On my background I used Paige’s Sunburst Rays, Polka Dots and Fish Stencils. I started out by cutting four of the six tags on white cardstock. I used a few Fancy Free papers to back them. I used gelatos and Shimmerz sprays to add extra color to them and then added machine stitching. I used thick smooth white cardstock as my background, and after coating it with clear gesso, I used a rainbow variety of Distress Oxides to create the watercolor effect. I scraped the ink pads directly onto the paper and spritzed it with water. After that dried, I used modeling paste paste over the Stencils to create some awesome texture.
This layout took a while because there were so many parts to it. I made the tags first and then moved on to the background. It was fun digging into some older collections, too! I combined this Fancy Free puffy sticker with some of the Pick-Me-Up mini alphas to create my title. I thought this "favorite" sticker was perfect for this spot because it fades from blue to green exactly like the background.
I love adding embellishments in a tone-on-tone fashion. I mixed and matched more Fancy Free here with some Bloom Street stickers and some Truly Grateful sequins. And look at the background texture from the stencils and paste! My favorite!!
I actually hadn't planned on having any purple on this page, but when the colors blended that way here in this area, I went with it. I added a few bits from Bloom Street, and I'm so glad I did! I love how it turned out. Sometimes accidents turn into the best part of the page :)
I'm going to say it...I will never get tired of creating rainbow layouts. Slap me silly if I ever say otherwise...haha. I added some gold splatters at the end after writing my journaling with a gold metallic pen.
I popped up all the tags with adhesive foam and then began sorting through embellishments to add. I tried to stick to the tone-on-tone idea. I fussy cut a few Fancy Free flowers as well as some circles from the 6x6 Paper Pad. I used a few stickers from the Bloom Street 4-Page Sticker Book as well as a few heart stickers and sequins from the Truly Grateful Mixed Embellishments. Here you can see the background texture as well as the detail on the tags. I went around the edges on them with the Distress Oxides and a foam blending tool. I also tucked in matching thread in several places.
To back the sun tag, I sprayed a few yellow Shimmerz onto scrap cardstock. I went over the rest of the sun rays with the yellow Distress Oxide and then machine stitched through them with yellow thread.
I'm so glad I didn't leave this palm tree tag white. I decided to add a bit of "sky" to it by lightly painting on some blue Shimmerz. I went around all the edges of all the tags with the Distress Oxides and the foam blending tool.
Here are a few more looks at all the details :)
I love how you can create a fun little scene with this palm tree tag. I used brown and gold gelatos to create the trunks. I fussy cut tiny flowers from Fancy Free Paper 11 to add to a few places. To finish off the tags, I added string through the holes.
I really had fun making this layout! I hope it inspires you to try out this Summer Tags cut file from the 20 Days of Summer Cut Files. There are six tags included, so the possibilities are endless. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Here is my process video for this:
See you again soon, and have a great weekend!
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