News — Chantalle McDaniel

Right Now Beautiful - Basic Grey

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Hello Sassy friends!
 
In my little corner of the world, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping. 
Another weekend is almost upon us, yippee
 
I am lucky enough to be scrapping my stunning niece in this layout, 
using Basic Grey's 'Highline'. I feel the sentiment to be quite timely too 
as she is fast approaching life as a young adult.
There is actually loads going on underneath the photo. I like...

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Oh yeah, the beach!

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Hello Sassy Friends

Yippee, Spring has sprung and a new moodboard is upon us!
I have dug into my tasty little stash of vellums for this layout, which uses mostly Basic Grey's 'Highline' and some Webster's Pages.
I treated myself to the beautiful printed vellums in the Ocean Melody and Strawberry Fieldscollections last month. If you haven't seen them yet, I urge you to check them out. They are so...

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Summer Snapshot - Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine

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TGIF Sassy friends!

Some of you might recognise this title cut from a layout I did earlier in the month... I sneakily positioned it so I could use the gorgeous woodgrain print for my Shades of Summer layout plus use the reserved piece for another project!
 The original lined print has been removed and replaced with a misty creation! 
I really enjoyed using the chipboard sticker negative as a stencil,...

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Me & Mr Sunshine

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Hello Sassy Friends and happy Friday to you!

I'm sure you have seen this masking technique on layouts dotted about the web.
I have been very keen to try it out and found a great, easy to apply tutorial
to get the effect on my hybrid layout using Simple Stories 'Good Day Sunshine'.

 I initially thought I'd do an 8.5 x 11 layout and planned the image to suit. 
After it was printed, I felt it lacked...

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Summer is Here - mini album

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Hello Sassy Friends!

Today I want to share this mini album I have created 
using Simple Stories 'Good Day Sunshine' goodies.
Good Day Sunshine 3x4 Journalling Card Elements 12x12 Paper
The album is based around the bottom strip of this 3x4 jourmalling card paper (shown above)
 
I have folded the outer cards in on themselves to create a gate fold.
For more area and journalling space, I have also machine stitched in some utterly delicious Websters Pages Strawberry...

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