Big Hair & Party Dresses │ Mix-It-Monday │ Lydia Cost

Big Hair & Party Dresses │ Mix-It-Monday │ Lydia Cost

Hey there again, lovely friends! Today is Mix-It-Monday at FJ, and it’s one of my absolute favorites! It means I get to pull out all of my beloved FJ stash and pair it with my new kits. As soon as I saw the floral paper in the Gabby collection, it felt instantly reminiscent of the patterns and colors in my current streaming obsession.

Scrapbook Layout by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

I’ve been binge watching season 2 of Outlander, and its setting is the luxurious French 1700s. The patterns and vivid colors are totally swoon worthy. I quickly set out to create a mood board based off the Gabby paper pack and those patterns and designs. I knew it would be perfect for pulling older designs and elements from my FJ stash to mix in my layout. 

Mood Board by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane
(Photo credits: Origami Bird - www.deviantart.com/dilago/art/Origami-Crane-304848339, Dresses - https://www.terrydresbach.com)

I have always loved origami birds, and I can recall making them all throughout my childhood. I decided I really wanted to incorporate one or two on my layout, so I made it a focus from my mood board. I chose 2 pretty solid papers from the Harper and Gabby collection. The mustard color and the gorgeous pink color would be the perfect pair to the floral pattern paper I wanted to use.

Scrapbook Layout by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

I decided on folding up two birds, so that they could carry along my photos in their wings. It felt so old-world gorgeous to me, and I couldn’t wait to see how it would translate onto my layout. I aligned them near the top and glued them down onto my patterned backed layout. I made sure they layered beautifully over that breathtaking floral paper, that reminded me so much of those French patterns.

Scrapbook Layout by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

Next I layered on my two photos, that I backed with another Harper paper. Those lovely golden dots were the perfect way to tie in some more of that gorgeous color. To anchor my photos to my birds, I sifted through my stash to find a pretty spun golden twine. It really lent itself to my overall vision. I stapled the twine to my photos, so they appeared to be carried away by my origami birds.

Scrapbook Layout by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

Next I ran one of the journaling cards through my die-cut machine, using the FJ tag builder. I knew I wanted to hide my journaling, so a tag was perfect to slide under my floral paper. I gave my tag even more flair with some cotton essential ribbon and more golden twine. I tucked it away under my patterned paper, after typing on my journaling.

Scrapbook Layout by Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

I finished off my layout with some of the amazing puffy alphas! I used some of the Gabby alphas and Harper alphas to really get my title perfect for the color scheme. I love how the two mix perfectly together!

Lydia Cost for Felicity Jane

SUPPLIES:   Gabby Kit Gabby Journaling CardsGabby Puffy Alphabet StickersGabby Paper PackHarper Paper Pack Harper Gold Foil Puffy Alphabet StickersEssentials Cotton RibbonEssentials White Cardstock

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