Digita Inspiration with Tya

Hi Lori Whitlock fans - its Tya and I am up on the blog today sharing with you some digital inspiration. I love the 4th of July - it is my favorite holiday! It's warm , the food is good and the time spent with family is something I treasure. I made a layout of one of our 4th of July celebrations from a few years back. We love going to parades and so I decided to record that event.

Here is what I used to make this layout:
-Stars and Stripes Collection
-LW Life Templates Sq Set 6
-LW Deco Font
-LW Perfect Print Font
-LW Basic Embellishment Set

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of the July!

Transatlantic Travel Card

Hi there everyone! It's Tya and I am up on the blog today to share with you my project featuring the amazing Transatlantic Travel line. This is a beautiful line filled with rich colors and vintage looking icons, and I really liked making this card showcasing a few of my favorite pieces.
(insert Tya Smith Transatlantic Blog photo here)

I started with a 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch kraft card base and then added a piece of black cardstock of the same size on top of the kraft card. I used a piece of pattern paper from the 6x6 paper pad next and then started layering  different elements on to the card. On the left side of the card I added a script card from the 3x4 Journaling Cards. I then added the polaroid ephemera piece to the card. I popped the front section of the polaroid up for some dimension. I added the airplane sticker and the fluer de lis circle from the Sticker Set to the card
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I continued decorating the card with 3 banner pieces from the Ephemera pack and glued them under the frame. I added the Every Day is A Journey sticker and a tag that says Explore on it that I got from the Frames and Tags Ephemera. I decorated the tag with a tan button, tied with some black twine.

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Next I added a black and tan striped banner and another tan tag from the Tags and Frames Ephemera under the frame.I tied some white crochet thread to the tag. I added a black enamel dots to the right corner of the card.

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On the bottom left corner I added a compass sticker and 2 more black enamel dots to the card.

(Insert Tya Smith Transatlantic photo 4 here) 

I really enjoyed making this card. I was so fun to use all the vintage looking pieces to make a classic looking card. Thank you for stopping by today! Happy Crafting!

Supplies Used:

-Transatlantic Travel 6x6 Paper Pad

-Transatlantic Travel 3x4 Journaling Cards

-Transatlantic Travel Sticker Set

-Transatlantic Travel Frames and Tags Ephemera

-Transatlantic Travel Epehmera

-Ebony Black Felt Cardstock

-Black Enamel Dots

- Kraft Cardstock

-White crochet thread

-Foam Tape/Dots

Digital Inspiration with Tya

Hi Lori Whitlock fans - it's Tya and I am up on the blog today with a little digital inspiration for you. Did you know that every Wednesday over on Snap Click Supply Lori has kits on sale for only ONE DOLLAR?? It's a fabulous way to get some really cute digital scrapbooking kits at a great price. Today the adorable Patriotic Picnic files are on sale - so I decided to use them and create a layout.

These kits are super cute and I loved using them to highlight a few photos of my kids and their cute Grandma Carol a few years back. The colors and icons of these kits are simply adorable and I loved the bright pops of color! So fun!

Here is what I used to make the layout:
-Patriotic Picnic paper
-Patriotic Picnic elements
-LW Splendid Font
-Basic Embellishments Set

Don't forget to stop on over to the Snap Click Supply One Buck Wednesday sale and pick these 2 kits up today! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

LW June Creative Team Blog Hop

Hi friends - welcome to your last stop on this month's Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Ashley's blog or you can start at the very beginning at Lori's blog where you can pick up this darling freebie that is available through today so make sure to stop back there!

 I love to travel - and I was giddy when Lori creating the awesome Go See Explore Collection for Echo Park. I dug into my New York photos from a trip I took with my son and his high school band. We loved exploring the city together! It was a blast. This collection was perfect for my photos of all of us at Times Square. There is no place quite like Times Square at night - I loved it! 

I used the following products for my layout:
-Go See Explore Mega Collection
-Perfect Type Font

Thanks a bunch for stopping by today!

Make sure you check out Lori's promotions she has going on with this month's blog hop - she always has such great sales- don't forget to check them out!

 Lori is also giving away a $20 gift card to her SVG shop so don't forget to enter the raffle!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Father's Day Card Inspiration

Hello everyone! I am up on the blog today sharing with you a fun Father's Day card. I loved the cheery, bright colors in the  Carta Bella Toy Box line- so I used a few items from that collection to make this card:

To make this card I used a kraft cardstock base and then started adding some of my favorite papers from the 6x6 paper pad. To make my title - I got a little creative with one of my metal die cuts. I used the Dream Big die cut and used the "d's" and the "a" from the word "dream" I cut the letters from some solid red paper and then added them onto the back of one of the tags from the Frames and Tags Ephemera.  I added a small banner from the Chipboard Accents under the title. It says "favorite"  - perfect sentiment for Dad. I used 2 star die cuts from the Dream Big die as well and cut them from some sheet music and red star papers from the 6x6 pad.

I absolutely love the mini paper fans, so I had to add one of them to my card. I cut a circle from the Stitched Circle Nesting Die Set and glued it onto the front of the fan. I added an enamel #1 shape to the circle from the Toy Box Enamel Shapes. And how cute is the toy soldier standing at attention - I loved adding him for a little manly touch. He is from the Element Sticker sheet.

To finish the card I added some brown twine and wrapped it around a piece of blue paper. If you look closely you can see that I embossed this paper with the Mini Triangles embossing folder. The final touch was a grey button tied with a twine bow and glued to the card.

