Guest Designer Lori Renn

Today's guest designer is Lori Renn. Lori's layout uses a mix of Making Memories Noteworthy and Animal Crackers Collections.

I created this layout for a friend who's husband was deployed to the Middle East.  Her son became the little "man of the house" while his daddy was away. 

I used a piece of decorative edge ledger paper for the background and then layered pieces of patterned paper behind the photo.  I really like the layered effect of different colors and patterns.  I used a piece of Animal Crackers paper from the journaling notebook for a photo corner.  For the actual journaling I used ledger paper punched on top with a spiral punch.  To highlight the number "3", I painted it with Making Memories Specialty Glaze in Copper and sprinkled it with Making Memories orange shimmer before the glaze was dry.

I add a bit of machine stitching to almost all of my layouts because I love the texture!  I used some chocolate brown thread on this one.  I cut out a couple of stars from one of the Animal Crackers patterned paper and used them as embellishments.  Lastly, I used the Making Memories Rub On Alphabet, Misunderstood - Monarch for the name "Daniel."

Thanks Lori for sharing your layout with us.