I just cannot believe we are approaching the end of June already! Fortunately, I was given a super fun sketch challenge inspired by a Caryn Kidwell layout, and I used it to document one of my dog's favorite parts of summer.

Hello Pretty Little Studio friends! It's Monique here today, sharing another week in my planner. This time I decided to use the beautiful Love is Kind collection. All Pretty Little Studio collections are perfect to use in planners as there are so many stickers, die-cuts etc to use! Makes it hard to choose! Here's what I made: 

Morning, y'all! It's Jinny here today with a playful page, inspired by the You Are My Sunshine and Good Vibrations collections. The heat has set in, over the past couple of weeks, in my neck of the woods; so, because we're cooped up indoors, we decided to get back to our homeschool books and take our break at a more weather-convenient time. Needless to say, I've had my plate full lately; so, let's just dive right in. Shall we? Enjoy!

Hi Friends! Today I have a layout using the Comfort & Joy collection. I love the soft beauty of this collection and felt it would be a perfect backdrop for the photos I wanted to document today. The photos printed a bit dark and I wanted a light, soft look for my layout to make the photos stand out. I used some mixed media on a plain white cardstock and then layered torn strips of four papers from the 8x8 paper pack, which is no longer available but the 6x9 paper pack is and it is on sale! I used diecut embellishments from Joyful Mix , Cozy Night Scallops , Evergreen Trees . I also used the I heart Joy heart stickers as a sweet little finishing touch. The cork stickers I used were from the Beautiful Day collection that is no longer in stock.

Happy summer, Pretty Little Studio friends! As guest designer for June and July, I am excited to share with you a page created using the inspiring and versatile “Sunkissed” collection, highlighting our daughters' shared adventure traveling to Iowa for the Hinterland Music Festival last August. To begin, I distressed the edges of the Paper Plates 12x12 sheet from the single-sided paper pack and adhered it to a coordinating piece of 12x12 cardstock. I then added a whimsical title created with the Cricut (using black glitter paper) along the top, waiting to adhere until I was certain of the spacing and placement of all the layering pieces I envisioned using. (My process is like this…I tend to move elements around…a lot.) Next, I selected the Puddle 12x12 sheet from the ledger pack, tore the top and bottom, distressed both the left and right sides, added coordinating ink to the edges for just a bit of dimension, and then placed it as the second layer. I selected one additional 12x12 sheet, Humidity , from the ledger pack, cut it to 5x7, distressed the edges and layered it as the third. Knowing I had chosen 2 photos to use, I wanted to highlight one, so I selected a sweet frame from the Sun-Filled Frames die-cut collection and used that to offset the 2 photos. TO NOTE: One of the incredible benefits of the products from Pretty Little Studio is the ease of aging/altering…whether that be through tearing, scraping, inking, whatever your preferred method…it is truly wonderful to work with! From there, I added clusters of embellishments to balance the design – using banners, tags, flowers and tabs. Finally, I finished the layout by adding journaling strips to capture memorable details of their summer bucket list adventure. Although I’m inherently organized, my creative process is anything but…one might use the word “chaos” to describe the current state of my desk! If I can leave you with this thought…embrace the messiness of creating…the process of design is therapeutic and cathartic…keep filling your soul with this goodness!

Hello all my Pretty Little Studio Friends! Misty @Mommyofkidz here today sharing my layout featuring the Sunkissed Collection with a few tie bits of You Are My Sunshine tossed in for good measure. Ha! I started with a sheet of the Ledger paper, which is my absolute FAVORITE "go-to" for the base of most all of my layouts. I love this collection so much...I decided to go all out and use lots of ephemera on this layout to create a border around my main photos. You will see elements from the Be Colorful Brackets , the Sunshine Mix , the Up in the Clouds , and more! I also used some Sunkissed Flair which I LOVE so much! To "tie" it all together to create a unified border, I added lots of black Nuvo drops. I feel like the drops kept the border going so there was not too much ephemera, and not too much of a break in the design at the same time. All of my journaling is hidden on pull out cards behind the photos. This layout is a scrap lift of this layout by Designer Caryn Adams Kidwell...which you can find over on the Facebook Fans page . We would love you to join us in our monthly challenges!

Hi Pretty Little Studio friends, it's Kim and I'm back today with a layout using the bright and happy You Are My Sunshine collection.

Sunshine, Flowers & Happy Birthday Wishes!

Hi Friends! Is it HOT where you are? We really had summer show up in a big way this week! I had 3 of my grandkids on Tuesday and we beat the heat with some water balloons and the slip n slide! I didn't even get the hose hooked in to the slide and they were already running and sliding so we just held the hose on it and went for it! I printed these photos right out and pulled out the amazing You are my Sunshine collection!