8 months...a few months ago!

Vellum seems to be making a comeback lately and it's a good thing because I have a whole bunch of it from years ago!  I thought it was time to dust some off and try some new things using vellum.  I also used some of the fantastic new collections from GCD Studios!

I love that die cutting machines and using typography and numbers are big trends right now, too.  I decided to incorporate these on my page as well.

Kyler is growing so fast.  I have been doing bi-monthly pages of him and the new tasks he is able to do and milestones he has reached.  And it seems like just as I get one done, it is time for another (this photo was from March!)!  It goes by too fast.  Anyways, I used a large number 8 that I cut with my die-cutting machine as the focus for my page.  I distressed the edges and stitched around it with white thread.  Then I cut out a whole bunch of numbers in different sizes from vellum.   

I stitched some red lines here and there for accents, and had to carefully and strategically glue the vellum in place so you couldn't see the adhesive.

Another technique I used on this page was to hand write my title and then fussy cut it out from the patterned paper.  I simply wrote my words and pencil, cut it out, and then erased the pencil lines afterwords.  To make is stand out a bit more, I went around the edges with a while pen.

Supplies: 

PAPERS: Flower Child -Peacock (1646), Organic Geo (1645), Flower Child Plaid (1639); Oh Happy Day, Meagan (1770); Bonjour, Les Fleurs (1538); Splendor, Letter Tiles (1680); Storybook, Storybook Cards (1744). Other: thread, vellum, punches (EK Success, The Paper Studio)

To see this layout and get SO MUCH inspiration, you MUST check out the latest issue of The Paper Cut magazine!!!!

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

And are you diggin' the new GCD Studios products???  They are now available at Scrapbook.com !!!!