Things that make me smile

I wanted to use this piece of paper from Scenic Route for Parker’s layout, but I wasn‘t sure if the orange would work with the colors in his photo. For a quick fix I used a ruler and an exacto knife to cut around the layers that I wanted to keep…then glued patterned paper behind it. I also used the craft knife to cut out a small section of the blue star and used it as a photo anchor. I know it’s not a new technique, but I thought it was a super easy and fun way to alter a piece of paper to work with photos. I usually keep all of my scraps and use them later, but this time I was able to use the orange star as a template to outline the title…very handy huh!? I hope this layout makes you smile! Thanks for looking.