'Awesome Buddies' - Simple Stories Bro & Co

Hello, it's Rebecca here today sharing with you my second layout created using the Bro & Co Collection by Simple Stories. I'm loving how 'boyish' this collection is - perfect for documenting some photos of my husband and son enjoying some quality time on holiday recently playing crazy golf!

I was really drawn to the 'Totally Legit!' patterned paper and wanted it to feature heavily on my layout, but it was a little too 'busy' to use the whole sheet for my background. I decided to cut a large section for the top of my layout, with the bottom cut at an angle heading down to a point in the centre. I then cut two smaller triangle sections for the bottom, to give me a white space in the centre for my photos, resembling a chevron. I then selected the 'Level Up!' patterned paper and cut a small section to slot underneath the 'Totally Legit!' paper, and distressed all the edges with my scissor blade.

I felt like the top section of the layout looked a little 'flat' (quite literally!) but it was too busy to embellish - so I used the discarded middle section of the paper and fussy-cut a number of the words. I then adhered them over the corresponding words on the top section with foam dots behind to add dimension to the layout.

I matted my photos onto white cardstock and then onto a co-ordinating mustard coloured card from the 'Bazzill Plain Matchmaker Kit' - this colour matches the background paper, and the shorts my son is wearing in the photos perfectly! I positioned my photos into the centre of the layout, and added a couple of stickers around them from the 'Combo Stickers' sheet.

I centered my title under the photos using the 'awesome' from the 'Foam Stickers' and 'Buddies' from the combo stickers sheet. I added some chipboard chevrons by Dusty Attic either side of the 'buddies' sticker and added three Doodlebug 'Star-fetti shape sprinkles' underneath. 

I finished my layout but fussy-cutting some of the stars from the 'It's All Good' patterned paper and adhering them using foam pads around my photos to break up the white space.

And that's it from me for this layout! I hope you've enjoyed reading about how it came together. The collection is available in the shop and can be found here.

Take care,

Rebecca x