All Smiles | Storyteller Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans. It’s Kylie again, back to share another project for the month of August. I’m really not sure where this year has gone…We are only a very short time till we hit Spring and the warmer weather again. My inspiration for todays layout was Spring/Summer and everything that goes along with it- Warmer days, lots of blooms and sweet fruits in season! I love the new Storyteller collection with its sweet florals and thought it would be the perfect choice for documenting a favourite memory.

I have several ‘go-to’ layout designs I tend to use time again. One is what I have used today- A great way to use any left over strips you have. I really love lots of layers in my pages and by layering various sized strips such as I have done in different directions builds a nice dimension. I also like to distress the edges for definition.

I really don’t tend to stick to exact measurements for each paper strip. I just work for a nice balance and keep variety. With each strip in place, I cut a photo mat to measure 6.25″x 4.25″ and adhered a 6″x 4″ photo centred over the top. This was then added to my page, just off centre.

I added a lace doily from my craft stash behind my photo and began to layer some of the awesome floral ephemera. I like to curl the petals up a little and use foam squares to add them into place. Again, this gives a lovely sense of dimension. For balance I added a secondary cluster to the opposite corner as the first and tucked in some of the typed phrase stickers from the sticker sheet.

To finish my page I added some Butterflies with foam squares. This made them look as though they were ‘floating’. I also created a title from the FOAM TITLE STICKERS. Overall this is a simple design to bring together but one I always love.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope my layout inspires you a little with your own creating.

Take care,

Kylie.