Pot O' Gold Collection: Hoppy Day Layout by Mendi

Hello Doodle peeps!  It's Mendi here today with a fun twist on Doodlebug's new Pot O' Gold collection.  As soon as I spotted the frogs on the icon sticker sheet I knew I had to create a fun monochromatic layout for these photos I've been holding onto.

To show off all the great prints in this collection I decided to cut a number of scalloped borders in each color using Doodlebug's Eyelet Lace and Scallops border die by Sizzix. I adhered the die-cut borders to a piece of piece of scratch cardstock and overlaid the finished piece with a 12x12 white cardstock background which I had cut a heart from using my Silhouette Cameo.  To give it a polished look I then stitched around the heart with my sewing machine.

When I had all my journaling printed into strips I realized it would be covering up the very scallops that I had spent so much time creating so I chose to cut them into individual words and adhere them to the perimeter of the heart with a glue pen.  By cutting them up I was able to hug the curves of the heart.  It took a bit more time, but I'm really pleased with the finished results and how it solved my problem.

I just adore the sweet little frogs in this collection.  To dress them up I popped some up with foam tape and added beetle black sprinkles to the centers of their eyes!  I love how these small touches brought them to life!  :)