Summer days are here, and the Oasis collection from Crate Paper is perfect for documenting summer memories! We recently went on vacation to the beach, so I have a lot of photos to get on layouts. The inspiration for this layout, started with my photo and a tongue twister that went along with the photo.
I wanted to use the She Sells Sea Shells tongue twister, since our daughter was holding up a shell she found on the beach. I cut the title on my Silhouette Cameo from one of the papers in the Chasing Dreams collection. I wanted a more subtle pattern for the background paper, so I could back each of the words with a patterned paper from the Oasis collection. After looking through the Oasis papers, I couldn't find one that I thought would work for the full background, but fortunately the papers across the CP collections coordinate really well together.
Once all of the words were backed, I machine stitched with a zig zag stitch and a straight stitch. I like the look the mix of stitches adds to the title. I placed the photo in the center of the layout, and then started my embellishing, to create a collage look inside the circle. I used a mix of the Oasis Ephemera Pieces, Chipboard, Stickers, Puffy Stickers and Buttons inside the circle created from the title. I love having a mix of different kinds of embellishments filling in a shape.
I had a lot of fun with this layout design, and it came together really quickly! It's important to balance your embellishments, when you're creating this type of design, so make sure you pay attention to the size, color and type of embellishment you're using when creating a collage look on your projects.
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The new Oasis collection from Crate Paper is so much fun! I've been waiting for the opportunity to use it, and I thought it would be perfect with one of the photos from a recent trip to Texas. When I'm on vacation, I like to snap photos of the scenery as well as the humans. There are always interesting buildings and landscapes to photograph when you're somewhere new.
The wood grain pattern on the backside of the Spring Break patterned paper is one of my favorites in the collection. I love how it creates several geometric shapes...triangles, squares and diamonds to be exact. I decided to tilt my photo and title along the diagonal line in the center of the paper, to add some interest to the layout.
I used a mix of embellishments from the Ephemera Pack, Chipboard Sheet, Buttons and Puffy Stickers to embellish the layout. I also love the word phrase stickers from the Sticker sheet, so I also layered several of those on the layout. The tilted look of the photo and title with the other horizontal embellishments on the layout, really create a fun look.
I finished the layout with a bit of machine stitching. I always love the texture that stitching adds to a layout, whether it's a little or a lot!
If you haven't had a chance to grab the Oasis collection, it's now available in stores. You can find it now, in the Scrapbook.com store!
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