toybox in july...

Toybox - one of the brightest color families in the whole Simple Sweet line. I love this picture of Oaken, it just captures the hot summer feel - snackin' on a sno cone. I also like Toybox for this because of its patriotic feel.

I punched a bunch of stars from red Bazzill cardstock and red ginham paper (Simple Sweet Picnic). I selected matching buttons and brads and put the brad "legs" through the holes in the buttons to attach them to the page. I also used two Quickutz alphabets for the title. I also finger painted a border around the picture with white paint. This is one of my favorite techniques - I love the way the paint "breaks" on the picture paper giving it an instant distressed look.