Nicole Martel

Happy Saturday, friends! Not much going on this weekend. I did a little re-organizing in my scrap room and then played a bit! I'm taking a few minutes to share this layout that was just recently published in Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine. 

I created this layout using a variety of stamps and metal dies from Taylor Expressions and the paper collection is from Simple Stories' Trail Mix and Noteworthy collection. I just love this design so much. It's full of layers and stamping. I have so many fun stamps and metal dies from Taylor Expressions that just sit on the shelf...I was determined to use four-five products from my stash... Can you spot them all? :) My Taylor Expression fans will see them.
I stamped the tree using the Through The Woods stamp set and a light pink ink to make it faint so that it would not hide the journaling.
I used the "Always Take The Scenic Route" stamp sentiment from the Happy Camper stamp set. I did my best to line up the sentiment on the line of the tag... that was not easy, but I managed!That moose is too cute!! When I bought him, I wasn't sure if I would have a use for him, but he was perfect for filling in the white space at the bottom of the layout with the grass I created from the metal die.What do you think? Isn't this such a fun layout? I just love how it came together. I'll have to challenge myself more often to use my stamps and dies more often... 

Good morning, friends! Nicole here with a pretty Spring layout I created using the Sketchy Florals Stamps and Dies along with the Large Branch Die, Curtain Call Dies and First Bloom 4x6 Stamps and dies. I love mixing and matching stamps and metal dies to create beautiful layouts. To begin, I stamped the Sketchy Florals stamp set onto white cardstock and colored them in using alcohol markers, being careful not to smear the blank ink. I used a black waterproof ink so that the images did not look blurry once the flowers were colored. After the images were colored, I used the Sketchy Florals Die to cut the flowers out.

Hello friends! I'm excited to share a fun mixed media page I created using Polishing Plaster through a stencil. I'm about to start my Outer Banks album and wanted to get my mixed media divider page completed! Plus...I was in the mood to just play with mixed media.