So who besides me remembers all the "orange" knock knock jokes? For the past several days those jokes have been in my head - totally crazy! I have totally fallen in love with BoBunny's Mango Luau this past week - more than ever! I was thrilled to see that my "You Are Missed" card made "LOTD" at Create My Keepsake. And although "Cherish You" is made with the Abbey Road collection, I was even more thrilled to see it made the Catwalk this past week at SisTV.
I have scraps of Mango Luau left, and am hoping I can squeak out one more layout with photos I found. However, I may have to make a trip for more - as tonight we went to the local coffeehouse for music and favorite drinks, and as I was taking photos I realized Luau would go great; although if I wait for the new release of Flutterby it may be an even better match!
If you love orange you will love BoBunny's Popsicle line as well - it's a more light-hearted and fun-spirited orange, if you will; AND the perfect choice for these photos of Abby around 18 mo. of age. We were at the annual family reunion in July - her much older cousins were shooting hoops - and I certainly noticed how she kept eyeing their ball. She was standing left side at the front of the "court" -someone shot a basket and it ended up bouncing towards her - and she did not hesitate to snatch it up. We were all rather surprised she could even carry it - she was pretty small and basketballs are not the lightest things in the world. I loved these two photos and am happy to have finally scrapped them.
Ranger Stickles were used to highlight the letters from the Grease Monkey line. I love the boyish grid pattern on the letters, but as this is a cute girl layout - I had to bring on the bling. As far as Abby is concerned, the more sparkle in her layouts the better. (LOL)
I used a BoBunny heart sticker as a part of my sub-title, adding letter stickers from the stash. To make the heart stand out more I carefully covered it with Diamond Glaze for dimension. I should also point out that Cloud 9 Rain Dots make wonderful accents on the BoBunny chipboard scrolls.
Flower clusters are the ultimate embellishment grouping on a girly girl layout. Here a mix of Prima flowers, Kaiser gems, Doodlebug heart brad, and BoBunny buttons create a nice grouping. I love that clear BoBunny buttons just happen to "fit" a circle made with one of my punches for a custom button creation.
A couple of other fun notes about this layout. Notice how I cut out a portion of the photo on the smaller photo? I used my trimmer to crop a straight line, stopping short on either side of the ball. I then used a micro-tip scissors to finish cutting to and around the ball. I matted this on black cardstock, and used a Signo Uniball white pen and mini brads to mimic the design of the Popsicle papers. I love that creative moment when you realize you can use the patterned paper design as inspiration for an embellishment on a layout.
Lastly, I used the computer for journaling, but added an extra space between each word. This allowed me to cut out the words and piece my thoughts back together on the layout. A journaling card or solid strip of orange would have overpowered my journaling area and thrown the entire layout off balance. Allowing the blue to show through helps create a visual "orange" triangle and helps keep the focus on the photos.
BTW - I just have to recommend Mango Luau to my Fisk-A-Teer friends - with the brown, lime, and orange colors it really goes well with the colors seen at a typical Fisk-A-Teer event- not to mention matches one of my favorite Fiskars scissors! I am glad you stopped by, and hope you are able to glean at least one idea for a future layout. I'd love to hear what you may want to try. Orange you just lovin' all the orange that BoBunny uses in their product collections?
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