I love my Cameo. And I love my Mister Huey's. So why don't I use them more??! To be totally honest, it's a mental block. I tend to shy away from any technique that isn't stitching because in my head, it will add too much time to the process.
The thing about mental blocks is that they generally are a little, well, mental. Crazy. Unfounded. ;) I challenged myself to use both my Cameo AND mist on a page and guess what? With a tiny bit of preplanning, it didn't slow down my layout at all. And I'm in love with the result.
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By making the cuts a big part of my background, the rest of the page fell together quickly. A few small embellishments, a title, journaling and I was done. I limited my patterned paper and embellishment choices to the Studio Calico Copper Mountain kit and Fremont Glades add-on - everything coordinated perfectly, and while none of it was Christmas themed, the glitz of gold and shine against the brights is perfect for the energy and magic of Christmas Eve. If you wanted to do something similar for Valentine's Day, just switch up the colors!
If you'd like to recreate this background, I've put together a detailed step by step tutorial with photos & it's available for download here. If you tend to shy away from techniques, this is a good one to ease in with - and I hope you'll share what you make with it!
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