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Stay Beautiful

Today's layout was inspired by Day 12 of @christys_beautiful_life 30 Days of Sketches Series 8.  Today's heart sketch was created by Brenda Ragsdale.  The Scraptember challenge for this sketch was cut files.  I couldn't wait to use this sketch combined with the beautiful photos of my daughter taken right before she left for her Homecoming dance.


To complete the Scraptember challenge, I started by searching Cricut Design Space for the heart cut files.  I was able to find a heart with an outline.  I duplicated the heart and sized it down to create the inner heart.  I cut the outlines of the two hearts in rust-colored cardstock.  The inside of the heart was cut from a yellow patterned paper from the Paige Evans Wonders collection. I also used a free cut file to cut the title from gold foil cardstock.



 I used two other patterned papers from the Wonders collection for the large strips of paper placed behind the hearts. I inked the edges of these papers with Walnut Stain Distress Ink before layering everything onto a piece of white 12x12 cardstock.

I fussy cut the small and large paisley flowers from one of the 6x8 papers from the same collection.  I popped up the smaller ones with foam tape and placed these around the photos.  The larger ones were popped up and adhered in three corners of the layout.



I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System to create gold foil butterflies on the yellow patterned paper and solid rust cardstock.  These butterflies were placed in three corners of the layout.  To add a little extra glam, I cut small flowers from gold foil cardstock and placed them near the paisley flowers and butterflies.  I embellished the flowers and centers of the small paisley flowers with white iridescent Diamond Dots.


This was my first time using the Paige Evans Wonders collection, and love how the colors and patterns of the papers coordinate well with my daughter's dress.

Stay Beautiful
Supplies:
  • Cardstock - White, Rust, and Gold Foil
  • Cricut
    • Heart Accent #M46660
    • Free SVG - Stay Beautiful https://lovesvg.com/product/stay-beautiful/
  • Paige Evans Wonder Papers - 4 and 23
  • Paige Evans 6x8 Paper Pad - Gold Dot Paper and Paisley Flowers
  • Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Small Tattered Florals
  • Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System
  • Spellbinders Gold Glimmer Hot Foil
  • Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies Glimmer Plate Set
  • Diamond Dots Shade 5001
  • Foam Tape
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