So Much Love Layout by Phil Donahue

Hello scrappy friends! Phil Donahue back on Paige's blog with a lovely & colorful layout featuring the Love Love Love from the 12 Love Cut Files! These cut files are perfect for Valentine's Day and everyday layouts. I wanted to feature a photo of my niece and her dad holding her soon after she was born. This layout was a joint effort between me and my Instagram followers in which I asked them to vote on a photo, cut file, and Paige Evans collection that I should showcase for my next design team layout. The survey resulted in me using the aforementioned photo and cut file along with Paige's vibrant Splendid collection! 

To begin, I cut the Love Love Love from the 12 Love Cut Files from white cardstock and backed it with vellum. I knew because the photo was black & white and the cut file was so simple I wanted to make a very colorful background inspired by the rainbow stripe Paper 3. I found scraps from my Splendid stash in colors pulled from that paper, cut them in 1x10-11" strips, distressed the sides, and adhered them to a white cardstock background in messy rows. I splattered coordinating Distress Oxides around the page and adhered the backed cut file over top with foam squares for depth and liquid glue for longevity. I die cut the photo in a circle, backed it with another piece of vellum, and a scaled down version of Paper 3 from the 6x8 Paper Pad then adhered it to the middle "O" in the cut file. The cut file served as the primary title for the page but I wanted to add a little extra something and found a gold foil "So Much" in the Epoxy Stickers and placed it above the photo to create the full title. Lastly, embellishments were scattered tone-on-tone like pieces from the Chipboard Stickers along with Floral Die Cuts and Ephemera Die Cuts placed on the far right side of the page. Final touches were a trio of gold hearts surrounding the photo.

I hope you found some inspiration in this layout and choose to try out Paige's 12 Love Cut Files Bundle for all your LOVEly photos! Thanks for reading and happy scrapping!

SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers, die cuts, ellishments: SPLENDID; white cardstock; Cut file: Love Love Love from the 12 Love Cut Files by Paige Evans

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