My week here again... and this week I'm showing you some layouts made using an assortment of different buttons and things to do with them.
First up is a layout I made using some products from the Scenic Route Surprise range- the full range can be seen
HEREI wanted to do something quite different- and the resulting layout isn't quite in my usual style- but it was great fun to play and create this.
First of all I took my photo and matted onto a slightly larger piece of the
Young Street paper- I used the black and white spotty reverse to make the photo stand out.

Next I drew a kite shape onto scrap paper to use as a template.

I drew around the template on the pattern papers, then cut out the shapes... the papers I used were the colourful side of the Young Street paper I already used; the stripey
Rainbow Road paper; and the starry
Sunny Lane paper. I also cut out shapes on the reverse of all these papers too- then inked all the edges.


Next I took a white piece of textured Bazzill cardstock, and lay out the kite shapes in an even geometric pattern- this was the hardest part for me- normally my layouts are alot more natural- thrown onto the page and organic feeling.

I then doodled fake stitching all around the edges of the page and the kite shapes with a black pen.

Next I stuck the photo in the middle of the page.

For the title I used
American Crafts Thickers in the black Giftbox style.

Next come the
buttons- the Surprise range, like most other Scenic Route ranges, includes a co-ordinating pack of buttons.
I like my buttons to have thread in them, so I threaded them with a needle and embroidery thread, and tied them on the front with a little knot.

These were then stuck them to the page with glue dots between the kite shapes.
As before I doodled stitched around the edges of all the buttons.

The last thing to do was to add a little journalling to the page- around the kite shapes.
And here it is- the completed page- bright and cheerful- just perfect for that photo of my son.
3 comments:
This is a gorgeous LO,love all the bright colours.:)
Fabulous! Bright and stunning, a real eye catcher!
Anita..xx
wow...that looks amazing
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