Making new friends | These Days Layout | Anna Komenda
Hello CVS fans. It’s Anna here with my first ever project made with brand new and totally amazing “These days” collection. It arrived to my doorstep just few days ago and I felt in love with all the papers and embellishments. As always when it comes to cracking new line, I had decission making issues of what I should use first. Luckily, this week we have a product focus over the Pocket Cards or A5 Paper Stacks so it narrowed the choices a little bit. I knew I didn’t want to create any pocket spread as I am not making this kind of albums of regular basis, so I just went through the cards and I chose few with bigger frames. I love using pocket cards as a small samples of pattern papers, perfect for small punches and dies, and as a source of elements for fussy cutting. This time was no exception!
I cut out four whisical frames first and then I started to think of what photos I want to scrapbook with them. Inspired by the butterfly paper I picked three photos of fun bugs we met during our vacation. My girls are a big fans of insects and they are not scared of touching them at all. They even think thes are all “soooo cuuuute” (not me :) ). So I framed three photos in frames and fourth one stayed empty as a perfect spot for the title.
I fussy cut some butterflies from “Take flight” paper and arranged them around the frames on top of my chosen background paper called “Daybreak”. This paper has an artsy frame around it and empty, white inner part – perfect for showcasing my frames. After I placed my butterflies, I marked the little trails with a pencil, move all the elements away and made some simple stitching with colorful thread. It took my a while and it was for sure the longest part of making this page but it was totally worth it.
After the stitching was done, I glued down all the main elements. My title is made with brand new and super fun Mini Puffy Alphabet stickers. They come in a variety of colors and I just love this whimsical font. Just a perfect accent for any layout!
I finished my page adding few bits and pieces from Ephemera pack here and there, three wooden buttons and few puffy stickers. It was a really fast to make page (not counting the stitching) and I totally love the final result. Whimsical frames and furry bugs come perfect together.
And how about you? How do you use your Pocket Cards? Maybe you have some other great tricks for this products to share? That is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks!
XO
Anna