Parlez-vous franҫais?

A couple of weeks ago we went to a French-themed birthday party for a friend of Eli's who wanted a trip to France for her 10th birthday. Instead, her parents threw her a party in their backyard, invited her friends and their families, and turned their garage into a disco. I can safely say that's the best birthday party I've been to in a very long time! 

The party favor bags were a big hit, with berets and stick-on mustaches, candy cigarettes, watercolor painter's palettes, and passport sticker books. Sadie could not stop playing with her party favors the next day. She wanted me to snap photos of her goofing around with them, so, of course, I obliged!

I created this layout for today's Free-for-All layout feature on the Bella Blvd blog:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd + Chipboard: Bella Blvd + Stickers: Bella Blvd + Buttons: Bella Blvd + Twine: May Arts + Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette

It's hard to tell from the straight-on photo of the layout, but this is a multi-layered piece. I cut the Eiffel Tower from white cardstock and used that white cardstock with the negative shape as the base of my layout, layering photos and embellishments on top. The painter's palette is cut from black cardstock, with tone-on-tone patterned paper backing the holes and serving as "paint." The white base is layered on top of black cardstock with dimensional adhesive:

On a related note...Sadly, while I used to be nearly fluent in French, I have forgotten much of what I used to know! (Shhh...don't tell my high school AP French Literature teachers that!)

Reminder: my write.click.scrapbook. birthday.blog.hop. giveaway remains open through Thursday night!