Hello, Aly Dosdall here with you today. One of my favorite things about the warmer weather is the beautiful flowers in bloom I see all around. I love to photograph them and capture their beauty, so I decided to create a scrapbook page about that. I chose the new Homegrown collection—it was perfect for the pretty colors and organic feel of summer.
I’ve been inspired by all the DIY paper garlands I’ve seen around the internet, so I used the Flowers Bloom Designer Die Set to create three dangling flower garlands on my page. I started by selecting my papers—I went with mostly tonal choices, but also threw in a few multi-color smaller patterns so that the garlands weren’t too overwhelming on the page.
Then I cut several different sizes and styles of flowers, flower centers, and leaves using the dies. I played around with the placement of the flowers on my page until I was happy with where everything was. Then I stitched each piece of the three garlands together with my sewing machine and adhered the garlands to my page.
I added my photo, die cut title, and journaling next to the garlands, and then added an anchoring border strip at the top. To finish off the page I added some decorative brads, enamel shapes, and wood veneers.
Garlands are a fun and eye-catching page design. You could make garlands for any page theme—just change up the die cut shapes you use. What type of garland would you make on your next project?
Supplies:
Homegrown Journaling Cards Paper
Homegrown Carrots Paper
Homegrown Wildflower Bouquet Paper
Homegrown Country Floral Paper
Homegrown Watering Cans Paper
Homegrown Mason Jars Paper
Homegrown Cherry On Top Paper
Homegrown Teal/Red Paper
Homegrown 6x6 Paper Pad
Homegrown Element Stickers
Homegrown Ephemera Pack
Jack & Jill Enamel Dots
Jack & Jill: Jill Decorative Brads
wood veneer
machine stitching
mini stapler
manual die cutting tool
