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Kitties And Stencils

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a cute page built entirely around some playful pink and orange polka dot paper by Vicki Boutin. I based my color palette around it and raided my stash for matching components. I find it easier for my to come up with a color palette first and will use patterned paper or an embellishment, photos, or even a phone app that generates color palettes so I know what to look for in my stash.

The photos I used were taken serval years ago of my husband holding my kitty Europa. We had found cute little Pikachu costume and put it on her. Although she wasn’t exactly thrilled about it, we snapped these funny photos before she managed too wriggle out of her outfit.

I paired some basic white cardstock with my Vickie Boutin Photos and Things paper. Some mac n’ cheese colored cardstock from the DCWV Brights stack made matching photo mats. I used a 12 X 12 stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop along with their stencil butters in Fuchsia and Marigold. This design reminds me a little of a fingerprint and makes for an interesting design element in combination with the polka dotted paper. Some pink dotted masking tape by Making Memories was the perfect shade of pink for this page. Some little tags by K and Company and some kitty stickers from a Sticko sticker book finish this playful page.

This page was created for the Sketches in Thyme July challenge. I used only two photos instead of three, but kept the title size and location the same. I used a stencil for my circular element (because every time I try and cut out a circle freehand, it looks s little wonky) and instead of stars, I used hearts, cats and little tags to embellish my page.

This page was also created for the Lasting Memories challenge:

LM #607 - Create a layout with new and old. It might be a newborn with an older relative or comparing an old look with a new one or using both old and new products.

The photos I had were several years old and the K & Company tags I used I have had in my stash for at least a decade. The Vicki Boutin paper I used was brand new from this month’s Cherry Box from A Cherry on Top Crafts.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I will see you next time!