One Last Layout from Laura Vegas

"Liberty Softball", by Laura Vegas

 

Hey everyone, it's Laura here to share one last layout with you. When the new collections arrived on my doorstep a week ago, I knew the first collection I wanted to play with was Oh My Stars. I'm a sucker for star patterned paper, as it's such a great fit for so many every day projects. I wanted to continue with my recent focus on sports themed layouts, and dug up some older photos of my youngest daughter on one of her softball teams.

 

 

I love to add die cut backgrounds to my pages, so I started out by die cutting an open circle background from the navy blue star patterned paper. I built my entire page on the white grid patterned paper background, so I knew the background piece would stand out great against the white. I pulled out a few additional patterned papers to incorporate into my design, all from the new collections. 

 

 

I've mentioned this before, but I love to mix a cursive font along with a clean font for my titles. I often achieve this using all die cut words/alphas, along with my patterned papers. On my Bella layouts however, my go-to choice is to mix the Sienna chipboard alphas in with a die cut cursive word. In a way, I think this title work has become a signature part to almost all of my layouts. Also, I never even attempt to save the dots to my i's when I die cut words, so I always dot my eyes with a coordinating enamel dot. 

 

 

I always pull my colors from my photos when it comes to choosing patterned papers. Which helps explain the pink, as Sarah had pink on her glove. I didn't want to use just black, navy blue, and green, so the pink was a nice touch of color to mix in. I wanted to add the "shoot for the stars" designer clip to the page, and while I couldn't clip it to my journaling block, tucking it behind it worked just as well. 

 

 

I adhered my photos along the bottom of the page, adding a few small strips of patterned paper in as well to add some more color. I also tore off small pieces of the navy blue washi sticker (from the Alex collection) to add where the photos overlapped. 

 

If you're like me and have lots of sports photos that need document, check out the new Oh My Stars collection, as you're almost guaranteed to find a color to match those photos! 

 

Supplies:

Oh My Stars: Blueberry Stars, Borders, Fundamentals, Colorful Designer Clips; Addison: Curfew; Alex: Washi Stickers; IF Bright & Brave: Thank You Jesus, Borders; Family Dynamix: Quadrants; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; High Five Alpha: Black-White; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars; Enamels: Oreo Black

 

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Thanks so much, Laura for sharing your talents with us, one last time!

Comments

[Dolly]

Awesome LO Laura!!
You are one of the most awesome scrappers in the industry, I know your future will be bright, bright, bright!! I wish you best of luck in all your future endevours!

[Lee-Anne Thornton]

Beautiful layout as always Laura! You are one of my favorite scrapbookers and have always enjoyed your clean designs. Best of luck to you!

[SandraA]

Love this! The papers really pop against the white background. I look forward to seeing where this industry takes you next. I'm sure you'll be in high demand.