Carta Bella By The Sea - Portland Bill

Today on the Papermaze blog I have a second scrapbook layout using the By The Sea collection from Carta Bella. This collection is perfect for scrapbooking all those memories of days spent by the sea and on the beach. I decided to scrapbook a memory of a visit we made to Portland Bill lighthouse a couple of years ago.

For the base of my layout I used a sheet of white 12 x 12 Bazzill cardstock. Onto the cardstock I smooshed some watered down pale blue acrylic paint and then when it was dry I splattered some white acrylic paint on top. Much of the paint was eventually hidden, but what is visible gives some subtle added texture.

I layered pieces of the Beach Woodgrain and Coastal Words papers onto the layout and after matting my photo on red cardstock I attached this too, with some foam underneath to add some dimension.

A frame from the Ephemera and Frames pack was cut in half and one half  was tucked underneath the bottom edge the woodgrain paper. Three lighthouses were fussy cut from one of the journalling cards and attached to the corner of the photo, again with foam underneath.

The words 'By The Sea' were cut from the branding strip of one of the papers and stuck beneath the  lighthouses and I tied a knot in a piece of natural twine (left over from my previous layout) and stuck this on too. I used some tacky glue to stick down the twine. I find tacky glue is excellent for sticking twine, ribbon, etc.

The remaining part of the frame which I had previously cut in half, was placed at the top left of the layout as well as an image cut from the Sea & Sand paper.  

I recoloured some Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers with a red marker pen and used these for my title.

I printed my journaling strips onto white cardstock using the computer and placed these at the bottom of the layout. I outlined the journaling strips with a black fine liner pen and also doodled round the edge of the layout and the edges of the papers.

I finished off the layout with a few blue sequins and the date was added with some tiny letter stickers.

Carta Bella By The Sea - Crab Fishing

This is my first project using the fabulous Carta Bella's By The Sea collection. The papers in this collection have images of anchors, lighthouses, stripes, plaids and crabs in shades of red, white, blue, navy and with some wood grain also thrown in. The collection is obviously perfect for sea-side photos but many of the papers (particularly the B sides) are versatile enough for many others themes.

For my first project I decided to create a scrapbook layout using some photos taken last summer whist crab fishing on Beaumaris Pier. 

I started with the Beach Woodgrain paper. I love any woodgrain papers (and ledger papers too!) and with photos taken on the deck of a wooden pier it was an obvious choice. On the left side of the paper I stuck a 1" wide strip of white Bazzill cardstock and glued a knotted piece of natural twine where the two papers met.

A 5" strip of the Sailor Stripe (B Side) red crab paper was then stuck to the layout and a very narrow strip of navy cardstock was added to the right edge. My four photos which each measure just under 4"x3" were matted onto some white cardstock and then placed on top of the red paper strip. Using white thread I machine stitched along the edges of some of the papers.

On the lower right side of the layout I placed a journalling card which I printed my journalling onto. On top of the card I layered lots of bits and pieces. I added a clothing tag from a recent purchase, a 'crab shack' image printed from the internet, 'By the Sea' word strip from the Ephemera, Frames and Tags pack,  'Collect Beautiful Moments' Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chip, a navy blue button, photo corner and a wood veneer crab. I found several wooden crabs in my stash and have no idea where or when I bought them, but if ever they were going to appear on a layout, this was the one!

Underneath the journalling card I tucked some red netting which I rescued from a pack of mini cheese portions. I thought the net resembled fishing net and gave some extra texture.

At the top of the layout I layered more of the pieces from the Ephemera, Frames and Tags pack some more net, another button and another wooden crab. Machine stitching was added to some of the paper pieces.

I used some Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers for my title. The stickers were originally white but I coloured them with a marker pen to match the other blue elements on my layout.

The layout was completed with the addition of another one of those wooden crabs, a button and more Tim Holtz Quote Chips.

I'm really please how this layout turned out, The collection was perfect for the subject and with it I think I managed to capture the nautical/marine feel I was hoping to achieve. I'm really looking forward to creating more with this collection and will be back later in the month to share with you what I make.

Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street - Ice Cream Challenge

My layout today is my last one one using the Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street collection and is all about  ice-creams eaten in Wales.

I started with a sheet of  white 12x12 Bazzill Avalanche cardstock.  I layered up pieces of the #5 paper, #9 paper and more of the white Bazzill cardstock and stuck these in the middle of the layout. I machine stitched with white thread around the edge of the pale pink paper.

Using Paige Evans' cut files I cut two huge ice creams from white cardstock and backed these with peach coloured scraps of cardstock and scraps of the #15 paper , #7 paper and the #5 paper. The ice creams were placed either side of the layout with some foam underneath to add dimension. 

I matted my three 3x4 photos on the white cardstock and positioned these between the ice creams, again with foam underneath,

I added the title to the top of the layout using foam and puffy alphabet stickers from Pink Paislee and Pinkfresh Studio.

