Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Bella Blvd ~ Time to Travel 🌎
Monday, 23 May 2022
Heidi Swapp - Sun Chaser - So Happy
Hi everyone,
Claire back with you today sharing my second layout using Heidi Swapp Sun Chaser.
If you've taken a look at this collection in the store already, you'll know there are some absolutely stunning papers to choose from, and this week, I have decided to focus on making the paper the star of the show.
It's called Chillax and it is absolutely gorgeous!
Because the paper is so colourful, I have reverted to my standard Premium White Cardstock, and have cut the paper to fill a cutfile (Peartree Cutfiles, Pinwheel Mandala).
I considered placing the design centrally, but thought it would be more fun to cut the design into two unequal pieces. I've positioned these off centre on either edge of my page, leaving space for my photograph in between the two sections.
Where the photograph would be placed, I created a mixed media backdrop for it to sit on. Having prepped the paper first with Gesso, I added Distress Oxide Sprays in:
And also some Shimmerz Vibez in Love Ocean #9.
Although I've had Distress Oxides for many years, I am new to Distress Oxides Sprays - I LOVE them!! I find them so much easier to work with as they swish around the page much easier once a few splashes of water have been added. I'm definitely hooked!
Once the ink was all dry, I took the Sun Chaser Clear Stamp Set and selected the phrase "so happy". It's the perfect sentiment for how we always feel when we manage to get away from it all.
I repeated the stamping across the whole section, ignoring any gaps which would be covered by my picture.
The stamp set also contains a small heart - perfect for filling smaller spaces in between stamping.
Once all the mixed media elements were dry, I placed my cutfile on ether side, raising on foam pads for dimension.
Next, the photo and the clusters.
I mounted my photo on a piece of Be Bold black scripty paper, along with some polka dot tissue paper from my stash. I layered it on top of a tag from the Ephemera Pack and a small sun sticker from the Sticker Book.
Next, I created a small pull out that sits under the photo, using another piece form the Ephemera Pack. This holds some hidden journaling.
A small cluster to the bottom left of my photo created balance. Using black ephemera pieces helped tie in with the stamping and bring some grounding to this very colourful page.
I used a circular tag, again from the Ephemera Pack, alongside some hearts from the Mini Puffy Stickers which feature in each cluster.
I decided, that with my repeated stamping, I didn't want a separate title, so ran with 'So Happy' as the title for my page. I used the remaining paper, left over from the cutfile, to cut some small 1" hearts, which I folded and scattered across the page along with some Pinkfresh Studio Jewels in Stargazer and Glacier.
As a final finishing touch, I felt like the page needed a little bit of foliage - in the photograph, we are in the Dominican Republic - so I cut a few leaves from the Juicy paper and added underneath my tag.
I really love how this page turned out. These statement papers really do a lot of the work for you and need only minimal embellishing - especially with a splash of mixed media in the background.
I hope you've enjoyed these pages with Heidi Swapp Sun Chaser - It really is a beautiful collection to create with, and I hope it's inspired you to get your stories documented.
See you next month!
Claire xx
@Scrappysoulmate
Friday, 20 May 2022
May Papermaze Kit - Part 1
Lynn here today, with the new kit from Papermaze for May - lots of soft colours with a variety of themes. I have created two very different layouts for this first post.
Before details of how to make the layouts, here is a look at what is in the kit:
Patterned Papers:
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - No Limits - Nebula & Latitude
Simple Stories - Full Bloom - Simply Spring & Snailed It!
Pinkfresh Studio - Happy Heart - New Beginning
Echo Park - It's A Boy - Mushroom Forest
Bazzill Basics: Whirlpool & White
Reverse side of papers:
Embellishments:
1 clear stamp, 1/3 sheet foam stickers, 4 exclusive acrylic leaf shapes, 9" washi tape, strip of pearls, Sparkletz star gems, 2 strips of Rosie's Studio gold puffy sentiments stickers, 6 wooden stars
Extra Bazzill Basics Pack:
Wildberry Pie, Yukon Gold, Apricot & Date Swirl
Sweet Baby Girl - To go with this pretty lacy paper I chose a black and white version of this photograph of my baby daughter - Emily.
I
love the New Beginnings paper and felt it needed a delicate black and
white photo of a baby or a wedding. I printed my photo to make sure it
was just the right size for the centre square of the pattern.
I
used the Date Swirl Bazzill from the extra Bazzill pack as a base, as
the grey tone is perfect to peep through the cut shapes on the paper.
I used a craft knife to cut through the scalloped designs of the paper. I also gutted the centre square, cut the flower shape from it and set the piece aside to use later.
The scalloped edges of the paper were all inked with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.
I curved the scalloped edges of the paper with the blade of the
scissors. A 3D sticky pad was placed under each scallop before replacing
all the pieces back in place over the Date Swirl Bazzill.
Once the paper was reassembled onto the cardstock, I placed the photo over the central square. The flower was curved and inked and placed to the bottom right of the photo.
I used some glittery foam alphabet stickers from my stash to add a title.
