American Crafts Paige Evans - Adventurous - Ramble Around Roydon

Hello, Karen here. I hope you're having a great summer. Today I have a multi photo layout using the  Adventurous collection by Paige Evans for American Crafts.  This collection is perfect for scrapbooking summer adventures and was ideal for my photos of a recent day out.

I started by cutting the 'Polaroid Background' digital cut file from the Silhouette Store, from smooth white cardstock. I cut it slightly smaller than 12x12 and then backed it with photos and some of the tags from paper #5. 

The backed cut file was then stuck to a sheet of paper #17 which had been trimmed to 11.5 x 11.5 and was then matted on a complete sheet of 12x12 smooth white cardstock. I put some 3D foam beneath the cut file to add some dimension and shadow.

The layout was embellished  with floral pieces from the Icon Ephemera pack .....

.... and some words and phrases from the Journalling Ephemera pack and paper #1 cut apart sheet.

In the bottom right corner of the layout I placed a card from the Journalling Ephemera pack as a home for my title.

The title was created with the Mini Alphabet Thickers and some layered die cut letters. I die cut the word Ramble four times from card (3 x white and 1 x pink) and then stuck the letters on top of each other to make them dimensional.

At the top of the card I stamped the date with my roller date stamp with pink ink.

The layout was completed with a few pink Enamel Dots.

Thank you for dropping by today. I'll be back again soon.

Take Care

Karen x x

Simple Stories ~ Say Cheese Magic #2 ✨

Hi all, it’s Anna back with you on this sunny Monday! Hope you’re all having a great summer. 

I have one final layout to share using Say Cheese Magic by Simple Stories. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout, I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock, I then wanted to use ‘See Ya Soon!’, but I also had a cutfile that I wanted to use. So I was aiming to cover up the wording on the paper, but still showing some of the clouds and flags. 

So I trimmed the paper down leaving a gap of white in the middle and moving the bottom part of paper to the top.

I backed the ‘magic moments’ cutfile using coordinating cardstock from the collection and adhered the cutfile to the top of my page. 

I added a boarder strip from the cardstock stickers and on the bottom half of my page I added my photos, each backed with a boarder of coordinating cardstock. 

I finished my layout by adding a final few cardstock stickers in small clusters around my photographs. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you next month, where I’ll be working with one of Echo Park’s latest collections - Sunny days ahead. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

American Crafts ~ Rainbow Avenue

Hi all, it’s Anna back with you today and for June I’m working with Rainbow Avenue by American Crafts. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

Over the last few weeks we’ve had quite a lot of wet weather here in the UK. So I have some rainy photographs to scrapbook!

So my first layout uses a raincloud cutfile by Peartree cutfiles, which I cut out on white textured bazzill cardstock. 

I also used a sheet of 12x12 bazzill cardstock as my base. 

I backed my cut file with ‘Pink Dreams’ I love how the paper naturally created textured cloud shapes.

I trimmed the top of the cutfile off and adhered it to the top of the cardstock.  

I cut some of the 3x4 journaling cards from ‘Dreamy Day’ and adhered them at an angle across the page. 

I mounted my photographs in some coordinating cardstock from the matchmaker pack and adhered them on and around the 3x4 cards.

I added a title and some of the cardstock stickers to finish my layout! 

Thanks so much for looking! 

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

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna

Mintay Papers - Playtime - Beach Buddies

Hello, Karen here again with a final project using Mintay's Playtime collection. I only had a few papers left from my design team kit but the less busy B sides were perfect for a scrapbook layout using a beach photo of my brother and I taken many years ago.

I started by trimming a sheet of 12" x 12" Bazzill smooth white cardstock and matted this on a 12" x 12" sheet of Bazzill Aqua cardstock leaving a narrow border round the edges.

In the centre of the layout I placed pieces of papers #1, #3 & #4 and using white thread, machine stitched a straight stitch around the edges of all the papers and around the edge of the whole layout. The pieces of paper measured roughly 6" x 10", 8" x 6.5" and 4" x 8".

My 6x4 photo was matted onto white cardstock and placed on top of the papers with 3D foam underneath to add some dimension. Using some fringing scissors, I created three fringed border strips from some white cardstock, layered these on top of each other and then tucked them underneath the bottom edge of the photo. Using my fingertips I ruffled up the fringes to create some depth and shadows. I think the fringe adds a playful touch to the layout.

On my Silhouette Cameo I cut from white cardstock the 'Day at the Beach' cut file from Confessions of a Paper Addict. With scraps from the collection and some kraft cardstock I backed the cut file and then placed this in the bottom right corner of the layout, overlapping the patterned papers and the fringed border strips. 3D foam was placed underneath the cut file.

In the top right of the layout I created a pennant from more scraps of patterned paper and added a small fringe border to echo the larger fringed border created earlier.

Letters, die cut from more of the paper, were used for the title.

The date and place were printed onto a piece of white card on the computer and stuck to the bottom of the layout.

