Pumpkin - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze Collection

Hi everyone!

It’s Rebecca here today, and I’m excited to share my latest layout using the Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection, which you can find in the shop here.

With October in full swing and Halloween just around the corner, I thought it was the perfect time to scrap some pumpkin patch photos. I began by fussy-cutting a few polaroid frames from the Crisp Days patterned paper and used them to frame my photos. I arranged the frames so they overlapped slightly in the centre of a sheet of premium white cardstock.

I was immediately drawn to the Cozy Season patterned paper featuring a variety of ticket stubs. To make these tickets a focal point, I fussy-cut several in different sizes and colours, then used a circle punch to add semi-circular notches to the tops and bottoms. I arranged them in a diamond shape behind my photos for added dimension and visual interest. To finish this section, I added foam behind my photos for lift and adhered them over the ticket design.

I wanted to keep the layout fairly clean and uncluttered, so I kept embellishing to a minimum. I chose a few large leaves from the Floral Bits & Pieces, along with some pumpkin clusters and floral pieces from the same pack and also some fussy cut from patterned papers within the collection. I tucked the leaves behind the photos and placed the pumpkins on either side of the ticket cluster to extend the design and balance the composition.

For the title, I used the word Pumpkin from the Foam Stickers. I absolutely love these stickers — they come in a range of fonts and styles, and they always make a great statement title.

To finish the layout, I added a bit of mixed media. Using Distress Ink in the shade Carved Pumpkin, I applied soft stencilled leaves around the edges of the design. I then added ink splatters in the same shade, along with some metallic gold for a touch of shimmer.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this layout inspires you to get scrapping with your own pumpkin patch memories.

Take care, 
Rebecca xx

@preciouspagespapercraft 

49 & Market - ART Options Spice - Gather

Hi everyone and Happy November!

How did we get here so quickly?! I must confess though, I love this time of the year. I love the colours of the season, those last few warm days and the crisp, clean air.

To document my stories this month, I'm using the Art Options Spice collection from 49 & Market. For me, it combines the best of everything autumnal - the rich colours, textures, florals and of course Pumpkins.

For this layout however, I've chosen not to follow a traditional pumpkin layout, but instead, I've focused on gratitude and given it an autumnal, harvest feel. I hope you like it.

Every year, one of my best friends and I get together to visit the pumpkin farm, explore the forest and find a nice country pub to enjoy a good lunch, and this is the story i'm capturing here.

Of course, I started with a piece of Premium White cardstock. I cut two strips of patterned paper from the Foundations Collection Pack. It's the Coloured Foundations #1 sheet.

I distressed the edges and lay the larger piece flat, layering the shorter piece on top, raised on foam. This would form the anchor for my design. Once they were added, the top section of each strip looked a bit white as the paper has a mixed media/ombre design. To balance this, I transferred some of the orange rub on from the Color Wash Rub Ons pack to the top and this brought the pop of colour I was looking for.

To create a central focus, I positioned my photograph in the middle of the paper strips, and added a green lace trim down the outer edge, taken from the Laser cut out elements pack.

To add interest, I layered up some ephemera; 

 - a large ticket, fussy cut from the reverse cover sheet of the Collection Pack

 - a long green ticket from the Ephemera bits pack

 - a postage stamp from the Laser Cut Outs

 - a small tab, again from the Ephemera bits pack.

I double mounted the photograph using the Spun Gold and Ginger Kiss papers which I had from the Collection Pack. They're also available as single sheets in the store. For extra texture I tore the bottom edge of each paper.

I wanted to create a large statement floral cluster, so opted to fussy cut a floral cluster form the left hand side of the Ginger Kiss paper.

I cut a small line in the paper before I stuck it down, that would allow me to add in an extra leaf spring from the laser cut outs elements pack. This helped add extra movement and dimension to the cluster.

To build the cluster further, I added some flowers from the laser pack and a pumpkin from the chipboard pack, before creating my title.

