Get Away | Sunkissed Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello everyone!! Its Melissa here and I’m so excited to be back with another layout created with the stunning Sunkissed collection!! I really can’t get enough of this collection and I’m using it exclusively to scrap our January 2021 beach holiday at Riverton over summer (I’m creating a 12×12 album).  For this layout I decided to document the cute little beach house that we stayed in.

I decided to fussy cut almost a whole sheet of the gorgeous florals from the ‘Growing Wild’ patterned paper.  I honestly find fussy cutting relaxing and I love the look of layered florals.

For my background I used distress oxide inks in green and blue to complement the blue skies of ‘Just Chillin” and the green of the leaves.  I created the water colour effect by stamping the ink pad onto plastic, spritzing with water and then smooshing the plastic on to my card stock (the packaging technique).  I didn’t use any gesso, and I also allowed my paper to dry naturally so to reduce the warping.

In order to pull out more of the blues and greens I used a torn strip of ‘Good Vibrations’, and machine stitched both pieces of paper.  I then built my floral clusters around my two photos, and I love how it mimics the house that is located within bush.

Some of the flowers I placed over the photos, but most we tucked underneath.  I just kept adding flowers until I felt the layout was balanced.  I kept my embellishment very simple because the flowers and leaves did so much of the work for me. I just had to add the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ sun, which I popped up on dimensional adhesive. I added some other die cuts too.

I used the banner ‘Our Vacation’, and even though its not a term we use in New Zealand I love it!  I also had to use the ‘Our Summer’ flag, with a ‘Puffy Sticker’ heart layered over it.

I used two of the gold glitter ‘Foam Title Stickers’ for my title, and as aways I had to add my handwritten journalling. My final touch was to add some black splatters.

I made a process video which you can watch below:

Thanks so much

Melissa xx