Hello Lovelies. I am here today to inspire you to try the new Vintage Artistry Serenity Collection. I am absolutely smitten with this collection. The soft colors of the blues and browns are simply lovely. There is so much to this collection, that you won’t want to miss a thing. I was inspired to create this layout, by the Serenity laser-cut house/window. It immediately sparked my imagination to create a layout using the photo of my granddaughter who had built herself a little wooden fort of tree branches in front of a tree and lined the ground with palm fronds to sit on. She told me this was going to be her “quiet place”. Serenity seemed perfect for the photo, and the Serenity house/window laser cut represented her quiet place. Isn’t it wonderful when a piece of paper, a photo, or an element can spark your imagination?
I started by tracing a large circle on the Serenity Solids paper 2. I then used my sewing machine and some cream-colored thread to go around and around a few times using a wide straight stitch. Then I machine sewed around the edge of the paper. I took 1 sheet of the Vintage Artistry Serenity 6×8 paper pad, and a couple of larger pieces from the Serenity Ephemera Bits and cut them into strips. For some of the strips, I used a couple of border punches to simulate torn-out notebook paper. I stacked and adhered the strips in 2 groups. Then cut them both in half. I divided them vertically, and horizontally to create the base of my layout. I then layered the Serenity house/window laser cut onto an Ephemera Bit paper and placed it in the middle of the layered strips. I topped the vertical strips with a laser-cut frame snipped in half
I used the 6×8 Serenity Rub-Ons around the machine sewed circle. I love how the rub-on leaves have a slight curve, as they went with the circle design. There was no problem rubbing them over the raised thread. I also used the words Life and Happy on the layout.
To create the matted photo, I placed the photo behind a Vintage Artistry Essentials Square File Frame. I did tuck in a laser-cut frame and a Serenity tag to the side of the frame, but my floral cluster covered most of it. Using a mini stapler, I attached the tiny Serenity laser-cut sentiment bookplate onto the file frame.
I absolutely love the flowers in the Blue Jay color, mixed with Blue Raspberry and Ocean Jade colors. I found it a perfect blend. I tucked in a couple of Serenity Ephemera Bits leaves. Most of my layers are popped up by bits of corrugated cardboard. I love the dimensional look of my pages.
49 and Market products:
 Vintage Artistry Serenity Solids Paper 2 |  Vintage Artistry Serenity 6×8 Collection Pack |  Vintage Artistry Serenity Laser Cut outs |  Vintage Artistry Serenity Ephemera Bits |
 Vintage Artistry Serenity Remnants |  Vintage Artistry Serenity Tag Set |  Vintage Artistry Serenity 6×8 Rub-Ons |  Vintage artistry Essentials Square File Frame Set |
 Rustic Blooms Bluejay |  Rustic Bouquet Bluejay |  Sugar stems Blue Raspberry |  Royal Spray Ocean Jade |
Thank you for joining me today.
I hope you are inspired to create a project using Vintage Artistry Serenity.
