Artisan Sketched Garden Layout

 Today felt like a layout kind of day. I don't have enough of those days. I can't tell by all the photos I have in a box. *sigh. I need more layout days.  

This past Saturday I took part in a team class and it was SO fun! So many, many ideas were learned and shared so I thought I'd incorporate a few into this layout. 

This idea stats with a coloring technique from Patty Bennett with the Artisan Sketched Garden DSP (Designer Series Paper). It's so simple and quick. She also showed how to turn this into a One Sheet Wonder for card making. I'll be sharing some of those in upcoming posts. 

I picked three colors as my theme: Pool Party, Hydrangea Hue and Peaceful Pine. Pool Party doesn't photo well here but it looks great in person. Trust me. Once you have your colors picked you're ready to begin coloring with blending brushes. Simply brush your colors all over the sheet in a random way until the sheet is fully colored. This is my sheet after I cut off a 4" strip for my layout. I'll use the rest of the sheet for those cards I mentioned.

Here is a close-up of the banner. I used the word party that came with the class supplies. Some of the letters are popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals. The ribbon is adhered with glue dots to hold it in place in the middle and back of the layout. I left the ends free so I could slip under the ribbon to make the tassels.

To make the tassels, cut strips of ribbon...as many as you like. I only used two here to keep my tassels flatter and lay nicer in an album. Layer your ribbon strips on top of each other and slip it half way under the ribbon on the layout. Fold over the strips and tie with another ribbon that is cut in half down the middle. After tying, cut the strips up the middle to make them skinnier., I used a couple of glue dots to hold it in place once on the layout. Hoe fun is that?!!

In this close-up you can also see I added Rhinestones to the butterflies for a bit of sparkle.

Here is my photo ready layout. the base is a sheet of Pool Party Two Tone card stock. I used the dark side for the base and a piece of the light side for stamping the butterflies. It really makes a nice contrast. There is a piece of Vellum on top of the base. It's a nice softened look of the Pool Party. 

The photo mats just waiting for those photos. On the right I overlapped them a bit. Since I don't have the photos yet I made sure to leave the bottom of the top mat loose so I can slip the photo under it on the bottom mat. I can then leave it that way or tack it down with a glue dot.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this layout with its fun techniques. Why not get some Artisan Sketched Garden DSP for yourself. Since it's all black & white patterns you can use as is or color it up any way you like!  I'll be sharing more ideas on using this fantastic pattern paper.

Have a crafty day!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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