Play All Day- Layout #1

Sorting through and getting posts up has been quiet the challenge.  Work is becoming a nuisance to my crafting schedule!  I am finally sharing the layouts we made at our Play All Day a few weeks ago.  Truthfully, when the kit was passed out and I saw the photo of this first layout (the bottom one in the picture), I was less then enthusiastic.  I'm fundamentally not attracted to the color orange.  Don't know why, just a quirk of mine.  Couple that with the way-to-big-for-me Fall sentiment and I was at once repelled.  This is a lesson for you because once I altered the layout a bit, I loved it.

My first change was to not use the Fall sentiment.  Didn't like it a bit.  The kit came with a very generous paper and acetate embellishment package.  I sorted through and found this flower cardboard element and instantly knew it worked better for me.  Next, I flipped over the awful (to me) orange polka dots.  Trendy grey monochromatic arrows-  Yes!  Because I liked the arrows so much, I searched through the paper embellies and found the yellow arrow cardboard element.  That fit.

The kit came with a generous length of orange fiberous twine.  I glued a little bow to the flowers.  My corner rounder made a nice soft edge to the patterned paper background.

I actually enjoyed the acetate So Very Thankful and only glued down the top so that I can slide the corner of a picture under there if I like.

Then it was off to get rid of the awful, cartoony (again, to me) pumpkins in the oval journal card.  I didn't want to be tied to a Thanksgiving layout.  This pretty little flower was my solution- adhered with a foam square or two to give some depth.  Another little red twine bow looks so very inviting.

I changed the feathery looking leaves out for the cluster of flowers and really like the final result.











You can see from the leftovers picture that Shelby's kits are generous.  I could use those elements for cards or other layouts. You can also see that her kits are versatile.  I was able to take a kit I didn't particularly like on first glance and make it my own.  Now that's a kit worth receiving.

If you haven't participated in one of Embellish It's Play All Day events, both Brandy and I would highly recommend it.  The event is a full day of fun and the kits are great take home value.  Check them out!