Paper Trail is Buzzing and Bumbling

This month our little group focused on the fabulously versatile Close to My Heart Buzz and Bumble Paper Pack featuring soft tans, creamy light yellows, and smooth peachy orange.  The paper patterns give choices or stripes, bumble bees, soft old newspaper, and adaptable light geometric patterns.  If  you hopped here from Betsy's blog, you have already seen how easy it is to use these fabulous papers.

Buzz and Bumble perfectly coordinates with the photos of my great grandmother's sepia photos.  She was a lovely woman and we have great stories about her.  We have wonderful stories of her and everything I have heard about her tell of a lovely graceful women who tragically lost family members too soon, loved to garden, and was an excellent mother.  I wanted to combine the so trendy hexagon shapes with the antique photos while showcasing this beautiful woman.  CTMH features the paper with several wonderful stamp sets and accessories:  Honeycomb stampset, Brown & Tan Glitter Paper, Keyboard Kraft Alphabet, Brown & Tan Sparkles Assortment, Durables Artisan studs, and cute Buzz and Bumble Assortment of adhesive backed wooden accessories.  I used the Pattern 2 from the CTMH publican Make It From Your Heart, a wonderful book full of scrapbook and card patterns and ideas.  I listed the recipe for this layout below.

Buzz and Bumble Heritage Layout Recipe

Buzz and Bumble Paper Pack

Scholastic Paper Packet

Cocoa Ink 

Champagne Ink

Desert Sand Ink

Sorbet Ink

Goldrush Ink

Creme Brulee Ink

Sunset Ink

Honeycomb Stamp Set

Buzz and Bumble Assortment

Durables Artisan Studs

Sparkles Brown and Tan Assortment

Opaques Adhesive Gems Mocha

Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Keyboard Kraft Alphabet

Canvas Alphabet

Glitter Paper Brown & Tan

Kraft Cardstock

Cricut Artist Cartridge

Adhesive Back Twill (retired)

At the last minute, I needed a quick gift for the Oscar's party a friend was hosting and a birthday gift for a co-worker.  I had all the my Buzz and Bumble materials out and I grabbed last month's Stamp of the Month: Home Sweet Home to make these very, very quick wine bottle tags inspired by Tamara Pope's tags I found on Pinterest.  I used all the exact same supplies: accessories, paper pack, colors, Artiste cartridge, and adding a little Baker's Twine to create a total different look and more importantly gifts in 30 minutes!

If you are ready to see more buzzing inspiration, hop on over to Amy's blog and see what spin she has put on this fabulous paper pack!

La Belle Vie along the Paper Trail Blog Hop

The lovely "Frechie" La Belle Vie paper is featured this month for the Paper Trail Blog Hop.  If you are hopping along from Lynne, you are already familiar with the two lovely shades of mauve, brown, and black featured in this French inspired paper.  The paper lends itself to wonderful romantic image of strolls down Paris sidewalks.  I'm still working on my heritage photos so saw these papers as wonderful compliments to a layout of one of my great grandfathers.  Luckily, my wonderful stamping buddy Tracey took time to come over for a day of scrapping and stamping.  What wonder inspiration she is and if you continue along this hop, you'll run into her great blog, too!

I added lots of little details to suggest the passage of time and I even added hidden journaling through a slit in the protector so you can read about my great grandfather without taking the page from the protector.  

All Supplies are Close to My Heart

La Belle Vie Paper Packet

Key Moments Stamp Set

Vintage Type Stamp Set

Urban Alphabet Stamp Set

Black Cardstock

Colonial White Cardstock

Posh Journaling Spots 

Pewter Badge Buttons

Black Hemp

Sparkles: Black and Grey Assortment

Sparkles Black Fourishes

Michael and I celebrate six years together on 12/28.  Since I had the La Belle Vie papers and stamp sets out, I strolled through Pinterest and came up with these two cards.  I couldn't decide which one to give him so I ended up giving him both.  After six years, deserves both for sticking with me!

He favorite color is purple so I really tried to include that in the cards.  First one just didn't say "purple" and the second might be too feminine but the sentiment is still the same:  I love him.  Happy anniversary, Sweetie!

All Supplies are Close to My Heart

La Belle Vie Paper Pack

Smoky Plum Paper Pack

Archival Black Stamp Pad

Smoky Plum Stamp Pad

Chocolate Stamp Pad

Cocoa  Stamp Pad

VersaMark Clear Embossing Stamp Pad

Opaques Adhesive Gems Mocha

Hemp Natural

Clear Embossing Powder

Jardin Stamp Set

Bonjour Stamp Set

Universal Background Stamp Set

Love Life Stamp Set

Cricut Art Philsophy Cartridge

If you want more inspiration, continue hopping down the trail to Linda's blog!