For this layout I have used the Bloom Street collection from Pink Paislee and six photos which were taken over the past three months during the lockdown. All too often I think I take where I live for granted but the current crisis has reminded me how beautiful my village is and how lucky I am to live here, especially at this time.
I started with a sheet of paper #14 which is a yellow ombre floral paper. Using my computer I printed my journalling onto the bottom of a piece of white cardstock which measured 12" x 8". My six 4" x 3" photos were trimmed slightly and then placed on the white cardstock. The white cardstock was then glued to the yellow paper.
Some green Bakers Twine was tied around the white cardstock.
I punched a border strip from a piece of the paper #12 and tucked this under the bottom edge of the white cardstock. Using my sewing machine and white thread I then stitched along the bottom and top edges of the layout and the white cardstock.
The title was added to the top of the layout using letters die cut from the #12 paper, a puffy phrase sticker from Pinkfresh Studio and some foam letter stickers from American Crafts.
I fussy cut some flowers from paper #2 and used these to embelish the layout and also placed some yellow enamel dots next to the flowers.
Finally I stuck a very old label sticker from my stash and some tiny stickers for the date at the bottom of the layout.
This layout uses Paige Evan's latest collection ' Bloom Street' for Pink Paislee and was created for the Papermaze blog.
My inspiration for today's layout was the sheet of the #16 paper - but in the end I didn't use it! The paper is covered in multi coloured umbrellas and reminded me of a photograph I took last year whilst on holiday in Wales, We visited Caernarfon Castle one sunny day and whilst there, we stumbled across a street in the town with hundreds of brightly coloured umbrellas hung above it. I don't think the rest of the family were so excited about this discovery but being a scrapbooker I thought it was amazing and just had to photograph it!
I started my layout with a 12x12 sheet of smooth white cardstock from Craft UK. I smooshed some Aqua Lagoon Cosmic Shimmer Mist onto the cardstock using the packaging technique and them rubbed a little white Gesso on top to tone the colour done a little. Some splatters of watered down white acrylic paint were also added. I doodled round the edge of the layout with a black gel pen and added some torn pieces of washi tape. The cardstock did warp a little as result of the mixed media products, but once the layout is put into an album I think it will flatten out.
I backed an umbrella cut file, which I had cut from white cardstock, with pieces of the #7 paper and positioned this on the left side of the layout with foam underneath for dimension. I used the black gel pen again to outline the umbrellas.
My 6x4 photo was matted with white cardstock and then with the #5 paper. I tucked pieces of the branding strip from the #14 paper underneath the top and bottom of the photo and placed the photo on the bottom right side of the layout. I backed a single umbrella cut file with more patterned paper and used this to embellish the photo. The date was added with some Pinkfresh Studio letter stickers from my stash.
I cut some word strips from the #13 paper and put these on top of some of the umbrellas.
I printed my journalling onto white cardstock strips outlined in gel pen and added these to the layout. Clear Dew Drops were also dotted between the umbrellas.
Finally I die cut my title from some scraps of coordinating cardstock and glued this to the layout.
Today I have another layout using the Simple Vintage Garden District Collection from Simple Stories on the Papermaze blog.
I started (as I often do!) with a sheet of white cardstock which I trimmed to 11.75" x 11.75" before placing in the centre of a gutted sheet of teal coloured cardstock. Using white thread I zig-zag stitched round the edges of the cardstock on my sewing machine.
I took four of the banner stickers from the sheet of banner stickers and stuck these horizontally across the page. By carefully positioning my two photos, which I had matted with the teal cardstock, on top of the banners I was able to hide the gap where two of the banner stickers didn't meet. I added staples to the ends of the banners.
I cut some butterflies from left over pieces of the 3x4 elements paper and used these to embellish the banners and photos. Only the bodies of the butterflies were glued to allow the wings to be folded upwards for dimension.
Some Prima flowers, sequins, heart stickers and punched paper hearts were added as finishing touches.
