First Class Day - Simple Stories - Here + There Collection

Hello, it’s Rebecca back with you today sharing my second layout created with Simple Stories ‘Here + There’ collection. The photo I’m scrapping today is of my son on a heritage steam train and is the reason I chose to create with this collection this month! I thought the colours were perfect and I had my eye on that train die cut! You can find the collection here.

I began by cutting some strips from the patterned papers - one larger to anchor the page - and a couple of smaller. I cut fish tails into all the ends to turn them into banners and layered them on top of each other. 

As my son is facing slightly to the left, I decided to place my photo on the right hand side of the page so that he looks like he’s facing towards the centre of the layout. Behind it, I added two tags from the Tag Elements patterned paper. Using my crop-o-dile, I added metal eyelets to both tags. I always feel like I need to do something to tags - either add an eyelet or some thread. They just look unfinished to me if I leave them ‘naked’. 

I knew I wanted to add the train die cut from the Bits & Pieces pack but I initially struggled to find a place for it. After moving it around a bit, I settled for along the bottom of my photo. 

Using lots of florals from the Floral Bits & Pieces  pack, I created two clusters going diagonally through my photo. I layered them up further by I including some florals from the Cardstock Stickers . 

I really adored the luggage tag sticker and so really wanted to include it on this layout. I added it to the left of my photo, nestled in behind the train die cut. 

For my title, I used some alphabet stickers from my stash. I wanted to bring some of the mustard colour to the left of the page so these worked really well. 

I felt like the outer edge of the layout needed something to frame the page - so I cut out two small areas of the white cardstock, and backed it with patterned paper. It was really simple to do and really made a difference to the page. 

I finished the layout off with the addition of some sequins in three small clusters. 

Thank you for reading! If you’d like to watch this layout come together, there’s a process video over on my YouTube channel. 

Don’t forget to check out this collection in the shop! 

Rebecca x

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