Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout in honor of Veterans Day. We are a military family stationed in Northwest Louisiana so this day has always been very special to us. We should all honor those who have served both past and present. For this layout, I used the Fireworks & Freedom collection along with the plane outline cut file. Here's my layout! The photo I used is of my very own hero and our sweet pups. He was leaving on a 6 month deployment overseas and our doggies were saying their goodbyes. It was a very sweet moment!
To start, I cut the cut file out twice. One was the original and the other one was an offset version, so that I could have it as a border underneath it. Once they were done cutting, I took the original cut file and did some ink blending right onto it. I used a gray ink pad from my stash and then added in a bit of blue to give it some dimension. I popped the whole plane up on foam tape and then adhered it down to the offset piece. I also added some highlights using my white gel pen.
I created a mixed media background by doing more ink blending with some Distress Oxide inks from my stash. I wanted to create a background that resembled the sky so that my plane cut file would pop on top of it. I added some white ink splatters for a bit of interest and then adhered everything down. Next, I matted my photo with a couple of the patterned papers from the collection and punched out a few stars from a few more papers.
Here's a closer look of the punched stars:
I backed each star with some foam tape and layered some cardstock sticker stars, acrylic stars and chipboard stars around each one.
For my title, I used the Florence Alphas in White and adhered them right onto the plane. Then I added some Trinkets Puffy stars in McIntosh and Blueberry.
I added some white tangled thread into a few clusters to finish off the layout and that was it!
Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! Happy Veterans Day to those who have served and for those that continue to serve. We are all so very grateful!
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
Fireworks & Freedom: 12x12 patterned papers, Doohickey cardstock stickers, Ciao Chip chipboard stickers, acrylic stars and ephemera icons; Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in White, Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh and Blueberry.
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