cutfile by Just Nick Studio!

The floral hummingbird paper is by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper, isn't it so pretty?!

Do you have a garden art journal? I can't wait to get this thing "dirty!" Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Best Day layout

Hey there paper peeps! Recently I have discovered a new love for cut files! Everyone said "ohmygosh it's going to change the way you scrapbook" and holy cow they were right! I can't believe I let my Silhouette Cameo sit there for 2 years before I dove in eek! I was a little skeered... but now I learned how to use it and am totally hooked! Cut files have given me a new fresh love for 12x12 layouts, sometimes I struggle so much with them, but with cut files it makes it sort of easy for me for some reason? Maybe cuz they can fill up lots of space?  Here I cut 2 large leafy ones, sponged a little Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough paint on them and slapped them on my layout. Super simple! 

I also hid some journaling in the leaves, I love using my typewriter for journaling and then nestling the snippets into places.. 

Do you do anything artsy fartsy with your die cuts? Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day!