Hello!  Thank you for joining me today.  I am working with the Jill Collection on this layout, and I was inspired by two things for this layout, the vellum pack and the gorgeous vellum pockets that we had received in the Holly Collection and the floral stamp in the Jill stamp set!

I started with a white 8.5×11 piece of cardstock.  I decided to cut out the super cute Felicity Jane houses.  I made sure they were centered on the paper in my Silhouette software so that I could use the leftover paper as part fo the design.  I backed the open houses with the gray floral paper to create a pretty shadow for the houses and windows.  I used foam dots to adhere the houses back into their cut spots.  I love the dimension this creates for the page!

Next up, I made my pocket from the buffalo plaid 6×8 vellum sheet.  It was all I could do to cut into it!!  Who knew such bravery was needed in paper crafting?  I notched the top of the pocket with a circle punch and folded each of the three sides with a 1/4″ fold and applied scor tape to the fold.  I made a white tag to fit inside the pocket and added my journaling to the tag.  Originally I thought I would adhere the vellum pocket right to the layout, but I decided to add it to a white backing so that I could raise the pocket with foam.  The area beneath the houses became my focal point. I tucked the photo beside the vellum pocket and added two stamped, and fussy cut florals along with the gorgeous yellow rose die cut.

For finishing touches, I created a hello beautiful banner with the stamp set and paired it with the You’ve Got This die cut.  It tied all the pocket and floral cluster together and still left plenty of the pretty vellum showing!  At this point, my layout was looking very white, and the houses were not popping enough for my liking.  I added very light washes of grey paint around the edges of the houses and the edges of the floral and pocket.  This small addition brought everything to life!  I finished up with some sketchy pencil lines and some paper butterflies!

Thank you so much for having a look at my page!  I am loving the beautiful contrast of my layouts using the Jill kit!!

Everytime I get the Jill Collection from Felicity Jane out, it gets better and better!  Today I wanted to play with the floral stamp!  Felicity Jane’s stamp sets are very high quality and you always turn out with a beautiful image!  I started out with an 8.5×11 white background.

For my title I used the Felicity Jane cut file – eat, sleep, be awesome, reapeat.  I just snipped the awesome word out from the rest after I cut it from black paper.  I added the Jill alphabet to a white heart that I had done some stitching on to complete the title.  I layered a Jill journal card and a scrap of paper behind my photo.  The stamped trail of florals really does most of the work for decorating on this page, so I kept things pretty simple!

The paper below is the first stamped paper I did.  I had a hard time picking between the bordered paper and the trail paper.  It is super fun to make your own unique backgrounds and really easy as well!

To finish off my layout I added some stamped hearts in the floral trail and stitched on the scalloped border to the bottom edge of the layout!

I was thrilled to open my black and white striped box this month and find the gorgeous Jill Collection! If you are anything like me, you spend quite a bit of time just looking at everything! I adore the pattern papers and the stamp set is always a favorite of mine and the Jill stamp set is gorgeous! Right away I knew I wanted to use one of the sentiments.

I started out with a piece 8.5×11 white card stock. I decided to play on the enough word in the stamp and cut both titles on my silhouette. I hadn’t made my mind up at this point on which title to use, but as you can see I ended up using both! I outlined the white letters with a sketchy pen line so that they would pop off the page!

Next, I worked on my photo and used a journal card and a white tag for some layers. I added some foam for dimension and also tucked a white floral cut from white card stock in behind the photo.

Once I had my photo and title arranged I added the enough sentiment to a white piece of card stock and then cut it into a banner shape. I stitched one edge of the banner for a bit of a messy look. This made the perfect spot for the rose die cut floral. It was just the perfect touch for the layout! The last thing I added to the layout were the paper strips at the top. The soft pink tiny floral paper is absolutely gorgeous, the black and white gingham strip is one of the branding strips. For me, the black and white keeps the layout from being too soft and adds a bit of punch and ties in the black hearts and the black title!

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you love using your Jill kit!