Postcard Perfect Amazing Family Vacation Layout

 I got the urge to play with paper last night.  I pulled out the pieces of my Postcard Perfect cardstock that were left after a big project (which I have not yet shared) and got to work.  I was inspired by a layout that I had seen on Pinterest, of course, and decided it would be perfect to use as a pattern for my layout.  I already know that I am going to use a picture of our family from a visit two summers ago.  I am so not a chronological scrapbooker, and that is ok to admit, right?  Scrapbooking should be enjoyable, so I refuse to feel pressure to complete a given year's worth of scrapbooking.  

The layout began with a base sheet of small polka dotted cardstock.  I layered a sheet of that pretty white polka dotted velum, cut at 11 1/2" square.  Next up was a 10" square of palm tree cardstock.  A few banner strips of all different widths and lengths using scraps still in my Postcard Perfect paper pack, some zip strips running horizontally at the top, and a bunch of Starfish cut from a CTMH You Are Here Cricut Cartridge and out of Gold Glitter Paper.

Here is a close up of the starfish and star banner.  The stars were cut using Thin Cuts - Basic Stars, and I embossed them with a retired CTMH embossing folder for some extra texture and interest.  Do you see those little bitty stars?  They are the centers of the starfish that were left behind on my Cricut mat!  Lastly, the title was actually meant to be one big stamp from the Postcard Perfect Stamp Set.  My talented friend Alison Bawdy showed me some multicolored images that she had stamped and I wanted to try my own hand at that.  Well, it did not work so well for me!  So, I did the unthinkable...I CUT my stamp into three pieces!!!  It took a lot of guts to do it, but it allowed me to stamp three different colors in the title.  I love the way it turned out.  Thanks Alison!

Postcard Perfect Cut Above Kit with Extra Bling

Thank you for dropping by to visit me today!  Did you know that May is National Scrapbooking Month?  Close To My Heart debuted this beautiful Postcard Perfect suite of products to celebrate the occasion.  I was lucky enough to be able to get all of the products in my hand in February thanks to a special promotion that I earned as a consultant.  So, today, I am able to share with you my completed, blinged out version of the Postcard Perfect Cut Above Kit.  

This kit has 6 easy to put together pages, page protectors and all that I have added was some Gold Shimmer Trim and accents with the Marvy LePen journaling pen.  Here is the link to just the Postcard Perfect Cut Above Kit.

I used that Gold Shimmer Trim on every page.  It really added just the touch of extra that I was going for.  I think that you can probably notice that I inked the edges of some of the punch out pieces, and you can really see that on the leaves in the layout right above.  I used CTMH Mini Pigment Inks to get those edges inked.  I might have even rearranged a few of the page elements too, to be a little more to my liking, but overall I kept it the same.  Feel free to click on any of the highlighted links to shop with me!  Remember, this six paged beauty is just $24.95 while supplies last!

And let's see if I can get the official CTMH Postcard Perfect video to load up below lol!