"But It's So Pretty" Video/Blog Hop

Happy Monday!!! Today I am participating in a video/blog hop called "But...it's so pretty". The theme of this hop is to pull an item or items that you have been hoarding because they are just too pretty to use and actually use them on a layout.

Oh, I'm amazed at how many things I do have like that! Embarrassed to say but I think we all have a few.  The first things I pulled out are some beautiful papers that I have had for years! These papers were all designed by Karen Russell...yes, the Karen Russell who has the awesome photography classes now. Some of you may remember her when she was in the scrapbooking industry. She designed these gorgeous papers with beautiful edges. I had to have them! However, they have been hoarded by me and never used because...well, they were just too pretty! So, I made myself pull them out and use them for a layout.

I also pulled out the Heidi Swapp Project Life kit with all the gorgeous gold, white and turquoise elements! Swoon worthy! So pretty!

I decided to use this cream color patterned paper with the swiss dot edging. It's beautiful paper and I thought it would be perfect to use for these photos. I opted to go with a softer feel than my usual bright colored layouts. I wanted this to be girly and feminine. I love these three photos! They are of my nieces who are all sisters. They live across the country from me and I miss them so! They are beautiful girls and so sweet. I'm so proud of them.

You know me and cut files....I love them! I used a few from The Cut Shoppe. These are from the Funky Florals set in the shop.

Here you can see all the Heidi Swapp embellishments from the Project Life kit.  The arrows are from The Cut Shoppe set called Target Practice. I love them! I've used these on so many projects. They are perfect for my Project Life layouts too! For this layout, I misted them with Heidi Swapp's gold lame mist.

And more of the Heidi Swapp embellishments. I love how the layout turned out! I think its the perfect amount of feminine for my lovely nieces!

There are many stops on this video/blog hop that you won't want to miss! Many great designers and some really great prizes too!

Here is my video from the hop. For the complete video/blog hop list and how to win some great prizes, check out the information box on my video.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you've enjoyed seeing some things from my hoarded stash! ;)