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Hello!  Felicia here with a pretty cool layout featuring my grandson when he was about 2 years old in the snow for the first time.  He had a ball and he wanted to stay out there for hours, but it was really cold in South Lake Tahoe around January.  We had bought him one of those snow ball makers to make snow balls with.  When I was a child growing up on the east coast, we had to make our own snow…

For today, I’m sharing a layout I created based off a sketch I designed and have included some brand new Shimmerz products, a free cut file (found HERE), and some lovely flair from Cuts2Luv!

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SMS Jan2017 Sketch

Flakey Background

I used this sketch as my inspiration and this FREE SpiegelMom Scraps cut file to create all my snowflakes. You can find the cut file HERE and the sketch can be saved right from this post. After cutting the Flakey background for another project, I saved all those lovely flakes for more projects! I stuck pretty close to my sketch, which always makes my scrapping go way faster.  I  just turned the sketch on it’s side to mix it up a little bit.  After all, I did just have an insane weekend LOL!!!  I started with white American Crafts cardstock and used several of the die cut snowflakes to as masks, painting over them with In The Navy AcriTonez from Shimmerz Paintz.  This technique is great when you want to create your own background and want specific colors!  I then used some of those same die cut snowflakes on my layout and layered them with the Blustery Day Feltie Snowflakes.  LOVE THESE!!  

The new AcriTonez are amazing, self-priming paints.  They go on with a chalky-like feel and dry completely matte, almost like chalkboard paint does. It’s the coolest!!  I also completely painted over the “Today” in my title.  It was black and the AcriTonez cover it beautifully.

After my background dried, which was super fast, I added some layers of Pink Paislee Moonstruck behind my photos to bring out the bright pink and navy.  I added some contrast with a Corky Flake (die cut cork snowflakes) and love how they stand out!

One of my favorite things to do when scrapbooking is adding small details around my page. It keeps your eye moving around the layout and gives it so much texture and interest.  Adding little details like Cut2Luv flair, SpiegelMom Scraps Sequins and splatters of Shimmerz sprays are my totally perfect finishing touches!  The navy blue splatters you see are Mama Sings the Blues Coloringz.  Caroline’s flair is fabulous!!  Layering it, like I did below is so much fun!  You’ll love the dimension and texture it adds to you layout!  Do check her out!!  Also pictured below are Tiny Heart Cork Confetti and Chasing Azul sequins.

A few notes about my layout before you hop on to the Cuts2Luv blog.  Caroline and I love to give away prizes, SO be sure to leave comments on all the designer’s blog participating in the hop.  You have through Saturday, January 14th to leave comments and TWO winners will be announced on Monday January 16th in the Facebook event!  

Feel free to use it and tag #smssketches in your social media!

I hope you enjoy what I’ve created for you today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Thanks so much! Now you’re off to the Cuts2Luv  blog.   Here the entire blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way!

SpiegelMom Scraps www.spiegelmomscraps.com\

Cuts2Luv blog: http://cuts2luv.blogspot.ca/

Caroline Elliam : http://creationselliam.blogspot.ca/

Sara Scraps: https://sarascrapsblog.wordpress.com/…

Marie-France : http://scrapbookingdebadbarbie.blogspot.ca/

Laura: http://beadsbuttonsandbirds.blogspot.co.uk/…

Megan: http://www.craftymeggy.com/blog/

Sandra : http://saisir-le-moment.blogspot.ca/

Sarah M: http://theadventuresofscrappysarah.blogspot.com/…

Khristina: http://www.redefinedkreative.blogspot.com/…

Valérie: http://leblogdevall04.blogspot.ca/

Christy: https://christysbeautifullife.wordpress.com/…

Beth: http://scrappingwonders.com/

Maryse: http://loisir-scrap.blogspot.ca/

Evi: http://lifewithevi.blogspot.com/

Katty: https://kattymiranda.com/

Isabelle: http://lespagesdisa.blogspot.ca/

Felicia: http://rosescrapco.blogspot.com/

Hannah: http://www.scrapbookpagesandcupcakes.com/…

Veronique: http://leblogdeplumo.blogspot.ca/

Rachel: https://wordsandpaperscraps.wordpress.com/…

France Ringuette: http://fringuetteart.blogspot.ca/

Lisa: http://pinkglitterscrapper.blogspot.com/…