Hey scrappy friends, its' Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a layout I created using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs. :)
The Cut-Outs are an amazing opportunity for you to use cut files on your projects without having to have a cutting machine. They are ready for you to use and there are a ton of different ones for any theme you might want to scrap. :)
This one says "Love you Lots". I thought I'd use that one, since the assignment was to scrap a fall or family layout. I had this old photo of my sis, my dad and I, on my phone and I thought it'd be the perfect picture to use with the Cut-Out.
To start, I chose papers from both, the Chloe and Cooper collections. I wanted to use happy and bright colors. I really like that color combo. Some of the papers have decent patterns, while a few of them have more intricate and colorful patterns. It's really important, when you back a cut file like this, that you don't only use complicated patterns... it will look too overloaded and your eyes won't have a place to rest.
The same rule applies to the background, when you're using a lot of different colors and patterns. The background needs to be plain. I used one of the new Belly Besties Ombre papers, which look wonderful as a background. I sprinkled some white and gold splatters all around and let them dry.
While the background was drying, I cut out the letters. Instead of backing my Cut-Out traditionally, I adhered it to my background and I used foam squares to attach the letters, to make them stand out and give the layout a bit of dimension.
I matted my photo with different scraps of paper and adhered it next to the Cut-Out. Then I used some scalloped borders, from the sticker sheet, to decorate a bit more around the photo.
I didn't really know how to proceed at that point, I didn't know what else to use to decorate even more. But I didn't want to leave it like that because it didn't look "done" to me :)
So I took a floral patterned paper from the Chloe collection and started to fussy cut a ton of small and tiny flowers.
Then I created three clusters of flowers around the letters. I used a lot of enamel dots in the centers to give them more interest and dimension. I also added a few enamel dots around the clusters. At the end, I really liked how it turned out. :)
I used to make frames for my layouts a lot, but since it's difficult to take good pictures of layouts with frames that are a bit warped from mixed media, I don't do it very often anymore. On this layout though, I thought it would be a great addition. So I created a frame using a teal patterned paper and then I machine-stitched a border in pink.
To finish, I added a subtitle, using the Florence Alphas.
Et voilà :)
I hope you enjoyed the layout and hope to see you soon,
