I just cannot believe we are approaching the end of June already! Fortunately, I was given a super fun sketch challenge inspired by a Caryn Kidwell layout, and I used it to document one of my dog's favorite parts of summer.
Here is the sketch based on Caryn's layout. You can tell how much I loved it by how little I changed it up!
The You Are My Sunshine collection brought all of the happy summer vibes for me again. I started by cutting most of my top and bottom papers from the Catch Some Rays 12x12 paper. To add a few additional colors, I also created some ray shapes from the 6x9 Sunshine Accent pack. I wanted tons of dimension, so I glued my rays down in the middle only. Then I bent up both of the sides as you can see from this side view.
To cover up the parts of my rays that overlapped and didn't look the greatest, I cut two accents from the 12x12 Pinwheels paper. I think I've used some of these fussy cut pinwheels on every project I've made with this collection! 😁 Since the shirt I was wearing was orange, I decided to move my photo up to the top set of rays with the warmer colors. I also got way more satisfaction that I should have for being able to tuck my photo under the center pinwheel to cover up the blank space at the top of the picture.
Around my photo, I included several embellishments including the bird and label tab from the Lemonade Mix die cuts, the butterfly from the Butterfly Wings die cuts, and a couple of banners from the June Bug flag cut aparts. I also tucked in my journaling next to my photo using one of the journaling tags from the center of the Frisbee Frames. I love how no opportunity to bring more value is ever wasted in the Pretty Little Studio collections!
My title is layered on top of the bottom group of rays, and it came straight from the Just Peachy Word Titles pack. Since I'm a teacher, a good portion of June and July means I'm in Vacation Mode - at least for this year since I've chosen not to take an additional job this summer!
I absolutely could not resist the perfect chance to use that adorable stamp shaped puppy from the
Lemonade Mix die cuts pack! I also added the lemons border from the
Snowcone Borders pack, and the flower came from the
Fruit Salad die cuts pack. For my final touch, my favorite
stitches stickers finished the rays off perfectly. I love how they bring in some more small black accents to go along with my handsome Maxwell's fur. Here's the complete layout one more time.
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you give this sketch challenge a try. If you do, please post your take on the Pretty Little Studio Fans Facebook page so we can enjoy it. I wish you all happy creating! 💛 Wendy
