Gigi By The Sea Shore

Hi there, it's Carole again, and this time I'm sharing a layout with one of Paper Trunk's older lines called "Gigi".  When I was surfing through my papers I immediately stopped at Gigi because it was a perfect match for the soft sky blues in the photos I was working with.  These pics were taken on one of the many shores of the Puget Sound.  It was a perfect match and I thought it lended a bit of a nautical feel, especially when I added some handmade paper beads.

The flowers are preprinted on the paper, but I wanted to add a bit of dimension.  All I did was take my Helmar acid free glue, trace around the flowers, then lay down some twine. Since the glue dries so nice and clear I didn't have to worry too much about my glue lines and if they were a bit messy.

For my birdie here, I took a chipboard bird from Maya Roads and then layered some borders punched from the "Gigi" collection that I inked.  Then I just turned it over and took my xacto knife to cut away the excess.

I love the soft shade of blue in the "Gigi" collection, it reminds of blue skies in the Spring and Summer and I hope that Spring has reached to where you are in the world!  Thanks for stopping by and may blue skies come your way!