I know I'm not the first person to be totally and utterly infatuated with the many shades of blue. When I saw this amazing striped sheet in
this month's kit, I knew it would need to be the foundation of a layout, filled with all the shades of blue that make me dreamy-eyed.
I pulled out a few goodies from this month's
Add-On Kit to match up with that gorgeous sheet of paper! The ephemera and puffy stickers in the Add-On Kit are the perfect addition to the shades of blue in the monthly kit.
I began my layout on a white sheet of 12x12 paper; I then added 3 stripes of mixed media to solidify the love of dreamy blues. I swiped on some mint, ocean blue, and a little cornflower blue. I knew I wanted to align the great cork numbers that came in
this month's kit with the swipes of blues.
I decided on a whim to cut apart the sheet of stripes to spread across my layout. I really love how it created little slots to tuck in ephemera and cardstock phrases. I adhered them to my layout, over the slightly buckled mixed media areas, by stitching them on. I decided to leave the extra thread because I love the way it adds even more dimension and color.
I chose to place my photo in the lower right corner, backed with another great paper in this month's kit. I really wanted to hide my journaling on this layout, because I wanted the colors to do all the talking! I included some hidden journaling, using the glassine bag that the cork numbers came in. I trimmed down a 3x4 card to slide in for my journaling. I then stitched on some mint tulle, so it would be easy to pull out from behind my photo, and isn't it so pretty?!
The last step was to add all kinds of pretty pieces of ephemera, and I had a bounty at my hands between the main and Add-On kit this month.
Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you fell just as hard as I did this month with the beautiful blues that splatter both amazing kits!
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