Paolo (a layout)

I have a little music crush. Maybe I've mentioned him before? Mr. Paolo Nutini? Yes, maybe once or twice. I just can't help my fan-girl tendencies. (Never mind the fact that I'm a good 15 years beyond the age of your typical fan-girl.)

I love Paolo. I love scrapbooking. It was only a matter of time...

We can blame the American Crafts Studio Blog:

And as Derrick says, "Paolo is just going to LOVE this."

The super-size star, which is very similar to Paolo's tattoo, is from Provo Craft's new Hannah Montana cartridge. (Tell me, do you think Paolo would love to be linked in any way to Miley Cyrus?)

Did you notice anything very "un-Mary" about this layout? *GASP* I used paint! Shocking, no? It made a great foundation for the photos (btw: from Paolo's website) and journaling, and it wasn't nearly as messy as I anticipated, so I think I just might be a convert. After all, I need to get in touch with my artsy self.

After painting, I stamped with Hero Arts Dots and then stitched a frame around the edge of the cardstock. The title letters are vinyl Thickers that I backed with cardstock, and the cool little spiral is a rub-on from the Rock-star accents MiniMarks.

I accented the main photo with a pink flourish die-cut from the Hannah Montana cartridge and embellished with a Precision Pen.

And there you have it, one of the first pages for my new "There's Something About Mary" album. And do you suppose that with all this free advertising, I should petition for a few concert tickets?

Supplies: Patternd Paper, Flair, Rub-on, Thickers, Pen: American Crafts; Stamp: Hero Arts; Die-cuts: Provo Craft; Paint: Folk Art

Comments

[laura vegas]

this is such a fun layout mary! these are the kinds of things that i love to get down in the scrapbooks ... will be so cool to look back on down the road. my music crush is tim mcgraw. and about 5 years ago, i made a layout about it. used my lanyard from one of the many concerts that i'd gone too, cut up all the little photos off my tim mcrgraw calendar, used a charm off the fan club necklace i had. it was fun to do. i'll have to dig that one out ... couldn't find it anywhere to show you.

[Ingunn]

Oh, Paolo. My heart be still!! <3

[Sasha Farina]

*gasp* paint!! for real?? woooohooo!! great layout Mary!

[Rhonda Steed]

Way to go on using paint!!!! And i think it's funny that they make a Hanna Montana cartridge :) Great page. Love that you did it about this. Totally petition for tickets! :)

[Dani]

This is adorable!!! :) I, too, think it's funny that they have a Hannah Montana cartridge, but what the heck!? It worked perfectly for this page! :) I think you should send a copy of this layout to Paolo and see what he says! Hehehe!

[Sara Rossi]

This LO is just so FUN! And he is total eye candy! Funny how you used Hannah Montana stuff on this LO! Great LO for a "You" album!

[Charlene Austin]

You are a riot! It's fabulous and perfect. If you get tickets I will stalk you until you take me with you.

[Nichol Magouirk]

This is FABULOUS. Just WOW. LOVE everything about it. You have inspired me. I think I might need to create a page about my own fangirl crush on a certain 23 year old British hunk (mind you I am older than you and WAY too old to be a fangirl...but what the heck....might as well embrace my inner "cougar"! ha!).

and, FOR SURE petition for tickets...all this freebie advertising...you deserve 'em! :)

[Heather M.]

what a cool page! i love that you scrapped it!

[melanie]

Wow, this is fantastic Mary, LOVE it!
And you probably won't want to hear that Paolo just played here at the Jazz Fest last month. ;p