My dad celebrated his 80th birthday this weekend, and my aunt shared some photos of him I'd never seen before. When I saw this picture I knew it needed a layout to showcase it ASAP. Look at what a cutie he was! I started out with the 12x12 Fly A Kite paper for my background. I love how it captures so much of what I knew my title would be with the carefree elements like the cupcakes and kites and the pawprints to go with the "puppy dog tails."

Since I knew I wanted to use this nursery rhyme as a very long title, the Out of the Blue mini ABC stickers were the perfect fit! I added journaling using a Brighter Days cut apart label. I've always loved hearing my dad's stories of how children made their own fun and adventures when he was growing up.

Underneath my photo, I used a Tim Holtz layered sunbeam stencil with Distress Oxides. The colors that went perfectly with this collection were tumbled glass, mustard seed, and crackling campfire. I added more of these colors through a mini diamond stencil scattered around the rest of the page.

Per my usual obsession with adding touches of black to my layouts, I also drew some sunbeam lines with a black sharpie and went over them again with an Elle's Studio stitches stamp. I pulled papers from the Sunshine Accent 6x6 pack to layer under my photo too. Stars seemed to be the perfect accent for a fun boy page, so I included several die cuts from the Under the Stars pack. 

A festive banner begged to be added to the top of the page, and these flags from the Cool Aid Pennants cut aparts fit the the bill perfectly. Since the cut aparts are only $1 apiece, I usually buy several of each one. There's a load of bang for your (literal) buck there!

For my final touches, I scattered lots of star stamps and hole punches from one of the navy blue papers to tie my title and everything else together. I know this background is a little chaotic, but so is little boy energy, right?! 😁

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! If you don't have the You Are My Sunshine collection yet, it's totally worth the investment. It always gets my creativity flowing!

I wish you happy creating!! Wendy 💛