Laura Vegas

Hey all! I was thrilled to be asked to guest design for Doodlebug Designs this month.I'll be sharing my projects with you here this week. First up, a new layout! As soon as I saw the Hello collection, I feel in love with it! The colors are so bright and colorful, and they are all colors that I love to work with. I knew right away that this collection would be perfect for documenting a favorite photo of my girls and I, taken back on Mother's Day 2017. 

I was originally going to create a 6×8" pocket page spread, so I had printed my photo as a 6×8". Somewhere along the way, I switched over to a traditional layout. I trimmed a little bit off either side of my photo, to give me a smidge more room for my title. 

There are so many great flower die cuts in the Odds & Ends package, and I thought it would be fun to create a floral border going from the top of the page to the bottom. I started by adhering my photo and a few pieces of patterned paper on the right side of the page, and then started arranging the flower die cuts alongside, tucking them under the edge of the photo and patterned paper.

I combined one of the Chit Chat word die cuts ("sweet") with a word cut using my Silhouette machine for my title.  

I pulled out one of the banner die cut pieces to use, and decided to create a few more banner pieces from patterned paper to add across the top of the page. I traced the die cut banner onto my patterned papers and cut them out by hand. 

In the bottom left corner, I added the yellow "you make me so happy" sticker, and added a few additional die cut flowers. 

I used to print my journaling strips on plain white cardstock, but I found that when I was adhering those journaling strips on white cardstock, it didn't quite match. So I tend to print my journaling on the same textured cardstock that I use for the base of my pages now. 

I'll be back in the next day or two to share another fun Doodlebug layout with you.