logen turns 4..

Louise brought me some photos of Logen's 4th birthday. when i saw the colours of the photos, i knew that the Quite Contrary Range by MME would be perfect! and it was ( i think!) i focused on the papers and the photos and used very little embellishments, for fear of distracting from the stunning papers and photos.

don't you just LOVE the big butterfly? it is a sizzix die that i cut 3 times. i then cut the top one "inside the lines" slightly, so that the light pink would "shadow" it. i mounted it on top of the maroon one. i then cut those thin little strips of paper with my metal ruler and craft knife to make the pigs' tails. love that! n the "4" was embossed with Lettuce EP and then i made the white spots with the Ranger white pigment Inkssentials pen, and added the black dot with the Zig pen.

this layout feautures my border punches. i literally cut strips of the patterned papers and added a plain cardstock in between every pattern, punched with a border punch. i know some people don't like border punches, but i have to tell you - it makes a huge difference to a layout. it is effective - both cost wise and design wise! hope you like the layouts!