This Makes Me Smile - Lisa Amiet

• Blending tool
• Trimmer
• Adhesive tape, glue
• Black ink pad 
• Die cutting machine

Photo Size: 4" x 5 1/2"

Instructions:

1. Use Happy Life paper as your base paper. Use the Brilliant stencil, a blending tool and black ink to stencil areas of your base page in the top right and bottom left corners 

2. Use the Layering Elements dies to die cut assorted elements from Vanilla Latte and Butterscotch cardstock, as well as from Escape Page on a Page paper. Cut a 4 x 4” square from Epic Journey paper and adhere to top right of page, layering with notebook die cuts from the two cardstocks and Escape Page on a Page paper

3. Adhere tag tab die cut in Butterscotch cardstock to striped tag fussy cut from Happy Life paper. Layer and adhere this with the tag cut from Escape Page on a Page paper

4. Adhere your photo to the centre. Fussy cut owl from Take It Easy paper, and star from Escape Page on a Page paper and adhere to top right corner of photo, slightly tucking under the edge. On the bottom right corner of photo, adhere striped circle from Cut apart sheet, and layer this along with a ticket die cut from Butterscotch cardstock. Adhere ticket from Creative Cuts to circle, layering with fussy cut camera from Take It Easy paper. Adhere black heart from Creative Cuts and stars fussy cut from Take It Easy paper. To finish, adhere small bronze cog from Mixed Metal Cogs to the circle

5. To the left of your photo adhere two brackets, one die cut from the Vanilla Latte cardstock using the Layering Elements dies, and the other fussy cut from Escape Page on a Page paper.

6. Adhere sentiment circle from the Creative Cuts to the checker plate circle fussy cut from the Cut Apart Sheet, adhere this to the left of your brackets. Adhere two fussy cut stars from Take It Easy paper

7. In bottom left corner, adhere bee to the journal circle from the Creative Cuts. Die cut brackets from the Butterscotch cardstock and Escape Page on a Page paper using the Layering Elements dies. Adhere brackets to corner and adhere circle to centre of brackets. To finish adhere star fussy cut from Take it Easy paper and sentiment from Creative Cuts

8. In top left corner, adhere lock plate and scallop trim fussy cut from Take It Easy paper, along with die cut tags from Butterscotch cardstock and Escape Page on a Page paper. Layer this with ticket die cut from Vanilla Latte cardstock, sentiment from the Creative Cuts and a brass cog from the Mixed Metal Cogs