A Creative Journey: All You Need Is Love Planner Page

Happy Thursday!

I hope you're all having a wonderful start to May. For today's post, I've created this All You Need Is Love Planner Page. To create my page, I've combined a variety of dies and stamps from the Planner Essentials Collection as well as dies from Els van de Burgt Studio. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my Planner Page at home.

To start, die cut the page from the Planner Essentials - 3 die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Magenta Nuance in Hot Pink and Jade in the bottom right corner of the page. Spritz the powder with water. Allow to dry. Once the powder has dried, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the chicken wire stamp from the Background Stamps 1 stamp and stamp randomly five times in the coloured area of the page as well as a bit at the top of the page and on the tab. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. Ink the edges of the page using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

On a scrap piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock, sprinkle Magenta Nuance in Hot Pink on the cardstock piece. Spritz the powder with water. Allow to dry. From the Planner Essentials 20 - Half Heart Page Set, die cut the solid love word out of black cardstock. Once the cardstock piece has dried, die cut the other love word out of it. Ink the edges of the die cut letters using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the same die, die cut the heart out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the heart using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 27 - Retro Number Trio, choose one of the banner styles. Die cut the small banner twice from the chosen style out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Die cut the medium banner from the chosen style out of black cardstock. Ink the edges of the two small banners out of Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the reinforcements from the Planner Essentials - 1 die out of black cardstock. You will need all six reinforcements. From the negative piece from the reinforcements, trim it down to 1 3/8" x 2". From the Planner Essentials - 2 die, die cut the large arrow out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the arrow using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 26 - Planner Pocket 3 - Tags & Toppers die, die cut the banner out of Spring Green Soft Finish Cardstock. Die cut the banner again out of Olive Twist Soft Finish Cardstock. Die cut the label from a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the banners and labels using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the three small hearts from the Entwined Hearts die out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the three small hearts using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the brackets from the Planner Essentials 23 - Retro Alphabet Trio out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the bracket using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials - 4 die, die cut the small arrow out of Olive Twist Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the arrow using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 2 1/4" Stitched Heart out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Magenta Nuance in Hot Pink on the heart. Spritz the heart with water. Once the heart has dried, ink the edges of the heart using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the letters pattern from the Planner Patterns die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the pattern using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the small note piece from the Planner Essentials 21 - Note Pieces die out of a piece of book page. Ink the edges of the note piece using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 22 - Planner Pocket 3 - Top Loading die, die cut the arrow out of Spring Green Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the arrow using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the reinforcement circles over top of the circles on the page.

Adhere the letter pattern 5/8" from the right and 5/8" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the medium banner 1 1/2" from the left and 3/4" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the kraft heart to the top right side of the letter pattern.

Foam square the note piece 3/4" from the right and 1 1/8" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the olive banner 1/8" from the right and 2 1/8" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the kraft arrow to the middle of the olive banner as desired. Adhere the lime green arrow to the middle of the note piece.

Adhere the reinforcement negative piece 5/8" from the right of the page and 1 1/2" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the white label 1 1/8" from the right and 1 1/4" from the bottom of the page. Foam square the stitched heart 1" from the right and 1 1/8" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the lime green banner to the middle of the stitched heart.

Adhere the love letters to the black love silhouette. Adhere the love word to the middle of the heart and lime green banner. Adhere the brackets around the love word as desired.

Adhere the all you need is chit chat words from Tim Holtz Ideaology Small talk above the heart as desired. Adhere the three small hearts as desired in the top left side of the letter pattern.

On the tab, staple the small olive arrow. Staple the two small banners to the top left corner of the page. Use a stapler and staple in amongst the layered elements as desired.