Encre, papier, ciseaux: Ice Cream

Inspiration: Page Maps April 2020 + Lasing Memory Layout #492 (FLOWER)

F = Five bubbles

L = Layers

O = "O" letter in title

W = White background

E = Echo Park patterned papers

R = Rosette

I have a few papers from the Good Day Sunshine collection from Echo Park that I had yet to use so I looked through my summer pictures and when I found the one taken at the ice cream place in my home town, inspiration struck. My hometown is really small (around 2,500 souls) and activities there are limited, which makes the Crème Molle a prime pit stop during summertime.

I used white Bazzill as my base and I spritzed Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide spray through the Halftone stencil from Altenew in the left corner. On the right side, I layered three papers: the pink polka dots, the border strips paper from which I cut out the frozen treats strip, and the green paper, which I used the scalloped border from the Seasonal Layers dies on. This is my favorite die from the set, as I love the large scallops, especially on pages, as I like the scale.

I picked the ice cream image from the cut-apart page and made it the title block as per the sketch. The first word was cut out with the Alisha Lower Alphabet dies from Echo Park (one of my favorite akphabet dies) and I glued the letters to the bottom of the cut-apart, which I mounted on dimensional adhesive. I reproduced the bunting from the sketch using yellow baker's twine and one of the oldest dies in my collection, which has three little tags on it. I cut out Poppy Parade and Pool Party cardstock and alternated the colours and shapes on the twine. I then used the Mini Alpha Cuts stamp set and matching die from The Stamp Market to make small letters to add to it for my second word. The longer tags felt empty, so I added sequins and gems in matching shades on them.

I had another summer collection out to play with (Summer Dreams from Echo Park) and thought some of the chipboard pieces might fit, so I used the bubble wand and the Sweet on Summer banner over the stenciled area. To go with the bubble wand, I added Iridescent Bubbles from Studio Katia around it.

For the embellishments on the sketch, I used a paper argyle button I have recently made (the supplies were out and I made a few buttons and flowers in advance) and I made a rosette using thin vellum, another piece of chipboard from the same set and two punched circles. I used my glue gun to secure everything together.

Supplies
Stamps: Mini Alpha Cuts (The Stamp Market)
Cardstock: Avalanche (Bazzill); Vellum (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Good Day Sunshine (Echo Park)
Dies: Alisha Lower Alphabet (Echo Park); Mini Tags (Provo Craft);
Mini Alpha Grid (The Stamp Market)
Accessories: Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Spray (Ranger); Halftone Stencil (Altenew);
Yellow Baker's Twine (We R Memory Keepers); Summer Dreams Chipboard (Echo Park);
Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Argyle, Button Mold, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, Sequins,
Scalloped Circle Punch (Stampin' Up!); Iridescent Bubbles, July Crystals (Studio Katia);
Navy Journaling Pen (Pigma Micron); Iridescent Mini Star Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh)