Using "Busy" Paper

Atlanta has had a strange winter this year!  Ice storm after ice storm.  Very cold and unusual, but I was thankful for those few snow days.

I took many, many snow day photos, and I’ve actually made a few other layouts already – gasp!  But this photo looking out of our back window one morning really stood out to me.  It’s not a lot of snow and it’s definitely not the best photo I’ve ever taken, but it has a nice “calmness” about it that’s really pretty.  So, I wanted to feature it on a layout.

I decided to use a sheet of patterned paper with lots of detailed design.  What I call “busy” paper.  I love it because when you use it, the layout almost completes itself.  The most difficult part of this was finding a spot for my photo where I didn’t cover up too much of the paper’s design.  

Here, all I did was add a title and used some foam adhesive dots to elevate a few card stock cutouts.  My one nod to “extra-ness” is the quadruple-matted photo!  It’s so simple, but makes me so happy. 

Snowed In by Moanica Caston.  Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper and Cutouts: Fancy Pants;  Alphas: American Crafts Thickers.

Don’t be intimidated by that “busy” paper.  Find a good spot to put down a photo or two and let the paper do the work for you!

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