I'm here today to share a new layout with you using the Cute Girl collection from Crate Paper! Things have been in disarray around our house for the past couple of weeks. We decided to close in our dining room to create a 4th bedroom, we've had new flooring going down and new furniture coming in. Currently, my computer and scrapbook supplies are all on the floor of the bedroom, waiting for new craft room furniture! So with all of that said, I needed to create a quick and easy layout for today. That meant no cut files and new sewing with my sewing machine.
I decided the Be You patterned paper would be a great way to add interest to my layout, without all of the bells and whistles I normally use. I love that this paper has a fun grid design, but that it's a random grid pattern, with different sizes. The squares and rectangles are perfect spots for adding embellishments.
My printer is also out of commission right now, so I used my SP2 pocket printer to print the photo. I printed it in black & white because I love the contrast it creates with all of the bright, happy colors in the Cute Girl collection. I used a mix of the Ephemera Pieces, Stickers, Puffy Stickers and Chipboard to embellish the layout.
Another great thing I forgot to mention about this layout...it only took between 30-40 minutes to complete! I love the way it turned out, even without some machine stitching, which was really hard for me to leave off! HA!
This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of ashleyhortondesigns.com. I do receive compensation and material product from Crate Paper to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own. Did you get a chance to see the reveals for the newest Crate Paper collections, Cute Girl and Cool Kid? They are both amazing! I'm stopping in today to share a layout using the Cute Girl collection and at the end of this month, I have a layout that will be on the Crate Paper Blog, using the Cool Kid collection.I could seriously use wood grain paper for the background of every layout! I knew the wood grain side of the Rainbows patterned paper would be perfect for my background. I wanted to create a large initial for my daughters name and cover it in florals, so the wood grain was a great balance to the mix of colors on the initial.To create the initial, I cut a large E from White cardstock on my Silhouette Cameo. Then I cut several flowers from a mix of the Cute Girl patterned papers. I arranged them on the initial and then fussy cut a few more flowers from the Storybook patterned paper and layered them over the die cut flowers. Once I had all of the flowers in place, I machine stitched around the letter, to add texture and to secure the flowers.I wanted to add more interest to the initial, so I mixed in some embellishments from the Cute Girl ephemera pack, puffy stickers, enamel dots and stickers. I finished the layout by placing the rest of the title under the photo. I used the Deer Thickers, and machine stitched through them, to give the title some texture.If you missed the new reveals, visit the Crate Paper Blog! You can find Cute Girl HERE and Cool Kid HERE. And make sure you're following Crate Paper on social media to check out all of the amazing inspiration from the Design Team, using the new collections! 
