Hello! It’s Allison here today with a layout created with the super cute Before We Go printable from the Winter 2023 Issue designed by Kelly Bangs. I love that SCT gives us so many awesome (and free) extras in each issue of the magazine!
This printable has so many fun designs! I enjoyed that there are the blues and whites you would see in traditional snow and Winter designs, but there are also little bits of yellow and pink. I also appreciated the wide variety of designs.
Click HERE to download this FREE printable!
I used this printable to create a wintery collage instead of a large heart.
I first cut out a large heart from white cardstock on my Silhouette and then added a chainlink stitch around the edge. A chainlink stitch reminds me of the texture of a sweater, so it felt like an interesting way to add that stitched detail with a tie to the winter theme.
To fill the heart, I cut out several of the designs from the printable and punched snowflakes out of coordinating papers from Simple Stories and Bella Blvd. Then I arranged them to fill the heart with as little spacing between the pieces as I could manage. I also added some hand-stitching on the larger snowflakes and on some of the details of the cutout pieces.
To fill in the spaces left, I used jewels, enamel dots and hearts, snowflake confetti, and Nuvo Dream Drops. I have always enjoyed creating layouts with lots of detail so I went kind of crazy with adding those small pieces.
To finish the design, I added a white snowflake border that is slightly tucked under the heart. I also added some white sequins and more of the Nuvo Dream Drops.
This layout was so fun to create and I loved getting to incorporate these amazing printable pieces! What will you create when you download them for yourself? Be sure to share with us on social media using the #sctmagazine hashtag!
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gorgeous! Allison is an amazing designer! I took a class with her using 6 x 6 papers and highly recommend – as a beginner it was so easy to follow!
Love Allison’s designs! Thank you for the printables!!
Amazing work of love!
Love Allison’s design. Does she back the paper before she starts stitching on to it. Also was the chain stitch around the edge done as a tail and then glued on the heart or sewn directly to the edge?