WANDER By Nathalie DeSousa!

Hello Simple Stories friends!!

Nathalie with you today with a new project using the beautiful Simple Vintage Great Escape collection [1]. As soon, as I received this collection, all i could think about was documenting our hikes around the river bank. We live next to a river, so a large part of our neighbourhood is a part of a provincial park, which means i get to experience nature 5 minutes from home! So, I pulled a picture of my littles enjoying our hike for this page...

I loved the papers in the collection so much, that i decided to play with them to create the page. I started by adding a little bit of white acrylic paint to the b-side of Born to Roam [1] paper - that creates the soft white halo around the papers -.

While the paint dried, i started to create the paper layers. First, i backed the picture with a piece of the Fern/Juniper Basic paper [1]. I wanted to emphasize the color of the picture, so i decided to use lots of green and wood grain papers. I cut layers from the Wild and Free, Time for Adventure, Let's Explore, and Made to Wander [1] papers; along the way, i distressed the edges of the papers and added a bit of white paint to some of them, s too.

I love the layered Chipboard frames [1] in this collection, and have learned that sometimes, i need to alter elements to make them work for my page. So, i trimmed the frame part of the chipboard, and used the clustered elements as an embellishment for my picture. In addition, i added a few more stickers from the collection.

To balance the page, i added a large cluster of embellishments to the top right corner of the picture. First i added a strip of washi tape [1] in between the bottom two layers -this helps to give the impression of more paper layers-, then used some of the banner stickers [1] to add more layers to the right side, then just added the large sticker at the very corner of the picture.

The large chipboard "WANDER [1]" word is the perfect size for a title. So, i combined it with some ephemera and those cute mushroom brads to create my title. I added small butterflies to create movement through the page starting at the title, and zig zaggiing through the page. In addition, i added a few stamped images to bring extra sentiment to the page.

I love how this page came together, i just played with paper and embellishments to bring the rustic look of nature to the page. I am sure you are going to love the new Simple Vintage Great Escape collection [1]for all your outdoor adventures. Cannot wait to see what you create with it!!