I lifted this layout from one done by Lisa VanderVeen and published in Scrapbook Retailer October/November 2007. I just loved the beautiful design of the page! The sweet picture really drew me in as well. So when I saw this picture of my daughter and my oldest grandson I just knew I wanted to lift this!
Materials – Cardstock – Bazzill; Patterned Papers – My Mind’s Eye, Theresa Collins, Anna Griffin; Punches – Kreaxions #312 and Kreaxions #914; Circle Cutter – Kreaxions; Heart Shapes – Creative Memories; Letter Stamps – Autumn Leaves, CTMH; Stamps – Creative Imaginations; Crystal Lacquer; Rhinestones – Queen & Company; Stickles – Ranger; Glitter – Glitter Arts; Inks – CTMH; Pens – Sharpie, Micron
I used a mixture of Kreaxions #312 (the snowflake) and Kreaxions #914 (Holly) (Did you see there's a SPECIAL on these two punches???!!!) all over the page. Using the templates again gives you different looks. In playing with my punches I thought “I wonder if I can mix and match them next to each other…..” I played around with a scrap piece of paper and came up with a pattern that I liked! If you’ll notice there’s mixes and matches all over the page – opposite corners on the photo… on the name piece, in the middle on the blue patterned paper… It was fun to see how many places I could add that little touch!
Once I had my layout put together the punched shapes weren’t popping like I wanted them to. So I added some Stickles and some fine glitter by Glitter Arts and now my shapes are shining! Here's some close ups –
So go ahead! I dare you! Try mixing and matching your punches and let’s see what YOU can come up with!
Bev Code
so precious Ginni.. and beautiful paper combo with great use of punching.. you rocked this one
Linda Beeson
I always like circle patterns on layouts so I really like that layout too. Nice accents with the punches.