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New Wheels

I finally did it!  I broke down and cut into the beautiful Vicki Boutin Color Study collection.  This is my favorite paper collection of all time.  I have already made 3 layouts using this collection and will be sharing those with your soon.  Today's layout celebrates my daughter getting her first car.


I started by applying white gesso to smooth white cardstock.  In the end, this was an unnecessary step since I did not use much water on the page.  I scribbled a Vicki Boutin orange art crayon on a piece of clear plastic and used a stencil brush to apply the crayon through the Color Study circular stencil.  I used this technique in three areas of the layout.  Next, I used blue ink to stamp small plus signs in the same areas where I stenciled.


I cut a wide strip of the yellow star paper from the Color Study collection and a smaller strip of the blue and white striped paper and layered these across the middle of the page.  I cut the back of one of the cards from the Vicki Boutin card set that had a strip of orange and some black and white stripes.  I cut off the orange paper and stamped some more of the small plus signs.  I used the black and white striped paper and placed it underneath the blue and white striped patterned paper.  I cut a tag from one of the pieces of paper in the collection and placed this to the left of the photo.  I cut a hole through the top of the tag and attached blue and orange baker's twine through the hole.  I wrote a small amount of journaling on the tag with a white gel pen.  I distressed the edges of the tag and all the papers and then inked the distressed edges with blue ink.


To continue with the wheels theme, I cut out the circular color wheels from a card from the Vicki Boutin card set.  I glued the wheels in groups of three onto four different areas of the layout.  I also placed two of the wheels near the tag.  I added a sticker from the collection to the lower right corner of the photo and placed another color wheel on top of the sticker.  I cut the title using my Cricut machine and adhered it to the top of the layout.  I stamped the date underneath the photo with black StazOn ink.


The best part about this layout is that I was able to use so many Vicki Boutin products both new and old.  Can't wait to keep creating with this amazing collection.

New Wheels
Supplies:
  • Recollections Cardstock - white and blue
  • Art Basics Finnabair Heavy White Gesso
  • Vicki Boutin Art Crayon - Orange
  • Tim Holtz Distress Blending Brush
  • Vicki Boutin Color Study Bubbles Stencils
  • Momento Danube Blue Ink
  • Vicki Boutin Escape Stamp and Die Set
  • Vicki Boutin Color Study Paper Collection
  • Vicki Boutin Color Study Card Set
  • Vicki Boutin Color Study Stickers
  • Sakura Jelly Roll White Gel Pen
  • Bakers Twine - Blue and Orange
  • Cricut
    • New (#M8B664F7)
    • Wheels (font - Decorate 035 Std Regular)
  • Roller Date Stamp
  • StazOn Jet Black Ink
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