Hey friends 🙂 Today I have another layout to share with you that I made with the gorgeous Maggie Holmes Willow Lane collection*. In case you missed the last one, where I did a lot of fussy cutting, you can find it here.
Crate Paper / Maggie Homes | You are my sunshine Layout | Willow Lane
If you’ve had a look at the collection, you will probably have seen those super pretty pompom frames. And they are definitely one of my favourite pieces in the whole collection (although it’s really difficult to pick and choose 😉 ), so I knew I wanted to use them right away. My favourite of them all, however, is that round one with the pink pompom trim and those black flowers/leaves on it.
I also knew that I wanted to use the Darling patterned paper as a background because it’s really soft and neutral. And when I looked at it, it kind of reminded me of a wall that’s half wallpaper, half wood panel, so it would go with the frame really well.
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Actually, there are a lot more frame elements in various embellishments in the Willow Lane collection. At first I tried to incorporate some more (like those cute animal frames from the Thickers set), but I somehow couldn’t make them work on this page. But I was able to include this black frame from the ephemera set and used it to frame another photo (of my husband and our dog) that goes perfectly with my first photo (of me and our dog).
I really like how the colours in the photos coordinate perfectly with the frames. As you can see in the photo, I’m wearing a soft pink jacket and my husband is wearing a dark grey one; this is why I chose to use the pompom frame on the photo of me and the dark frame for the photo of him.
As I was adding everything on top of the Darling paper, it was getting a little bit too busy for my taste. So I decided to cut the paper in half, along the scalloped border, and only use the solid part of it on a sheet of white cardstock. I think the white cardstock really helps to balance out the busier, more colourful top half of the layout.
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The fun part: Embellishing!
The embellishing was the most fun part of putting this layout together! There are just so many cute pieces in the collection and everything seems to work. I used a few heart stickers from the puffy stickers, the chipboard stickers and the Thickers (what can I say, I love mixing different textures!), as well as some words and phrase stickers (again, from various sticker sheets). For my title, I finally decided on using this large “Always” piece from the chipboard sticker sheet and combined it with the “you are my sunshine” banner (from the same sheet).
And of course, you know me, I almost can’t do a layout without using florals (and much less if I’m using a Maggie Holmes collection!), so I mixed in various floral pieces, mostly from the Flourish collection (the one before Willow Lane). And since I already had a few golden elements going on on this page, I splattered some Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine on my page and added a strip of the skinny golden Willow Lane washi tape on the bottom of my page to give it a border.
I’m really happy with how it turned out, especially because I was able to use so many different types and textures of embellishments on this page. I really hope you like it, too, and it inspires you to work with the Willow Lane collection!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!
Kathleen
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Jossie Michel Segura
So pretty! Love the scalloped paper effect!