Paris Layout

Hello my friends...

Remember the cartridge I borrowed to make the invitations the other day????  Check out that story HERE.

Well... I used it for the invitations, and even cut some shapes for future use...  and I am very grateful of the person who let me use it for a while.  She had told me she had bought this cartridge to make an album for her mom, about a trip to Europe but that she was not in a hurry to start it. 

As a token of appreciation I made her a layout so she can start the album.  I really don't know what her favorite style is and don't even know what techniques or materials she prefers to use but I decided that I just was going to make a page putting my heart on it because I just felt I should do something.

So, I decided to make it about Paris, since Eiffel Tower is the main reason I borrowed the cartridge in the first place...

I used the Destinations Cricut cartridge for the title featuring the famous tower...  I also used a doilly and a hand made flower.  I actually have several of these organza blue flowers left from a SWAP.  I made quite a few and could not exchange all of them...  You can know more about how to make them HERE.

I added lots of paper elements and different colors.  Since I don't know what photo she is going to end up using in the layout, I want to make sure most photos will look fine in this page, but keeping some coordination and overall unified look. 

I added more doilly presence for the romantic look this city, Paris, denotes... and birds, handwriting stamped images, washi tapes, and lots of ink and distressing in every corner.

This is how the layout looks as a whole page:

I wanted to see how it would look with a photo so I used a personal photo placed for position only to visualize the final product...  The only difference is that this photo was taken in Caguas, Puerto Rico... not Paris!  LOL!!!

Thank you my friends for stopping by and leaving me your comments... I really enjoy them a lot...

Have a great week!!!!!

Romance in Paris!

Happy Easter you people!  Hope you are having a blast.

Last night I went to the 15th. Birthday Celebration I told you about.  Remember?  I mentioned it when I showed you the card I made for the young lady HERE.

Everything was beautiful.

The girl had this beautiful main area for the photos, where she displayed a big cardboard Eiffel Tower made by her.

There was also a special area for the young friends.

A candy bar... all made using her imagination.

Beautiful centerpieces.

Delicious cake...

And the invitations were also made the way she wanted. She had this idea of the Eiffel Tower as the main image, in a triangle envelope...

So, I cut the Eiffel Tower with a cartridge I borrowed from Gladys Amiroty... a friend from a local scrapbooking group.  Thank you Gladys!!!!  I'm ready to give it back to you... Will call you to coordinate later. 

So I embossed the cut image and placed with 3D foam pieces to the stamped handmade triangle envelope.

The text of the invitation was in a triangle inside, that you pull out through the little flower at the edge.  Just like the girl wanted it.  This is all her idea... I just had to draw until I had a stencil to cut one by one... everything made by hand with lots of love.

I'm glad all came out just as the girl wanted and we really had fun.

Hope you liked what you saw... and tks for your comments.

Happy Easter!