Maggie Holmes | Flourish & Sunny Days | Challenge yourself Layout
Hi there! It feels like it’s been a while since I last shared a layout here on the blog. To be honest, I didn’t really feel inspired and my scrappy mojo was kinda low. Do you ever have those times when you really want to scrap something but your creative juices just aren’t flowing? Well, to get back into the swing of things, I decided to challenge myself.
Finding Inspiration
I had a few leftover bits and pieces from previous Maggie Holmes collections on my desk (Flourish*, Willow Lane and Sunny Days) and thought I’d see what I could come up with only using (some of) those items.
First, I grabbed the labels and started arranging them in a vertical line on my 8.5×11″ piece of white cardstock. Next, I brought in the fussy cut leaves I had left over from previous projects, as well as the two butterflies.
Tone on Tone Embellishing
It was a happy coincidence that the butterflies matched the colors of the labels! And since they matched, I decided to keep this tone on tone theme for the other labels too. On the black one I added the “Sunshine” sticker as my title. On the yellow one I adhered a label sticker from the Sunny Days clear stickers.
Another thing on my desk were the alphabet Thickers from Willow Lane and I really wanted to incorporate some of them. I found an “I” and “U” that matched the color scheme and added a gold glitter heart sticker in between them to spell out I ♥ U.
For my photo I chose one of my husband and our dog and sized it to fit right in between the peach and black labels. As a finishing touch I added my journaling and also some machine stitching in white on the white cardstock. This simply adds some texture to the layout and gives it a little more interest.
I hope you enjoyed this project! So my challenge to you (whether you feel uninspired or not 😉 ) would be to create a layout using only bits and pieces you have on your desk!
Thanks for stopping by today! Xo, Kathleen
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