For my title, I took the word 'Gather' which seemed fitting for my story, and added a 'friends forever' phrase underneath, These were taken from the Chipboard Word Set. The 'Fall Favorites' phrase is flatter cardboard and is from the Laser Cut Out Elements. I also layered a leaf and small purple ticket from the Ephemera bits and Laser cut out elements packs.

To balance the design, I wanted to create a smaller cluster in the top left of the photo. I used a floral cluster from the Laser Cut Out Elements pack along with a smaller purple flower.

For extra depth, I also added some leafy run ons from the 6x8 Rub Ons pack, and used some of the other rub ons from this pack to add a little extra interest.

I love how this looked, so wanted to add a few more rub ons under the floral clusters. I took the green run on from the Color Wash Rub ons set and added them underneath each of the two main floral clusters, Although this was a bit tricky to do once the clusters were in place, it was definitely worth it.

As a final touch, I added a splash of gold spray and the page was complete!

You can find the 49 & Market Art Options Spice collection in the shop here - it's selling out fast so grab it whilst you can!

See you soon with another layout!

Happy scrapping!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Pumpkins Please! Echo Park I Love Fall

Hello there I am back with an autumn project, even though summer is still hanging on here!  I have been using the beautiful autumnal Echo Park I Love Fall alongside some mini distress ink pads and a golden shimmer spray.

Firstly I had a chipboard cutout of a pumpkin in my stash that I covered with Coconut Swirl Bazzill paper to have a completely blank canvas.  I am sure you could use a cutting machine to cut out a large pumpkin shape and use several layers to create the same shape that I used.

I then used Mowed Lawn combined with Cracked Pistachio, Fesive Berries, Spiced Marmalade mixed with Mustard Seed and Dusty Concord Distress ink colours to create a blended background.  I didn't have any particular order in mind, I just wanted to create an autumnal colour pallette.  I then put droplets of the Shimmer Spray Vanilla Custard onto the background and sprinkled large droplets of water onto the distress inks.

I used two small leaf dies to cut out various leaves from Plump Pumpkins, Crisp Fall Air, Fall Is Here and Elements of Fall and layered them on top of each other to create two clusters either side of my photograph.  I felt it needed some glitter, I always need glitter, so I added a little dash of glue here and there to the leaves and sprinkled some larger glitter onto the leaves.  I finished the piece with a sticker from the Element Sticker sheet.

I am so pleased how this piece turned out and will be using it as some autumn decor in my house.  I hope you join me later this month for a 3d autumn project!

Echo Park - Fall - Pics Amongst The Pumpkins

Hi everyone, and a very happy November!

I love Autumn - the crisp air, clear blue skies and all the colours that the season brings.  One of my favourite activities is to go Pumpkin picking and when I saw the Echo Park Fall collection in the shop, I knew it would be perfect for documenting my last trip.

The collection contains some beautiful colours - full of warm red, yellow, orange and brown with some beautiful blue papers that offer a perfect contrasting colour.

I started my layout with a sheet of White Premium Cardstock. I love this smooth card - it's my 'go to' for every layout and a real staple of my craft stash. Next, I grabbed a sheet of red Bazzill from the Matchmaker Pack and made 3 rosettes in various sizes, by using different width strips of card and folding in hills and valleys to make a concertina.

To create a base for my design, I used two strips of paper. I used the 'b' sides of the Whisking Leaves paper (about 4" wide) and a much thinner strip of the 3x4 Journaling Cards paper (about 1" wide). I positioned these in the bottom half of my page, layering one against the other for contrast.

I stuck the orange paper flat and the blue strip on foam for dimension and interest.

Once they were in place, I grabbed my photos and mounted these with the blue 'b' side of the 4x4 Journaling Cards paper. For extra texture, I raised each photo on foam pads, overlapping them slightly to create depth.

The, the embellishing began!  I mostly used the Element Stickers for this - they are awesome! So many great elements on this sheet and so much fun to play with - a real must if you buy any of this collection.  I backed most of them on cheap copy paper so I could move them around the page while I decided on their final position.

I layered them with my rosettes, some gold leaves I have left from Jen Hadfield's The Avenue collection and some fussy cut wreaths from the 'b' side of the Journaling Cards paper.

