I love Pinterest and it is especially fabulous when I'm looking for scrapbook inspiration. Recently, my baby boy has been obsessed with giving me big kisses. When I saw this layout by Juliana Michaels, I knew it would be perfect for a picture of Teddy and I and his sweet kisses.
Today, I'm going to take you through the basic steps I take when I'm making a layout. First, I pick out and edit a picture for the layout. I'm one of those people that is inspired by pictures first!
Next, I pick out papers and layer them together to make the backbone of my layout. Nothing is final and I usually change a few things as I go along. For this page, I wanted to keep the background paper relatively neutral and then add pops of color in the other papers.
Then it was time to add the hearts that I was so inspired by in Juliana's original page. The Puffy Heart stickers gave me a TON of really great heart stickers and I just went through and added them to my pages. Next, I made them a little bit larger and added drop shadows.
I like to shadow as I go along because it helps me to see how the entire page is looking. Plus, I don't want to forget a layer at the end!
Finally, I went back to the Make Your Mark Collection and added a bunch of different embellishments. I paid attention to layering rules, added my drop shadows and clustered my elements around my picture.
I ended up using a ton of different kinds of embellishments including some paper pieces, a gift tag, and stickers. In the end, I decided that it didn't really need a title since I loved the word art in the gift tag so much!
Here's my final page:
Puffy Heart Stickers by Bella Blvd
Make Your Mark Digital Collection Bundle by Bella Blvd
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