As anyone who has viewed my online portfolio can tell, I’m a huge fan of Crate Paper. It’s so ‘ME‘. I love the colours, the design, the vintage cottage feel to it and the overall girliness of it. I love girly stuff, especially rosy pinks with yellows, blues and brown.
I created this layout based upon a Becky Fleck sketch, available on the Scrapbooks & Cards Today Web site. Yes, I copied my friend Heather and did the same layout. I hope that she doesn’t mind. I’ve learned a LOT about scrapbooking over the years just from watching her. I admire her very much. As I always remind my 6-year-old daughter when she says, “Stop copying me!!!!” to my 3-year-old son — imitation is the best form of flattery. Someone will imitate you, or try to follow in your footsteps when they admire and look up to you. …anyway… enough mushiness! ICK!
Here is my take on the layout. I used quite a bit of distress ink on this project and some stitching to keep up with the vintage look of the paper. The ’1, 2, 3′ on top of the photographs are Crate Paper stickers that I applied on top of buttons. They just happened to fit perfectly on my buttons.
My supplies were:
- Patterned papers, die cuts and borders, Crate Paper – Emma’s Shoppe
- Pins, K&Company
- Inks, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut and Antique Linen
- Ticket, Pink Paislee
- Baker’s twine, The Twinery
- Small brown alphabet stickers, Making Memories
- Large chipboard and epoxy alphabet stickers, Thickers by American Crafts
- Buttons, Foo-fa-la and Cosmo Cricket
- Felt butterfly, Chatterbox
- Font, La Belle Aurore
- Cardstock, Bazzill Basics