Vicki Boutin - Print Shop - Moments

Hi everyone!

I'm kicking off this beautiful new week with the newest collection from Vicki Boutin - Print Shop! This collection is a stunner - you're definitely going to want this one. It's jam packed with beautiful colours, bold patterns and is so versatile, you could scrap anything!

For my first layout, I'm channelling my love of graphic design, and creating a heart of hearts.

I started with two pieces of Premium White Cardstock.  I cut a plain heart shape from the first piece, centred on the page. I trimmed 1/4 inch from each side and added machine stitching, before applying sticky foam to the back, before mounting it centrally to the second sheet of white cardstock.

This left a hollow, heart shaped aperture - perfect for filling!

I cut almost all the large hearts from the Cross My Heart paper. To create dimension, I curled the sides of each heart around a pencil to give them extra lift, and then stuck just the centre of the hearts down with Glossy Accents.

When filling the heart, I started with the largest hearts and worked down to the smallest, overlapping and layering the hearts throughout the shape. In the smaller gaps, I fussy cut some of the smaller hearts from the paper and glued these flat.

I left a small space in the centre for my photo to sit. As the heart was so colourful, I wanted the photo to be black and white. To echo this, I backed it on a piece of the Typeset Paper. I double backed the photo with foam so that it would stand just a little bit taller than the hearts.

I love the extra little ink splatters that come on the Typeset paper. It's one of my favourites in the collection - really understated but so perfect for so many pages. I can't wait to see how you'll all use it.

Next, I opened the Floral Ephemera Pack and used the 'Moments' piece for my title. I love the simplicity of this piece against the colourful heart - it was the perfect element for this style of layout.

As a finishing touch, I added a row of black Nuvo Drops all the way around the heart. This really helped tie in all the black and white elements against the colour.

I love the simplicity of this page, contrasted against the high impact from all those colourful hearts - I hope it's inspired you to try something a little bit different.

I'll be back later this month with another Print Shop layout, but until then, take care.

Claire xx

@Scrappysoulmate