Little Yellow Bicycle get sketchy...

PageMaps are celebrating their 7th Anniversary with a month long party and Becky Fleck has released another wonderful line-up of sketches to start the ball rolling. I was delighted to have the opportunity to provide a sample for one of her designs as part of the Little Yellow Bicycle Design Team. My layout uses a combination of The Naturals collection and the new Fern and Forest Boy collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Nothing beats a good sketch and Becky seems to know how to balance all elements perfectly which is the reason why I chose not to deviate too far from the original design.

Instead of using the two single photos I stuck with my style of layering three of the same photo over each other to create a softer edge and dimension plus highlighting Teddy's precious little hand by the repetition.

I'm loving the Naturals products from Little Yellow Bicycle as they match beautifully with just about any product and the added texture makes such a statement.

I have a couple of new punches... a square punch to make light work of the patchwork style background (oh how I needed this when I created THIS layout) and a new star edge punch which is just a bit 'special'.

Supply List:
Little Yellow Bicycle - Just Because 'Full Bloom/Pinstripe Grey'
Little Yellow Bicycle - Fern & Forest Boy 6x6 Paper Pad

Little Yellow Bicycle - Fern & Forest Boy Journaling Shapes

Little Yellow Bicycle - Fern & Forest Boy Chipboard Shapes

Little Yellow Bicycle - Naturals Collection Burlap Shapes (Hearts)

Little Yellow Bicycle - Naturals Collection Layered Burlap Flowers (Mum)

Little Yellow Bicycle - Clear Word Stickers (Boy)

Fiskars Handheld Punch - Star
EK Success - 3/4" square punch
Martha Stewart - Star Border Punch

Embroidery Thread
Mr Huey's - White

PageMaps are having a whole month of celebrations including lots of challenges, prizes, give-aways and inspiration which you can download the calendar HERE so you don't miss the fun.