I’ve scrapped this photo of my Granddaughter taken by her mother before. It’s one of my favorite images of her, so it immediately popped into my mind when I opened the February Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie and discovered that it contained paper and laser cut elements from 49 and Market’s Alena collection.
This took a few days to complete because I decided to fussy cut a lot of the flowers and butterflies that were included on the cover sheets of the paper pack and the laser cut embellishments. While I was doing that, I put together a plan for my finished layout.
To begin, I cut an 8” x 8” square in the center of the Full Bloom page and put it aside for a future project. (This is a good way to stretch patterned paper; I only needed the outside area.) The remaining 12” x 12” piece was glued to an 11.75” square of chipboard to give it stability.
I trimmed the Exquisite sheet by .25” on all sides, giving me a 11.5” square; this was adhered to the base.
The photo was glued to one of the laser cut frames, then cut down to fit. I glued small pieces of chipboard to the back of this, as well as to the other frame pieces that I had selected. These were arranged in a fan-like arrangement and glued to the page.
I adhered the “twine” piece to the bottom of the photo and then selected flowers and leaves from the pile of laser- and fussy-cut embellishments, starting with that marvelous flowing vine. To add dimension, I used foam adhesive to glue them all down.
To fill what looked like a gap, I added a few “ticket” pieces to the side of the photo after tearing the edges and topped this with my title piece.
To finish my page, I glued down a few scattered butterflies and a bit of script: the “beauty” piece above the vine.
A few closeups:
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*****Supplies*****
***Paper***
49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Exquisite #AA-37254
49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Full Bloom #AA-37292
***Embellishments***
49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – Laser Cut Elements #AA-37360
***Other***
Beacon – Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive
Craft Country – Aleene’s All-Purpose Tacky Glue
Scrapbook.com – Foam Adhesive Strips #sbc-bcadh-3122
***Tools***
EK Success – Cutter Bee Scissors
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