Hello, Rebecca back with you today sharing my second layout created using the gorgeous Simple Vintage Vintage Seas collection from Simple Stories. I had a series of photos of my little boy stood in front of a building with a huge lighthouse painted on the side of it on my pile and this collection was perfect to document the memory. You can find the full collection here.
I started with a sheet of Premium White Cardstock, and to it I added some colour using some stencils and inks. The collection comes with a 6x8 Waves Stencil, and I used this along with a Distress Ink in the shade 'Blueprint Sketch to add some colour to the bottom section of my background. I also have a starburst stencil from Bramble Fox which really reminds me of the way light shines out of the top of a lighthouse, so I've used this along with a Distress Oxide in 'Barn Door' to the top section of the page.
On top of my stenciled background, I added my photo - raised up on foam and matted with a layer of the Surf, Sea and Sand patterned paper. I had originally selected two photos for this layout, but the colours in one of them weren't really working with this collection, so I decided to add that photo to the back of my layout instead. To the left of my photo, I've placed a die cut lighthouse from the Page Pieces.
On top of that, I've layered one of the Chipboard Stickers - a little sail boat, which worked really well for this page because the photo was taken at the harbour, whilst waiting for our ferry to arrive. Around the base of the sail boat, I've placed two starfish from the Nautical Bits pack. I've built up this cluster further by adding some stickers from the Sticker Book - a ship wheel and some seaweed.
Over to the right of the page, I've added my title. I've used a die cut from the Bits & Pieces pack which reads 'Come Sail Away With Me'. Because the text is in red, I felt like I needed some blue around it, so I've added some blue seaweed behind it, along with a ships wheel (both from Bits & Pieces) - all things which relate to the memory I'm documenting. And this is one of the things I love about this collection - all the embellishments are so usable - there's nothing 'random' (you know I'm talking about llamas and bicycles here!!)
I'd purposely built my layout over to the left of the page, but felt like I wanted to extend it over to the right slightly. To do this, I've used one of the long stickers from the Sticker Book. It has another little lighthouse on it so it was perfect for my photo. Underneath this, I've added another bit of die cut seaweed and a phrase banner from the Combo Stickers.
Finally, I trimmed my white background slightly and mounted the whole layout on a sheet of the Gone Coastal patterned paper. I felt like by adding some colour around the edge of the page, it finished the layout. To hold this in place, I ran the layout threw my sewing machine, adding a white running thread the whole way around the edge.
I hope you've enjoyed this layout and it's given you some inspiration. I really am in love with this collection, and as we are sailing over to the Isle of Wight in a week or so, I'm sure it won't be the last you'll see of it!
If you'd like to watch this layout come together, there is a process video over on my YouTube channel, which you can find here.
Take care,
Rebecca x
@preciouspagespapercraft
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