Finally I splattered some yellow watercolour paint onto the layout and scattered some aqua coloured enamel dots and sequins here and there.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I've made with Mintay's Playtime Collection and that I have shown how versatile the collection is.

Until next time, take care.

Karen x x

January Papermaze Kit - Part 1

 

Lynn here today, with a new kit for a new year! The January Papermaze Kit is now available in store. I have created four layouts with this kit of wintery, muted colours, here is the first pair I made.



Before looking at how the layouts were made, here are the details of what is inside the kit.

Patterned Papers: (image below shows both sides of the papers)
49 and Market - Moonlit Garden collection - Calming & Reflections
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Essentials collection - Limited Edition
Echo Park - Wedding Bells collection - Precious Peonies
Pinkfresh Studios - Holiday Dreams collection - Under the Tree
Vicki Boutin - Discover + Create collection - Nonfiction

Bazzill Basics - Lagoon & Touch of Pink (included in the kit). Almond Cream, Date Swirl, Avalanche and Dark Olive.

Embellishments: 1 Prima flower, 6 Tim Holtz number strips ephemera, Tim Holtz number token, 12" Lace, 3 heart enamel stickers, 2 Vicki Boutin chipboard frames, selection of simple Stories foam stickers and 6 - 49 & Market chipboard words.

Disney on Ice - My nephew and his family at the O2 last month.

This layout started by stencilling onto the Avalanche Bazzill, I used two Tim Holtz Layering Stencils THS003 Rays and THS170 Spellbound and Three shades of Distress Oxide Ink (Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce and Speckled Egg).  I outlined the rays with a very fine black marker pen.

With the Holiday Dreams paper, I tore two strips across the paper, one approx. 2 1/2" deep, with the snowflake side up, was placed over the other, which was a little deeper, with the grid side up. I inked the edges of these papers. These were then trimmed to 11.5" wide and placed across the centre of the layout.

I cut a Mickey Sketched Head using a cutfile (Disney Creative Co.) and the Date Swirl Bazzill. This was placed at a slight angle in the centre of the page. I placed four small photos across the middle of the head.

For the title I used some alphabet stickers from my stash, Thickers Bonjour glitter chipboard letter stickers and Doodlebug Designs Inc. Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers in Silver and Mint.

For embellishment I used the 3 heart enamel stickers from the kit together with sequins, pearls and gems from my stash. I also found a little Mickey paperclip in my stash.

Welcome to Our New Home - These photos take me back to the time when my sister and her family moved house.

With Avalanche Bazzill as the base for the layout, I flicked some weathered Wood Distress Oxide Spray over the Bazzill. Next, I added strips of paper cut from the remains of the 'Holiday Dreams' paper and both sides of the paper called 'Reflections', including the detail strip. These were layered up at the top and bottom of the layout leaving the centre free.

The two square photos were added to the centre of the page. Then with the Simple Stories Foam Word Stickers (included in the kit) I started the title with the words 'Home' and 'Welcome', I also used the house, hearts and flowers from this set to the page.

I finished off the title with some other stickers from my stash to spell out 'To Our New'. Then with some metallic letter stickers I aded the date below the title.

With some Baker's Twine and a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Plaquette, which happened to be the number of the house! I tied the number to the lower part of the layout. I also looped an old key to the twine before sticking down.

That's all for today, I will be back with a pair of heritage layouts using this kit soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Simple Stories - Boho Sunshine - You are my Sonshine

Hello, Karen here. I hope you're having a good summer and taking lots of photos to capture those summer memories. Today I'm sharing a layout using photos I took of my son one summer, and once again I've been using the fabulously sunny Simple Stories Boho Sunshine collection.

I started my layout by using a free cut file from www.happinessishomemade.net. The cut file said 'You are my Sunshine' but I altered it in the Silhouette Studio to say 'You are my Sonshine' before cutting it from a 12x12 sheet of smooth white cardstock.  

The words in the cut file were backed with a piece of the Happy Day paper and the sun rays were backed with pieces cut from the Groovy and Smile Big papers. 

Behind the sun shape I created a shaker pocket using acetate. I searched my stash for as many yellow sequins as I could find. I didn't find many, so I also punched a few tiny hearts and stars from yellow cardstock to bulk out the shaker pocket. 

The backed cut file was then trimmed to 11.5" x 11.5", attached to a bright yellow piece of 12 x 12 cardstock and machine stitched round the edges with white thread.

Using 6 strands of yellow embroidery floss I chainstitched lines between the sun rays. This added more texture to the layout.

I printed two small photos of my youngest son and stuck these onto two tags from the sheet of Tag Elements. 

The tags with the photos, and two others, were stuck to the bottom of the layout - two pointing up and two pointing down.

The tags were strung together with white string.

Finally, a few sequins and a smiley face sticker from the Sticker Book were used to embellish the tags .

I hope you like this layout and it has inspired you to scrapbook your summer photos using Boho Sunshine from Simple Stories which can be found here in the shop.

Until next time, Take Care

Karen x x