While my layouts are usually less is more, and not full of patterned paper, I wanted to play around with paper on this one…I of course had to add a few dies as accents on my layout.

This picture of my kids is from when they went zip lining in Maui a few years back.  Its one of those few times where they are both looking at you, smiling, and not making weird or funny faces…you know how it is sometimes.  😉

I started with a neutral base for my layout, and thought I would add some fun patterned paper. I hand cut a few tag shapes from the patterns and layered them next to my photo.

Using my Spellbinders Prizm die cutting and embossing machine

I used varying elements from the

Spellbinders S2-216 Die D-Lights Amused 1 and Spellbinders  S2-227 Die D-Lites Springtime sets to create little accents in the upper right and lower left corners of my ivory layer.

The tag shape is from the Spellbinders S2-204 Die D- Lites Signs of Spring 2 collection – it seemed like a perfect way to anchor the word “adventure”

(which is from the Spellbinders S2-201 Die D-Lites Going Places collection) and not have it lost in the patterns.  The arrow is also from the Going Places set.

Off to find more adventures and try and catch them smiling together again!

Other products used:

3D Foam Squares, Black Photo Corners, E-Z Runner® Grand by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

• Fancy Pants It’s the Little Things 12 X 12 Patterned paper- “Honeysuckle”, “Headed South”, “ITLT Strips”; & Wonderful Day Label Stickers
• Stapler, Black thread, Colormates by World Win Malt, Ivory, & Black cardstock

Off to find more adventures and try and catch them smiling together again!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone!

AJ Otto

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