My Girl is…
by Tina McDonald

Spellbinders Supplies:
GC-001 Spellbinders® Grand Calibur™ Machine
LF-019 Grand Stately Circles
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
S5-165 Butterfly Corner
S5-159 Gold Labels Four
S4-390 Gold Circles One
S5-183 Gold Elements

Other Supplies:
Want2Scrap©: Baby Bling - Le Cremme, Teal
BoBunny Press: Prairie Chic Collection
Pollika: Baby Blue Felt
Tsukineko®: Dew Drops Inkpad; Memento - Pear Tart & Cottage Ivy Inkpads
Xyron®: Mega Runner
Creative Impressions: mini brads
KaiserCraft: Bubblegum Hill Collection
Green & teal felt
Doodlebug Designs Inc: Loopy Lou Cardstock Alpha’s - Swimming Pool
Ivory cardstock
Ivory lace
Hot glue gun & glue sticks
Paper trimmer
Scissors
Low tack tape
3 photos
Printed journaling

Instructions:

1. Trim a 2" x 12" strip and 1 ½" x 12" strip from coordinating patterned paper. Adhere to patterned paper background as shown.
2. Adhere a 12" piece of lace on top of strips approximately a third of way in from left side. Refer to photo.
3. Cut/emboss Gold Labels Four #5 (with #1 being smallest die template) from patterned paper using Grand Calibur™ machine. Cut in half. Adhere on each side of strip as shown.
4. Cut/emboss Grand Stately Circles #1 from patterned paper. Affix on top of label.
5. Apply a layer of Cottage Ivy ink to raised pattern on Gold Circles One #6 die template. Gently place on ivory cardstock and nest with #7.  Secure dies in place with low tack tape and cut/emboss/letterpress/stencil.  With die cut still in die, apply Pear Tart ink to raised embossed areas. Add to layout.
6. Repeat step 5 with Gold Elements Accents. Set aside.
7. Adhere three 2" x 3" photos to a strip of ivory cardstock. Mat with a strip of patterned paper. Adhere across center of die cut circles.
8. Cut Bitty Blossoms #3 from teal felt and two #2 from baby blue felt. Roll flowers and adhere using hot glue. Insert mini brads to flower centers. Cut a set of leaves from green felt.
9. Adhere felt flowers, leaves and accents under photo strip as shown.
10. Cut/emboss 3 Butterfly Corner Butterfly #1 from cream cardstock. Add pearls and mount to layout.
11. Add title with alpha stickers.
12. Cut printed journaling into strip and adhere to page.

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