Life’s a climb but the view is great | No Limits | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello Paperlovers, Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! Great to see you again on the blog where I explain more about my layout that I created with the amazing collection “No Limits“I love creating a background with ink. You can use almost any stamp ink for this technique. I often use Distress Oxide for mixed media background. For this mixed media background I used three different colors. I took a kitchen sponge and moisten the sponge. Then I applied the ink with a stamping motion to the white cardstock. I repeat this technique just as many times until I am happy with the mixed media background. For some extra demension, I applied a few splatters and used a water color brush.

I have used a cutfile by Paige Evans. I really love this gorgeous wreath so much. With my sewing machine I stitch the cutfile on top of the mixed media background circle.

I decorate the wreath cutfile with die-cuts, wooden buttons, word die-cuts and stars. I find decorating my layout to be one of the most fun things to do. I add a light blue stitch border to the large word die-cuts. I love stitching details in my projects and use my sewing machine quite a lot.

I cut the picture of the beautiful glaciers we went to last summer into a circle. I also choose orange patterned paper cut it into a circle and place it behind the photo. Then I add a stitch border to the circle edge.

For the title I chose different alphabet sets and created a title around the photo. When I make long titles I usually choose a circle so you have all the space you need.