Pinterest Inspired With Missy

{Image credit: Alisa Burke}

Hey there! Missy back again, and I’m excited to be sharing another fun Pinterest-inspired layout today. Pinterest is such a great place to find ideas for your projects. As soon as I came across this fun DIY image, I was immediately drawn to the fun wonky oval shapes, the bright colors mixed with black & white, and the design created by the placement of the rocks. I knew this would make a really fun background design for a layout.

“Free Spirit”, by Missy Whidden.

So I pulled out lots of black & white papers from Just Add Color and Color Chaos and did some mix and matching with bright colored papers from Illustrated Faith Whatever is Lovely, She Blooms and Fresh Market. I even used some Clear Cuts & Invisibles. I drew the crooked ovals in Silhouette Studio and cut them on my Cameo on white cardstock. I traced, cut and adhered all the papers to the ovals and then arranged them like they were in the photo.

I did a bit of layering behind the photo since I wanted the focus to be on the ovals. The photo stands out since it’s black & white, and it also pops against the bright colors. I used a few stickers to overlap onto the photo and then added some tangled thread for added color and texture.

Making these ovals was a lot of fun! I tried to mimic the ovals in the photo as best as I could. I combined patterned papers with some of the black & white Clear Cuts and Invisibles. They look awesome on white cardstock. After the ovals were done and glued down, I machine stitched with black thread through some of them. On some of them I added word or phrase stickers and some punched hearts with tangled thread. I went small on the title and used some Tiny Text alphas.

My daughter isn’t super girly, but I felt like this layout just needed a little bow. I don’t tend to use them a lot, but I loved how this one looked on top of the photo. I did a little bit of watercoloring behind the photo in blues, yellows and pinks to match the papers and the Pinterest photo. I like to have it peeking out from behind the photo.

I know I’ve said this several times, but I love how so many of the Bella collections can be mixed and matched. So many different looks can be achieved this way, and I was able to pull so many pieces from so many lines. I also punched small circles from one of the Clear Cuts. They are so versatile; they can be punched, ran through a die cutting machine, hand cut…lots of possibilities.

Here’s one last close-up of the ovals. My favorite part of this layout is that I would never have thought to use messy ovals as a background design until I saw this on Pinterest. I love how it turned out, and I love that it’s an idea I’ve never tried. I love how the phrase stickers look and how the watercolor enhances all those fun colors.

I hope you give Pinterest a try if you haven’t already. I completely surprised myself with this design. It’s fun to try something fun and different! Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Oreo Black Strandz, Daily Details, Words of Wisdom, Treasures & Text; Fresh Market: Freshly Squeezed, Whole Lotta Seeds, Treasures & Text; Just Add Color: Passcode; IF She Blooms: Take Root Pink, Bloom Script, Art Prints, Treasures & Text; IF Whatever is Lovely: 3x4s; Sweet Sweet Spring: To Dye For; Clear Cuts: Star Student Typewriter; Invisibles: Click Click, Amore; Tiny Text Alpha Stickers: Black, Bold & Beautiful; IF Enamel Hearts: Bananas For You, She Blooms Mix; Cute Clips: Rainy Day

Comments

[Leanne]

OMGosh! I love this!! ❤️