Pretty Little Studio - Good Vibrations - This is Our Happy Place

Hello, Karen here. Today I have a layout to share using the new Good Vibrations collection from Pretty Little Studio. This collection was created by Ashley Horton and is all about feeling good. With bright cheerful colours, hearts, flowers and happy phrases it is perfect for summer scrapbooking.

For my layout today I used one sheet of paper from the 12x12 single sided paper pack and die cuts from the wildflower and frames packs plus a flair button and some enamel dots.

I started by trimming ¼" from each edge of the Play it Cool paper and matted this onto a sheet of 12x12 smooth white cardstock. On top of the paper I placed my large 11½" by 8½"  photo and then using white thread I machine stitched round the edges of the paper and the photo.

From white cardstock I die cut my title on the Silhouette Cameo using a cut file from the Silhouette Store. My title was attached to the top of the layout with 3D foam underneath.

Two embellishment clusters were created on opposite corners of the photo with all the elements raised on more 3D foam. In the bottom corner I used yellow/brown die cuts to echo the sand in the photo and in the top corner I used blue, to echo the sky.

I cut one of the Picture Day Die Cut Frames in half and used one half in each cluster. Phrases from the Seize the Day Die Cuts and frames pack were also added.

The Wildflower Die Cuts contain lots of circular flowers so I pulled out the yellow/brown and blue ones and added them to the layout. In the Be Seeing Ya Flair Buttons there was a blue heart which was the perfect addition.

Finally I scattered a few brown and blue enamel dots into the clusters.

I hope you like this layout. I really enjoy using large photos on my layouts and the papers and embelishments in the Good Vibrations collection were perfect for my beach photo.

Later in the month I'll be back with another layout which uses the more brighter papers in the collection and the full collection can be found here in the shop.

Take Care, Karen x x

Photoplay Notting Hill - So Many Good Books

Hello. Karen here. This month I've been playing with the fabulous Notting Hill Collection from Photoplay. This collection is perfect for book lovers! The collection features books, e-readers, bookshelves, library cards, and lots more and the colour palette is so bright and cheerful. 

For my first project I decided to scrapbook about my love of books and in particular some of the books I've read since joining a local book club.

I started with a white cardstock background and onto this I layered 3 pieces of the patterned paper. The blue (Books I Love) measured 11.5 x 7.5, The red (Book Nerd) measured 8.5 x 10.5 and the lime green (Currently Reading) measured 7 x 8. Because my photo was very colourful I choose to use the less busy B sides of the papers.

My 6.75 x 7 photo was matted onto a folded piece of white cardstock to make a 'book' which when opened reveals a couple more smaller photos, some journalling and a book list. 

Some of the stickers from the sticker sheet were used to embellish the inside of the book and the book was glued onto the layout on top of the lime green patterned paper.

More stickers were used to embellish the photo.

I created a bookmark, as a home for some more journalling, using one of the die cuts and a piece of white cardstock and this was placed beside the photo.

I made a tassel for the bookmark using some lime green embroidery thread. It turned out a bit bigger than I had planned but it adds a lot of texture to the layout which without it would be very flat. The tassel was held in place with some wet glue.

Finally I added my title at the bottom of the layout using some very, very old chipboard letters from my stash. 

I hope you like this page. I could think of so many themes the Notting Hill collection could be used for - your book collection, favourite book, people reading, World Book Day, your favourite book store. There are so many possibilities. 

I'll be back later in the month with another project using this collection so until then, please take care.

Karen x x