Hello! Lorraine here with a couple of layouts created from the May
Scrap Shotz kit. This Altenew "Live Your Dream" line is beautiful. The
colors are vibrant and bold and the paper has to be held to be
appreciated. It's heavy, smooth and luxurious. We recently had a
Graduation in the family, and I thought this patterned paper was
suitably classic.
The
colors in this paper were perfect for the cap and gown photo. Going
with the leaf pattern I die cut leaves with the Pretty Pink Posh
Stitched Foliage Die and painted some iridescent Ranger Stickles on
them. For the title, the American Crafts Thickers that are included with
the kit are great, and I wanted to use some iridescent lettering for
the banner. I wasn't sure if it would work, but I typed the name of the
High School with Word and printed it out on black cardstock with my
laser printer. I then used gina K. Fancy Foils in sparkling silver, and
it looks amazing!
The
opposite page will highlight family and although the pattern is very
different, the basic design and the colors will allow them to coordinate
in my Graduation album. There are lots of layers here, giving the
photos lightness and fun. I used a few more leaves as embellishments to
tie the 2 pages together.
My
next layout uses very colorful, bright paper and the photos were
getting swallowed up by the fun pattern. In order to settle it down a
little, I cut out two corners from another pattern and used them on
opposite corners of the layout.
The die cut hearts and epoxy wood buttons are perfect accessories.
This
paper is so amazing that I hated to waste a single corner, so with the
scraps leftover from this layout, I made a couple of cards. I stamped
and embossed Pinkfresh Studios Scripted Bold Sentiments on the cards. I
then tied a bow with May Arts silk ribbon on the "Bravo!" card and with
seam binding on the "Thinking of You" card. Both the sequins and the
gold crystals I used are from Studio Katia, available in the Scrap Shotz
store.
I
have to admit that the beautiful paper had me a little intimidated at
first, but once I started using it, I found the patterns really easy to
work with. They are suitable for so many events and moods, and I'll be
back later this week with some more creations with them.
Have a good one!
Originally published on the Scrapshotz blog June 3, 2019.
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