Habit- Maddie

The layout I have to share with you was inspired by Ali Edwards Story Stamp of the theme of habit. After brainstorming ideas of what stories I wanted to tell, Maddie’s thumb sucking habit came to the forefront. 

When starting the design of this layout, I had already written the journaling so I knew how much room I needed to reserve for it. I don’t usually design with this in mind, but in seeing some hybrid layouts lately and the journaling being on the base of the layout, I started there. I don’t have a large format printer so printing directly on the background of a 12x12 isn’t really possible.

I also struggled with products on this one. Couldn’t figure out what mood and feel I wanted this layout to have. During a YouTube live with Alice Boll, I asked what to do in this instance and she shared a layout on the same topic! With her example and things shared in the comments I decided florals, chevrons and a grid to print my journaling on. I also knew I wanted to use the Story Stamps on the layout.

I knew I wanted to use floral clusters on this layout, it is a challenge for the Simple Scrapper membership for the month of May. I went through quite a pile of die cuts looking for florals with matching colors, good size and two that coordinated for my layout. My 4 year old asked me if she could help me make something and pulled out along side me. I told her what I was looking for and she said, “what about those flowers in that jar.” Duh! Goes to show I have so much stuff in my space I forget what I have.

So I found flowers in my stash and decorated them with stitched buttons. I also die cut some leaves from a Stampin’ Up! Sizzix die.

Finished the cluster with some wood veneer arrows.

Used a border punch on the right side of the layout to add a bit of detail. Stamped the date and wrapped this one up.

Loved how this ended up turning out.

Thanks for stopping by to check it out!