Laura Vegas

I wanted to share the second layout I created as the October guest designer for Chickaniddy, using their new Scrumptious collection. When I was digging around for photos, I came across these ones I took way back when, of one of my first little daycare boy and his brother. I'm still close with their family, so it's fun to look back on these photos, knowing that little Sam is now a full eight years older than in these photos!

I love when themed collections have lots of basic patterns, like the polka dots, stars, and stripes, as they are super versatile to use. I cut a piece off of three of the patterned papers, distressed the edges, and machine stitched each piece.

For the forth patterned paper, which was more of a solid burnt orange, I die cut a piece using my Cameo, and spritzed it with white misting spray. I like how the die cut piece, mixed in with the other pieces of patterned paper, add a fun little touch. Once I had lined up my photos across the center of the page, I adhered the four patterned paper pieces, tucking them under the tops of the photos.

I trimmed one of the 3×4" journaling cards off one of the patterned papers, and added it along with the photos. My photos must have printed out a little shy of 3" wide, since when I lined them all up, I had a small gap. I solved that problem by adding a thin strip of the mustard paper to the side of the journaling card and machine stitching it in place.

I die cut my title using my Cameo, using the more solid pieces of paper. I really liked the denim patterned paper, but had used so much of it on my third layout (coming later this month). I didn't have a 12" long piece to trim for borders, so I just cut lots of smaller pieces and pieced them together to create my borders.

Check back later this month to see my third layout, using this same collection.