fun with letters and love

Hello!

I am continuing this week's topic of "Love Letters" and have a couple of projects to share with you.

Each of the designers this week has either shared their take on the challenge, which was to either use a letter as part of their project or to find a creative way to use letters on their page.

I have loved the way others use large cut-out wording on projects, so that is what I decided to do for this week.

But, before I share that layout, here is a card that I created in honor of Valentine's Day and the cute little hedgehog stamps included in this month's Heart of Gold Classic Kit. I did a little bit of word play with the Pink Paislee Memorandum alpha stickers on this card.

As I mentioned, I love the look of large diecut titles. Instead of using my Silhouette Cameo for this one, though, I typed the word "love" using the WordArt function in Microsoft Word. I used  the outline version of my chosen font and printed it out in 120 point on a sheet of 8 1/2"x11" cardstock. From there I used my craft knife to cut out the letters and then backed each one with patterned paper. 

This is a great way to get the diecut look for those who may not have a diecutting machine available. 

After adding the patterned paper to "love" I mounted that onto the charcoal grey cardstock from the kit and trimmed leaving a 1/4" border all the way around. From there I adhered that to a piece of patterned paper that I'd misted with blue Heidi Swapp Color Shine. 

The triangle strip was handcut from the Pink Paislee Memorandum "Memo" patterned paper. 

I added the white paper heart doily and lots of stickers, washi tape and enamel dots to finish off the page. 

I used the Patina spray mist from last month's kit to draw lines for my journaling, which is about my daughter's love for gymnastics. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. 

How have you/do you use letters in a creative way on your projects? 

I challenge you to create a project using this week's focus for your page. 

Check back on Monday for a new challenge!

Inspired by Love Letters--"Heart of Gold" Classic Kit

Happy Tuesday!  This week the design team is scrapping using "Love Letters" as our inspiration. Today I'm going to be showcasing LETTERS in my layout using the "Heart of Gold" Classic Kit.  (I think there are still a couple of these kits available to purchase in the store!)

I like to use all different sorts of letters & fonts on my layouts. I also love using different medium, from Thickers, to stickers, to hand lettering.  It's a good thing the Noel Mignon kits are packed with letters each month!!!  

Let's start with the title of my page...I mixed the gold & white Thickers that came in this month's kit with some small alphabet stickers that I had in my stash.  I really like to mix and match the fonts and LETTERS in my titles.  I think it adds interest and is visually appealing.  I added a little text with the Pink Paislee washi strip that reads "capture the everyday" as well.

Next up is the journaling...I like to hand journal, because I think it is important to have my own hand writing on my layouts.  I like the look of typed journaling as well---but it is so much quicker to hand journal, so I occasionally type, but not very often.  I paired the frame that reads "today" along with a sticker that reads "together" to complete my journaling block for this layout.  I like the adding small details to the journaling block because I think it makes it look a little more interesting and dimensional.   

And finally, the last LETTERS appear in a banner at the top of my layout that reads "sweet".  This sticker is from the Crate Paper Sticker sheet that came in the kit.  I added this banner because the layout is about Slurpees, which are, or course, SWEET!!!  So this sticker fit the theme of the page perfectly.

Thank you so much for joining me today and checking out all of the ways I like to incorporate LETTERS on my layouts.  Stop by all week to see how the design team is inspired by "Love Letters" on their layouts.