Combining collections to create a 4th of July layout!
Hello my Pretty Little Studio scrappy friends! Tara here today with my very first blog post for the Pretty Little Studio Creative team! I am super excited to share this layout that I created using a mixture of collections from Pretty Little Studio! When I was assigned today for my post, I knew I wanted to create a Fourth of July layout! I also knew that I wanted to mix up the collections that I used. I will include a photo gallery of all of the products I used below the post!
I started with a piece of grid paper from Love Is Kind! I added some mixed media to the grid paper with ink smooshing, stenciling, and splatters in two circular places on the paper. I knew that I wanted to create a base for my layered photo clusters with the mixed media. The trick to getting a circular ink smoosh is to cut your packaging into a half circle and use the rounded side to do the smooshing!
After allowing my mixed media a little time to dry, I started creating my photo layers. I took two sheets from the Sunkissed 6x9 Accent Papers to create a base for my photo collages. I created two photo collages: one in the red mixed media and one in the blue. I did distress all of the edges of my papers and photos with the night sky background with my distress tool.
Once I figured out the placement of the patterned paper, I started adding stars! Stars are one of my favorite design elements. I did create some more out of my nesting star dies so I would have a few more blues and some yellows. I added stars from several collections: Love Is Kind, Candy Cane, and You Are My Sunshine!
I added my title and the subtitle below it using products from You Are My Sunshine.
If you'd like to see this layout come together in real time, please check out my process video! Thank you for hanging out with me today!!
