I'm so in love with the super cute collection Down on the Farm and I totally understand that it's been one of the most loved collections from Doodlebug so far. The color scheme is amazing, the patterns beautiful and the animals just adorable. After creating some small cards with the collection, I decided to make a layout.
I started by flipping through the papers and decided to go with one of my faves, a paper that also caught my eye the first time I went through all the papers, a denim blue paper with little pockets. Love it!!! I cut out three of the pockets and hand-stitched the existing pattern of each pocket.
I wanted to fill the pockets with flowers. I chose a few papers from the coordinating Petite Prints pack of patterned paper that have a gingham pattern on one side and a linen pattern on the other side. Then I also went to my stash and used the striped/dotted 6x6 paper pad to have some more colors for my flowers.
I love creating these flowers. They are so fast and easy to make and just look adorable. I always hand-cut out a wonky five-petaled flower shape, without tracing first. It's the best when it's super wonky and all the shapes look different! :) Then I layer them going from big to small... obviously... after shaping them a bit with my fingers, to give them more dimension:) I topped them with a large enamel dot. I you want to add even more dimension and detail, you can distress the edges and add some tangled thread between layers.
I also cut out leaves from green paper and then I placed everything on my layout.
For the background, I chose a teal wood grain patterned paper that I really love. I added some white paint to brighten it up and add texture and also splattered some white paint.
I adhered the pockets and flowers to the background and then went through the stickers of the collection to chose some things to embellish the pockets. Since we're three on the photo, I added three pigs to one of the pockets ;), then I added a tree and a mouse and also some grass with flowers and a sun.
I matted the photo and adhered it to the layout too. To finish the layout I added the title and a little cluster with a fence, tree, chicken, and flower on the right side of the photo. Since the fence goes out of the layout, I wanted to balance the whole thing and do the same of the left side. So I added a piece of fence there too and a chick.
I'm really happy with how cute this layout turned out... :) I'm excited to see your layouts with this collection and for more inspo, check out the blog every day and see the amazing creations from the team.
See you soon lovelies,
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