To embellish the layout I cut some word strips from paper #13 and stuck these on top of the ice creams. Paper #13 is so useable. I think I've used word strips cut from that paper on most of the layouts I've created with this collection and there are still loads left.

Journalling was typed on the computer and printed onto white cardstock and stuck to the bottom of the layout. To make the elements on the layout standout, everything was then outlined with a black gel pen. 

Finally I added some tiny stars punched from some of the patterned paper and scattered these about the layout.

Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street - Favourite Moment

This scrapbook layout once again uses Pink Paislee's Bloom Street collection by Paige Evans. The colours in this collection are so pretty and could be used for so many themes.

The starting point for my layout today was a sketch from Pagemaps from January 2019. The sketch was for an 8.5 x 11 size layout but I adapted this to make a 12 x 12 layout.

I used a sheet of 12 x 12 textured white Avalanche cardstock from Bazzill for my base and on this I layered several patterned papers. A 6.5 x 7.5 piece of the stripey #16 paper from Bloom Street  was stuck to the layout and below this a 6.5 x 3.5 piece of the yellow floral #14 paper. A scrap of ledger paper from my stash (I think this is from the Simple Stories Sn@p Basics collection) measuring roughly 4 x 5.25 was layered on the left side. I used a notebook border punch on the lower edge of the ledger paper to add some interest and also printed my journalling onto the paper using my computer before it was attached.

I used another border punch on a strip of the pink  #09 paper and stuck this horizontally across the layout to create a shelf for my photo to sit on. Finally a thin strip of the #16 paper was added. I machine stitched along all the edges and round the edge of the white cardstock with white thread and roughed up the edges.

The 4 x 6 photo of my daughter was matted onto white cardstock and then stuck to the layout.

I die cut a circle from white cardstock and a slightly larger scalloped circle from yellow cardstock and layered these to create an embellishment and to give somewhere for my title and embelishments to sit.

A wood veneer butterfly from my stash was stuck to the edge of the circle and the word 'Favorite' (Shame about the american spelling 😕) from a sheet of Pink Paislee Bloom Street Flutter Puffy Phrase Thickers and the word 'moment' from Pink Paislee Whimsical Happy Life Foam Thickers were used to make the title.

I embellished with some Dear Lizzy Delightful Chipboard Thickers, some Prima Surfboard Flowers and a phrase cut from paper #13.

I made a tab to tuck in the side of the photo by using a label die and another one of the phrases from the #13 paper. 

The layout was completed with a scattering of yellow sequins and the date was added using some foam numbers.

Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street - Sunny Weekend Walks

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.

Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street - Beautiful Bright Brollies

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.

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Garden District - Banner Stickers

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.

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Garden District - Beauty Everywhere

Today I have another layout using the Simple Vintage Garden District Collection from Simple Stories. The collection is full of images of flowers and butterflies and so I decided to create a layout using some photos of my garden.

This layout is very simple and uses a sheet of the Never Stop Dreaming paper.

Using some outline alphabet stamps from my stash, I stamped the quote "If you truly love nature you will find beauty everywhere" onto the layout using some black Memento Ink. This ink is water resistant so it allowed me to go back and roughly colour in the stamped letters using some pink watercolour paint.

Two photos were then stuck to the right hand side of the layout and I carefully cut round one of the butterflies printed on the background paper so I could tuck my photo underneath it.

On the left hand side of the layout I placed a piece of neutral ribbon and I again cut round some of the butterflies so I could 'thread' the ribbon beneath the images. Another small piece of ribbon was tied on for extra interest.

Five natural wooden buttons were added to the left hand side of the layout.

The layout was completed with the addition of a beautiful Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments Butterfly .

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Garden District - Beautiful You

Today I have another layout using the Simple Vintage Garden District collection from Simple Stories. This collection is so versatile and today's layout is a wedding layout using a photo of Lara when she was a bridesmaid.

I trimmed a centimetre off of each edge of a sheet of the Love More paper and stuck this to the middle of a sheet of peach coloured Bazzill cardstock.

I machine stitched round the edge of the paper which white thread and then roughed up the edges with my finger nails..

My 7x5 photo was printed with a narrow white border and was attached at an angle in the bottom right corner of the layout.

In my stash I found some very old Prima Flowers. The flowers were an off white colour so I used some peach coloured watercolour paint to alter the flowers to fit my colour scheme. Prima flowers are generally made from paper or fabric so they can easily be altered if you can't find ones in the precise colour for your project. The flowers were glued onto the layout to embellish the printed wreath.

For the title I used some Pink Paislee Paige Evans Bloom Street Flutter Puffy Phrase Stickers and some Pink Fresh Studio Puffy Alpha Stickers.

I finished off the layout with some stickles to highlight to some of the flowers, a scattering of sequins and some tiny word stickers.