July Mood Board | Traveler's Notebook | Patricia

Summer is in full swing in our part of the world and even though work and adulting goes on, we all have to sneak away, soak up the sun, and just relax.  The July Mood board is so me for two reasons:  I love Summer, and I love these colors!  Perfect inspiration as always for creating with the gorgeous Bella Blvd.  Today, I will walk you through how I was inspired to create in my Traveler's Notebook.

The clean geometric shapes, color, summer feel, and the clean crispness of white, red, blue, and pops of yellow were what caught my eye. Starting with the geometric and repeating patterns, I choose Splash Zone pattern papers in two shades of blue to cut the Bella Blvd Silhouette Cut File called Waves.  Next, I used a leftover piece of cardstock with several clouds cut out from it, and used it as a stencil to lightly blend blue ink for the sky.  

For the bottom, I used the same light blue ink and then a darker shade closer to the photo, just enough to give the bottom color.  I did this for both sides.  After choosing my photo, I couldn't help but think of the song "Watermelon Sugar High."  So I used a combination of the Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers, Florence Alphabet Stickers, the Splash Zone chipboard pieces, and a watermelon die cut from the Fireworks & Freedom collection to build my title layered over the Fireworks & Freedom sticker and Designer Washi Tape.  I then tucked another Splash Zone die cut under to add my date.

I adhered the cut waves to the bottom, and then foam adhered some for added dimension.  I kept the waves tighter 3/4" way up, and looser at the bottom for a unique design.  Before adhering, I sent both sides through my typewriter to add my journaling.  I finished the left side with more Splash Zone chipboard and die cuts, and a heart sticker from Fireworks & Freedom.  Once my initial blue and red inspired from the Mood Board were picked, selecting the Splash Zone pieces with the yellow and orange helped break it up and add that pop of brightness like the Mood Board.

For the right side, I printed a square photo and then trimmed the red pattern paper from the Fireworks & Freedom collection to bring out more red, then clustered more Splash Zone die cuts.  The cloud die cut goes with my overall theme, and the blue and white horizontal lines goes with the clean look from the Mood Board.  I add that pop of the yellow from another Splash Zone Die cut to the top and bottom of my photo.  I finished this with Puffy Heart Stickers in Blueberry Mix.

Hope you get some time to relax and enjoy the summer either by a pool or on a patio, snap a photo of your in your environment and pull these ideas from the Mood Board!  

Comments

[NICOLE MARTEL]

Very cute spread!