Forever - 49 and Market - Krafty Garden Collection

Hi everyone, it's Rebecca with you and today I am sharing my first layout created using the beautiful Krafty Garden collection from 49 and Market. It's another stunning collection designed by Katie Pertiet, so it's full of the stunning florals and foliage I love so much! You can find the collection in the shop here.

I selected the Vintage Symphony patterned paper for my background - the 49 and Market papers are perfect for backgrounds because they have subtle details such as inking and faux stitching that help to elevate my layouts. To my background, I added some torn strips of patterned papers. I selected the gorgeous blue striped paper because the shade of blue matched my photo perfectly. I wanted my photo to be central on the page, and to help draw the eye to it, I've housed it in one of the Stacked Frames. 

Behind my photo, I've layered some of the Ephemera Bits, selecting larger pieces with some stamped text on them. I love to have lots of layers on my layouts as it helps to create depth and gives the eye so much to look at.

Either side of my photo, I've embellished using pieces from the Chipboard Set and Laser Cut Out Elements. I've built on these clusters using some tags and the gorgeous picket fence, which runs through the centre of my photo just like the fence in my photo. 

To add further detailing to my background, I've used the exciting new 49 and Market and Sizzix stamps. Using a Stazon Ink Pad in Dove Grey, I've stamped some leaves in two corners of my central design, and on the opposite outer corners of the background. On top of this, I've applied some of the Blendable Rub Ons. 

Thank you for reading. I hope my layout helps to inspire you. Don't forget to check out this beautiful collection in the shop, and also the full range of 49 and Market and Sizzix Dies and Stamps here.

Take care,

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft

Simple Stories - Pack Your Bags - Explore

Hello,

Happy iNSD and Bank Holiday weekend! I hope you've all been having a blast and finding a bit of time to squeeze in some scrappy fun!

I've had the pleasure of creating with the new travel collection from Simple Stories called Pack Your Bags. I love to take hundreds of photos whilst travelling, so I was excited to get my hands on this collection and it did not disappoint.

The collection is full of bold bright colours, perfect for travel photos. To break up the colour I opted for a white cardstock background, using a sheet of Bazzill Classic Smooth White from the Matchmaker Pack. 

To add some interest to the background, I grabbed a stencil from an older Simple Stories collection called Going Places. I used distress oxides (Blueprint Sketch, Wild Honey, and Candied Apple) and a blending brush in colours to match my patterned papers.

Next, I cut 3 pieces of patterned paper (Enjoying the View, Seeing the Sights and Lets Go Everywhere) roughly 4"x5", machine stitched around each piece and distressed the edges before raising on foam on my page. 

To bring in all the colours, I backed my photograph in the 4x6 Elements paper and then began to embellish! 

I created three small clusters using elements from the cardstock sticker sheet, ephemera bits and pieces, Foam Stickers and Journaling bits and pieces packs.  By mixing the colours and materials, laying some flat and raising some on foam, each cluster draws the eye into and across the layout, adding depth and interest. 

For my title, I used the Foam Stickers. These are just perfect! They're always my favourite element of a Simple Stories collection because they pull all the colours together. 

I hope you've enjoyed this colourful page. It was so much fun to make and I can't wait to share more with you later this month. 

You can shop the collection in full here.

Happy scrapping! 

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Simple Stories ~ Just Beachy #1 ☀️

Hi, it’s Anna back with you today! This month I’m working with the fabulous, bright and summery ‘Just Beachy’ collection by Simple Stories. 

You can find all of the lovely pieces in the collection here. 

For this layout I’ve used a grid cutfile by Paige Evans. I love to create grid layouts and a grid style cutfile is right up my street too!

The cutfile did have an additional two images on it, but I trimmed those off so that I could get in a couple more pictures! I have so many photos from our Florida holiday, I need to get in as many as I can on my layouts! 

I started by printing out the pictures I wanted to use in squares and mounting them to the empty square sections of the cutfile. I then backed the images in the cutfile using patterned paper from the collection as well as coordinating cardstock. 

Once my cutfile was complete I adhered it onto bazzill cardstock, which was also in the cardstock matchmaker pack. I am normally a white background kind of girl, but I fancied trying something bolder! 

I then added a few pieces from the Bits and Pieces pack dotted on the grid around the photos.

I added a journaling circle from the Pretty Little Studio Good Vibrations Die Cuts, which fitted in the middle of the sun perfectly. I will add my journaling to this space. 

