Mintay Paper - Summer Highlands - Wildflower Smile

Hello, Karen back today with a final layout using the Summer Highlands collection from Mintay Papers. My layout today uses another heavily patterned paper so I kept the layout very simple with minimal embellishments and a single, large photo.

I started with a sheet of Paper #4, which I trimmed down slightly and layered onto a sheet of white cardstock to create a narrow border around the edge. 

For a  touch of texture, I added some machine stitching around the edge of the paper using white thread.

I matted my photo with white cardstock and some woodgrain paper from the 6x8 Add-On Paper Pack, finishing it with some machine stitching around the edge. 

Using my craft knife, I carefully sliced a slit around some of the printed flowers on the background paper. This created a slot to tuck my matted photo into, blending the photo into the floral design.

Under the right edge of the photo, I tucked a honeycomb die-cut. Choosing to cut this from green cardstock was a way to echo the green tones found in the rest of the layout and also added  a bit of texture.

Since this collection doesn't include large alphabet embellishments, I decided to make my own faux chipboard letters. I die-cut my title letters once from the woodgrain patterned paper and then cut the same letters four times from white cardstock. Using wet adhesive, I stacked and glued them all together. This is the perfect way to create a sturdy title from papers in the collection that coordinates perfectly with your layout.

I placed the title at the bottom of the layout, finishing it off with the word "smile" cut from  gold mirror card.

I printed a few words onto a kraft tag and tied this to one of the title letters with some neutral twine.

Next, I fussy-cut a few creatures from Paper #9 and the Add-On Paper Pack to scatter across the page. I also dug into my stash and found a couple of leftover die-cuts from the Wildwood Secrets collection I used last year. Wildwood Secrets coordinates beautifully with Summer Highlands and it's still available in the shop if you want to mix and match them yourself.

Finally, I scattered a few gold sequins here and there.

Thank you for stopping by today. I really have enjoyed using this collection and will be eagerly awaiting Mintay's next collections.

Until next time, Take Care

Karen x x