Blue Skies

This week I sent out the February patterned paper pack to our subscription customers and I was able to send them some of the latest releases from American Crafts Blue Skies range. It is a gorgeous range that while on the girly side, it has enough stripes and colours other than pink to be used for the boys.

Having said that the layout I did tonight is of my daughter when she was first born. I used the Blue Skies - I'm like a bird paper for the background and then cut out one of the flowery shapes from the Oh Happy Day page as an embellishment. The letters for the title are RW classic font laser cut letters which are available individually or as an alphabet set.


I didn't want to say anything else on this page so I didn't include a journalling block. I arranged the photos in a collage so that I could incorporate different sized photos while still maintaining an ordered look to the page. This is great when you have lots of photos that you don't want to crop to the same size or sometimes you can't crop to the same size. By making them into a collage block you add order to the page, it looks attractive and purposeful. You can use as many photos as you like to do this and it also works well over a two page spread.



Apologies for the colours in the photo of my layout. I will retake the photo tomorrow in the light so it reflects the gorgeous colours in the papers better.

All the papers and letters I have used today are available through the website. If you are enjoying the patterned papers I have been using lately, make sure you check out the patterned paper subscription - a great way to keep your patterned paper stash fresh.

Have a great week and I will see you next Thursday.