American Crafts Guest Design

I am still pinching myself that I have had the opportunity to guest design for American Crafts. Just about every single layout/project I make has at least one item from American Crafts. I had so much fun playing with their gorgeous, classic lines- Campy Trails, Peachy Keen, Confetti, Margarita and of course the THICKERS... a girl can't have enough!

My assignment was to focus on the Thickers in my layouts and projects -- here is what i came up with!

We met up with family at Turkey Run a few weeks ago-- and i may or may not have dressed Jonah in an orange shirt to match the Campy Trails line :) !! To highlight the Thickers in this layout I mounted them on solid orange pattern paper, and outlined with pen, and trimmed. Then, i mounted the thickers on white cardstock and trimmed.

Outlining and mounting gives the letters an extra pop when you place them on top of photos!

Pinterest is my new favorite source of inspiration! I recently saw this piece of artwork/typography floating around Pinterest, so I decided to put it to a layout! I love the meaning behind it, and knew it would be perfect match with a family photo. Using Thickers as a type of typography is alot of fun-- so many different font/color options!

This photo still cracks me up when i look at it! we were running through the sprinkler and setting the timer on my camera to get some fun pics. As i was checking my images in the camera i looked over to see Jordan checking her camera- ha! I used the fun Margarita line for this layout and created a back drop with the journaling cards. I hand cut butterflies from pattern paper and created my title as a border along the design.

Not going to line, making cards makes me nervous! but i am so happy with the way this one turned out-- maybe because it's simple and whimsy. I used many different left-over Thickers from my stash (you know, there are always left over "w"'s and "z"'s!) to create a stream of letters! Love that typewriter sticker too :)

For this card I created a heart out of Thickers and layered the word "love" over the heart. A fun and quick way to add an unexpected layer of dimension to a layout!

Last Week was VBS week (Vacation Bible School) for my kiddos, so that inspired me to make a mini book based on the 7 Days of Creation as found in Genesis 1. I had SO much fun with this project! It really stretched me to be creative and i (and my kids:) adore how it turned out...AND they are learning!

Swing by the American Crafts blog to read more! thanks again to American Crafts for this fun opportunity!