Overall, I think the deeper reds and greens help pull out the colors in the photo, while also complementing the theme. The stark title helps to break up the repetitive colors and the dimensional chipboard pieces help bring a little extra interest! I hope you enjoyed!

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My photo was layered on several pieces of patterned paper, mostly from Kaiser Craft's Finders Keeper line, but also some Simple Stories and Echo Park mixed in. I created a small cluster at the top of my photo with a hidden journaling pocket. The yellow tag and pocket are from The Paper Studio. Some other stickers like the puffy hear and "here" banner were added as a fun detail.


I didn't want to have too much weight at the top of my photo, so I created a cluster at the bottom portion too. This cluster is made up of a cork label sticker from Oriental Trading, a resin globe from The Paper Studio, a yellow resin heart from Clique Kits, and a flower from Recollections. I can't believe I used fabric flowers on this layout! It has been too long. You'll see some more sprinkled through the wreath too.




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This 12x12 layout was really fun to make and I liked experimenting with a new color combo. The mint and coral combination really went along with the fun time I was trying to capture. I had also recently seen someone else share a layout where they put a layout at the top and the bottom of the layout. I really loved the idea (sorry I can't remember who posted it), but I'm going to run with the idea as you'll see in the process video below! I hope you enjoy!


In the process video I discuss how I fidgeted with a lot of the items on this layout. I didn't have an exact layout design in mind, but as previously mentioned, I did know I wanted to off set two doilies. So once I established that and my middle paper selection, I started adding other things.


I somehow got on this color scheme of coral, mint, and mustard yellow which turned out better than expected! Have you all ever made a color combo that turned out better than anticipated?


The overall layout shows three different cluster groups which helps move the eye around the page (a great design principle to follow). My top cluster utilizes the smaller doily and I did some fun clustering on top! I thought that this fun yellow banner from Elle's Studio was perfect for this layout! I also added a Pretty Little Studio mint feather sticker, a Project Life @ symbol wood veneer, and a Simple Stories tiny word sticker from the Carpe Diem collection. I also did some stamping on this layout using my Dear Lizzy roller phrase stamp.


The middle cluster here was more of a happy accident. The paper pad that I used for the background paper (DCWV Mini Album Stack) has clear/white stickers included in it. I loved this ampersand and decided to have it peek out from behind my photos which are matted on some paper from the Crate Paper Notes & Things 6x6 paper pad. I then realized that the sticker by itself looked out of place. Rummaging through my embellishments and stickers I found the perfect addition! This yellow phrase sticker is from My Mind's Eye and it was perfect! I wanted to add a few more little bits so I grabbed a small chipboard flower sticker from BoBunny Modern Miss and then included a Studio Calico wood veneer arrow.


My bottom left cluster again contains a doily with a fun embellishment cluster as well as a title. I first pulled out this little ticket piece from the same BoBunny collection as the little flower and fidgeted where that was going so many times! I ended up bringing some more elements before finally being able to settle on where to put it. I used a Jot mint sticker that it a fun tab shape, and incorporated another wood veneer piece, this time a heart from Project Life. Over the whole layout I sprinkled some Heidi Swapp Butter Color Shine splatters all over.


That pretty much finishes up this layout! I hope you enjoyed the interesting design and color scheme. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to answer them! I will have as many products used on this layout as I can find on the internet listed down below! Thanks for stopping by!

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I also went back and added some darker splatters with my paint brush after the initial part was dry. I just dipped my paint brush into the watercolor pan and then tapped it on my finger so it splat onto the page. I knew I wanted to use a few stencils as well, so I dove into my stash and pulled out two. The chevron kind of pattern is a stencil from the Target dollar spot and then the floral stencil is from Joann's and their Buttercream line. I just ran some white gesso through them (since I don't have any modeling paste). I love this white on white look. It adds texture without adding unnecessary color. Once all of that was dry, I start to put everything into place.


I put my photo onto some fun foam so it wouldn't get lost behind the thicker wood veneer title. I then work on two clusters. I started with the bottom right next to the title and wanted to incorporate a few things. I really thought that the tiny word sticker from Studio Calico was perfect since we did take a hike. Then I dove into my wood veneer box and my resin flower box. I pulled out a fee bits from each and decide to use the mini heart and the light mint down in this corner.


To complete the layout, I finish the top cluster by using a Heidi Swapp vellum die cut, a Studio Calico wood veneer bird, and another resin flower. I also scatter some of these beautiful mint pearls from BoBunny around the layout.

Here's the entire blog/YT hop list! I hope you join us and keep hopping around! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Katelyn Clary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqE81fzOH8
>Heather Ulmer: https://youtu.be/ISO6ZNZA47U
Alice Birch:https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7ixffw73ar94B8wrs2gJKQ
Paige Ford: https://youtu.be/Sh1eGRS_sP0
Ariana Yvette Fizudeen: https://youtu.be/zJYJnT7GYl8
Chelsea Green: https://youtu.be/VpSf3VOTDR4
Xitlali Peréz Minssart: AWAITING LINK

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This was so fun to put together (as are most of my layouts), but I just loved the story with these photos. In the overview of my layout, you'll see that I haven't filled in the journaling yet, but don't worry I did! I hope you all enjoy the process of this pocket page spread. I'll have product details at the end of this post.



My boyfriend happened to win a ticket to a local Escape Room. These are facilities where you get "locked" in a room and have to find clues and figure out riddles to get out. This might sound fairly easy, but it was hard. It was also super fun! I started off this layout by using a piece of paper from the Basic Grey line called Max and Whiskers I think....(maybe not called that). I cut it into fourths so that it would fit into my pocket page slots.


For most of the accent and layering papers I used a pretty old DCWV mat stack called Tradewinds. In the video you'll see me kinda work on one square section at a time. I find that I tend to change the way I work on pocket pages. Sometimes I jump around and other times I know exactly the look I am going for. How do you work on your pocket pages? I added some fun label stickers from My Mind's Eye, Jot, and some tiny word stickers from Simple Stories' Carpe Diem.


I know that I love adding small details to my pages, but sometimes the last pocket gets the short end of the stick. In my video you'll see that this is the last pocket that I finish and it's definitely my least favorite. I couldn't tell you exactly why, but it's not my fav.


Some of my other little fun tidbits on this layout include some metal tabs from Making Memories, some gems from Jolee's Boutique, and an enamel camera. I also wanted to mention how I used supplementary titles instead of a main title on this layout. In two of the photos, it has the exact words I would probably use for a title (The Great Escape Room). So, I found it quite redundant to use my letter stickers to spell that, so instead I made smaller titles.


Well that's it for this pocket page process! I hope you all enjoyed it. I'll have some product details down below as well. Thank you so much for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

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Becky Higgins Photo Pocket Pages - Big Variety Pack 1 (60 Pages)

Webster's Pages WS1173 Painted Passport Alpha Stickers, Wood Print

Jolee's Boutique All That Bling Circle Gems, White

Let's just face the truth, I hate cutting into pretty papers, but I knew that I couldn't use every piece of 12x12 paper as a background paper. Today, I took a leap and made a very large incision (by hand) into this gorgeous Dear Lizzy floral paper. I know what you're thinking, "she must be crazy", but let me tell you, the outcome was gorgeous!

This probably wouldn't be nearly as terrifying to someone who has a machine to cut it for them, but I eye-balled mine and it came out pretty well I'd say! You'll see how I cut it out in the video (which was a scary moment), but here's the completed layout.





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