Inspiration: Lasting Memories #437
The stars lined up so perfectly for this layout. The new Lawn Fawn release just came out and as I was looking at the new stamps, I realized that I had some pictures of my niece from our 2017 vacation where she was chasing butterflies on the beach, which went perfectly with the Butterfly Kisses stamp set. It went perfectly with the theme of the Lasting Memories challenge #437 as well. I wanted to make a border with half-circles around the page and I was hesitating between two of the new paper lines from the release, but when I noticed that the LM challenge called for flowers, it became obvious that Spring Fling would be the right choice.
The release had some butterflies dies, which were perfect to embellish the page, and I used the Fancy Lattice Backdrop to ground my pictures on the page and add interest to the center. (On a side note, those backdrop dies from Lawn Fawn are gorgeous, but taking out the little pieces is a drag. This one had a lot of them, but because the pieces are big, they came out easily. The Quilted Backdrop, on the other hand - sheesh!)
Another set from the release, called Simply Celebrate Spring, includes an adorable plane with a banner flying behind, which was perfect to add a title on the page. The additional word was die-cut with the Alphanumeric Script dies from Sizzix. I love how the pink pops on the blue sky!
For my circle border, I used my Circle Layering Dies from Tonic. I initially purchased this set online because I wanted larger circles than the one found in most layering circle sets. I discovered something very cool about those dies when I received them: they have little notches on the sides to indicate where the center of the circle is! It's a little detail that makes all of the difference when using the dies, especially in this case as I was able to line up the notches with the edge of the paper and get half-circles that were exactly the same size in all of my patterns. I saved a lot of paper that way and didn't have to figure out cutting with my paper cutter either.
Supplies
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses, Simply Celebrate Spring, Riley's ABC (Lawn Fawn); Project Life Une date (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Spring Fling (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Butterfly Kisses, Simply Celebrate Spring, Layered Butterflies, Reveal Wheel Butterfly Add-On,
Fancy Lattice Backdrop (Laqwn Fawn); Alphanumeric Script (Tim Holtz for Sizzix)
Accessories: Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Candy Dots, Petal Pink Rhinestone Embellishments (Stampin' Up!); Markers (Copic);
Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Brush (Nuvo)
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