A Retro Minnie Mouse Layout Look
Retro chic is my favorite way to scrapbook Disney, and today I’m here to show you how I applied the style to my latest Minnie Mouse layout!
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Supplies Used:
Yellow Cardstock (two shades)
Staz-On Ink Pad - Black Cherry
Stampendous Embossing Powder - Silver
Hero Arts XO stamp (similar stamp)
small heart stamp (unknown maker)
Calibri font
Limited Edition “caught on film” stamp
Memento Luxe Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
American Crafts Thickers Alphabet - Maggie - Red Foil (similar alphabet)
The “retro” on today’s layout is largely supplied by the brilliantly colored patterned paper from Paper Rose’s “Retro Vibe” collection. (If this looks familiar, it’s because I used another paper from the same collection for a recent Winnie the Pooh layout I made.) This collection is fabulous as a shortcut for making quick and easy retro style Disney layouts! The color palettes are so Disney!
The photo on this layout is really old (over twenty years old), and I don’t have the exact date or really any memories to go record with it. So I kept the layout really simple, with the photo as the major focus of the design. The patterned paper created the highlight as a huge photo mat. A narrower band of yellow (a lighter shade than the background paper) around the photo separated the photo from the busy pattern a bit. Finally, I inked the edges of the patterned paper to give it a faux drop shadow off of the yellow background.
The layout’s Minnie Mouse title is just easy letter stickers. So that the title didn’t appear to be hanging in mid-air, I added a stamped silver heart element next to it that connects it to the layout’s edge.
Because the pattern was so busy and the photo element was so big, I didn’t want to interfere much with the open space down the side of the layout. So I used tone-on-tone yellow cardstock for the small journaling strips. I only used one “embellishment” - a big XO stamped and heat embossed directly on the background.
What’s your favorite style for Disney layouts?
