Sweet Life | A Colorful Scrapbook Layout Full of Hearts
Hello. Shanel here... I'm so excited to be back on the blog today sharing a new design team project that celebrates everything I love about working with patterned paper! One of my favorite parts of creating for a design team is finding fresh ways to showcase a collection's beautiful colors, patterns, and embellishments.
For today's 12x12 layout, I created with Pretty Little Studio’s Wildflowers collection - combining the Clover 12x12 patterned paper with its playful hearts, colorful paper layers, and a few handmade details to create a fun design around a sweet everyday photo of my pup. She is quite spoiled and very loved! She does in fact have a very SWEET LIFE!
My goal was to let the patterned paper take center stage while keeping the overall design balanced and the photo as the focal point. I love how the grid design on the Clover patterned paper paper adds a little structure to the design while allowing all the bright colors and patterns to really shine. Also, the stitched rectangular border on this paper frames the main design. However, the real stars of this layout are the colorful patterned hearts cascading down the right side of the page! I added a little hand stitching to the hearts for texture and dimension, giving them that handmade look I love so much! Lastly, I stacked fussy cut hearts on top of them.
For my photo, I layered a few coordinating patterned papers including the Fragrance 12x12 patterned paper, and tucked a small journaling label above the photo with word phrase stickers from this collection. I added a few fussy cut hearts from the Clover Patch 12x12 patterned paper around the lower corner. These little layers are always some of my favorite details to create!
The large “Sweet Life” title from the GingerSnap collection overlaps the bottom of my photo and extends into the open space on the page. I love using oversized titles because they make such a statement and help anchor the entire design.
To finish things off, I added a couple of sweet butterfly stickers with delicate white thread trails and a light sprinkling of ink splatters. These subtle details add a little whimsy without taking away from the clean background.
One of my favorite things about scrapbooking is finding creative ways to combine patterned papers, texture, and dimensional embellishments while still keeping the story at the heart of the design. This page is a perfect example of how even the simplest everyday photo can become something special!
I hope this layout inspires you to pull out your favorite Pretty Little Studio papers and have fun creating something colorful! Join us in the Facebook Group (pink button below) to join in on this month's challenges or simply to share what you are creating with Pretty Little Studio products!
Happy creating!