I
decorated the page by covering many of the dots on the paper design,
with flat backed pearls in several sizes. I also used Nuvo Glitter Drops
in Silver Moondust and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Gloss Simply White.
Just Bloom & Grow - A treasured photo of the girls in my parents' front garden - wish I could remember what it is they are so intent on studying!
For this layout I chose to use the white Bazzill from the kit. With a Vicki Boutin Stencil from the Fernwood Bountiful set, I created a flowery corner in the right bottom corner with some Dried Marigold Distress Ink.
I
tore a strip from both the Simple Stories papers - the bird side of
Simply Spring and the plaid side of Snailed It! I placed these strips
down the left side of the page.
The photo was double mounted using the orange and the snail side of the same two papers used before.
I
used an old favourite - Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems #1 Thinlits die set
to cut daisies and some leaf stems. I used Whirlpool Bazzill for the
stems and white cardstock for the flowerheads. The flower centres were
coloured with some Dried Marigold Distress Ink, and stippled with some
Forest Moss Distress Ink and a dry stencil brush. These were arranged
around the photo.
Each
kit contains some Simple Stories - Full Bloom - Foam Stickers, I used
mine to create the title. The bird and bee and the quote at the top left
are from the same set. I added an '&' sticker from my own stash and
wrote some journalling under the title.
Finally I fussy cut three snails from the 'Snailed It' paper and place them on the layout.
That's all for today, I'll be back with two more layout soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x
Thursday, 19 May 2022
May Crop
Our May crop is this coming Saturday, 21st May - as usual we're at Otley Village Hall between 10am and 4pm. This month's kit uses the Maggie Holmes Round Trip collection...
Monday, 16 May 2022
Super Simple Scrapping ..... Simple Stories Vintage Lemon Twist
Hello
It's Anita here with you today and I have a very quick and simple layout to share with you.
I have been working with the gorgeous, zesty Vintage Lemon Twist Collection from Simple Stories.
Sometimes it's nice to literally just pop a layout together in a few minutes, without any faffing, shuffling papers or spending a few hours fussy cutting and designing....this was one of those occasions!
I thought that was it....but kept looking at it and then realised I felt it needed a little something else on it....to tie in with the black. Using some different glasses and a roll of tape as a stencil I made some circles of dots using a bottle of Black Nuvo Drops
Friday, 13 May 2022
Pinkfresh Studio Happy Heart - Hand Stitching
Hello, Karen here again with another scrapbook layout to share using the beautiful Happy Heart collection from Pinkfresh Studio. For this layout, which is inspired a great deal by a layout by Paige Evans, I used just two pieces of paper - Celebrate You (2" Squares) and Keep Growing (Blue B Side), some words from the Ephemera Titles Pack, a few sequins and lots of hand stitching.
The sheets of 2" squares which a lot of manufacturers have started producing are very versatile and can be used in many way. You can use them in their entirety (like in this layout I created a couple of years ago using Simple Stories), use a few of the squares either whole of fussy cut as embellishments, or as I have with today's layout, use some of the squares in a grid design. You could also cut your own 2" squares from patterned papers if the collection you're using doesn't include a sheet of squares.
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Sweet Life - Vicki Boutin - Sweet Rush Collection
Hello, it's Rebecca with you today sharing a new layout created using Vicki Boutin's Sweet Rush collection. It took a while for a lot of the ephemera and embellishments to arrive in the UK for this collection so I've been holding back on using a lot of the papers until I had all the pretty things! You can find the full collection in the store here.
To begin with, I cut some circles from several patterned papers - Daisy Chain, Photos & Things and Simple Pleasures - and arranged them vertically on a sheet of Premium White Cardstock. Next, I placed a larger, circular photo in the centre.
I absolutely adore the Phase Thickers in the Sweet Rush collection, so they were the obvious choice for my title. I decided upon 'Sweet Life' (forgetting that I'd used the same title for my previous layout!) and placed this underneath my photo.
In my photo, my little boy is standing at the base of a massive tree, with all the leaves and flowers hanging down around him. He was almost hiding in among the tree, so I wanted this to translate on the page. I fussy cut some florals from the Perfect Day patterned paper and arranged them around my photo, with some of them overlapping, hiding sections of the photo.
Fussy cutting is one of my favourite things to do, and this collection is full of fussy cutting opportunities! Next, I fussy-cut some of the pink flowers from the Daisy Chain paper and arranged them around my pattern paper circles.
My next victim was the Soar paper, which is just screaming out to be fussy-cut! I love embellishing my layouts with butterflies so this paper has fast become one of my favourites in the collection. Sticking with the blue and yellow butterflies to match the tones in my photo, I arranged some on the layout to look like they were flying across the page.
I finished off the layout with various stickers. I've used some from the Phase and Icon Stickers - drawing on the gold to add a bit of sparkle to the page, and some from Cardstock Stickers.
I hope you've enjoyed this layout and it's given you some inspiration. If you'd like to watch it come together, there is a process video up on my YouTube channel, which you can find here,
I'll be back later in the month with another layout, but until then you can find the collection in the shop here.
Take care,
Rebecca x
@preciouspagespapercraft