they come in pairs:, new hybrid layouts

For the past eight(?) hybrid layouts, I've been making them in pairs. Some are meant to be two-page spreads whiles other are stand-alone yet coordinating pages. This has been my recent method of creating hybrid layouts for two reasons:

1) When I prepare for a hybrid layout, I like to print out as many embellishments, photos, papers from a digital kit I can. So, I always have "extra" pieces to work with.

2) I like the idea of having two pages to play with at once. It gives me a chance to experiment with design using elements/papers from a single kit.

Today I am sharing two hybrid layouts using Vinnie Pearce's latest collection: Apple of My Eye available at Two Peas in a Bucket. You can either buy the full collection or pick and choose smaller component kits within the collection. My pages don't come close to doing this collection justice, so be sure to view it here.

things i love about you | vinnie pearce's apple of my eye ELEMENTS kit + Art on Wings SET 3 + WORD ART + kraft cardstock + Martha Stewart punches + MM tiny alphas + Kaisercraft gems + baker's twine + Fiskars punch + journaling pen + mist

This first layout "Things I Love About You" was a bit tortuous to make. I don't know why, but I just couldn't get it "right." I had many earlier variations on this. For example, I had printed out several of those journal spots (from Vinnie's Elements kit) and had two more on this page. but I removed them. You can see the faint dots/tears on the paper where glue dots once were. (To be fair, I was also a bit distracted with my EHD debacle, which after several days of worry and hundreds of dollars later has been resolved. I should have my data back on Wednesday!.)

I punched the corners of the kraft cardstocck with a Martha Stewart punch and drew black stitch lines around the perimeter. The grey-edged journal spot is layered with a printed and cut-out bird and heart (all from the  elements digi kit), and Making Memories tiny alphas. The photo and title were added in Photoshop. The kraft cardstock was spritzed with brown mist before adhering any of the elements.

Along the bottom of the layout, I used the threading water punch by Fiskars, wrapped blue baker's twine twice around, added a punched strip of pink paper and finally layered a butterfly from this digi kit.

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This second layout, "Love Always" is a bit more spare.No journaling to speak of. Just a hand-written caption. With lots of white space.

love always |  vinnie pearce's apple of my eye ELEMENTS kit + Art on Wings SET 3 + WORD ART + kraft cardstock + Martha Stewart punches + MM tiny alphas + Kaisercraft gems +  Fiskars punch + journaling pen

I love this butterfly. Zara loves anything furry, esp. little dogs. This would make her squeal with delight. I stitched the butterfly directly to the kraft paper (no other adhesive used) and added six pink gems on either side of the 3 mustard cross-stitches and tucked a pearl stick pin behind the stitches.

I'm obsessed with border punches. The top one in pink is the Doily Lace Trim deep double edge punch by Martha Stewart which I bought as part of a set at HSN. (Did you know she sells on HSN now?)  The bottom is an old classic: Fiskars apron lace punch. The heart is cut from one the Dear Lizzy spring papers with a pink gem on top.

In Photoshop I added the word art over the photo, deleting part of the wordart so it wouldn't overlap Z's face. Then I printed the photo on matte photo paper. When trimming I left an extra wide border on the bottom for journaling. Kinda looks like a long Polaroid. The bird, flowers and heart were also printed on matte paper. I added tiny alphas and gems on top.

If you want to see more of Vinnie's work, you must visit her website. You can see the inspiration behind this collection, her creative team's projects and even a video on how she made a hybrid fabric album. She is an amazing artist. Seriously love her work!