Thanks so much for looking!

 See you later in the month with another layout using this collection.

 

 Anna 

X

@acraftylifewithanna

April Papermaze Kit - Part 2

 

Lynn here with my second pair of layouts made with the pretty Papermaze kit for April. The kit contains a beautiful range of purples, pinks, greens and blues. This month I have updated two old layouts I made many years ago.

 Here is a reminder of what is in the kit:

Patterned Papers (photo below shows both sides of each of the papers)
49 and Market - Colour Swatch Teal - Teal Paper 2
49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection - Classics - Floral Serenade
American Crafts - Dreamer collection - Floral & Stamped Hearts
Pebbles - Cool Girl collection - Petals
Pebbles - Cool Boy collection - Tie Dye

Embellishments: 4 American Craft Puffy Icon Stickers, 2 paper tie on tags, 2 - 49 and Market acetate-filmstrips, 3 wooden butterflies, strip of pearls, 12" lace, 1 Woodware label clear stamp, 4 pieces Rosie's Studio floral ephemera

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl and Blue Calypso included in kit. Twilight and Jade, Romance and Juneberry included in extra Bazzill pack.

Wash Day - This layout shows a photo of my Nan from the 1950's, she was looking around for something for my Dad to take a photo of in the back garden, while hanging out the washing!

I gutted the Teal Paper 2 of 1.5" deep. Then I trimmed the Twilight Bazzill to measure 10" x 10" and placed it centrally over the teal frame. The Tie Dye paper was cut down to 9.75" x 9.75" and mounted over the blue cardstock.

With the large photo arranged to the left side of the photo, I attached a piece of white cord, across the page, so it would extend the washing line in the photo, to the edges of the layout. I printed my journalling onto some white card and cut it to resemble a towel waving in the breeze. This was hung to the washing line with some tiny wooden pegs. I added two more pegs to the line.

My title was made with American Crafts Thickers - Dear Lizzie - glitter chipboard letter stickers.

My flower clusters were made with scraps of papers from the kit, using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits set - Small Tattered Flowers. The edges were inked with Distress Inks.

Finally, I placed large flat-backed pearls into the centres of the flowers.



Catherine at Pecorama - Another layout remake. This one shows my daughter, Catherine on the zip wire at Pecorama, Devon.

I made this layout using the Romance Bazzill. The with the Vicki Boutin Sweet Rush stencil and several colours of Distress Oxide Ink, I created the background. Then I cut a wavy edge from two pieces of Stamped Hearts paper. These edges were distressed and placed at the top and bottom of the page.

As the name 'Catherine' has nine letters, I made nine tags, and with some old Making Memories eyelet letters, I inked the tags and attached the letters to the holes at the top of the tags. Then I added nine coloured eyelets along the top of the layout. Next the tags were attached with some 3D foam pads and joined to the eyelets with some jute twine.

The photos were trimmed to focus on Catherine as she twisted and turned on the zip wire. Then these were arranged across the layout.

That's all for the April Kit, back with the May kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Mintay Papers - Playtime - Beach Buddies

Hello, Karen here again with a final project using Mintay's Playtime collection. I only had a few papers left from my design team kit but the less busy B sides were perfect for a scrapbook layout using a beach photo of my brother and I taken many years ago.

I started by trimming a sheet of 12" x 12" Bazzill smooth white cardstock and matted this on a 12" x 12" sheet of Bazzill Aqua cardstock leaving a narrow border round the edges.

In the centre of the layout I placed pieces of papers #1, #3 & #4 and using white thread, machine stitched a straight stitch around the edges of all the papers and around the edge of the whole layout. The pieces of paper measured roughly 6" x 10", 8" x 6.5" and 4" x 8".

My 6x4 photo was matted onto white cardstock and placed on top of the papers with 3D foam underneath to add some dimension. Using some fringing scissors, I created three fringed border strips from some white cardstock, layered these on top of each other and then tucked them underneath the bottom edge of the photo. Using my fingertips I ruffled up the fringes to create some depth and shadows. I think the fringe adds a playful touch to the layout.

On my Silhouette Cameo I cut from white cardstock the 'Day at the Beach' cut file from Confessions of a Paper Addict. With scraps from the collection and some kraft cardstock I backed the cut file and then placed this in the bottom right corner of the layout, overlapping the patterned papers and the fringed border strips. 3D foam was placed underneath the cut file.

