Personalize Your Project

Hello Paper Issues Friends!  It's Stacie and I am excited to be on the blog with my first PI post today! I wanted to share a few ideas on how to personalize your layouts with ways to add interest to your title and background paper.

I used Amy Tangerine's new collection, Oh Happy Life and some Thickers from her older collections to create this layout.  I wanted to use the cloud stamp as a background detail and to add hand stitching to the stamped images for texture and interest.  I made a stamped cloud and cut it out to be the template for where to punch the holes in the paper. I always use the Amy Tangerine embroidery stitching kit for this step.

The title was prompted by the ephemera pack glasses and my daughter's glasses in the photo.  I used the clear acetate 'crazy' as I wanted the stitching to show from under it.

I used several clear stickers from the sticker booklet and used the white die cut shape as a layer for my photo against the dark patterned paper to draw the eye to the hail on the photo.

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Hopefully you got a few ideas on how to make a personalized patterned paper by adding hand stitching and using your neglected stamps.  I also hope you'll try to create a title using ephemera, multiple fonts and alpha stickers!  You can head to my blog for more details about my layout.

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