A Little Us Time at Home Layout by Paige Evans

I have new embroidered layout to share with you today created with Bungalow Lane!

To make this page I started with a piece of Paper 18 with all the patterned triangles which reminds me of a quilt. Hand stitching and quilting patterns go hand-in-hand so I pierced a hole about every 1/4 around all of the triangles.

Once all of the holes were pierced, I grabbed coordinating colors of DMC embroidery thread and did a backstitch around all of the triangles. I think it took about 8 hours to stitch the entire background and I watched Midnight Mass on Netflix whilst doing so - holy crow, GREAT show! If you're into that kind of stuff :)

With the background complete, it was time for a photo and embellishments! I printed a photo of me, the kids, and the new kitties to 3" square and trimmed it out leaving a white border so there could be visual separation between the picture and the busy background. Then came the layers! And more layers and more layers and more layers! I used a little somethin' somethin' from almost every type of embellishment in Bungalow Lane.

First I tucked a piece of a floral frame Chipboard Sticker leftover from a previous layout under the top edge. Under that I tucked a "Home Sweet Home" Cardstock Sticker, pink house Chipboard Sticker, and a red flower Layered Sticker. The title is made from a sentiment banner sticker from the Layered Stickers but it says "A LITTLE ME TIME." I covered up the "me" with a tiny piece of pink patterned paper from the 2x2 Paper Pads and added "US" stickers on top then clipped on a yellow Bird Paper Clip.

I fussy cut some tiny "AT" letters from a sentiment in the 8-Page Sticker Book followed by a dark blue "home" word from the Foam Phrase Stickers to complete the title. Next I trimmed an orange Floral Die Cut in half and tucked the halves under the left and right edges. I added a pink/brown sprig under the left edge and an orange sprig under the right edge, both from the Floral Die Cuts. I trimmed a "You've Cat to be Kitten Me Right Meow" sentiment from the Cardstock Stickers and tucked them under the left and right edges. You'll also find a Cardstock Sticker of my beloved cat Rachel asleep in her chair, and three Epoxy Stickers: an orange leaf, red leaf, and "made with love" embroidery hoop.

A piece of scalloped Washi Tape adorns the bottom edge and then I tucked a partial piece of an Ephemera Die Cut underneath. I journaled on the card with a blue pen and stamped the date below with a darker blue ink.

I hope this layout inspires you to try embroidery on your layouts using Bungalow Lane! I love the texture and home-spun look & feel that hand stitching adds to my designs!

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers, die cuts, bird paperclip, washi tape, embellishments: BUNGALOW LANE; Embroidery thread: DMC