Paradise Revisited with Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc

We are so pleased to share more projects with our Paradise Collection from Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc.  She has done such a beautiful job of showcasing all of the beautiful embellishments that come with this collection.  But, let's have Kristine tell you all about it...

 

I'm Kris Berc and I'm so thrilled to have this opportunity to share some Paradise projects with you today!  It has been an incredible honor (and completely fun!) to design with this gorgeous collection of delightful blues, greens, and pinks.

I can't imagine a better collection than Paradise for this photo of my little girl.  She was happily running around the yard with these big sticks in her hands just being her fun and happy self.  The color combination is both outdoorsy and feminine... just perfect!

For the main embellishment cluster, I layered several Clear Cuts Shapes and Chipboard Shapes around a big dimensional flower, which, by the way, was incredibly quick and simple to make thanks to the Paper Flower Kit.  Whoever came up with the idea for those flower kits is just brilliant!  Can you see the beautiful texture and details that are included on both the clear and chipboard embellishments?  I also added some drops of pearl-colored dimensional fabric paint here and there for some extra interest.

I could not resist adding this wonderful felt sticker.  It comes layered and ready to stick!  All I did was add a few of those fabric paint dots around the flower's petals.

There were so many Chipboard Shapes and Cardstock Stickers that were just screaming to be used with this photo.  I couldn't decide which one to choose.  I ended up using several :)

You may have noticed that I layered several different sheets of the Paradise patterned paper before I even adhered the photo.  I couldn't help it... each of the papers is so pretty and I wanted to use them all!  But it is also important to me that my supplies last as long as possible, so here is what I did to get the most out of the paper:

Before I adhere my paper layers onto one another, I first cut out the centers of the papers.  The cuts don't have to be precise as they'll be covered up anyway :)  So just go in there with your scissors and cut the centers away, making sure to leave enough of the edges intact.  Now I can use each of those sheets of papers again for more projects!

See... who would have known that we had cut away the centers of the three bottom layers?

When I received Paradise I was completely excited for so many reasons, one of them being that the bright pinks included in it perfectly matched my daughter's new pink sweater.  So we got dressed and headed outside for what I had hoped would be a pretty, girly photo shoot.  Of course, she went straight for the dirt and started digging in it, as if to say, "Come on, Mommy, do you really think putting me in a pretty pink sweater that matches your scrapbook paper is going to prevent me from playing in the dirt?!"  Well okay... she had a point, and it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

One of the Paradise Fabric Favorites stickers had to have been made for moments like these!  It says "Discoveries", which you can see above along with some assembled flowers from the Paper Flower Kit (again, brilliant idea!) and a Chipboard Shape.

Apparently, the digging and sifting of the dirt wasn't enough for her, because before I could do anything about it she proceeded to put a large handful into her mouth.  Why do kids feel the need to eat dirt?  So there's the story of this layout.  In any case, in this cluster I used one of the Paper Flowers, a Chipboard Flower, an adorable bird Felt Sticker, and some of the wonderful Cardstock Sticker alphas.

My third project is this sweet little "Hi" card that will hopefully brighten a loved one's day.  The beautiful, colorful tree is one of the Chipboard Shapes, and the pretty bird is a Fabric Favorites sticker.  The only thing I did to dress her up even more was to layer on that pretty pink Fabric Favorites heart sticker.

I adhered the "Hi" Cardstock Sticker alphas (did you know those are embossed?!) with foam tape for added dimension.  Thanks to the beautifully detailed embellishments, this card came together in no time at all.

I hope you have enjoyed my Paradise projects!  Thank you to the readers for visiting Little Yellow Bicycle today, and thank you to Little Yellow Bicycle for including me on the Cycling Team!

 

Thank you Kristine!  We love your projects and even though you may not tell anyone, we think you bought that pink sweater for you daughter just to match our beautiful papers - Shhhhh - it's just between us!   Please visit Kristine's blog Stash of Pretty Paper for more inspiration.

 

We will be back later this week with some Biker Chick inspiration and another post from our Guest Designer Izzy Anderson.

 

Take care!

 

Liz

Comments

[Delaina]

1.

Great work Kristine!!

[carla]

2.

wow so very beautiful design sooo gorgeous

[Romy]

3.

Your creations with this collection are absolutely fabulous, Kristine! I love your style!

[Jamie Harder]

4.

LOVE your projects Kristine!!! Fabulous work!

[Jolaine]

5.

Fabulous job Kristine! LOVE the awesome tutorials!

[Guiseppa Gubler]

6.

Oh Kris...you rocked the Paradise collection. Fabulous job!

[Jennifer]

7.

I absolutely love these layouts! The colors are amazing and the flowers...incredible!

[Marcia Dehn-Nix]

8.

Kris, your layouts and card ROCK!! LOVE them!

[Mary Ann Jenkins]

9.

Great layout Kris! I always love everything you make :)

[corrie]

10.

Great tip about the paper, I love the stickers and titles

[Tanya Desmond]

11.

I love the colors in this line, kind of earthy but bright and fun too. Such very inspirational work here!

[Rachael Elliott]

12.

Gorgeous pages Kristine! Love your style and you have showcased those gorgeous products so well....I need them all!!

[Michelle]

13.

Awwww, these are fabulous, my friend!! I love them. Your photos look so great with this line! I too love your clustering. And I also cut the backs out of my papers. ;)

[Christine Ousley]

14.

Love all of your projects!! Thanks for the fantastic tips too!
xoxo, Christine

[Betty]

15.

Kris I am always in awe whenever you post layouts!!! your layers and clusters are fabulous!!!! thanks for sharing and have a great day!!!

[Renee Zwirek]

16.

These pics and LO's are perfect together. Love these projects, Kris!

[Jackie]

17.

I like the way the paper is cut to layer! Time to get my sewing machine out! The pictures of her daughter are precious!!