Jen Hadfield - Flower Child - Bloomin Lovely

Hi everyone!

How are we passed the middle of June already?! Time is flying by so quickly but i'm definitely a fan of this warmer weather!

I've been spending lots of time outdoors, and of course, scrapping! Today, I'm sharing my second layout made with the new Jen Hadfield collection called Flower Child. You can find it in the shop here.

For this page, i'm focusing on the b side of the Groove Thing paper - I love it! A big statement multicoloured swoosh that makes creating an impactful page effortless!

I fussy cut the stripes picking out only the yellow and orange tones to echo the colours in my photographs.

Before adhering them to my page, I distressed each edge and added a row of machine stitching before raising on foam in a vertical design going from top to bottom.

I wanted my photographs to extend across the stripes, so I chose 3 small photographs and printed them in a single horizontal strip.

To bring in some pink, I double mounted them, using cardstock from the Bazzill Matchmaker Pack and the Fab Flowers paper which echos all the beautiful colours of this collection.

Next, I set about creating two large floral clusters for opposite corners of my photo strip.   To help them stand out, I first applied a small amount of mixed media, adding Distress Oxide in Saltwater Taffy with a dry brush, complemented with a few wet splatters.

Once the mixed media had dried, I started to gather the flowers, using the Ephemera pack and Mini Puffy Stickers to create each cluster.

I added Nuvo Drops to the centres of some of the flowers and punched some small stars from the pink sections of the Groove Thing paper for a little extra interest.

Once the clusters were in place, I felt like I needed something else around the photo. I created some tags using plain white cardstock, colouring them in coordinating Distress Oxide colours to complement the tones of the collection. Here, I used Peacock Feathers and Saltwater Taffy, spritzing with water to create the water marks and adding eyelets and thread from my stash.

As a final touch, I added a few black Nuvo Drops and a Bramble Fox Perspextive for my title.

I hope you've enjoyed the pages I've made with this fun collection - it's certainly been a joy to create with!

See you next month with some more papercraft projects.

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Jen Hadfield - Flower Child - Fun!

Hi everyone,

Claire with you today and I'm going to be creating with the new Flower Child collection from Jen Hadfield.

I started with plain white cardstock and the Retro Rainbow paper. It's such a fun paper and I set about fussy cutting each section to create shards.

Once each section had been cut out, I rearranged them in one large cluster. Originally, I had them in a vertical design but couldn't quite get it to work, so flipped the page to create a horizontal design.

I stuck some flat and raised the smaller sections on foam to create extra height and dimension.

To echo the shape of the stripes, I printed my photo and traced around one of the larger pieces so that my photo fit seamlessly within the design, backing it on plain white cardstock to help it stand out.

To give the page some balance, I took two of the smaller shards and positioned them at the bottom of the page - again lying one flat and raising one of foam. 

I knew I was going to embellish the page with flowers from the ephemera pack, and wanted to echo this amongst the paper shards, so I cut some small segments from the Fab Flowers paper and added these to the top and bottom of the page.

Using flowers from the ephemera pack and mini puffy stickers, I grouped by colour on each shard.  The ephemera had quite a big white border so I trimmed the edges off as I didn't want too much separation between the flower and the paper shard.

For a bit of extra interest, I added some coordinating Nuvo Drops to the centres of the flowers, and sprinkled some Pinkfresh Studio Jewel Essentials across the page.

To finish the page, I added a large title using Foam Alphas from Simple Stories Color Vibe range.

I had a lot of fun creating this vibrant page. I hope it has inspired you. Don't forget to visit the shop and check out the collection here.

I'll be back later this month to share another layout with this gorgeous collection.

See you soon!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate