Always Be | No Limits Collection |Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey Scrappy Friends, its Michelle back here today with a new layout to share using our amazing No Limits Collection. Another layout documenting a fun moment that Leila was enjoying, using this wonderful collection thats great for kids of all kinds.

I designed the entire layout around the ‘Always be Your Awesome Self’ card which can be found on the UNIVERSAL cut apart paper. I wanted to use this as the main title for the layout and keep it in line with the photo and journalling card. I thought it was the perfect way to document Leila and her epic 1 person clothes horse cave/fort.

I started with the usual white cardstock background, a mix of complimentary colours and patterns in both 12×12 and A5 papers and a bunch of fussy cut stars from the NEBULA paper

I cut all the papers in to different size banner pieces, and sewed around the edges of some for a little extra detail. I adhered all the pieces to the background using different thicknesses of foam and tape for differing heights of dimension. The shadow effect this gives a layout really makes it come to life.

I added some of the gorgeous Woodgrain paper BIG BANG to the back of the photo to help it stand out amongst all the patterns and colour, and adhered to the top of all the layers using some foam tape

I roughly tore the edge off one of the layers, and used a border punch on the other so that there weren’t too many straight edges. I embellished this side using accessory and chipboard stickers plus a tiny hand cut star

To the right of the photo I added the journaling using another card from the UNIVERSAL cut apart paper. I added more cut apart pieces to the right of that, adhered using my tiny attacher.

I left the threads loose on all the pieces I sewed around to create texture, even though they’re small they still add overall design of the layout.

The fussy cut stars from the NEBULA paper were a last minute addition to the layout, and one I’m glad I added. The layout didn’t feel complete without them

And lastly I added a couple of puffy sticker dots to the star clusters and a splattering of black in to finish it all off.

Well thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing another layout created using this magical new collection No Limits. I really enjoy using non feminine collections to scrap little moments of Leila, especially when she’s in her element. Be sure to share yours too with us in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group on Facebook.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x