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Girl Squad~ Scraplift Sunday  Hello, my loves! Courtney here and it's my turn on the blog today and I am so excited to share the layout I created for Scraplift Sunday. This week we are lifting Becky and her original is so good! Here's a look at what I created.  Now I am going to be completely honest. I struggled hard with this one. Typically I love scraplifts because I don't have to overthink, but this one I did. I think it's because she had all of that beautiful Crate Paper.  I knew I wanted to use Crate Paper’s line Hooray to show off a photo from one of my bestie’s 30th birthday. This picture is special to me because we don't always get to see each other, but these girls are my support system! I didn't have the entire collection and sometimes I feel like I have to. I was able to work with what I had to create this.  Anywho, let me jump into how I created this! As I said, I used the Hooray line by Crate Paper, but I didn't pick

Hey Y'all, it's Courtney!  Today I am sharing my latest creation for Paper Issues. This one is for the Sassy Scallops challenge.   For this layout I am using the AMAZING  February Kit . You guys, this kit is so perfect! I seriously love everything about it! I decided on the main background paper first, which is the Blush paper from the  Crate Paper La La Love collection.  Then I knew I wanted something bold to use for the scallops. For this I used the Heidi Swapp  Spectrum paper from the Color Fresh collection.   I used an old Lawn Fawn die to cut the scallops out, it was actually a waves die. Don't worry if you don't have it though, Paper Issues has a ton of free cut files in the shop to recreate this!  I love  this one . I cut each color down to a six inch strip and then rotated the  different size of dies that I had. I ended up with two of each color.  At first I was just going to rotate all of them on the page, the