Carta Bella ~ Greece 🌅 #3

 Hello and welcome back to the Papermaze blog, it's Anna with you today and I'm sharing my third and final layout using Carta Bella Greece. I've had a great time using this collection, which has been perfect for documenting my Greek summer holiday adventures. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I used the b side of Grecian City Stamps as my base. 

I selected my remaining 3x4 journaling cards and arranged them into a 3x3 grid on my base.

I turned some of them over to the b side as I wanted to use some to matt my photos and the colour went well with my sunset pictures. 

I cut out the Greece journaling card from ‘Greece Journaling Cards’ and placed it underneath my photo grid. I added a title at the top of my layout detailing the location of the photos using Bella Blvd Luna Alphabet Stickers.

I added some Simple Stories florals to both sides of my grid and added some extra detail with enamel dots to the centres. 

I finished my layout by adding a few Element Stickers.

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you next month, when I'll be working with a new collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Carta Bella Paper ~ Greece 🌊 #2

 Hello everyone - welcome back to the Papermaze blog! It’s Anna with you today sharing my second layout using Carta Bella Greece. 

You can find the collection in the shop here! 

Needless to say this collection is perfect for documenting your travels to Greece. But Carta Bella have other collections for different destinations too. Which you can find in the shop here. 

However for this layout I’ve adapted the use of the collection slightly. Whilst the photos were taken in Greece, it isn’t immediately obvious and the focus is on the cruise ship that we were on. So I have used more of the elements from the collection that are less obviously Greek as well as combining a few pieces from an old Carta Bella cruise collection I had left over. 

I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock and used a wave stencil and some distress ink to create a background. I used the dark blue ink directly over the stencil and I used the packaging technique in a lighter shade of blue to add some more interest. 

I mounted my two photographs on to patterned paper from the collection and set them aside. Once my background had dried I added a vertical strip of the b side of 6x4 journaling cards to the left side of my background. 

I positioned my photos in place and then added a small cardstock circle to document where our room was in the photo. I added an arrow sticker from my stash and some alpha stickers to give reason to this added detail. 

I decided something was needed nice the top photo and with no suitable cardstock stickers left, I created my own sun using Bazzill cardstock - cutting a circle and some thin strips to create the rays.

I added a journalling card and some stickers to the bottom left of my large photo and that was my layout complete!

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you later in the month with one final layout using this collection.

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Carta Bella ~ Greece 🇬🇷 #1

 Good morning everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog. 

This month I’m going to be working with Carta Bella Paper - Greece, which you can find in the shop here. 

To create this layout, I began with a sheet of bazzill powder blue. I have scraplifted myself with this page, lifting a previous Harry Potter themed bunting layout that I'd created. 

I began by printing a selection of photos that I wanted to use. I then started arranging them in two rows of bunting. I chose three of the journal cards, mounting photos onto two of them and keeping one as a center feature for the bunting. 

I adhered two rows of twine across the page and began building my rows of bunting. 

I mounted some pictures onto patterned paper and used the bunting stickers on the Element Stickers too. 

I added my title using some alpha stickers and added a few element stickers around the bunting as well as placing a boarder sticker at the top of the layout. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you soon with another layout using this collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories - Pumpkins & Plaid - Pumpkin Patch

Hi everyone!

Claire here, and today I'm back with my second layout using the fun Pumpkins & Plaid collection from Simple Stories. It's such a gorgeous collection for this season - you can check it out in the shop here.

To start, I chose the Cider Season and Combo Elements papers, creating two large layered circles to form the base of my layout. For texture, I distressed the edges and adhered foam between each layer for depth.

I backed my three photos with two different green patterned papers from the 6x8 paper pad. These pads are great for using in smaller pieces as the patterns are scaled to size.

Next, I pulled out a selection of sheets from the 6x8 pad, focusing on the papers with orange, red and green tones to mirror the colours of autumn.  I pulled out a selection of leaf dies from my stash and set about cutting a variety of leaves from each sheet of paper.  If you've not had a browse of the leaf dies in the shop, I'd highly recommend it - so many to choose from, the possibilities are endless and they'll work across any collections you choose.

In between the leaves, I added some acorns, pumpkins, mushrooms and leaves from the Cardstock Sticker Icons and Foam Stickers which I love as it adds extra dimension, texture and interest in between the clusters.

I also added a 'Cute as a Pumpkin' foam sticker across the bottom of my photo and cut a tag from the Tag Elements paper which I layered behind the bottom photograph.

To balance the page, I again reached for the Foam Stickers and Cardstock Sticker Icons to create a cluster along the top edge of the circle.

I love that this includes so many fun icons for Autumn and gave me the opportunity to pull all the colours from the collection into the cluster. I also used this to house my Pumpkin Patch title, which I took from the Foam Stickers, which you may know, are my favourite items in a Simple Stories collection.

As a final touch, I added a few Nuvo Jewel Drops around the edge of the inner circle, just for a little extra detail and texture - and with that -the page was done!

Thank you for joining me on the blog today. I hope i've inspired you to start thinking about documenting your Autumnal stories. I'd definitely recommend this gorgeous Pumpkins & Plaid collection - I can't wait to scrap with it some more!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Bella Blvd ~ Adventure Awaits #2 🍃

 Hello everyone! 

It’s Anna back with you today. I’m back to share my second layout this month using Bella Blvd Adventure Awaits. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout I used a sheet of white cardstock as my base. 

