May Layouts by Debbi Tehrani

"Butterfly Kisses"

  This is one of the few pictures I have of my mom and me when I was a kid. I'm beginning a book of childhood photos that I will give to my mom on Mother's Day.  I have a fond memory of Mom and me making "butterfly kisses," where we'd smush our faces together and flutter our eyelashes. 2Crafty has a variety of lovely butterflies that were perfect for my page.  

I coated all my chipboard pieces with gesso and decided to leave most of them that way to give my page a soft, aged shabby feel. I used stamp ink to color my small "Butterflies." The bigger butterfly is from "Marianne's Butterflies." Topping them with some pink pearls gave them a lovely shine.

The "Remember" word came from the "Friendship Mini Word Pack." The I stacked a "Mini Film Strip" on top of a piece of border I had left from another layout. This border is from the "Mixed Border Strips" set. Because I scrap 8 x 8, I often have leftover chipboard pieces to use on other layouts. I coupled a fabric heart brad with a heart from the "Heart Silhouette" set.

  As I said, I scrap 8 x 8, so I always have leftover pieces from borders, and this sweet  little doily shape, which I topped with a brad, is from the "Doily Border."
2Crafty Products used on this layout: Butterflies Doily Border Friendship Mini Word Pack Marianne's Butterflies Tiny Film Strips Mixed Border Strips Heart Silhouettes  

"Love You to the Stars and Back"

These lovely ladies in these fun photos are my best friend's daughter and granddaughter.

 I thought it would be fun to put them together and make a photo-booth style layout.

The 2Crafty "Film Strips - Medium" were a perfect element for the photo-booth arrangement
 of the pictures. These Film Strips are just over 7 inches tall, so they were just the right size
 for my 8 x 8 page. I coated them with white embossing powder. 

I've been waiting for an excuse to use the fun elements in the "Space Set." The Saturn piece came from this set. I coated it with gesso and then painted the planet and ring with yellow and aqua watercolors. I added glitter to the ring to give it some shine. I wanted to echo the background paper for my title, so I used the "Love - Loopy Font" and "You - Loopy Font" pieces. The "You" was coated with white embossing powder, and I painted the "Love" with red acrylic paint.

How fun is this rocket from the "Space Set?" I covered it with patterned paper, leaving 

the engraved windows raw. I added some stars, painted with yellow watercolors, from the

 "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars."

2Crafty Products used on this layout:

Film Strips - Medium

Space Set

Love - Loopy Font

You - Loopy Font

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my pages. I hope I've given you 

some inspiration for using these awesome 2Crafty products!