Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Arden Creative Studio new collection Hidden Creek designed by Katie Pertiet

 Hello Lovelies!! It has been a while since I created a layout, and I was a little rusty until Hidden Creek was on my desk!  Katie Pertiet has designed a gorgeous new collection for Arden Creative Studio. The collection is full of all of those hidden gems you would find by a quiet creek in the woods. Fern, butterflies, wild flowers, and those tiny bugs that are oh so cute!! Yes, bugs can be cute! 

Last year, we started raising Monarch Butterflies. The photos in the layout are of my grandaughter holding one of the newly hatched Monarchs. 

I started with mounting a 12x12 paper from the pad on a piece of  cardboard but did not adhere a small vertical strip. i peeled that part back and tucked in a strip of corrugated cardboard. The frames were created using 2 retired Sizzix BIGZ dies that I layered. I adhered the frames to the base, then the fun began decorating the layout. 


The little bugs in the Ephemera pack are just to cute. I fussy cut the white edge out, and used a ball stylus to round them out. I used a black sharpie to color the legs and popped them onto a leaf using a small pop dot underneath. I strung the laser cut pendant with some jute. 


I added some of my favorite elements, and created my own flowers to match the papers perfectly. I love adding a little texture to my layouts, and this time, used some peeled back corrugated cardboard that I distressed with white acrylic paint. 


Look at the delicate laser cut darling Damselfly. I just glued her onto the flower. I created the flowers using some of my favorite floral dies. Do you have a favorite paper collection, and want the perfect flowers to match?? I grabbed Katie Pertiet Designs digital Dirty Linens Autumn Paper Pack, printed one of the teal colors on both sides of a piece of 110lb cardstock, die cut and created the perfect flowers. No need to ink if your using digital papers. I did use some Vintage Photo Distress ink on the edges to give them a little bit of depth. The fern are all die cut from the Fern Valley Die set created for the Hidden Creek collection. I can see using this die for many years to come.


The blue flowers were die cut from a retired Sizzix Susans Garden Black Eyed Susan die. The middle  of the flower was done using a McGill sun punch. I punched 5 suns and layered them together scrunching them up. The white flowers are an Elizabeth Crafts die designed by Angelica Turner. Wild Flower 2 using a ball stylus to shape, and the middle was done with a Floral 9 die and slit each petal into 2 making the petal thinner. I then added Prills to the middle. 


Hidden Creek is a beautiful collection. There is so much more to this collection. My favorite online store to get my scrapbooking supplies is A Cherry On Top. They have everything you need!!!Including the complete line of Hidden Creek. 

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Love Mini Album featuring Katie Pertiet Design digital collections.

 Who said that you have to wait for Valentines Day to create projects about Love....No one ever!! This little mini was created using a few different digital collections from Katie Pertiet Designs that I printed to create my mini. There are so many printables in the shop, and if you have an electronic cutting machine, you wont stop using it!! And if you don't have one, the collections are a fussy cutters dream! Click here https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/shop/ for Katies shop. Sign up and  create an account, and get started using her gorgeous designs. From papers, to ephemera, to digital stamps and so much more, you wont know what to purchase first! 

For the cover, I used 49 and Market beautiful flowers. I added 4 metal page corner embellishments for a little glitz. 

The mini album is my take on a sweet mini Amber Michell (bambidearr} created. Amber is so inspiring when it comes to sweet little minis!! 

 
I love the spine, as book rings hold the pages in the  mini, and then you can hang beautiful dangles on the outside. Even lots of lush ribbons would look gorgeous!  I have a plethora of beads, so I created dangles. I also used leather fringe tassels. I created charms using the ephemera sentiment circles, placed a piece of chipboard in the middle and sandwiched 2 sentiments. I used gold paint on the edges, put a gold eyelet at top using my Cropadile and attached it to the top book ring using a bulb pin, and the other charm I hung from a dangle I created using letter and crystal beads. 


I also created the little pink charm using a gold bezel, the heart was cut from one of the the papers then topped with an acrylic half dome. I bent back one of the loops on the bezel, and put a jump ring through it. I love creating dangles and charms for mini albums. 


There are so many things you can use to adorn your pages. I created little envelopes using my We R Memory Makers envelope punch board and adhered it to the page. Before I attached it, I added the string to close the envelope once attached. I topped this one using the Bolt Heart Butterfly Bow die from ScrapbookDiva Designs. 


Each page in the mini is a pocket. I created a card to slide into each pocket. They make great photo mats! 

Here is the card out of the pocket, and I also created small envelopes with cards to slide into the pocked as well. 

Leave the flap of the little envelope outside the pocket. 


Here is another mini envelope attached to one of the pages.


Dont glue the envelope together. Using the string to close it. All 4 flaps will open to reveal a little surprise, whether its a photo, journaling or a little love note, its up to you! 


In the back inside cover, Using the Tim Holtz Heartbeat die, I created a paper covered chipboard heart to hold another love letter. I die cut the heart rhythm, glued it on the heart and sprinkled it with glitter. 


I created a slide out card. The back was left plain to add your own journaling or love letter! 


I put 7 pages into the album. There is room for more. 



Katie Pertiet Digital collections used:

My Vintage Valentine