American Crafts Vicki Boutins Cut & Paste - Follow Your Dreams

Hello! It's Karen, and I'm back with another layout. Again I am using the vibrant Cut & Paste collection by Vicki Boutin for American Crafts. The bright colours in this collection are so versatile and are perfect for any scrapbooking project.

I began the layout with a 12x12 sheet of black cardstock. On top of this, I layered pieces of white and teal cardstock, leaving a thin border around each.

Next, I used black thread to machine-stitch a zigzag line where the white and teal cardstock met. This detail adds texture and interest to the page.

Then, I used a mini brayer and teal acrylic paint to add three short horizontal stripes to the layout. I intentionally kept the application a bit messy to create a more textured, relaxed look.

Using paper #7 from the collection, I fussy cut some scallop border strips. I used these to create  "shelves" beneath each of the painted stripes.

I matted three photos with pink cardstock and placed one on each shelf. To embellish each shelf, I used a combination of die cuts from the Ephemera Icons pack and fussy-cut flowers from paper #2. I added 3D foam underneath some of the elements to raise them slightly.

Using my Silhouette machine, I die-cut the title words from black cardstock and placed a word next to each of the three photos.

Finally I added a scattering of acrylic dots and sequins to the layout.

I hope you like this layout. I think the combination of white space and touches of black really helps the other colours stand out.

Enjoy the reast of the summer and I'll be back again soon.

Karen x x