The Perfect Day / Paige Evans DT

Happy Monday!  I'm back today with a new almost monochromatic layout for the Paige Evans Design Team.  I used Paige’s Wonders collection along with her The Perfect Day cut file. I used all pink with a touch of orange for the color scheme. I love large title cut files because not only does it automatically give you the title, but it also serves as the main design element. Since it takes up so much space on the page, it helps determine where to place photos and embellishments. I love how that can help make a page come together quickly. 

I used a soft pink textured cardstock for the background and I cut the title using textured white cardstock on my Silhouette Cameo. I coated a lot of the paper with white gesso to prep the paper for ink sprays as well as giving the pink a bit of a hazy and cloudy effect. I traced each letter from the title on several Wonders patterned papers and a few from the 6x8 Paper Pad and cut them out. I chose my ink sprays in various pinks and oranges to match.

To create the background, I sprayed a few pink and orange Shimmerz onto the cardstock and used a brush and a bit of water to move the colors around. I wanted a large color wash area with various shades of the colors. I also splattered in gold paint to give it some shine. Once that dried, I glued down the cut file and then replaced the letters with adhesive foam underneath to pop them up off the page.

I tucked a larger photo on top of the big title and two smaller photos under it. I overlapped the letters on top of the large photo and then fussy cut a few mandala shapes from the 6x8 Paper Pad to tuck in around them. I also used a few stickers from the 8-Page Sticker Book along with matching colors of tangled thread.

I love all the shadowing from the popped up letters! 

I originally tried writing my journaling with a gold pen, but it was hard to read against the background.  I used a black Sharpie and it looked better, and it echoed the black in the photos.

I couldn’t resist adding a few of the beautiful gold foiled butterflies from the 6x8 Paper Pad. Look how they shine in the light! I cut out a pink and orange one for the top of the page.

I also layered a few pink flowers from the 8-Page Sticker Book on top of a few of the photos.  I stuck them to white cardstock first and then cut them out so they would be more like die cuts instead of stickers.

I love these pretty gold foiled mandala shapes.  I cut them from the 6x8 Paper Pad as well.  They matched my color scheme perfectly.

More close-ups!

I love how this all came together!  It was fun only using two colors, and it helped narrow down my choices in choosing papers and embellishments.  I hope it inspires you in some way today.

Be sure to check out my process video for all the details:

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!