Carta Bella ~ At Home 🏠 #1

Hi all, it’s Anna with you today. I’m sharing a piece of home decor today using the At Home collection by Carta Bella. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I used an 8x8 box photo frame, keeping the cardboard insert. I then backed the centre with ‘wonderfully beautiful’ and added a strip of ‘Good Morning Moths’ at the top and bottom using a boarder punch. 

I set my Silhouette Cameo to work to cut out a house and the word ‘home’. I cut the house shape twice, first with  the reverse side of ‘3x4 journaling cards’ and a second time with the reverse of ‘Beautiful Chaos Flowers’.

I used 3D foam pads to adhere the house to the centre of the frame and then glued the outer shape down around it, adding in the window inserts and the word ‘welcome’ from the chipboard. 

I fussy cut some florals from ‘Beautiful Chaos Flowers’ and ‘Wonderfully Beautiful’ and then adhered them to the top left and bottom right side of the house. I added some enamel dots to the centres too. 

You can find enamel dots here. 

I then chose a few pieces of chipboard from the ‘Chipboard Phrases’ to use to add some extra detail to the frame. 

I will place this frame on a shelf in our new home and add on the address. 

Thank you so much for looking, I hope this inspires you to do something different with your scrapbooking supplies. 

See you later in the month for another project using this collection. 

Anna 

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Retro Summer - Ice Cream Truck

 Hello again, this month I have the colourful, vibrant and fun Simple Stories Retro Summer to work with.  For my first project all I could think about was the make a little ice cream van that housed some photos.  This collection made this project a piece of cake!

Firstly I used an ice cream truck cut file from Silhouette Studio to make the ice cream truck.  I used Bazzill Mauve Ice for the base, then cut decorative pieces using Two Scoops, I Scream You Scream and Lazy Days.  I admit that I do find assembling these little projects quite fiddly, however this truck came together quickly and easily.  

I noticed the cut file didn't seem to include a central section for the ice cream truck which would have meant that I couldn't put my photos inside.  I simply measured and cut a piece of card to fit inside and voila a vehicle to hold photos!  I added some stickers from the sticker book for the "number plates" and lots of nuvo drops to make sprinkles on top of the ice cream.

I then took a strip of tags from the Tag Elements sheet of paper and accordian folded them to create a very simple album to put inside the truck.  I used some stickers from the sticker book to add a little decoration to the photographs but I wanted to keep it quite simple.  I added two tab stickers from the sticker book as a little tab to be able to take the album from the truck.

I hope you enjoyed seeing an alternative way to scrapbook your photos.  I think this would make a lovely gift for someone too.  Join me later this month when I make a mini album from ephmera!

Pinkfresh Studio ~ Holiday Magic

Hey!

 It’s Anna back with you today and I’m so excited to kick off the Christmas spirit on the blog with the latest collection I’m working with…

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be working with the bright and bold ‘Holiday Magic’ collection from Pinkfresh Studio. 

Just in time for the start of December, I have made an advent calendar for my first project… 

To create this calendar I used a diy fillable calendar box from hobbycraft. 

I then set about altering it using my Pinkfresh goodies. 

I began by measuring the squares and creating a template. I used the template to cut out a covering for every door using a variety of patterned papers from the collection.

I used Santa’s workshop, Greatest Gift, Holly Jolly and Warm Wishes.  I also used some coordinating cardstock to do this. 

I used various pieces from the ephemera pack to embellish each door, but you could also use the puffy stickers and die cuts to do this too. I adhered some of the ephemera using 3D foam pads to add some extra dimension. 

I embellished each door further by adding lots of Nuvo drops and enamel dots. I also added wooden numbers to each door. 

I filled each door with a little treat and I’m all ready for the countdown to Christmas with my very own diy advent calendar! 

I’ll be back soon with a layout using this collection! 

Thanks for looking, see you soon! 

Anna 

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