Hello Hip Kit Friends !

 

It’s Sophie on the blog today and I am sharing a step-by-step process of this beautiful layout created with the January 2021 Hip Kits !

 

 

Today’s layout was inspired by the lovely Mood Board created by Jana McCarthy.

 

 

I was driven by the top left photo where there is a rainbow coloured field, and by the center photo of the wheel. I used that circular shape and the floral cluster as the base for my design. 

 

This was the general sketch for my page:

 

 

I used a photo of Sabrina resting on our sweet and patient Labrador !

 

I created a very soft rainbow effect with a mix of the January color kit diluted with lots of water for the bottom half of the page, mimicking the field from the mood board. 

 

 

I also added plenty of color splatters.

 

 

I used a Subscriber February cut file for my title « Special Kinda Love » designed by Kim Watson and added a HKC Exclusive Dream Big Puffy Speech Bubble Sticker from the Pocket Life kit.

 

 

I concentrated all my embellishments around my photo.

 

Then, I decided to do some hand stitching following the rays of color from my mixed media. 

 

I hand drew some swirls and made holes to guide my stitching.  Then, I chose matching embroidery floss in a «rainbow » order, following the color scheme of my background. 

 

 

 

 

 

It adds that extra interest and softness to the page. What do you think ??

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that you are inspired by my page today and by that lovely mood board !

 

Thank you so much for passing by !

 

Until next time,

 

Sophie xx