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Real Life Adventures

Today's layout features a paper from the My Mind's Eye On Trend 2 collection by Jen Allyson and Project Life die-cut shapes from the Explore collection.  The colors and gold accents on the paper and the die-cut shapes paired perfectly together.
I used an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of gold foil cardstock and adhered the white side of the paper to the top 3/4 of the gold foil cardstock.  I found a coordinating striped paper in my stash and adhered it to the bottom of the gold foil cardstock.  


I took the pink side of the paper and turned it on its side and adhered it to the dark green cardstock.  I cut thin strips of the gold foil cardstock and adhered them to the edges of the pink paper.  I used my 12 x 12 Tonic guillotine trimmer to cut off the pink paper that was hanging over the edge of the green cardstock.


The 8.5 x 11 inch block of gold cardstock was glued to the center of the layout.  I placed the photo in the lower left corner of this block.  The Project Life die-cut shapes were placed in the upper left and lower right corners of the layout as well as in the middle of the page.  


I created a title using the Happy Birthday font downloaded from https://www.dafont.com/.  The font did not stand out well against the white paper, so I added a strip of dark green cardstock behind the title before adhering it to the page.  I also cut a butterfly from my Cricut in three different sizes and added one to each of the embellishment areas.  To add dimension to the page, I popped up a few of the die-cut shapes using thin foam tape and glued only the center of the butterflies to the page.


This has been one of my favorite papers to use for nature photos.  I was sad to have used up most of it on this layout.  The leftover scraps will be used to create journal cards and accents for a Project Life page that will contain more photos and memories of this day.

Real Life Adventures
Supplies:
  • My Mind's Eye On Trend 2 Paper
  • Project Life Die-Cut Shapes- Explore
  • Recollections Gold Foil Cardstock
  • Dark Green Cardstock
  • Cricut Butterfly (#MA7A34CA)
  • Font - Happy Birthday (https://www.dafont.com/happy-birthday-4.font)
  • Foam Tape
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