Too Happy - DT Layout for Paige Evans

Hi there friends,

I hope you guys are well! 

I'm stopping by today to share a new layout I've created for the Paige Evans Design Team! I've used the awesome Go the Scenic Route collection on this project.

I really wanted to use this gorgeous green paper for my background, but I didn't want the map to be visible.  This time I was going to use non-travel themed photos, so I thought the map didn't make much sense. It broke my heart a little because it is absolutely beautiful. I do have another sheet of this paper though, so I will definitely use it in the future!

I started thinking about ideas, how I could cover up this large part of the background in a fun way. There's a patterned paper in the collection that has all kinds of strips on it, and this inspired me to cut paper strips. I cut this paper apart, also cut a few more from other papers, most of which I didn't end up using. It was hard to know in advance, how many I will need exactly!

I then started gluing them down. I only added liquid glue at the top part of each strip, so I could later bend up and distress the bottom part to add dimension and a fun texture. I kind of organized the strips by color, from lightest to darkest, from top to bottom. I added some tissue paper as well as some ephemera/journaling pieces behind my photo, then adhered them to my background. I originally wanted to use the alpha thickers to create my title at the bottom, but I just didn't have the right letters in the right colors. I ended up going for the tiny puffy phrase stickers - I just used letters from different words to create a fun and colorful title. Which by the way is sarcastic (the title I mean), because my kid was clearly not too happy about having to start school haha!

I selected a few embellishments: chipboards, die cuts, stickers, that matched the colors in the background, and I added them using mostly foam adhesive. I stamped my date onto a label and tucked it behind one of the photos. 

Last but not least, I added my journaling, using a white gel pen. I absolutely love using white gel pens on darker backgrounds!

You can also watch the process video if you want to see this layout come together:

That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you in some small way! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

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SUPPLIES:

Go the Scenic Route collection: Paper 4, Paper 5, Paper 23, Ephemera Die Cuts, Flag Paper Clips, Puffy Phrase Thickers, Chipboard Stickers, Cardstock Stickers, Puffy Word Stickers

Thank You Teacher - DT project for Fancy Pants Designs

Hi there,

I'm back today with a project I created for Fancy Pants. Our focus this time was the wonderful new collection Take Note, designed by the lovely Amber LaBau.

This collection, as its name suggests, is all about planning, notebooks, school, books - especially the embellishments. The papers are mostly generic, so you could use them for any project really. And I'm in love with them! Gorgeous colors and patterns, you can come up with many different color combinations! Looking at the die cut pack I thought it would be a good idea to create some teacher appreciation cards.

I've had this cut file for years but every time I opened it, I got overwhelmed. There's a lot of small pieces! But now I took the time to search for a tutorial on the internet, had a look, and all of a sudden it didn't seem that complicated anymore! If you're interested, you find the tutorial here.

It took a while to cut all the pieces, especially the small ones, even with the Cameo. I'm not big on planning ahead, and here I had to. So I planned out in the Studio program what piece I want to cut from which paper and colored the pieces so I don't forget. Especially because I wanted to create 3 cards with 3 different color combinations. I didn't use all pieces available in the cut file because I wanted to use some pieces from the ephemera pack of this collection.

While cutting the files I started to assemble the cards. I used white textured cardstock as base for all of them to achieve a coherent look. Then I started working on the small pieces like the pencils and apples. I actually didn't end up using up all the pieces I cut!

First I attached the patterned paper panels, the Thank You banners and the teacher labels - here I sewed on different cute buttons from the series. 

Once done, I checked what die cuts from the ephemera pack I could use to decorate my cards. I started gluing these to the base, making sure everything is in the right place and is visible. For this I folded the cards at each step.

I love how they turned out! I'm glad I gave it another try because it was really fun working on these!

I hope you like my cards!

Thanks  for stopping by!

Till next time X