Gymnastics Projects

I have been excited to use these Paper House Productions products since I opened up my design team box! I have loved gymnastics my whole life and my little Lucy loves it now too!  I knew I had the perfect pictures to pair this line with!  Today I am going to share with you a layout and a couple of wall hangings that I created.

Tips:  Working with paper that has a lot built into it already can be tricky - not wanting to cover up all the pretty design but also wanting your pictures to stand out.  I added my pictures to the center but then also die cut some stars to help the design flow into the pictures.

Techniques:  The pictures on their own could easily get lost - but layering pieces underneath the pictures helps to really draw the eye in.  I used circles to break up the rigidity of the stars and then some tags because I felt like the bows on them would add to the overall girly feel of the page :).

Shhhhhhh....these two wall hangings are Christmas presents for Lucy!

Tips:  To bring out the glitter in the stickers I matted the piece with some glitter foam.  It added dimension and matched perfectly.

Techniques:  A lady who comes to my monthly card class, Donna, introduced me to a very simple technique that you see employed here!  She showed me a card where she took a 2 X 6" piece of paper and then cut it on the diagonal to create sunbursts.  I can't tell you how many times I have used that since she showed it to me!  It is such a simple way to add a sunburst without a whole lot of measuring, tracing, etc.  I used the "Little Girl Paper Pad" for this.

Tips: There's that same paper again!  I used it for this and only used the top corner for it.  It's hard sometimes to cut into paper like that and disturb the design....but when you can find a way to do it, it can be fabulous!  I also combined the stickers to make the "I love gymnastics" sentiment look like a balance beam with the girl to her handstand on it!

Supplies Used:

Gymnastics 3D Stickers from Paper House Productions

Little Girl Paper Pad from Paper House Productions

Gymnastics patterned paper from Paper House Productions