shine on | orange gearle

Hi! Happy July! Orange Gearle here with a layout using the Shine On cut file. Here is a look at my layout:

I cut the file as big as I could, in fact, when I set it up in the software I had parts of it going off the page. I knew I wanted it to look like the stars were falling off the bottom of the page.  Next, I backed the open stars with blue and red papers. I also used a Shimmerz mist to make more red stars out of the leftover stars after cutting. I added those to the page.

I set up my software to cut just the bows out of blue papers, and glued those on to add a bit more color, texture, and interest.

Finally, I used a punch to punch out a few smaller, blue stars and scattered them about the page.

The title comes from a line in a song -- and it is also on the girls's shirts in the photo!

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon! XO o.g.

Oh Little, Red White & Blue Star

Aimee here, sharing a layout I created with the December Freebie “Oh Little Star”.

 

Do you ever use themed product that is intended for a specific holiday, only to use it for a totally different holiday?  

I actually love it! Its, not that I TRY to do it, I just tend to pick product that has multiple uses. Say you buy some red striped paper at Christmas; you can always use it for Valentines Day, Fourth of July and even Back to School. As long as it doesn’t say “Merry Christmas” on it I say it’s up for grabs to use for any occasion.

And that’s exactly what I did here.

I’ve wanted to stitch on a layout for sometime now. I found a photo that would be awesome with a bunch of stars as a background.

I cut the “Oh Little Star” from plain white cardstock and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock {just in a different shade, and texture}.

I then stitched the “messy” stars with red, white and blue floss. I really love how it turned out.

I mixed 2 different collections from Pretty Little Studio, Treasure Island & Let’s Go to create the foundation for my photo.

I then shopped my stash for different red, white & blue stars. They are a mixture of October Afternoon, Me & My Big Ideas, Seven Paper 7 bits and pieces from Studio Calico & Freckled Fawn kits. And I didn’t forget to date my photo with the Heidi Swapp date Roller stamp!

you can grab the "Oh Little Star" Freebie here!