Hi creative friends! Monique Lowe here and I’m so excited to share my very first layout with Paige’s Happy Haven collection because honestly, it’s just about the prettiest thing I’ve ever played with! And of course, there’s my special little fur baby front and center!
I started with a sheet of 12x12 mixed-media cardstock. To give the page some structure, I divided it horizontally into two halves. On the top half, I grabbed my favorite sun-ray stencil and layered it up with Shimmerz sprays, resulting in a glimmery, warm sunburst. For the bottom half, I painted with Shimmerz sprays straight from the nozzle, mixing a bright green for a loose watercolor look and left it to dry. Next, I tore a long strip of Paper 9 then adhered it right across the seam of my mixed media halves. I tore a matching strip from the reverse side of the same paper and layered it behind – just a tiny border showing to echo the pattern underneath. I backed three photos of my pup with the same patterned paper, then clustered them across my center strip. Next came my favorite bit – Floral Die Cuts in every color of the rainbow! I stitched seed beads onto each flower center then nestled the sprigs around and between my photos so it truly feels like my fur baby is wandering through a meadow of blooms. I added in a hand stitched Die Cut banner sentiment as well as a large Foam Sticker for my title. To finish off my page, I popped on three adorable bee and ladybird Cardstock Stickers, popped up on foam squares. I arranged them in a loose triangle, helping to guide your eye back to the photos. Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope my layout inspires you to grab Happy Haven and create something that makes your heart happy too!
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers, die cuts, embellishments: HAPPY HAVEN; white cardstock; Seed beads
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