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

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Echo Park - Farmers Market - 'Ciao' for Now!

Hi Everyone and a warm welcome back to the blog!

I'm here sharing my first layout with the fabulous Farmers Market collection from Echo Park, and boy it's a fun one!

There are so many awesome papers, colours, patterns and ephemera pieces - you can really let your creativity run wild!

I grabbed the opportunity to use this collection with both hands - I thought it would be perfect to document the story of our first ever visit to the New Forest and Hampshire County Show back in 2019.

I decided to start with this layout, using a photo that I actually took on our way out of the show, where we discovered this HUGE cow - a perfect opportunity for a photo, right?! I couldn't resist a play on words for my title, replacing Ciao for now, with 'Cow for now!'

I started with a piece of white premium cardstock and cut a circle from the Gather Floral paper, to look like a sun. I distressed the edge of the circle for a bit of extra texture.

Using it as the anchor for my page, I built the design around it. I loved the large barn on the 4x6 Journaling Cards so fussy cut this, layering it on foam pads on top of the sun and and strip of the Multi Journaling Cards paper. I love these two gingham papers - they scream countryside and farming to me so I thought they were perfect for this layout.

Next, I got my 3"x4" photo and mounted it on to a bit more gingham patterned paper, this time in blue from the b side of the Produce Scale paper. I slipped the photo just under the barn, raised on some smaller foam pads for a bit of definition. This also allowed me to tuck in some extra embellishments around my picture.

Around my photo, I layered some stickers from the Element Stickers sheet, fussy cut a floral tag from the Multi Journaling Cards paper and a jar from the 4x6 Journaling Cards paper.

Underneath my photo, I added a small red tag saying 'So Lovely' from the Frames and Tags pack.

To balance the page, I made a small pinwheel from the Farmer Floral paper, secured with a glittered gem from my stash.

I also added some floral stickers from the sticker sheet around the edges of the barn, and a few Nuvo Drops around all the clusters in yellow, red and black.

Finally, the fun title! I followed the curve of the sun, using navy blue puffy alphas from the Reaching Out collection. Once the title was in place, I added my journaling underneath in black pen.

I absolutely love how this layout turned out. It came together really quickly as there were so many statement pieces available for fussy cutting, which the stickers complemented perfectly.  By also using different depths of sticky foam the layout also has lots of dimension.  I've tried to capture on the image below:

I hope you've enjoyed this one as I've some more layouts to share with you using this fun collection throughout August.

Until then, take care.

Claire

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Carta Bella ~ Summer #2

Hi, it’s Anna back with you today! I’m sharing a second layout using the Carta Bella Summer collection. You can find it all in the shop here. 

For this layout, I started with the b side of the summer stamps patterned paper and tore it diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner. I adhered this to some white bazzill cardstock. 

The remaining corner of the layout was looking a little bare, so I added some stitching around the boarder. 

I used a 5x3 photograph, mounted on sunflower bazzill and the b side of summer strawberries.  

I cut out three of the large clusters from the summer day floral patterned paper and arranged them around my photographs. 

I tucked a few elements from the frames and tags cardstock pieces around the photograph.

I cut out one of the cut apart pieces from the multi journaling cards and tucked it in to the right of my photograph (I journaled after taking the pictures). 

For my title, I used a foam sticker from the simple stories simple vintage cottage fields collection. I also added in a few of the hearts and a butterfly from the foam stickers too. 

Thanks so much for looking, see you again soon with one more layout from this collection. 

Anna

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