I completed another layout for the 52 weeks of stress free scrapbooking challenge – this one is from week 8 and it also happens to fit a Color Challenge that I found on the Inkspirations blog.    The challenge is to use Basic Grey, Sage Shadow, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White – which happen to be the colors in the Stampin’ Up! Nouveau Chic Designers Series Paper.  This was the paper that I used on my scrapbook page.  Now this was not one of the papers that I liked but I had some and when I pulled out these pictures of my mom and dad the colors seemed to go well and so that is what I used.  And I LOVE how the page turned out!  Plus I used the new Bitty Buttons from the Summer Mini catalog – they were perfect.  The little heart buttons match up with the smallest heart on the Heart to Heart Punch.

I cut strips of the designer paper in different lengths and widths to create the background on this layout.  The title was cut with the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlits Die set.  Add I added a cute little accent next to the title – first I put a punch out of the Apricot Appeal card stock behind the bitty heart shaped button – poked the holes through with my paper piercer – then put it on top of a Basic Grey Corduroy Button and thread some gray cross-stitch thread through and tied it in a knot.  It turned out so cute.

I added some Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon to the page and from the bow I hung a heart shaped tag stamped with “love” from the Tiny Tags stamp set.

On the top of the page are three more of the heart shaped bitty buttons – one has Sage Shadow behind it, one has Apricot Appeal behind it, and one had Basic Grey behind it.

I love these little Bitty Buttons.  Here and there I added some faux stitching with my black journaler.  And there is some real hand-stitching on the left side of the page – a few cross-stitches just because.  But I don’t think you can see it in the picture and I forgot to get a close up of it.

It is National Scrapbooking Month so I should be working on scrapbook pages.  I have another page that I finished this weekend too so I’ll be sharing that this coming week.

Thanks for stopping by and checking things out today – have a happy day – and be sweet to your sweet heart!

I’m a Guest Designer at  Create with Connie & Mary: Summer Edition going on now – come join us for daily projects featuring items in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog.