Let the Celebration Begin!

We arrived in Lynchburg on Friday afternoon. It began to feel like a real celebration with all the fun stuff Liberty had set up. This photo was taken at a photo booth and I loved the balloons so I used the balloon cut file from Paige Evans. I kept with the patriotic theme papers I am using for the Commencement layouts to back the cut file. Most of the embellishments are from Paige Evan's Turn the Page.  I am playing around with some mixed media, but haven't used much in my layouts. I added a touch here with oxide inks and stencils. This was a fun layout and I hope it captured the festive feel of the day!

My Graduation

In May 2017, I completed the last step in my Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy- Graduation! Last fall when I ordered my photos, I decided I wanted to scrap my Commencement with a Fourth of July theme. (Since I graduated from "Liberty," it seemed appropriate.) The colors from this month's (gorgeous!!!) Independence Day collection by Photoplay looked perfect, so I decided to use these papers for July's Jumpstart Sketch challenge from the Scrap Room.  I used  a set of graduation embellishments from Paper House Productions, then added some Nuvo drops, and star brads from my stash.