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Back 2 School Layout

29
Aug
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Hi everyone! It’s Monique here today with a “Back 2 School” layout using the wonderful “DIY Home” collection. The photo I used is of my daughter on the first day of her last year of secondary school. This was a bit of a special year for her as she had been away for a year. She had done five of the six years of secondary school when she decided she wanted to go to the USA to attend one year of High School, which she did. When she came back though, she still had to finish her school here in The Netherlands. I’m happy to say that last May she graduated and this month she will be going to university!

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

When I looked at the colors of my photo I knew straight away that I wanted to use the DIY Home collection as the colors are such a perfect match. I had lots of left-overs which I could use to create the mat under my photo and I loved the quote so I wanted to use that as well:

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Next I wanted to include some “String Art” in my layout as I really love the extra dimension this gives. I decided I would do part of my title in a string art-way. Here’re a few photos how I achieved this:

I printed the word “school” on a regular piece of paper, using the “Cocogoose” font, size 120 and placed the print on a sheet of white cardstock (Cocogoose is a free font and can be found HERE):

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Using my paper piecer I punched little holes through the printed sheet in my cardstock beneath:

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Once I was done I removed the print and with some embroidery thread I hand stitched each letter on the white cardstock, starting with the outline before filling in the rest of the letter:

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Here’s the end result. Doesn’t it look great?

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Here are a few close-ups of the rest of my layout. The feather, the “xoxo” and the polaroid frame were all created using some of my dies and a die-cutting machine. The feather and the polaroid frame were cut from the DIY Home “Pink Ombre” sheet and the “xoxo” was cut from the “gold dot” sheet.

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

The flower die-cut comes from the “Warm & Cozy” collection and the word “smile” is a phrase tag from the “Home + Made” collection.

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

The rest of the title was created with some “gilded” Thickers and next to it I added a few lines of hand written journaling. Last but not least I added some machine stitching and a few paint drops and I was done! Hope you like it.

A Back To School layout with a fun String Art title by @MoniqueLiedtke using the #DIYHome collection from @PebblesInc.

Supplies:
DIY Home Brush Strokes (732914)
DIY Home Buffalo Check (732917)
DIY Home Sunset (732919)
DIY Home Wood Floors (732920)
DIY Home Quotables (732929)
DIY Home Gold Foil With Embossed Dots (732927)
DIY Home Pink/Gold Ombre Foil Woodgrain (732933)
DIY Home Decorative Tape: Gold Glittered Scallop (732953)
Home + Made: Warm & Cozy Ephemera (733389)
Home + Made Phrase Tags (732639)
American Crafts Gilded Thickers (732613)
American Crafts Precision Pen 03 Black (PP03-62311)
American Crafts White Cardstock (SKU: AM710-81)
American Crafts Baker’s Twine Ribbon Spools (89423)

Filed Under: Layout Tagged With: back to school, DIY Home, Home + Made, Layout, Monique Liedtke, scrapbook layout

Comments

  1. Stefanie says

    August 29, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    What a lovely layout, colours are beautiful and thanks for showing the string art letters, I will definitely be using this very soon!

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