Celebrate You by Tammy Klinger

So it's Friday already??? Where did the week go?   I did find time in the craziness of life to create this layout. It's all about my son and his graduation from Primary School.   For this layout I used a 'bit' of this, and a 'bit' of that.  Specifically, from Fancy Pants Happy Place, and Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome (some of  you may remember I created a graduation book for my son earlier this year with this range) -  I grabbed the leftovers.  The link to the book is HERE for those of you who missed it.  

  I started with a piece of kraft cardstock.  The colour matches my son's pants.  The cardstock piece  I chose has a gorgeous wood grain pattern embossed into it.  To enhance  this I swiped a few spots with gesso, and then added some spritz.  This really 'showed off'  the wood grain.  I then added some spritz, and a few layers and strips of leftover papers. I always enjoy adding the embellishments, and finding the 'right' pieces.  I admit, I probably  spend too long on this part, but it's so much fun!  I love rummaging through stickers, flairs, chipboard, words, etc.  I'm like a kid in a candy store! I added some 2Crafty Chipboard Stars, as they suited the theme perfectly, and finished off the layout. I played around painting them a few different colours, before deciding on  embossing them in a metallic finish.  

   I needed an older male birthday card this week, so whipped one up with what was sitting on my desk after creating this layout........  

  I added a patterned base to the card, and then added a few strips of leftovers.  I tore a few  edges, to prevent it from looking to 'square' and 'blocky'.  I then added a 2Crafty Chipboard  Star, which I had embossed with a metallic finish, and a few random stickers, some thread  and of course a few mandatory flicks of spritz! I kept the cluster to the bottom right corner, as the paper I had used was drawing the eye to  that focal point.  If I had put the cluster anywhere else, it would have been too  overwhelming and confusing to the eye.    I love how all the boy colours work so well together.   Well that's it for now, I'll see you next week! Have a great weekend!! Love Tam     Products used: American Crafts Textured Cardstock - Kraft Woodgrain Raven Bazzill Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome Ephemera Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome Flairs Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome Paper - Awesome Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome Paper - Lucky Star Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome Paper - Mixed Up Cocoa Vanilla Hello Lovely Paper - Life Story Fancy Pants Happy Place 6x6 Paper Pad Fancy Pants Happy Place Puffy Stickers Script Words Pink Paislee Memorandum Paper - Labels American Crafts Shimelle True Stories Paper - Espresso Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Navy Dylusions Ink Spray - Postbox Red  2Crafty Stars Bella Boulevard Just Add Color Treasure and Text Stickers Gesso Thread Aged Silver Metallic Emboss Powder