Hello Summer

Bold Black And Gold

Hi scrappers! We finally are experiencing the first truly cold weather this winter in California. To stay cozy, I have scrapped some summery photos from a 2022 trip to Hawaii. I also did something I almost never do and chose to use solid black cardstock for my background. My photos also had a dark background so I feel like they worked well for this layout.

I used some metallic watercolors by Yasutomo to splatter my background just to break up the color a little bit. I built the page around the black and gold monstera paper by Recollections. I didn’t really have another patterned paper in the same black and reflective gold tones so I made my own using some metallic washi by Scotch. The stripes aren’t perfectly straight but I’m hoping I added enough embellishments that nobody will notice! The title was made using ephemera from the Goldenrod collection by American Crafts. I also added in a Heidi Swapp frame, Jen Hadfield ephemera, washi tape by Little B with little seashells that was perfect for my beach theme, and various brads and rhinestones by The Paper Studio.

This page was made for the January Sketch with a Twist challenge over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The twist was to add five flowers. There are fie burlap flowers scattered throughout the page but I ended up adding a few other floral details as well.

That is all for this week. Thank you so much for visiting and I will see you again soon with some exciting news!