Layout #8 | Sweet You

Hey there!

Thank you for coming back to join me for yet another layout share!

I recently applied to a design team and one of the requirements was to make a project for the application. Layout #7 and this layout are the layouts I created for the application. If I get good news, you guys will be the first to know!

When I decided to apply for the design team, I really felt inspired. I looked at what was around and started putting everything together.

You can see my first layout in the blog post before this, and this is the layout for today!

I honestly love this layout in every shape, form, and color! It really showcases me in a layout! It's bright, it's colorful, it has a cute photo, and it has some cute embellishments!

The biggest thing that inspired my was this Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper! I recently pulled out a punch of supplies that I had stored  and I saw this on top, and I thought "You know what? This can create something really nice!" And it did...

I cut out some butterflies using this masking paper, both small and large, with my silhouette cameo! If you don't have a silhouette, you can definitely cut these by hand, or you could even print some of from the internet, trace, and then cut them as well!

I scattered the butterflies to the right, because I knew that I wanted them to be bursting from the photo. The masking paper will left a few times, but it is fine - just use a smooth surface, like a ruler to continuous press them down.

I have a stash of Studio Calico Color Theory Spray Mists that I got a while back. All of there mist can be found here. You can also use any other water soluble mist as well. For this technique, I used a piece of transparency, sprayed the mist on the transparency and then added water to the mist to dilute it. I then pressed it onto the paper make sure that I smoothed out the area of butterflies I was going to be pressing the butterflies on first.

I did in rainbow order, going back and forth and just making it colorful! I even splatter a few spots around the layout to make the color even on both sides of the layout!

I chose a photo of my niece on I. We are both wearing sunglasses and we look very cute. I backed it with some vellum and I created layouts from Cocoa Vanilla Studio's Love Always ephemera pack and wood veneer pieces. It had butterflies die-cut in it as well and I knew it would work perfectly!

To finish the layout, I used an old fabric like thickers to spell out the word "you" and I added my journaling in the lower right corner.

That was it! I really hope you like this layout and continue following me on this fun, creative journey!

Until next time,