Getaway Memories | Monthly Challenge | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes
Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here with a new layout share inspired by the May Monthly Challenge Board. This board for May – Slice of Summer – designed by Gwen, is full of bright rainbow colours with a fruity kick. I could have gone in so many directions for this layout, but in the end this is where I ended up….
Inspired by the rainbow paint, circular fruit bowl and the bright rainbow colours of the glassware from one amazing Mood Board! I’ve used the awesome Sunkissed Collection for its bright colours and summery floral patterns.
I started with the Summer Sun cut file from CUT to YOU (designed by Gwen) and cut only the outer piece of the design on white cardstock. I added vellum to the rays as I new I would be layering the cut file piece over some form of ink splatters.
Using the inner circle as a rough guide in the middle of a fresh piece of white cardstock, I added splatters of bright inks in rainbow circular order using the plastic packaging technique and sprinkled splatters using the straw out of the spray bottle. This was so fun to create, and a shame that I covered so much of it up with all those florals!
Once the background was dry and the cut file was stuck down I added the photo. A black and white snap from the last Cocoa Vanilla Studio Creative Escape Retreat in 2019 when all was right in the world and we could travel carefree. I layered the photo with pieces of pattern paper from the A5 paper stack ( Feelin’ FIne and the blue version of that awesome Leopard print pattern from Growing Wild). I tucked in a tag from the Fun in the Sun paper and sticker from the Accessory Stickers sheet.
To the left of the photo I created one massive floral cluster using my beloved fussy cut florals from the Growing Wild paper and a banner from the Fun in the Sun paper. I layered these with different forms of adhesive tapes to give the flowers dimension. I also added a wood button and puffy heart to finish of the mix
Above the photo I created a second cluster using similar florals and items to the other cluster. I do this on all my layouts to give them a cohesive look
Lastly I added a title using the awesome GOLD Glitter words and a sticker from the accessory sheet and then finished it off with spatters of gold ink.
Well friends, that’s all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to get your entries into the album in our CVS Community Facebook Group. We love seeing how you all interpret the boards each month and the Sunkissed collection is perfect for this board!
Until Next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle xx