Stay Cool

• I chose a fun piece of Pretty Little Studio paper as my base. I knew I wanted fun and bright, so Sunshine was the perfect answer.

• I knew I wanted the whole page to be fun and bright, so the garlands would be a mix of yellow, orange and turquoise.  I began snipping away.

• After the flags and garlands were clipped, I chose coordinating colors of bakers twine and adhered them to my base.  Then, I chose a pattern and went to town attaching the pennants to the page.  I wanted the look to be fun and very graphic, so they are close together and overlapping.

•  I also knew that I wanted to add a little bit more visual interest without taking away from the banners.  So, I punched some squares and created triangles to add in a couple of places on the page.

• After that, since this was ultimately a pool page, I wanted to add spray ink splatters to mimic the overall feeling of water.  I chose to stick with the orange, yellow and turquoise feel.