I used my silhouette cameo to cut out a cutfile (it was a free one from the Pinkfresh studio Facebook group) using the b side of ‘mini meadow’.

I backed the three squares of the cutfile using ‘muddy trail’ and then mounted my photos in coordinating bazzill cardstock and adhered one photo to each square. 

Before adhering the cutfile to the cardstock, I tore a strip of ‘Wander Clouds’ and placed it to the left side of my layout, followed by a boarder sticker from the doohickey Cardstock stickers, layered on top. 

I added my title and then added some doohickey cardstock stickers to embellish around the cutfile. 

To finish off my layout I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch using some of my scraps of patterned paper to punch out some butterflies. I added enamel dots to the centres and dotted them around the layout. 

Thanks so much for looking!

See you next month with a brand new collection.

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Bella Blvd ~ Adventure Awaits 🌼

 Hello everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! 

For August, I am going to be working with Adventure Awaits by Bella Blvd. It is an outdoorsy collection, perfect for all of your summer adventures! You can find it in the shop here!

To create my first layout I began with using the b side of ‘Treescape’ as my base.

I printed out a selection of square photos from a recent walk I’d been on. I placed the pictures out on the patterned paper and then cut out identically sized squares using coordinating green bazzill cardstock to fill the gaps. After printing 9 pictures, I needed 7 more squares to fill in the spaces to make a 4x4 grid. 

I adhered all of the squares and pictures down to create my grid. I then began to add some extra interest to each of the green squares. I layered some patterned paper on each square, using the b side of ‘mini meadow’, ‘midnight fireflies’ and ‘Wander Clouds’.

I used the ‘Doohickey Cardstock Stickers’ to further embellish each square. I created a little sunshine for the top left square by punching out a circle from ‘Midnight Fireflies’ and cutting some very small strips to make the rays. For several of the stickers placements, I trimmed down an edge to fit it into the square, rather than placing it exactly in the centre. I added a title to one of the squares too and  journalling box to another and that was the layout complete! 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you later in the month with a second layout using this collection! 

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Sweet Summertime #2

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog. 

Today I'm sharing my second layout using Simple Stories, Sweet Summertime - which you can find in the shop here. 

To create this layout I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. 

I then cut out a circle from the b side of  Backyard Memories and adhered it to the centre of the cardstock, leaving a gap around the edge so I could tuck in the florals. 

I fussy cut lots of flowers from Backyard Memories and began tucking them around the edge of the circle. It didn't matter if they weren't full flower shapes as just half was showing. So it's a good opportunity to use flowers from the edges of the patterned paper. 

I then printed my three photos and positioned them in the circle. I used an alphabet medal die to cut out the letters for my title on white cardstock. 

I then added some stickers from the cardstock stickers around the layout including some more florals!

A simple layout that came together quite quickly! But hopefully quite effective and easily replicated. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you again next month. 

Anna

x

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Sweet Summertime ☀️ #1

Hi everyone, 

It's Anna here and today I'm sharing my first layout using Simple Stories Sweet Summertime. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

For my first layout this month I decided to create a grid style page using paper windmills. As soon as I saw ‘summer fun’ the paper inspired me to create this layout. 

I cut out each of the squares and I made paper windmills using 10 of the squares. 

To make paper windmills you begin with a square of paper, then draw a cross. You then cut about halfway along each pencil line and then fold each corner into the middle. I then like to secure with enamel dots in the centre.

I adhered the windmills onto my white bazzill cardstock and left some gaps to place my photos.

 

I added my title using Pinkfresh Studio Paige Evans Crafted Moments Mini Puffy Alphas.

I then added some of the cardstock stickers icons dotted around the page. I tucked them in where I had some gaps around the photos and windmills.  

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you later in the month for another layout using this collection!

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

 

Pinkfresh Studio - Paige Evans - Crafted Moments

 Hi everyone, it’s Anna back on the blog today and I’m sharing my third and final layout using Pinkfresh Studio’s latest collaboration with Paige Evans - Crafted Moments.

You can find the whole collection in the shop here. 

As per my previous two layouts, I have used the following supplies:

12x12 Paper Pad 

Cardstock Stickers 

Floral Ephemera 

Mini Puffy Alphabet 

To create this layout I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. 

I then created a frame using ‘Inner Glow’ from the 12x12 paper pad. I trimmed my 12x12 sheet of patterned paper down by around an inch on each side and then cut out the middle section too, leaving a frame about 2 1/2 inches wide. I distressed the edges and set the frame aside.

I used some distress oxide watered down and flicked onto the background using a paintbrush. Once the oxide was dry, I adhered the frame to the cardstock. 

I mounted my three photos onto a piece of patterned paper from the collection and placed them to the bottom left side of the frame. I used the Floral Ephemera florals to tuck around the inside of the frame. 

I also added a butterfly from the same pack and positioned it in the white space inside the frame. I added a trail for the butterfly by using an acid free writing pen. 

I punched out two more butterflies using an old Martha Stewart punch and some pieces of leftover paper from the collection. I added Nuvo Drops to the centres of these butterflies and adhered them to the left of the large butterfly. 

To finish, I added a few stickers from the cardstock stickers including my journalling box and my title using the Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you in July when I’ll be sharing a couple of layouts using Simple Stories Sweet Summertime. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna