Echo Park A Slice of Summer - Create Your Own Sunshine

 This layout is my final layout using the Echo Park A Slice of Summer collection.

I started with a 12"x12" sheet of white Bazzill Cardstock and onto this I placed a sheet of the Summertime paper which I had trimmed about a quarter of an inch from each edge. 

I found a sunburst cut file in the Silhouette Store and cut this from my favourite Craft UK smooth white cardstock. The sunburst was stuck to the top of the layout and using my sewing machine and white thread I stitched round each sun-ray.

I matted three photos which were slightly smaller than 3"x 4" in a row on white cardstock and also added machine stitching to the photo mat. A piece of the Squeeze The Day paper was added to the bottom of the layout and the photo mat was placed on top of this.

I also included one of the 3x4 journalling cards in the row of photos which acted as a title for the layout.

I created a cluster with die cuts and pieces cut from the sheet of multi journaling cards to the lower right corner of the layout. I added blue bakers twine to the tag and a puffy camera sticker from my stash to the cluster.

I cut a speech bubble from the sheet of multi journaling cards and added this to one of the photos as well as an epoxy circle with an image of flip flops from my stash. I've had the epoxy circle for ages and thought that this was the ideal opportunity to use it on a layout about my daughter paddling with her shoes on. It also introduced some blue to that area of the layout.

Finally journaling strips were typed on the computer and added beneath the photos.

Echo Park A Slice of Summer - Using Chipboard Frames

Today I am on the Papermaze blog with another project using Echo Park's A Slice of Summer collection.

In my latest DT kit, Vanessa kindly included a pack of the Chipboard Frames which are part of this collection. I was a little daunted by these at first but, after seeing a photo on the internet from an advert for Chipboard Frames where the seller had opened the packet and laid them higgledy-piggledy on top of each other I had a flash of inspiration.

I started with a sheet of the Hello Summer Floral paper. The B side of this paper is a nice light woodgrain print and, as I've mentioned before that I love a woodgrain print, this was an obvious choice for my base. I trimmed roughly ½" off of two of the adjacent edges and matted this onto a piece of the Summer Floral Paper. 

I laid out the chipboard frames onto the layout overlapping them and leaving a space for my photo. Once I was happy with the placement of the frames I decided, that rather than glue some on top of others, that I would cut them apart and link them together flat on the layout. The frames cut fairly easily and were stuck to the page with a liquid glue. My photo was then matted onto some of the Summer Floral paper and attached flat to the space I had left for it in the top left corner of the layout.

I used die cuts from the pack of ephemera icons to embellish the layout by sticking them on top of the frames. I added some 3D foam underneath some parts of the die cuts to make sure they sat level on the frames.

The pack of Chipboard frames also includes some other chipboard pieces and so some of these were also used on the layout including one to the corner of the photo.

I found some  wood veneer bicycles in my stash, and these were the perfect addition to the layout. After sticking down the bicycles I realised that the chipboard frames looked a little bit like little winding roads or paths, which was very appropriate for a layout of Lara riding her bike down a path.

A journalling strip typed on the computer was added to the bottom of the layout.

As a finishing touch I added a scattering of blue sequins.