Beach Babe Graphic 45 style!

i have NEVER used Graphic 45 paper to scrap anything. i think i am, like most scrappers, pretty scared of cutting up the beautiful paper. when Louise Gerber gave me loads of photos to scrap of her two girls, i knew that some of them would be on the beach. and when i found these black and white ones of her youngest, Logen, i knew that the perfect fit would be the Graphic 45 "Boardwalk" range. i had seen a layout on a blog somewhere last year how they used the on the Boardwalk paper as a frame, and i decided that it was a good starting point!

i lifted the frame that i cut with some thick chipboard, and punched a border with my new double loops MS border punch. i added a strip of G45 paper to the bottom edge, just for variety. added some random stickles to the punched border. my "babe" word is just plain chipboard that i inked with my Adirondack Stream inkpad, and then added 2 layers of clear embossing powder. i then rubbed some lagoon stickles on with my finger for some BLING! the little postage image was cut from the tag sheet, and just raised.

on the other side i cut and image from the "inside" leftover piece of my frame paper, ad layered it half onto the photos. the Beach label is from another G45 Boardwalk paper. i really hope you like this layout. don't be scared of the G45 papers - they are just that - beautiful papers!!!