Hey, look at that - another traditional page! This one got inspired by a patterned paper from Bo Bunny I found in my stash (my papers are organized in folders by company - can you tell I've been digging through the Bo Bunny folder lately?). Anyway, it was a 12 x 12 page with the full-size trees on one side and the cute animals at the bottom. The cuteness and love theme inspired me to pull out pictures of myself with my niece. Those pictures were taken when we visited her grandparents in my hometown. I think Megan is used to me snapping pictures of her all the time, but this time, she went into my room, took the camera bag and said, "This is yours" while handing it to me and then she strutted out of the room, looking to see if I was following her. I took it as my cue that she was in the mood to have pictures taken so I jumped on the chance. I got some great pictures of her with her dad and with me.
It just happened that I had new Valentine stamps that worked perfectly with this page (didn't plan the page that way, but it was a neat coincidence). I stamped a few arrows and used the matching die-cut included in the set to cut them out. I planned to add them around the pictures, but then I spotted the trees and thought they could be direction arrows on them! I love how that detail worked out. Better yet, as I was looking through my embellishments, I found a "always" metal word from Making Memories that must have been in my stash for close to a decade. Added it to the trees as well and it added just the right touch.
The wooden die-cut frame is another thing I've had in my stash for a little while and that I was waiting on the right project to use it on. It was perfect here - both the wood texture to fit the theme and the size (and I had cut my pictures prior to finding the frame so the fact that it matches is serendipity right there). It helps highlights one of the picture and create a focal point amongst my cluster of pictures. A few matching enamel dots were added to the frame as well.
The "xoxoxo" around the page is another stamp from the same set I used to add a frame. In a second stamp set, I found the frame I used for the tag at the top of the page. I stamped it on a piece of patterned paper I had leftover from the same collection, making sure to include the hearts and scrolls from the paper inside the stamped frame. I used the Curvy Corner Trio Punch to add a slit and inserted Pear Pizzazz seam binding and tied it with cotton twine.
Supplies
Stamps: Marquee Arrows and Valentine's Day (Recollections)
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Patterned Papers: A Gift of Love (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Raspberry Ripple, Pear Pizzazz, Mint Macaron
Accessories: Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Cotton Twine,
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Enamel Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Write Markers,
Gelly Embellishment (Basic Grey), Alphabet Stickers (Basic Grey), Metal Word (Making Memories),
Die-Cut Frame (My Mind's Eye), Square Nestabilities Dies, Glimmer gel pen
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