You've Got the Motion

Hi, everybody! I'm just stopping by today to share my layout for the "You've Got the Motion" challenge. I was intrigued by this one, and I immediately knew just which photo I wanted to use.

Years ago, I snapped a picture of my boy running amok outside. It was blurry and weird, but I liked it for some reason. When I saw this challenge, I knew I wanted to use this photo, but how? I also wanted to create motion on my page to match the photo. I finally decided that a combination of rolling "hills" of white cardstock set against fringes created from patterned paper might just do the trick. I used this absolutely gorgeous striped paper from Paige Evans' Whimsical collection:

People, would you just look at it? Seriously, I adore that paper. Anyway, here's what I came up with:

Leaving them slightly connected, I cut each stripe apart, creating a bit of a fringe. I fluffed the fringes to create depth and folded a few of them down. I added the white cardstock and decorated with hand cut clouds and hearts, which I painted. I was happy with the way this one turned out. 

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Let's Get Fussy!

Howdy, y'all! I'm stopping by today to share my layout for the "Let's Get Fussy" challenge. I have a love-hate relationship with fussy cutting. I suppose it just depends on my mood, but I just love it or hate it, there's no in between. For this layout, I pulled out a sheet of patterned paper that I've been thinking of fussy cutting for quite a while. I had used some of the stars in a previous layout, and set the rest of the sheet aside for just such a challenge as this.

Can we just take a minute and appreciate how cute my kid was in a crocheted beard? I am sad to report that he can grow a beard of his own now. Sniffle. Moving along....

As I said, the stars were fussy cut from an older pattered paper by Pink Paislee. The gorgeous, sparkly stars are by Crate Paper. I cannot even begin to tell you how adorable they are in person! I decided to put my stars on a diagonal because I have this strange compulsion to always do something different when I'm making a layout. I hate the idea of all my pages looking the same. 

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