This was such a fun card to make and I am so excited to give it to my dad. It's always so fun to use themed kits in a new and different way. The Toy Box collection was so fun to work with! Happy crafting and Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there!

Supplies:

-Toy Box 6x6 Paper Pad

-Toy Box Enamel Shapes

-Toy Box Frames and Tags Ephemera

-Toy Box Mini Paper Fans

-Toy Box Chipboard Accents

-Toy Box Element Stickers

- Go See Explore Solids Pack

-Mini Triangles Embossing Folder

-Dream Big Die Set

-Stitched Circle Nesting Die Set

-Kraft Cardstock

-Foam Tape, foam squares

-tan  twine

-grey button

Hats Off Collection - Money Holders by Tya

Hi everyone - I am happy to be here on the blog today to share with you my projects using the amazing Hats Off line. Let's be real - there is no greater gift to a grad than some cold, hard cash! I wanted to share with  you  a couple of fun ways to give you favorite grad a little moolah! I got out my trusty Silhouette and cut out these 2 money holders

 The first holder is this fun slider type money holder. I used this file : Gift Money Holder Card
I cut the holder out with some black cardstock and then added some of the fun pattern papers to the card and tag.

 The front of the card is decorated with some stickers from the This and That sticker sheet. I also added a Diploma Doodlepop to the sticker and a star sticker as well. I added a black sprinkle to the center of the star for some dimension. I cut a strip of striped paper from the border sheet and notched the ends and stuck them under the sticker to make it look like an award.

I also added the "yippee" tab sticker and a star Cute Clip to the top portion of the cover. I also added a scallop border sticker from the This and That sticker sheet to the top and bottom of the star paper.

The large tag pulls out and holds the money. To decorate the tag I added a double bow of black and white bakers twine to the top.

The next project is a cool fun fold card. I just love making these! I used this file to make it: Hidden Box Gatefold Card. This card was super easy to put together. I just recommend when putting the belly band on to hold it on the top of the card and then wrap it around the back. I cut the box out using some grey cardstock and added the cute graduation icon pattern paper to the outside flaps.

I decorated the belly band with a sticker from the This and That sticker sheet. The pencil and large silver star are from the Odds and Ends pack. The small white star is a sticker from the Icon Sticker sheet and and small silver star is from the Sprinkle Shapes. I added a large silver jewel to the center of the sticker. The sticker is popped up with foam tape onto the belly band that I cut using some black cardstock. I added the flash icon paper from the border strips pattern paper.

Here is what the box looks like when the belly band is taken off and the box is popped open. The money is placed on the inside of the box, but it folds up into a card. It's such a fun card that packs a lot of punch! 

That's all I have today - hopefully I have inspired you to make up a few of these for those special grads in your life. Have a great weekend! 

Go See Explore Layout

Hi everybody! It's Tya and it's my turn up on the blog today to share with you my layout featuring the awesome Go, See, Explore line! What a great set this is! I love the bright colors and fun icons. It sure made creating this layout extra fun!
To make my layout I started out with 2 pieces of kraft cardstock and then layered the A View of the World, and Let's Pack and Go papers for the base. I also added a couple of strips of You Got a Postcard paper in the center of the papers. I mounted all of my photos on some white cardstock and layered some of the Tickets paper behind my main photo on the left side of the paper. I added a few photo corners cut from black cardstock with my Silhouette to the corners of a few photos as well.

Let me show you a few close ups of the embellishments and journaling:

I started up in the corner with a globe sticker, a chipboard sentiment, a geotag sticker and a pearl brad. A few enamel stars and a brown twine bow finish this corner off.

In the bottom left corner is a fun cluster of pieces from the Frames and Tags Ephemera, some chipboard pieces ,a sticker and a globe brad with some more twine tied behind it. The postcard is cut from the 6x6 pad. More enamel starts are added here too.

To make my journaling spot, I cut a label out of Green Solid paper  with my Silhouette. I did another label and typed up my journaling. I used the Print and Cut feature on my Silhouette and added the journaling to the green base.

On the journaling spot I left a space big enough to add a Mini Paper fan for some dimension. I added a banner sticker to the paper fan. I thought the sentiment was really fun.

On the top right side of the layout I added a few different tags from the Ephemera and a sticker sentiment. I added a chipboard star to one of the tags and sprinkled more enamel stars around.

Finally , on the right side of the layout, I made another cluster of embellishments here and used more tags, chipboard, brads and stickers. I again finished the cluster off with some brown twine and enamels stars. I like to keep all of my clusters cohesive so I tend to used similar embellishments in each of my clusters.

That's all there is to it! I hope I have inspired you to get out all of your travel photos and make some fun layouts using this super versatile and super fun line! Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Crafting!

Supplies:
-Go See Explore Tickets
-Go See Explore You Got a Postcard
-Go See Explore Let's Pack and Go
-Go See Explore Yellow Green Solid
-Go See Explore Decorative Brads
-Go See Explore Frames and Tags Ephemera 
-Go See Explore Chipboard Accents
-Go See Explore 6x6 pad
-Go See Explore Enamel Shapes
-Go See Explore Mini Paper Fan 
-Go See Explore Element Stickers
-Kraft Cardstock
-White Cardstock
-Black Cardstock
-Silhouette Cameo
-5 Label Shapes
-Photo Corners
-Foam Tape and Pop Dots
-Brown Ink
-Brown Twine
-Watercolors (for splatters)