Doodlebug Design - Great Outdoors - The Great Outdoors

Hi everyone,

I'm back today sharing my second layout with the Doodlebug Design Great Outdoors collection, which you can find in the store here.

This layout is a very special one for me, as it's one of my all time favourite photographs of Balli - so happy and full of the joys of spring.

I started the layout with a piece of Premium White Cardstock and coated it in clear gesso. Once the gesso was dry, I pulled out my Shimmerz Vibez sprays.  I mixed a few different colours to create the background; Snow Way Man, Blue Jeans, Frogget me Not, and Velveteen Green. Once that had dried, I took some blue and green distress oxide in similar shades, and brushed it through a small polka dot stencil for a bit of extra pattern.

I pulled out the patterned papers and drew some chevrons. I created these on my Cricut, but you could easily hand draw one to use as a template on some scrap cardstock.

I chose four papers; Wild Things, Camp Spots, Happy Camper, and Favourite Flannel. I thought about stitching round them for extra texture, but decided that a quick outline in a black Sharpie was sufficient to help them pop off the page, along with some foam pads.

Next, I matted my photo using the same four papers, sizing it at about 2.5" to fit between the chevrons.

I layered it on top of a tag from the awesome Tag Along paper (a must have!) and added some ephemera. The speech bubble with the heart is from the Odds & Ends Chit Chat pack, and the branch is from the Odds & Ends Friendly Forest pack.

I created a leaf cluster to the bottom left of my photo to balance the tag using the Odds & Ends Friendly Forest pack, curling the leaves for extra dimension.

I also created a second cluster directly above, taking trees from the same pack. again folding and curling for extra dimension.

For my title, I picked some phrases and banners from the Odds & Ends Chit Chat pack and positioned these underneath my photo in a cascading design. I really love how these have turned out, they are so impactful.

As a finishing touch, I took some stars from this pack and scattered them across the page, added a few clusters of Black Nuvo Drops and finally drew a doodled border to bring it all together. 

Until next time. Take Care.

Claire xx