Echo Park - Farmers Market - Moo-ve Over!

Hi there!

Claire back with you today sharing my second layout with the fun Echo Park Farmers Market collection.

This is another one that came together really quickly and, another one without any white cardstock!  There's just too many gorgeous papers in this collection!

For this one, I'm back at the New Forest & Hampshire County Show - and this time, I'm with a REAL cow! Isn't she gorgeous!

I started with a piece of the Blessed Floral paper, using this gorgeous woodgrain pattern from the b side.

To anchor my page, I used a piece of that beautiful black and white gingham paper from the b side of the paper called Multi Journaling Cards. I distressed the edges and rolled the bottom to create a bit of extra dimension.

Underneath, I slid a strip of the Farmer Floral paper, again rolling the edge for dimension.

I double mounted my photograph on a piece of the blue/teal paper from the Matchmaker Pack and a red piece from the Garden Seeds paper.

Around the photo, I added some fussy cut flowers from the Gather Floral paper, curling the petals for additional depth and texture.

Underneath the photo I added this cute tractor from the Element Sticker sheet which I mounted onto plain card and foam for a bit of extra height.

Along the top of the paper strip, I added two really cute stickers, also from the Elements Sticker sheet. I really love these - they were the perfect addition to the page.

Now you may have noticed that with this collection, I'm really loving creating fun titles - and this page is no exception!!  As the cow looked like she was muscling in to see what was happening, I opted for a fun bold title using the Simple Stories Color Vibe Foam Alpha stickers in Red. These are really awesome and help you create real statement titles for your projects.

I loved how the page was looking, but the top seemed bare, with all the drama happening at the bottom.  To address this, I created an embellishment cluster in the top right hand corner.  It includes a tag, a phrase and a frame from the Frames and Tags pack, with a few Nuvo Drops in Moroccan Red.

As a final touch, I added some splatters of white acrylic paint and that was it - the page was complete.

Hope you've enjoyed this one. I certainly had fun creating it.

See you next time.
Claire

xx

Paige Evans - Wonders - Happy Vibes

Hi everyone,

Claire here with you today! This month, I am playing with the absolutely beautiful Wonders collection from Paige Evans. It's a very colourful, bright and happy collection, perfect for those warmer days.

The first paper that caught my eye was Paper #22. The 'b' side contains the most adorable little floral envelops and I immediately knew I wanted to create a layout where these were the focal point - so here it is!

The paper contains 16 envelope images, each in a different coloured square. For this page, I didn't want the coloured square so cut each envelope just leaving a very thin border around the outside. I considered doing a traditional grid layout, but in the end, settled on a vertical design with the envelopes offset as they cascade down the page.

I raised each of them on foam pads for a bit of extra dimension.

To add a bit of interest, I added a few extra leaves, a butterfly and flowers from the Icon Ephemera Pack, some tiny gold hearts from the sticker book and also added some of those gorgeous mini banners from the Dimensional Banner Stickers.

Next, I set about adding my photograph and decided I'd use this pretty frame from the Icon Ephemera Pack for my photo to sit in. Again, raised on foam pads alongside the envelopes, and with a small chipboard flower for a bit of something extra.

I decided the photo looked as it it was 'floating' and I felt as if I needed to ground the page. I used those beautiful coloured semi-circle pieces from the Chipboard Sticker sheet to create a shelf for the photo to sit on.....and they are unbelievably pretty, with a foiled gold design on each piece.

I added my title 'Happy Vibes' along the chipboard 'shelf' using a combination of the alpha stickers from the Sticker Book and the Wonderful Alphabet Foam Thickers.

At this point, I got a little stuck. The colours are very bright and beautiful, but I didn't want to overpower the page. To me it felt a bit bare.

Bring on Paper #13 - Wow! It's gorgeous! With its multicoloured brush stroke swatch design, it makes a perfect border. It contains all the colours so ties all the elements together really well.

To finish the page off and to balance the design, I added a small cluster in the top right corner. I used stickers from the Cardstock Stickers Pack and a floral sticker from the Sticker Book.

And that was the page complete!

I really am thoroughly enjoying playing with this collection - I was a little nervous it may be too bright and bold for me - but I couldn't have been more wrong!  It's really quite versatile and would lend itself to many scrapbooking styles.  

I'd happily recommend this collection to anyone and I can't wait to create some more pages to share later this month.

See you soon.

Claire xxx