Got Mud? Layout

Well, hello there my fellow Moxxie maniacs!  Renee from Scrap Owl back with you again to share an awesome technique with an incredible line.

As you can see, this is a very “manly man” layout.  To be honest with you, I HATE doing “manly man” layouts.  I want sequins, bling, and pretties on my layouts.  Man layouts always seem so blah, blah, blah to me. But, when my scrappy buddy Kerri showed me pics of her firefighter hubby splashing through the mud during a bike race, I blurted out, “I have paper for that!”  Please tell me that I’m not the only one that gets excited when I find pictures that match my paper!

So, with my “manly man” pictures in hand, and this amazing new Fun Run line from Moxxie, I got to work trying to avoid the usual blahness of my man layouts.

To jazz this one up a little, I used my Xacto knife to cut out a curvy shape out of the Got Mud patterned paper that would fit my pictures.  Then I used my scissors to distress the inside of the shape. Finally, I inked the distressed edges with brown ink that blended nicely with the original color of the page. Moxxie’s paper soaks up the ink so well, and the white core allows for a variety of shades of ink. This really helps provide a sense of dimension on the layout.

For the foundation of this layout I used the new Moxxie Just Run patterned paper.  The a-side of this patterned paper has an amazing gradient that picked up the colors of the grass perfectly. I positioned my photos and then attached a variety of elements from the Moxxie Fun Run Sticker sheet.

I love the way that this layout came together!  It certainly isn’t a boring old, blah “man layout”.  Hopefully you like it as well and may even be motivated to tear up the inside of some of your own paper!

Stay Scrappy My Friends!