Sunkissed Memories - 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Sunburst Collection

Hello all, it's Rebecca with you today sharing my first layout of the month... and what a scorcher it's turning out to be! The perfect weather to share a beachy layout created with 49 and Market's 'Vintage Artistry Sunburst' collection, which you can find in the shop here.

I've created a few layouts with this collection now, and I'm absolutely loving it. For today's layout, I decided to go for a more 'beachy' theme as my little boy is posing by the beach in the photos. I was feeling brave, so reached for a patterned paper for my background - something I almost never do! I loved that the 'Lost Island' paper was colourful, yet still subtle enough to work as a background.

I began by cutting some strips of patterned papers of varying lengths and widths, and layered them in the centre of my page. I then matted my photos onto yellow cardstock and placed them centrally on the strips, slightly overlapping to prevent the layout from becoming too 'blocky'.

For my title, I've selected a die cut from the Ephemera Bits. This pack of embellishments is amazing, and includes 123 die cut pieces. It will last forever! I placed the title overlapping the bottom of my photos.

Once these larger elements were in place, I moved on to embellishing. I started with a few rub ons from the 6x8 rub ons transfer set. I'm a sucker for palm trees on a beachy layout, so naturally reached for these! I added one either side of my photos.

I then added some floral die cuts from the Ephemera Bits and the Tropical Foliage Laser Cut Outs pack. This is another awesome pack of embellishments with 70 pieces in it. Behind these die cuts I've added some pink thread tangles to introduce a bit of texture to the page.

I finished the layout off with some more die cuts, building clusters around the bottom of my photos and above them. Using the die cuts, I've added some pops of black, which I think really creates some drama against all the bright colours. 

I hope you've enjoyed this layout, and the others I've created with this stunning collection. 

Thanks for reading. I'll be back later in the month working with a brand new collection.

Take care

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft