The Little Things w/Heidi Sonboul

Hey Everyone! It's Heidi S. and I'm so excited to be with you all today. I have a fun and fast technique to share that'll add a little "sumthin extra" to your projects using Crate Paper's adorable letter stickers. To me..these stickers are hot..hot..hot and I love using them on my titles, but first, let me share the layout.

and here is a fun up close and personal shot of all my layers at the top of my layout.

I just recently took a trip to Utah to visit my brother and sister in law and I took these fun photos of her and my new adorable niece. Whenever I take a picture of someone or something, I make sure that I take a million pictures (which really means about 10-20) of each life experience. This way when I scrapbook later, I have lots of little photos to "tell the story". I love little photos and find great joy in using them as almost an embellishment. For the larger photo I made sure that she and my niece were in the left corner of the shot, so that I could use the white space of the photo for a title or more embellishments.

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Now on to the technique:

I took these amazing little letters and personalized them in a way that on a vintage gal could love. Being that Vintage is so hot in the scrapbook world..I'm guessing that all of you might love this simple idea like I do.

As you pick out your letters and before placing them down, rough them up a little. I roll them into a little ball and smush the sides. This will make it look all beaten up and then I ink them with an old brown ink pad to the age them.

Most people throw away their old ink pads, but I keep mine. I find that they give a nice dusting of color to age my projects, but in no way can it be used for stamping because the ink is nearly gone. And here is what they look like all beaten up.