Hello! Today I'm sharing a 9x12 scrapbooking layout using Lollipop Box Club's 'Secret Garden'
kit. I couldn’t wait to get starting
with this kit; there is a delicate prettiness about the embellishments and a
warm green tone to the overall colour scheme.
Both things I enjoy creating with.
The typed snippets included in the treat bag have the sayings
‘a little birdie told me’ and ‘shh, it’s a secret...’ These immediately struck a chord with me as
my budgie is always chatting away to me.
One of her most talkative times is just before she naps; it’s almost as
if she is talking herself to sleep. She
gets quieter and quieter as she nestles down into my shoulder and then finally
nods off. These two snippets inspired
the entire layout.
I made a giant shaker pocket with a piece of the pink grid patterned
paper and some white tulle from my stash.
I trapped the tissue paper flower confetti in between the paper and the
tulle, pulling the tulle around to the back of the paper and adhering it
securely with sticky tape. My original
plan was not to cover any of this shaker section up but as the layout evolved
it became clear that I was going to need to cover it. I find this with mixed media too – it seems
such a shame to spend the time making something so pretty to then layer things
over the top covering the beauty. I have
to remind myself that it is all part of the process.
The flower confetti reminds me of a street I know in
Winchester. Either side of the road is
lined with trees that burst with blossom.
Not only are the trees so pretty but as the petals drop the pavement
becomes a feature too. Now I can link
any story to my budgie... when she is moulting the floor surrounding her cage
looks like this too! I picked up a
handful of recently moulted feathers and tucked them in to the tea bag. One of Lisa’s gorgeous handmade touches this
month is a painted flower and ‘seek beauty everyday’ sentiment added on to the
tea bag. It’s these little touches from
Lisa that make the kits so special and unique.
I layered my photos on to some tissue paper and part of a
paper bag that was part of the kit packaging, placed these and the tea bag in a
grid formation on top of the shaker and then embellished with a few die cuts, kraft
tags and some Mrs Brimbles stickers.
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