Doodlebug Design - My Happy Place - Forever Love

Hi everyone!

Claire here with you today. I'm a little bit later with my blog post this month because I've been busy moving house and setting up my new craft room - always a much bigger job than you think!

But finally, I'm in, and I've had the opportunity to create!

Inspired by my move, and the gorgeous colours and patterns, I have chosen to work with the My Happy Place collection from Doodlebug Design.

This collection includes lots of home and garden elements, perfect for scrapping those day to day stories, but it's versatility goes way beyond that. You really can lend it to any story, and that's exactly what I've done in my first layout.

I cut a variety of hearts in various sizes, roughly from 1.5" - 2.5". I did this on my Cricut but the effect would work just the same with punches or free-hand drawn hearts.

I used  multiple patterned papers from the collection including Garden Party, Hello Sunshine,  Love This!, Mint to be and Homeward Bound. I also cut some in plain black cardstock to help the colours pop off the page.

I tried several arrangements of the hearts, vertically and horizontally, but couldn't quite get it to work. I settled on a corner design (one of my favourite designs), but I still wanted some extra depth.

I reached for some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and brushed it across the page using a dry brush where the hearts would sit. 

I also stamped some crosses randomly across the page, from an old Vicki Boutin Stamp Set I have, but the effect would work just as well with the small dotted pattern stamp included in the Vicki Boutin Color Study Hello Clear Stamps.

 

I staggered the hearts around the corner of the page, lying some flat and raising some on foam pads to create height.

I decided to lay the pink hearts on a larger black heart, folding the pink paper in half down the centre to create a bit of extra interest and movement.

To help the black and white striped hearts stand off the page, I doodled a messy border around them.

The photograph is a picture of our new furbaby who joined our family last month. I printed it in black and white so the beautiful patterned papers could shine. It was double mounted using the pink and aqua papers used for the hearts.

To my photo, I added a tab from the This & That Stickers and a small speech bubble from the Chit Chat pack.

My title piece comes from the same Chit Chat pack, but I added a heart around the Forever piece , making it feel part of the heart design.

As a finishing touch, I added some small heart stickers from the Icon Stickers and Chit Chat pack, and added a few drops of coordinating coloured Nuvo Drops.

I really loved making this page and hope it's inspired you to check out the collection in the store and to get those stories documented.

I'll be back again next week to share another layout with this fab collection.

See you then!

Claire

@scrappysoulmate