Party Animal
Hey there! Missy back with you today, and I have two fun and festive layouts to share. I used the Let’s Party collection for this one, and it was perfect for documenting this photo from my 40th birthday back in February. The colors are so vibrant, and the embellishments made it so easy to create this fun design. I wanted to excentuate the 40 since that’s a milestone birthday. I cut it really large on the HB2U patterned paper and then used a lot of the 6x6 Paper Pad papers to back it. I cut them into strips and adhered them diagonally. I used some white gesso to smudge over a lot of that area so I could add some watercolors. I used the packaging technique to get most of that color on. Once it was all dry, I machine stitched around the numbers for added detail and texture. I fussy cut “Big Deal” from the Hip Hip Hooray paper, and it made the best title. I have to say my favorite thing about this collection is all the fun banners! I used several on this page.
Here’s a close up of the fussy cut letters. I love stitching through titles…mainly to make sure they don’t move, but also for added interest. I used a few papers behind my photo as well as one of the larger chipboard frames. Sometimes it’s fun to use the frames as a layer instead of an actual frame. I love the dimension this created.
Here’s another smaller frame I used as a layering piece. I chose this one because of the bright yellow. I added some tangled thread, a few clear stickers and that amazing HAPPY sticker banner. I love the curve of it, and it makes it so festive! Banners make everything so fun. You can also see where I smudged the gesso. It gives everything a bit of a faded look without completely blending it away.
I used lots of die cuts from the Bits & Pieces pack here. I love these little flags, and I added pop dots under them to create some depth. I did the same with the Birthday die cut. Those faux glitter stars were the perfect embellishment for this part of the layout.
More banners! These are from the Bits & Pieces and Snap Pack. I added cute Enamel Dots to the ends so it looks like they’re attached to something. You can see the machine stitching up close here as well. I added another glitter star die cut and a Brad on top of the photo. This was so fun to put together!
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For my next layout, I combined the Let’s Party collection with Sunshine & Happiness. It was lots of fun to mix and match these two super bright collections. I wanted to show that you can use Let’s Party for photos other than birthdays. These photos of my youngest daughter are some of my favorite. They totally show her personality. She is constantly making funny faces, and when I try and take her picture, she tries to get as close to the camera as possible. So extra close-ups are what I wind up with…haha! That’s just her. I always say she’s the life of the party, so I created this fun “party” layout about her silly self. I knew I had to use those fun party cows! How fun are they?! That gave me the idea for Party Animal as my title. Again, I was inspired by all the fun banners, so I decided to make my own using a circle punch and lots of patterned papers. I punched circles and the cut them in half. I arranged four lines of banners and then stitched through them. I think the key to making them look a little more realistic is to overlap them. I did some watercolor work on the background again using Shimmerz. I didn’t want to go overboard with it because of all the extra bright colors going on.
I combined a chipboard cow with a fussy cut cow. My favorite! Such a fun (and unexpected) embellishment! And I like that they’re facing her, like they’re looking at her. I used some of the alpha stickers for this part of the title and added a few die cuts around the cows and on top of the photo.
Squeal!! A chipboard rainbow word banner! I HAD to use this, and I love how it layered so nicely in my circle banners! So perfect! And it’s glittery. It doesn’t get any more festive than that! I’m swooning over all these colors! I made sure the watercolor was very light and airy so it wouldn’t compete with the other colors.
More banners down here! I used two banner stickers from the Expressions Cardstock Sticker sheet and one of the Chipboard ones. My journaling fit very nicely right under them. And yes, my daughter has a mouthful of chewed up Cheerios here…haha.
I had to work in a sunshine somewhere on this page since that’s what a lot of people call her. I fussy cut this one from one of the 4x6 Sticker sheets and used it as a die cut. I added lots of tangled thread and a fun brad. I love all the layering going on, and how her silly face just emerges from the banners.
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