Hello everyone! My name is Diana Sanchez but you might know me by my blog name, The Lovely Pear.
I live in Midland, Texas with my husband, teenage son, and two dogs. I started blogging in the beginning of 2015 and started doing pocket pages later on that year. I enjoy all types of paper crafting but right now I’m focusing on memory keeping. Making pocket pages has allowed me to dabble in photography, writing, and design, which I have always loved doing! I am currently on the Color Cast Designs and Kellie Stamps Design Teams. Whenever I’m not crafting, you can find me in front of the TV watching 90’s sitcom reruns, cruising in my Jeep with the music turned up, or at my full-time job as an office manager for a construction company.
I am so excited to be on Bella Blvd’s blog today sharing three pocket pages I made using supplies from the Make Your Mark and Secrets of the Sea Boy Themed sets.
Today I Choose Joy Layout
For the first layout, I decided to go with a 6x8 layout. I wanted to document some of our family trip that we took at Moab, Utah and I thought the golds and blues from the Make Your Mark set would match perfectly with my photos.
For the left page, I used a couple of stickers from the Fundamentals 12x12 sheet to help balance the gold in the layout. I also made inserts with paper from the 6x8 Paper Pad.
I added the “Explore” from the Paper Pieces Gold Foil set on a photo of my son. I love the look of vertical words on layouts! For my journaling, I typed on a yellow paper from the 6x8 Make Your Mark Paper Pad, and I finished it off with another sticker from the Fundamentals page and a sticker from the Icons Puffy Stickers.
Here’s the reason why I decided to go with a 6x8 layout, I wanted to use this gold foil page from the Clear Cuts Pad. I printed out a black and white background photo from one of the trails we hiked and placed the gold foil page on top. I love how you can still see the photo and how the gold just pops against those hills!
Shine On Layout
I used the Make Your Mark set on my second layout also but you can see I used more of the pink elements. Luckily my friend’s daughter recently celebrated her birthday and her party theme had a lot of pink!
For this layout, I went with 9x12 pocket pages. I made 4x3 and 3x3 inserts using the Make Your Mark Clear Cuts Pad, Gift Tags, Daily Details, and 6x8 Paper Pad.
When I saw the flower cut-outs from the Paper Pieces, I knew I had to use them. I normally don’t like to glue embellishments outside of my pockets but when I placed these flowers over the corners of the photos, I fell in love!
I also used a couple of designer clips, which I think are my new favorite embellishments to use! This is one of my favorite layouts I’ve made because it’s so different than what I usually make. It’s going to be hard to part with it because I promised my friend she could have it for her album. I hope she and her daughter enjoy it as much as I did making it!
Beach Day Layout
For my final layout, I used the Secrets of the Sea Boy Theme set, the perfect set for my nephew’s day out at the beach!
I decided to make this a 6x12 layout and I made 4x6 inserts using the Fish Parade and Borders-Girl papers. On the bottom right you can see I used the Daily Details Boy sheet to make a fun 4x6 insert made up of 2x2 papers and photos.
I added embellishments from Paper Pieces Boy and Fundamentals 12x12 Stickers Boy. I love how the pops of orange happened to match with Jake’s shoes and pants!
One of my favorite things to do on pocket page layouts is to use multiple pockets with one picture. I printed this photo into a 6x8 and cut it down to make a 4x6 and two 4x3 inserts. Because I made it into a black and white photo, I thought it’d be fun to make a scene with it using paper pieces to add some color to it.
I hope you guys enjoyed these layouts and hopefully you were able to get a little inspiration out of this post! I want to thank Bella Blvd for having me as a guest, I loved creating with these sets!
If you’re interested in seeing more of my layouts, you can find me on my blog, thelovelypear.com, or on Instagram under TheLovelyPear.
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