Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for You Are My Sunshine + Cut Outs Week! The You Are My Sunshine collection is one of my favorites and I LOVE working with Cut Outs. If you're not familiar with Cut Outs, they are decorative cuts that usually have several different ones included in each package. So you can actually get to use them on more than one project. They also have printed instructions along with templates. So awesome! Here's my layout:
For my layout, I chose the "Family" cut from the Family & Friends Cut Outs pack. It was perfect to document this photo of me and my sisters on my Moms side. This was taken back in 2008 and I can't believe how young we all look! I traced each letter on some white cardstock and cut each one out. I then took some Distress Oxide inks in coordinating colors and did an ombre design by ink blending on each color. Before I backed the cut out, I splattered white acrylic spray on each letter.
I set the backed cut out aside and got to work on my background. I took the Shine Bright 12x12 patterned paper and trimmed each stripe out. I distressed the edges and then adhered all of the pieces to another piece of white cardstock. The distressed edges really give the background some great texture and pop.
I popped the cut out up on foam tape and adhered it to the center of my page. I matted my photo with a couple of the patterned papers from the collection and then added an embellishment cluster to the right side of my photo. I pulled in some dragonflies from the Ciao Chip chipboard sticker sheet and the Ephemera pack and layered them going up the page. I also layered in some floral pieces and a couple of the Trinkets Puffy stickers.
The top of the page needed a little something as well, so I pulled out a Ciao Chip rainbow and heart piece and layered more Trinket Puffy stickers along with them. I also adhered a few Trinket Puffy butterflies.
One more shot of this fun layout:
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. Have you had a chance to work with Cut Outs yet? They're super convenient and perfect to take along with you if you're traveling, scrapping away from home or even if you don't want to fuss with your machine and software. And who doesn't just LOVE the You Are My Sunshine collection. It's so bright and beautiful and just makes me so happy!! Have a great week friends!
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
You Are My Sunshine Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera, Trinkets Puffy Stickers and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers; Word Salad Sticker Booklet; Family & Friends Cut Out
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