Hello, crafty friends! It is Nathalie here with a new project that features a gorgeous new collection from Close to My Heart, In Full Bloom. The color combination of the papers is sublime, there are touches of mixed media in the pages, and the coordinating stamp set is just gorgeous. I loved working with this collection, and I am so excited to share what I have created with it!

Supplies | Close To My Heart In Full Bloom collection (patterned paper, cardstock, Picture My Life cards, cardstock stickers); Ink: Ranger, Gina K. Designs; Stamp: Bo Bunny; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Cardstock: Vicki Boutin Foundations Mixed Media paper

My starting point for this layout was the background. I wanted to bring the feel of the faded print of the patterned papers into the page. I blended teal ink in the center of an 11 x 11 inch white Foundations Mixed Media paper. Next, I used a script stamp to add a tone-on-tone faded image on the page by adding a spray of water onto the ink (make sure it is a dye ink), then repeat the stamping until the ink completely disappears. I finished the background work with a few splatters of diluted ink.

While the background dried completely, I used diluted ink (yellow, light blue, light teal, and teal) to add splashes of color to a piece of heavy cardstock. Once these ink splatters dried, I used the In Full Bloom scrapbooking stamp set, and detailing black ink to create a few floral images, then used the coordinating die to cut all the floral images.

I backed my photos using a few of the Picture My Life cards, then added a piece of patterned paper behind them to anchor them to the page. It was now time to embellish the page using some of the floral die cuts I created. I used foam adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to attach the die cuts in two large clusters around the pictures.

The title for the page comes from the In Full Bloom cardstock sticker sheet, and once again a few foam dots helped to add dimension to the page. I also used a few of the butterflies throughout the page to point to specific places on the layout and guide your eye around the page.

A few glitter enamel dots scattered through the page and my journaling lines completed the layout. I love how this turned out.  The new Close To My Heart’s In Full Bloom collection is just beautiful and perfect to document all sorts of memories!

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