I started with creating a background full of Summer colors using my mini cubes of Tim Holtz distressed inks. How amazing are these colors😱 (I will list them below).
I used a heavy white card stock (no gesso required for this mixed media). I swiped each cube directly on to the paper leaving a little of the white showing through...I love this effect🌈. I decided to leave some space at the bottom and put a very cool, summer vibe printed card stock that pulled all the colors in.
After I finished backing the printed card stock onto the background I took my picture and one of my Circle dies (size 3 3/4") and put it through my die cutting machine leaving just a little of the bottom sticking out so it was straight and I could line it up with the bottom of the page. I also did the same thing to a bright yellow piece of card stock I used to back the photo with just to give it a little pop!
As you can see by the above picture I had already gotten into this, oh so cute collection of epoxy flairs for another layout. So I pretty much used the entire rest of the set on this layout. I also went into her
Pool Fun Collection and pulled this cute flair with sunglasses and since this is my sister (his Aunt) I had to use this super cool
Aunties are like moms only COOLER flair!
I had this SUMMER word cut file I got from
Kreative Cuts Club that I hadn't used yet and was perfect for the Ice Cream themed layout, after all Summer and ice cream go hand in hand don't they?
I just so happen to have been at Joann's last weekend (unless this is my husband reading this, then I was no where near Joann's😬) and found these amazing chipboard Thickers from American Crafts and they all had an accent I wanted to use, I mean look at that HAPPINESS accent😱 and since my sister is into hearts I wanted to make sure I had some of them and I think every Thickers pack I purchased had some in them. All of the chipboards were from AC with one exception...that THIS MAKES ME SMILE arrow is a puffy sticker from the PinkFresh Studio BE YOU collection.I decided to do the SUMMER at an angle and then started laying out the accents. I wanted the colors to really stick out so I did most of the accents, flairs and puffy stickers at the bottom with just a few of them on each side of the layout to make sure those colors really showed through! Quick tip: I love, love, love my sticker maker which is what I used for each of the letters...easy peasy!
Well, there you have it...my SUMMER layout. I hope you enjoyed this layout featuring Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs. If you haven't had a chance to see her collections head over to her Etsy shop (
here) and check her shop out!
I will leave details and some links below on what I used...it may be the middle of Winter but looking at this layout I feel Summer calling my name!
Items used
Epoxy Flairs:
Scrappin Happy Studio (Pool Fun Collection, Ice Cream Collection, Auntie Life Collection)
Cut File Letters (SUMMER):
Kreative Cuts Club
Distressed Inks: Tim Holtz (in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade)
Chipboard Thickers: American Crafts (Colorful, Confetti Wishes, Pick Me Up, Summers Lights)
Puffy Sticker: Pinkfresh Studio, BE YOU collection
Circle Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities - Standard Circle LG
Happy Scrapping!
Kimberly
