Inspired by The Great Gatsby

This week our Glitz Design challenge was to find inspiration from "The Great Gatsby". My girls and I love trying out vintage hairstyles, so I started by searching Pinterest for style inspiration. After imitating the flapper hairstyle and look we shot a few photos. The feathers, lace and bling from the era's style were a great jumping off point for my project. I finished off the layout by adding a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" to the photo of my daughter. 

"Rare Smile" layout supplies:

Glitz Design "Brightside" paper: Butterflies

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" papers: Diamonds, Squirrels

Glitz Design "Brightside" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" Titles & Accents sticker sheet

Glitz Design "Brightside" washi tape - pink glitter

other: card stock (Bazzill Basics), feather (Michael's), tulle (Hobby Lobby), date stamp (Smash), scallop & butterfly punches (Martha Stewart Crafts), sequins, tag die (Stampin' Up), Sizzix Big Shot

Messages from Heaven

Nearly every change of season brings us a fresh batch of color combination trends to try. This fall the Glitz team is taking the Green/Pink/Neutral combo for a spin. I had a hard time choosing between white and warm gray for my neutral, so in the end I went with both. The white I kept as a canvas and the warm gray as the accent. 

The photo was extra special to me because it was a little memento I found of my dad's one day when cleaning my house. When he was sick his pockets were always supplied with cough drops that had little messages on the wrappers. This was one of the wrappers I found not long after he passed away. It was like a little message from heaven. 

"Nothing You Can't Handle" Supplies:
Glitz Design "Finnley" paper: Drip
Glitz Design "Wild & Free" 6x6 Paper Pad
Glitz Design "Finnley" 6x6 Paper Pad
Glitz Design "Dapper Dan" Rubber Stamps
Glitz Design "Finnley" Titles & Accents Sticker Sheet
Glitz Design "Finnley" Alphabets & Words Sticker Sheet
Glitz Design "Hello Friend" Washi Tape
other: typewriter, VersaMark ink, Stickles glitter glue, star sequins (Studio Calico), lace punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), circle punch, embossing powder and ink (Stampin Up)

Visual Triangles

New trend alert... triangles. Well, maybe it's not exactly a new trend. I'm not always up with the times, but I catch on eventually. Either way, triangles seem to be a graphic pattern that's making appearances all over these days. I started this layout intending to use it for last week's rhinestone theme, but halfway through I decided it would be better suited for this week's triangle theme. 

I started by adding several of the triangle patterned papers from Glitz Design's "Finnley" line from both the 12x12 and 6x6 patterned papers. Next a dabbed some paint onto the triangle pattern on the "Raven" Roller Doodle stamp. To add a few more subtle triangles I cut freezer paper with a star punch, then snipped the points off the stars to make free floating translucent triangles. 

"Hello World" Supplies:
Glitz Design "Finnley" papers: Stripe, Floral
Glitz Design "Finnley" 6x6 Paper Pad
Glitz Design "Finnley" Bits & Pieces
Glitz Design "Finnley" Alphabets & Words Sticker Sheet
Glitz Design "Finnley" Titles & Accents Sticker Sheet
Glitz Design "Raven" Giant Roller Doodle - Triangles
Other Supplies: Paint dauber (Ranger); Mist (Studio Calico); straw (used to stamp circle outlines), freezer paper, star punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); star (Studio Calico); sequins