The beautiful thing about the new Dots & Stripes Collection is that it can be used for any occasion, as well as an enhancement for other Echo Park Collections! Today I have a birthday layout of my daughter turning thirteen. I didn’t want too cute of a theme, so I went with a trio of her favorite colors, black and white photos and a few dies and embellishments.
I wanted to use the three colors and show both the dots and stripes patterns, so I created a band of color in a chevron pattern. To do so, I started with a 2”X8” strip cut from the 8X8 Paper Pad papers. Next, I cut the strip in half to measure 2”X4”. To cut the strips at an angle:
Place the top left corner of the paper strip at the 2.5” mark of the paper trimmer. Line up the bottom right corner over the valley where the blade will pass through.
For the second cut: Placing the paper strip back onto the trimmer, line up the cut edge with the 2.5” mark and the bottom right corner over the valley where the blade will pass through.
Use reserved pieces at the ends to create a folded up look.
I finished the layout by embellishing with die-cut balloons and words.
The balloon’s strings were colored black with a marker and accented with heart stickers and small enamel dots.
Products:
DS15008 8x8 Spring Paper Pad
DS15012 Tomato
DS15016 Summer 8x8 Paper Pad
AG74014 Anything Goes Element Sticker
AG74015 Anything Goes Alpha Sticker
AG74018 Navy Mint
JJG81028 Enamel Dots
BJBT78028 Enamel Dots
BDG85034 Birthday Celebration Die/Stamp
AG74030 Let's Party Die Set
