Soakin' Up Summer

Last summer, I rented a little cabana at one of our area water parks to celebrate my sister's birthday.  All the kids had an absolute blast splashing around all day.  Here is the layout I created to showcase all the fun we had!!

 I used Doodlebug's Sunkissed collection to complete this layout.  I just love the Mr. Sunshine embellishments so I knew I wanted to include them on my page.  I decided to make my own sun and rays to fill the top of my page, using my Silhouette Cameo.  Once I had it all placed, I decided it needed a little more sparkle.  To fix that problem, I added some yellow sequins in various shades of yellow.  I secured the sequins down with some small beads that I had leftover from an old project.  I was really excited how the sequins and beads added exactly the sparkle I was looking for.

 To add a touch more sparkle to the bottom of my page, I decided to add some flowers with sequins and beads to the corners of my title section.

Bushels of Fun

Every fall, we go to the apple orchard to pick apples.  Last year we ended up going a little too late in the season, so we weren't able to pick any apples.  That didn't stop us from having "Bushels of Fun"!

For this layout, I was inspired by the apple paper.  I thought it was a little too busy for my background paper, so I decided to use it as a coordinating piece.  I cut all the apples and baskets from my Silhouette Cameo.  I also used the Cameo to cut my title.

I thought the larger apples blended into the background, so I decided to add some faux stitching to make it pop.