Go Big! Challenge

I've had a bit of a scrappy hiatus, thanks to a pesky pinched nerve in my neck.  I'm finally feeling better, thanks to some amazing muscle relaxers, and I decided to play along with the Paper Girls challenge.  Some of my scrappy friends are part of the Paper Girls Challenge and this month they challenged their followers to go big, using a picture 5x7 or larger on a project.  I printed my photo 11x14 (less than $3 at Sam's Club) and then cut my photo down to fit within my 12x12 page. 

This layout came together very quickly, thanks to some crafty short cuts I took.  I adhered my large photo, added a paper strip at the top along with a homemade sun.  For the strip along the bottom, I just cut up a piece of the packaging from the Echo Park Splash collection. I used a border punch along the bottom and added the "Fun in the Sun" strip and some stickers for my title.  Voila!