Hi there! My name is Mandie Pierce. I was on the Elle’s Studio design team from January-June 2011. I enjoyed my time on the team very much. When Elle asked if I would participate in Make It Sunday, I was thrilled to say, “Yes!” I am a stay at home mom of 3 and wife to an Air Force Major. We currently call Northern California home, and it looks like it will stay that way a little longer than we had anticipated. I am currently on the design team for Pebbles Inc and a local scrapbook crop called Scrap Again. You can see more of my work on my blog Like a Lemon to a Lime.
This is a just-for-fun layout. The Layer Number Cutouts made me think of the Beatles’ song “Eight Days a Week” for some reason. So, I decided to use them for a layout titled that! (& I’ve been singing the song every since!) The hearts on the journaling tag were cut out of another tag from the same set.
Here’s how this layout was made:
1. Gather your journaling cards and cut out the numbered tags.
2. Decide how you want to arrange all of the tags. I took an iPhone pic to help me remember how I had everything.
3. Cut out a 12×1 (ish) piece of pattern paper and a couple of strips of pattern paper (I used the Crate Paper Heart 6×6 pad for the smaller pieces). I used the smaller pieces to fill in in-between the tags. So, the size of these will vary depending on how you place your tags.
4. Ink the edges of your cardstock & tags, if desired.
5. While the ink is drying, use a white gel pen to trace the pattern on the background pattern paper (Crate Valentine). I flipped the pieces of paper on it’s side because I liked the way the design looked going up and down the sides rather than the top and bottom.
6. Start adhering and sewing down tags and patterned paper, layer by layer (this is where that phone pic comes in handy!)
7. Add the stamp on the top tag (stamp is from the Studio Calico Brooklyn Flea Kit).
8. Add your title & photo
9. Embellish to your heart’s content with the Crate Paper Heart Chipboard Accents!
Layered Number Cutouts, Everyday Tiny Tags, PLUS, two sets of tags that aren’t even for sale yet in the shop – they are coming out this Wednesday! Can you spot them?
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Prize: December 11th
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