Hey friend. My layout today documents a past adventure swimming with dolphins in Mexico - such a memorable experience. The summer goodies in the shop were a perfect way to add some fun to a vintage style layout. I used Vintage Artistry Anywhere collection by 49 & Market - I love the shabby chic elements. To add some colour to the background, I used Fox Cut #18 to add a lovely blue sunburst. I also added more texture with blue texture paste - this one is Nuvo Glacier paste

We are so delighted to have Monique Lowe as a guest designer this month. She has blown us away with her latest design with its amazing detail and stunning colours. Monique explains more about her layout and process... I recently spent a week staycationing with my family by the sea in Nairn, Scotland. We were so lucky to have gorgeous sunshine and lots of lovely beach adventures. This layout documents one of those days with a trio of seaside selfies and the fabulous ‘Summer A

Fellow UK company - Dotty About Flair is celebrating their first birthday this month. So we have got together with an easy to enter challenge and two great prizes to be won! The challenge is open to all and is based on this sketch. The sketch is really easy and you can adapt it to suit your photo(s). I adapted the sketch by flipping it to the opposite side and also added some torn paper detail to really maximise my page. So you can see you can resize and adapt elements to s