Totally by Tammy Klingner

It's my turn again to share a layout, which means that another week has flown by.   This week I had a play with Cocoa Vanilla's Totally Rad Collection.  

   I'm a big fan of Cocoa Vanilla.   Their collections are always stunning. Plus they are Australian!!    I was  immediately drawn to the blue and white striped background paper. It has a bit of a beachy feel to it.   So I scrapped a selfie of myself and my son at the beach, taken on our annual January holiday.  

  Whilst everyone else was sleeping, we would get up and walk down to the beach. I love it at that time of morning. The peace, the calm. At that time there's not many others there - it feels like you got the beach to yourself.  A special time for him and I to hang together, to talk or to walk in silence -  to connect.   It's something I will always treasure, so I'm really glad we got a photo.  

To create the layout I added a bit of gesso, and then flicked some spritz around. I then stamped a bit, and added some embellishments. I'm always a fan of the frames in their die cut pack. A flair, a bit of twine, and that's it.   I'll be back next week!   Products used: Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Paper - Line Up Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Paper - Mixed Tape   Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Paper - Say What Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Flairs Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Die Cut Ephemera Kaisercraft Texture Stamp - Edges Kaisercraft Texture Stamp - Grid   Twine White Gesso