Arden Creative Studio - Vintage Makers - Choose to be Happy

Hi,

Claire here today sharing another layout made with the Vintage Makers collection from Arden Creative Studio. 

I really love this collection, it's natural tones and endless possibilities to adapt it to any subject. 

Today, I'm focusing on one of my favourite techniques - repeated shapes. 

I selected three patterned papers; one from the Foundations Paper Pack and two from the Essentials Paper Pad.

As these are both 6"x8", the patterns are smaller which works really well for repeating smaller shapes. 

I've opted for rectangles, cutting strips of 1"x3". I lay these alternatively to create a herringbone pattern, raising each piece on foam to give a slight drop shadow on the page. 

To let the papers shine, I created just two clusters on this page; one around my photo in the bottom left and one to hold me title in the top right. 

For my title cluster, I selected elements from the die cuts and layered these behind the Vellum Ephemera Pack which add such a beautiful soft element to the page.

The bigger cluster is around my photo. I layered die cut leaves, butterflies and frames and some of the Film Reel Kiss Cut Tape

As a final touch, I added some black Nuvo Drops and black splatters.

This really is a fabulous collection and i've loved creating with it. You can check it out here in the shop and grab all the pieces i've used to create my layouts.

Happy Scrapping!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate  

Pinkfresh Studio - Making the Best of It - Fun

Hi everyone,

Claire here sharing my second layout using the beautiful 'Making the Best of It' collection from Pinkfresh Studio. You can find it in the shop here.

To start, I chose this beautiful pink Bazzill cardstock from the Matchmaker Pack to use as my base. Taking the Yes You Can paper, I fussy cut each chevron and rearranged them on the page to create a central point of interest.

I loosely adhered them in place with a touch of glue and then ran them through my sewing machine to secure them. This also meant I could lift the edges to create extra dimension.

In the centre of the design, I placed my photo which I had cut into a circle to soften the edges, and backed with the yellow cardstock from the Matchmaker pack to echo the yellow chevrons and the sunflowers in my photo. I layered this on top of a tag from the Journaling Bits, adding some green thread from my stash, tied in a bow.

Next, the embellishing! I used a selection of Vellum Die Cuts and Die Cut Ephemera to create clusters at each point, and added a Chipboard Sticker saying 'Lovely Day' which mirrored the circular photo.

For extra interest, I also added some of the Puffy Stickers to my clusters, mixing the materials to add extra interest and texture.

For my title, I selected a phrase from the Die Cut Ephemera and the FUN stickers from the Puffy Stickers.

As a final touch, I embellished with some die cut butterflies, some enamel dots and some gold nuvo drops.

This collection has been so much fun to create with. It's beautiful colours, florals and patterns are perfect for Spring scrapping, You can check out the full collection here.

Until next time, happy scrapping!!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate