Using Older Supplies / Big Shoes Little Feet

Happy Tuesday, friends!  I'm back with another Using Older Supplies layout & process video.  I decided to dig into my enormous collection of washi tapes for this page.  The longer you scrapbook, the more stuff you accumulate over the years.  I know I'm not alone when I say that I have WAAAAAY too much washi tape! 

I scrapped this "hard to scrap" photo in color because I love it so much.  However, the color combo is difficult.  I would never match pinkish purple with dark green.  So to make it work, I created my own background using coordinating colors of washi.  I just tore strips and layered them in a vertical fashion all the way down the white cardstock.  I went over a lot of the area with white gesso so I could come in with some gelatos and Shimmerz spray inks.  I also did a lot of machine stitching.  I used only Crate Paper die cuts for layers.  I used no patterned paper on this page at all.

Although this looks very detailed and complicated, it was rather easy to create.  The washi does all the work.  I added a few Crate Paper vellum pieces and die cuts from past collections that matched the pinks and greens.  I added tissue paper under my photo as well as a random circle die cut I had lying on my desk.  I added some ink splaaters, including gold Color Shine and some Hazel and Ruby pink sequins.

My only roadblock with this was where to put my journaling.  I just wrote a few lines right on top of washi down at the bottom.  I added a few flair buttons from my stash, and my title is made from stash as well.  I cut "shoes" on my Cameo in the Shoreline font.  The gold glitter Thickers I've had for a while, and the small pink alphas are from Glitz, which isn't even in business anymore I believe.

I love this big green vellum arrow.  It matched perfectly!  I love how the white gesso faded out some of the color and patterns on the tape, but it's still visible.  I love how the pops of gold look...gold stitching is a great way to add pops of shine!

I love the look of mixing and matching alphas for a title.  I used this title because my daughter went through a phase of wanting to wear everyone's big sneakers.  So Santa brought her her own pair of big sneakers, and she wore them to bed one night.  This is how I found her after she had fallen asleep.  It was so precious!  So Big Shoes Little Feet had to be my title :)

Here's one more close-up.  These little embellishments are also from Crate Paper.  I love how the stitching turned out!

Here's my process video if you'd like to check it out!  I really had a great time putting this one together.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!