 

To finish the page, I added a title using some mini alphas from my stash and added a few Nuvo Drops in Bright Gold.

I am really loving this collection and the contrast of the blue against the warmer orange tones. It's not a colour combination I would usually opt for but it is creating some really striking pages - perfect for all your Fall scrapping as the name suggests :)

I'll be back again later this month sharing another page with this collection. Until then, you can find it in the shop here.

See you soon.

Claire x

Echo Park ~ Fall #1

 Hello all, 

It’s Anna back today and I’m working with a brand new collection - Echo Park Fall - you can see the whole collection in the shop here. 

This collection is perfect for documenting the season of autumn, the colours and images are just perfect. So after a trip to a pumpkin patch, I had so many photos to scrap that worked so well with it. Therefore, my first layout is a double page spread! I very rarely do double pages these days, so it’s a bit different for me, but I’m glad I could use several photos! 

I began with two sheets of bazzill white cardstock. To make the double page flow, I went with a mirror image design. I trimmed the b side of the 4x4 journaling cards paper in half and stuck it down in the middle, leaving room around the edges to add in extra strips. I then added strips of the b sides of fall phrases, patch plaid and pumpkin patch. I finished with a longer strip of the red side of  patch plaid with banner edges. 

Left Page:

Right Page:

I mounted my photographs onto coordinating cardstock and patterned papers from the collection. 

I used several of the element stickers and puffy stickers to embellish my layout. I also added in a few of the puffy leaf stickers from the Jen Hadfield Peaceful Heart Collection. 

I made a hidden journaling box, by combining a project life card with one of the 3x4 journaling cards. I tucked this in behind my largest photo, and it can easily be pulled out to read the journaling.

Lastly, I added in a few Nuvo Drops around some of the clusters of embellishments using the shade of pale gold.

Thanks so much for looking! 

I’ll be back soon with another layout using this collection. 

Anna

X

Prima Pumpkin & Spice

Hello There

 It's Anita with you today and I have another Autumnal inspired layout to share with you.

I am lucky enough to be playing with the stunning Pumpkins and Spice Collection by Prima

The papers are beautiful, adorned with flowers, leaves and pumpkins along with some vintage patterns and have some very pretty, gentle copper foiled designs on them.

We used to go to our local PYO farm every year at various times throughout the year when our girls were younger, my favourite visit was always the one with the pumpkins though, especially if we were lucky enough to have a nice warm sunny day too!

This particular visit we met up with my sister and some of her children....we had a really lovely afternoon.

 Here is a list of all the products used to create this page:-

Fall Flowers

Get Cosy 

Fall For All 

Sweater Weather 

Crunchy Leaves 

Cozy Evening Flowers

Floral Ephemera

I spliced together a piece of Fall Flowers and Crunchy Leaves to create the background and then splattered and dribbled various metallic paints and shimmer mists across the layout...I love a bit of shimmer and sparkle me..... and I normally manage to incorporate into most of my layouts.

I tore a piece of corrugated card to create the photo mat and gently rubbed some Metallic Wax Patina in copper and some gold paint along the edges to highlight them. I also dry brushed with the gold paint all around the edges of the layout

The pumpkins, signs and leaves were fussy cut  from the sheets of  Get Cosy, Fall for All and Sweater Weather before rubbing the edges round with gold and copper paints. Along with these I added some elements from the Floral Ephemera pack

I popped some up on foam pads to add depth and placed them round the page, layering up and creating little clusters of interest. Some paper twine was added to the Give Thanks sign before adding it to the page. I also popped on a couple of Chipboard Flair pieces from the Pink Fresh Studio Days of Splendor range along with some paper tea roses from the Cosy Evening Flowers, these had also been dabbed with gold and copper paint.

 

I finished embellishing the layout by adding a couple of heart cabochons and making raised dots using Stickles and Distress Stickles 

 

Please do pop over to the SHOP and have a look around. There are new products being added all the time.

That's it from me for October, but I will be back in November with other projects using this beautiful Prima range xx

Happy Crafting!

Warmest Wishes 

Anita xx