In the top right of the layout I created a pennant from more scraps of patterned paper and added a small fringe border to echo the larger fringed border created earlier.

Letters, die cut from more of the paper, were used for the title.

The date and place were printed onto a piece of white card on the computer and stuck to the bottom of the layout.

Finally I splattered some yellow watercolour paint onto the layout and scattered some aqua coloured enamel dots and sequins here and there.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I've made with Mintay's Playtime Collection and that I have shown how versatile the collection is.

Until next time, take care.

Karen x x

April Crop

On Saturday, we'll be cropping!  Later than usual, our crop this month is this Saturday, the 27th April.  Our lovely kit this month has been designed for us by Janina, and makes us feel very summery, even if the weather isn't...

As usual, there will be punches and dies for you to use, tea & coffee available throughout the day, and cakes aplenty!  If you'd like to come along, we're at Otley Village Hall from 10am until 4pm - but do drop us a message first!

Dreamer - 49 and Market - Kaleidoscope Collection

Hi everyone! 

It's Rebecca with you today and I'm back to share my second layout created with the gorgeous Kaleidoscope collection from 49 and Market. I have thoroughly enjoyed creating with this collection. With all the miserable weather we've had lately, the bright and vibrant colours have given me a little bit of escapism! You can find the collection in the shop here.

I started by selecting some journalling cards from the Ephemera Bits and some patterned papers and positioning them horizontally across a sheet of Premium White Cardstock. My photo is of my little boy in our swimming pool, so I purposely placed the blue paper in the centre where I knew my photo would sit. It then acts as an extension of the water in the photo. Around the edges of the pieces, I doodled a black border. I love how little pops of black really create drama against the vibrant colours.

I placed my photo in the centre of the blue paper, housed in one of the Stacked Frames. For continuity, I also doodled a black border around the edge of the frame. Either side of my photo, I added some flowers from the Chipboard Set and then built on these clusters using pieces from the Wildflower Laser Cut Outs.

To bring in a bit more black, I selected the word 'dreamer' for my title. This is one of the titles from the Ephemera Bits.

From the Chipboard Words I added three phrase banners - two below my photo and one above - and also some hearts.

I finished the layout with some of the stunning rub-ons from the Rub Ons Transfer Set Essentials. There are 3 different sets of rub-ons available with this collection and each of them are amazing! Perfect for adding details to your background. I love how lots of them look like I've applied mixed media without going to lots of effort!

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you've liked the layouts I've created with the Kaleidoscope collection. Make sure you check it out in the shop!

Until next time,

Take care.

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft 

Simple Stories - Noteworthy - Smile

Hello,

It's Claire here and today I have another layout to share with you using the Noteworthy collection from Simple Stories.

Earlier this month, I made a page focusing on the writing/documenting elements of the collection, whereas today, I'm all about the florals!

To the white cardstock included in the Matchmaker Pack, I cut two pieces of the June paper (roughly 4" and 5.5") and adhered these flat to the page with the smaller piece at the top and larger piece at the bottom, leaving about 2" of white space on either side of the page. For texture, I distressed the edges before sticking each piece in place.

Next, I took a 3" photo and printed it twice, offsetting these one on top of the other to create a stacked photo look - an effect I really enjoy.

Before adhering to the page, I wanted to pull in some of the green and brown tones of my photograph, so I added a scalloped woodgrain border from the Cardstock Stickers and a strip of the April paper.

Raising the photos on foam, I them began to embellish using more stickers and florals from the Floral Bits & Pieces pack.

I also pulled in some of the more documenting themed elements Cardstock Stickers to build out the floral cluster.

Underneath, I added some of the phrases from the Cardstock Sticker sheet, raising on foam to draw the eye into this main cluster.

For my title, I oped for one of those gorgeous Foam Stickers - they're definitely one of my favourite elements of Simple Stories collections.

I 'framed' the title at each end with flowers from the Floral Bits & Pieces pack and added a camera sticker on foam from the Cardstock Stickers to balance the design.

I scattered a few white Nuvo Drops across the page and my page was complete!

This design came together very quickly and I love the bold bright colours against some of the softer florals.  I hope you've enjoyed it. Please do take a moment to check out this beautiful collection in the shop. You can find it right here.

I'll be back next month with some more layouts. Until then, happy scrapping!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate